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Unit 5 Our Land 260
Key Vocabulary
rain sunny
rainy sunshine
skies
Functions and Forms
Q Describing feelings
Youmakeme happy.
English Language Development Skills
Listening
+ Listen attentively.
+ Follow simpledirections.
Speaking
+ Recitepoems, rhymes, songs and stories.
+ Speak in complete, coherent sentences.
+ Relate an important life event orpersonal
experience in a simple sequence.
+ Usedescriptivewordswhen speaking about
people and events.
Reading
+ Matchoralwords toprintedwords.
+ Generate the sounds from all the letters and
letterpatterns, including consonantblends and
long- and short- vowelpatterns, andblend those
sounds into recognizablewords.
Writing
+ Usedescriptivewords.
+ Print legibly and space letters,words, and
sentences appropriately.
+ Use knowledge of thebasic rules ofpunctuation
and capitalization.
Frontload Vocabulary ORALLANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
Have students gather on the carpet. Have students describe sunny and
rainy days. Write student’s responses on the board. Then, have them talk
about the way they feel on rainy days and on sunny days. Invite students to
compare the weather with their own moods, when applicable.
Lesson 17
Music
Materials
Practice Book (page 72)
ClassCD (Track 31)
You Are My Sunshine LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Student Book page 152: Read the lyrics as students read along.
Play Track 31. Teach students the song. Then, have them talk about
how it makes them feel and why they think they feel that way.
Ask students to
describe their
feelings.Make a list
of those feelings
on theboard.Have
students copy the
list.
Ask students to
describe their
feelings. Then, ask
them towrite a
paragraph about the
way they feelwhen
they sing the song.
Ask students to
describe their
feelings.Make a list
of those feelings on
theboard. Then,
have studentswrite
complete sentences
using thewords on
the list.
Beginning Intermediate Advanced
Youmay enrich instruction formore advanced studentsby asking them to
write aparagraph abouthowweather affects theirmoods; for example,
howdo they feel on rainydays versus sunnydays?
Sound It Out WORDRECOGNITION
Remind students that consonants are all of the letters that are not vowels.
Ask them to provide examples of some consonants. Next, ask them to think
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of sounds that are made by combining two consonants. Explain that sometimes
two consonants together make a sound that is different from the sounds made
by either of the letters on their own. For example, the /sh/ sound in shine
is very different than the /s/ and /h/ sounds insun andhow. Then, explain
that sometimes the consonants do retain their original sounds when they are
combined with another consonant as the /g/ and /r / sounds in the wordgrow.
Draw a two-column chart on the board. Title the left column “Keep” and the
right column “New.” Say a word that begins with a pair of consonants, and repeat
it a few times, enunciating the initial sounds as clearly as possible. Ask students
to identify whether the letters keep their sounds or take on a new sound. Then,
write the words in the appropriate column. Have students copy the chart into
their notebooks.
Let’s Practice!
Have students open their Practice Books to page 72. Read the directions
aloud and have students read along with you. Explain and model the directions.
Then, have students complete the page independently in class or as homework.
Verbal/Linguistic
Make aPrediction
Have students sing the Rain song onemore
time.Highlight the third line. Point out that
the littlegirlwants togo out toplay.Have
them sharewith apartner topredict agame
the littlegirlwillplaywhen the rain stops.
Have students share ideas. Tellpartners to
write a complete sentence tomatch their idea.
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7 Sing the song. Talkabouthow
the songmakes you feel.
You aremy sunshine,
My only sunshine.
Youmakeme happy
When skies are gray.
You’ll never know dear
Howmuch I love you!
Please don’t take
My sunshine away!
YouAreMySunshine
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You make happy
When skies are gray.
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Complete the songwith thewords from thebox.
Circle the compoundword each time you see it.
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PracticeBook (page72)
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national and state standards as they correlate to
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English as a Second Language
Standard1:Communication Listening: Levels
2 and3; Speaking: Levels 2 and3; Reading:
Levels2 and3;Writing: Level1.
Standard 2: LanguageArts Listening: Levels
2 and3; Speaking: Levels 2 and3; Reading:
Levels2 and3;Writing: Level1.
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Sound It Out activities imbedded in the Teacher’s Guide
lessons throughout units develop phonics skills within the
context of the unit.
PHONICS FOR LITERACY!
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awareness/phonics skills at all proficiency and grade levels.
• Implicit and explicit phonics instruction
• Flexible resources ideal for newcomers
• Additional practice online at school or at home
Teacher’s Guide Level 1
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Spotlight Online phonemic awareness/phonics
tutorials and practice exercises help students learn
systematic and predictable relationships between
letters and spoken words.
Phonics
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ACTIVITIES
Online practice: consonant sounds C and G