Unit 6, Week 2 The Cricket in Times Square

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Unit 6, Week 2The Cricket in Times Square

• ONeal Elementary
• 4th Grade

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Vocabulary Words

• eavesdropping- listening to other people talking
  without letting them know you are listening
• scuffling- sound of feet shuffling
• wistfully- sweetly sad thoughtfully
• jumble- confused mixture or condition a mess
• logical-reasonable thoughtful
• acquaintance- someone known or introduced
• scornfully- angrily disapprovingly

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Vocabulary Story Words

• cricket- an insect, similar to a grasshopper,
  that makes a noise at night
• brook- a small stream
• liverwurst- a sausage made with ground liver
• forlornly- sadly
• leery- cautious, distrustful
• theme- over all message or idea that the author
  wants the readers to understand
• fantasy- a story with invented characters,
  settings, or other elements that could not exist
  in real life
• colony- a group of animals or plants of the same
  kind living in a particular place.
• echolocation- bouncing sound waves off objects,
  to fly around.
• insecticides- are chemicals used to kill insects.

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Vocabulary Words In Contextjumble logical
acquaintance scuffling scornfully
wistfully eavesdropping

• 1. Barbara learned our secrets by _________ on
  our conversations.
• 2. She is not a good friend she is more like an
  __________.
• 3. Grandma _________ told stories of her happy
  girlhood.
• 4. I heard the raccoon ________ along the
  driveway.
• 5. It didnt seem _________ that wild animals
  would wander the city.
• 6. The animals nest was a ________ of fur,
  feathers, and dried grass.
• 7. He glanced _______________________ at the
  rowdy children, saying that he did not want to be
  disturbed.
• Practice Context Clues

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Vocabulary Context Clues

• Paragraph Clues Explain that when you see an
  unfamiliar word, you can use the context clues in
  the surrounding paragraph to help you determine
  the words meaning. You may find that the
  paragraph contains an antonym, a synonym, or
  further description of the unfamiliar word.
  Sometimes you will have to read the entire
  paragraph to find the clue.
• Read the paragraph from The Cricket in Times
  Square that begins with Inside the drain
  pipeon page 697. Then find the clues in the
  paragraph that would help you define the word
  jumble.

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Phonics

• Homophones are words that sound alike but are
  spelled differently and have different
  definitions.
• One reason that there homophones in English is
  that there are often different ways to spell the
  same sound.
• Practice
• Homophone Quiz
• Homophone Matching
• Homophone Practice

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Phonics Homophones
Word Homophone Use each in a sentence.
wade
tale
doe
pail
flour
sun
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Fluency Repeated Reading...........Punctuation

• Paying close attention to punctuation will help a
  good reader use proper intonation and expression.
  
• At first I wasnt too frightened, said
  Chester. After all, I thought, they probably
  come from New Canaan or some other nearby town.
  Theyll have to unpack the basket sooner or
  later. Little did I know! He shook his head
  and sighed. I could feel the basket being
  carried into a car and riding somewhere and then
  being lifted down. That must have been the
  railroad station.

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Genres

• Fantasy is story with invented characters,
  settings, or other elements that could not exist
  in real life.
• Editorials are articles printed in newspapers
  and magazines that express the opinions of the
  writer.

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Analyze Story Structure Theme

• Authors of fiction organize stories in various
  ways. The author of a fantasy story can help
  readers understand the theme by using structure.
• Identify the theme of a story, you should look
  for clues that tell you what the message about
  life the author is trying to express.
• What happens when a county cricket winds up in
  a big city?

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Comprehension Summarize

• To summarize means to tell something in a brief
  and organized way.
• A summary of a story includes the main idea and
  supporting details. Sometime a storys main idea
  is not stated it may be implied by the details.
• Practice
• Space Tips Preview Page
• What's the Big Idea
• Safari Tips

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Text Feature Advertisements

• Advertisements try to persuade people to buy a
  product or service.
• Advertisements contain text and pictures.
• Advertisements give important facts, details, or
  descriptions about the product or service.
• Advertisements include persuasive words and
  techniques that are designed to catch the
  readers attention.
• What makes the bat house being advertised on
  page 713 unique enough to purchase.

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Reflection Day 1

• Predict what you think The Cricket in Times
  Square will be about
• Predict if you think the animals on page 693 will
  get along well together and why?

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Reflection Day 2

• What is the meaning of darted on page 694? What
  context clues helped you define the word? Use
  two details or examples from the story to support
  your answer.

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Reflection Day 3

• What are two ways that the City Mouse in The
  Country Mouse and the City Mouse is the
  same/different from Chester Cricket in The
  Cricket in Times Square? Use details and/or
  examples from the story to support your answer.

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Reflection Day 4

• Summarize
• Retell, in your own words, the events that occur
  in The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden.

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Reflection Day 5

• List two additional keywords or phrases that you
  might use to research information about bats.
• Example Nocturnal Animal Facts
• 1.
• 2.