Lesson 7.2.1

Lesson 7.2.1

By Karen Blisard

​March 28, 2025

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that require answers.

Poll

How are you feeling today?

Please circle only ONE emoji.

Multiple Choice

This is the word "premium".

Which picture correctly shows how to divide the word into its syllables?

Draw

You may choose to work here in the Quizizz link or

you may choose to work in your Word Study Activity Book

on page 101.

Divide the word into syllables.

Underline the V/V syllable pattern.

Read each syllable, and then blend them to read the whole word.

Draw

Numer your whiteboard 1 to 4.

Listen to the words your teacher tells you.

Write the V/V syllable word.

Multiple Choice

Read the words below.

Which word has a V/V syllable?

Multiple Select

From Red to Green, how do you feel about V/V Syllables?

• Green - "I'm great at it, and I understand how to tell the difference between vowel teams and V/V syllables.

• Yellow - I feel ok but may need help.

• Red - I am very confused!

​Let's learn a little about Hawaii!

Draw

Decorate your Hawaiin shirt for our new adventure!

Items to think about drawing:

palm tree

flip flops

shells

beach ball

sun

sunglasses

fish

bubbles

islands

​Vocabulary Words

​What adventures do you think the characters will experience in the story?

​What possible challenges do you see?

​What can you infer about the weather from the details in the illustration?

​Think about the following:

Audio Response

Strong readers use details from the front cover to help make predictions before they begin reading.

• Look closely at the illustration on the front cover of the book. What do you think the problem in the story will be?

• How do you think the characters will work together to solve it?

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Choice

How is winter different in Hawaii from wintertime where you live?

What page did you find your answer on?

• On page 5 the text says, "It was the year that my dad grew a beard."

• On page 5 the text says, "The tropics never get cold, so we fished, swam, and explored every day"

• On page 6 the text says, "We will only hike the first two miles."

Multiple Choice

How do we know the trail was infamous, or widely known about?

What page did you find your answer on?

• On page 8 the text says, "My dad started the engine and told us to buckle up."

• On page 9 the text says, "The first mile went up a gradual incline, which was tiring and took lots of steps."

• On page 6 the text says, "It was an 11 mile hike across rivers, through jungle, and over a towering sea cliff."

Multiple Choice

What adjectives can you use to describe Daniel?

What evidence supports your answer?

• He is brave, daring, and adventurous because, at the beginning of the story, Daniel asks his dad if he and his brother are old enough to hike the trail.

• He is silly, goofy, and funny because the text says that some boys went running up the trail and energentically zipped by us.

• He was excited and daring because the text says they sat on the beach and had a snack of trail mix, and then hiked toward the waterfall.

Audio Response

In the story Aloha Adventure, who are the characters that hike the Kalalau Trail?

Open Audio Recorder

Multiple Select

What is the setting of the story, Aloha Adventure?

Choose 2 correct answers.

• in the winter

• in the summer

• on the warm, tropical island of Kauai

• in a wet, tropical rain forest in Kalalau

Match

Read each sentence. Then, match each vocabulary word with the correct sentence it belongs in.

• Many colorful birds and plants can be found in the _____. where the weather is usually warm and rainy.

• Before we start our walk in nature, let's meet at the _____ by the big wooden sign.

• Be careful walking through the field, so that you do not get caught on a _____ patch.

• Isaiah was so _____ with his new book that he did not hear his mother calling him for dinner.

tropics

trailhead

briar

preoccupied

• tropics

• trailhead

• briar

• preoccupied

Multiple Choice

At the end of Chapter 4: "A Little Farither," readers are beginning to be introduced to the problem in the story.

What event is happening at the end of the chapter?

• The river is blocking the trail.

• The waterfall is flowing to fast.

• A storm is quickly heading in their direction.

• They cannot turn back because a large group of hikers is behind them.

Poll

After today's lesson, how do you feel about finding evidence in a text? Choose the face that represents your feelings. There is no wrong answer.

• I think I got it!

• I am getting there. I may need help!

• Oh No! I need help!

Draw

Read the dialogue.

Add the missing commas.

Draw

How do you feel about today's lesson on commas in dialogue?