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Ask the Experts

• Theme 3 Lesson 14
• Day 3

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Question of the Day

• What do you talk about with your friends?
• My friends and I like to talk about
  ______________.

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Todays Read Aloud

• Set a purpose Why would someone want to read or
  listen to a poem more than once?
• To enjoy it again to practice reading aloud.
• Listen and follow along as I
• read the poem aloud.
• Listen for words that rhyme or have similar
  sounds.
• Listen as my voice gets lower and higher as I
  read.
• Pay attention to punctuation as you read.

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The Letter

• I looked in the mailbox. What did I see?
• A letter was sitting, addressed just to me.
• I never received a letter before.
• So I grabbed it and ran inside the front door.
• I opened it, my head like a drum.
• I looked at the end. Who was it from?
• There at the bottom was the name May
• My very best friend who had just moved away.
• She liked her new teacher, whose name was Miss
  Wu,
• And she said that she missed me I want to see
  you.
• I read my first letter again and again,
• And answered it back, right there and then.
• Now, repeat after me as we read the poem again.

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Consonants /s/c and /j/g, dge
C usually stands for the sound /k/, but when it
is followed by e or i, it usually stands for /s/.
This sound is sometimes called the soft sound of
c. The letter g usually stands for /g/, but when
it is followed by e or i, if often stands for
/j/. This is called the soft sound of g. The
spelling pattern dge also stands for /j/.
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Find the letter(s) that come after the c or g or
the letter pattern dge.

• circle
• ridge
• cereal
• giant

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Find the words that have the soft sound of c or g.

• Cindy gave celery to the rabbit.
• Margie wrote advice in the margin.
• The prince lived in a giant castle.
• I will give you my pencil so you can number your
  page.

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Authors Purpose

• The authors purpose is the reason he or she
  wrote something.
• What are the most common purposes for writing?
• Understanding the authors purpose can help
  readers set a purpose for reading and better
  understand a selection.
• Tell me what the authors purpose is for each of
  these
• Why might an author write a letter to the editor
  supporting someone who is running for mayor?
• Why might an author write a poem about the sea?
• Why might an author write a funny story that
  takes place on a farm?
• Why might an author write an article about his or
  her experience in a hot-air balloon?

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Context Clues

• Good readers use context clues to figure out the
  meanings of unfamiliar words.
• Other words in the sentence can help you figure
  out what a word means.
• Use context clues to determine the meaning of the
  underlined word in each of these sentences.
• Tamika clutched the coin and held it tight.
• The farmer made furrows in the ground and planted
  seeds in the cut lines.
• Tom likes to roam the park.
• I did NOT do that! said Grace indignantly.

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Fluency

• When you read aloud, you should read with
  accuracy.
• You should also read with appropriate expression
  and intonation.
• In plays, paying attention to the characters
  feelings can help you know how to read specific
  parts.
• Get in your groups and practice reading Ask the
  Experts. Pay attention so you will know when it
  is your turn to read.

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Vocabulary

• Would you rather receive an early issue of the
  newspaper or a late issue? Why?
• If you wanted to bake a cake, whom would you
  consult? What kind of cake would be luscious?
• What kind of foods would you recommend to a
  person visiting from a foreign country?
• Why would you ask a sensible person for advice?
• What kind of project might require you to devise
  a plan? What kind of expertise would you need?

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GrammarDOL

• Write this sentence correctly.
• Me gave the gift to he on tuesday.

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Subject Object Pronouns

• A pronoun takes the place of a noun.
• Only subject pronouns can take the place of the
  subject of a sentence whom or what the sentence
  is about.
• Read these subject pronouns with me
• I you he she it we they

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• An object in a sentence receives an action or has
  something done to it.
• Object pronouns can take the place of an object.
• Read these object pronouns with me
• Me you him her it us them
• Object pronouns cannot be used to take the place
  of the subject.
• It and you are on both lists. They can be used
  as the subject or object in a sentence.

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• _______ went to the park to watch_______.
• The subject and object are missing from this
  sentence.
• What kind of pronoun belongs in the first blank?
• What kind of pronoun belongs in the second blank?

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Writing Proofread Publish

• You will be publishing your writing in a
  magazine.
• After you have finished revising, proofreading,
  and making a clean copy of your writing, you will
  act as editors, just like Corey and Taylor, and
  decide how the magazine will be put together.
• Be sure to check that you have correctly used
  subject and object pronouns.
• After you finish writing, proofread for spelling,
  capitalization, and punctuation. Make
  corrections.

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• Many people will have the opportunity to enjoy
  the works that the class publishes, so it is
  important that your handwriting is neat and all
  errors are corrected.
• Begin working on the final copy after you have
  made corrections.
• Remember to indent each new paragraph.
• Use your best handwriting!