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Daily Learning Targets 

• Opening A: I can retell the events from the current edition of Sunnyside Gazette: “Fire Chief Sparks Rescues Neighborhood Alley Cat from City Tree.”
• Opening B (optional): Using evidence from the text, I can answer questions about the current edition of the Sunnyside Gazette: “Fire Chief Sparks Rescues Neighborhood Alley Cat from Tree.”
• Work Time A: I can read high-frequency words and words that “don’t play fair”: “boy,” “only,” “open,” “once,” “tree.” 
  • I can read second-grade words that “don’t play fair” (irregularly spelled words).
• Work Time B: I can read the decodable text: “Stuck Up High.” 
  • I can decode (regularly spelled) two-syllable words with long vowels.
  • I can decode words with common prefixes (part of the word at the beginning) and suffixes (part of the word at the end).
  • I can read second-grade words that “don’t play fair” (irregularly spelled words).

In Advance

• Prepare:
  • Snap or Trap T-chart.
  • Snap or Trap Word Cards (write the following words on index cards: “boy,” “only,” “open,” “once,” “tree,” “again,” “but,” “by,” “what”).
  • Interactive Word Wall (one to display).
  • Comprehension Conversation questions (if different from suggested questions).
• Pre-determine partnerships for retelling during Opening A and Work Time B.
• Gather materials for differentiated small group instruction (see Differentiated Small Groups).

 Digital Materials Preparation:

• Prepare to display the lesson or assign it to students before class.
• For digital assignments, ensure that students have access to a digital device. 

Vocabulary

• Lesson-specific: comprehension, grapple, responsibility, retelling
• Text-specific: located at, alerted, responded, lure, supplies, bullhorn, aerial ladder

Materials

• Enlarged Engagement Text: “Fire Chief Sparks Rescues Neighborhood Alley Cat from Tree”
• Snap or Trap Word Cards (one of each)
• Snap or Trap T-chart (on white board or chart paper; Snap on one side and Trap on the other)
• Enlarged Cycle 4 Decodable Student Reader: Stuck up High (one to display)
• Cycle 4 Decodable Reader: Stuck up High (one per student)
• Interactive Word Wall (one to display)
• Highlighters (one per student and one for teacher)
• Highlighter tape (optional; for the teacher to use to highlight the Decodable Reader)
• Tape, magnet, or other material to fasten Snap or Trap Word Cards to the Snap or Trap T-chart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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