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Daily Learning Targets
- Opening A: I can retell the events from the current edition of the Sunnyside Gazette: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee.”
- Opening B (optional): Using evidence from the text, I can answer questions about the current edition of the Sunnyside Gazette: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee.”
- Work Time A: I can read irregularly spelled high-frequency words “finally,” “won,” “friend,” “one.”
- I can read second-grade words that “don’t play fair” (irregularly spelled words).
- Work Time B: I can read the decodable text: “The Spelling Bee.”
- I can decode words with common prefixes and suffixes.
- 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: “even,” “finally,” “won,” “wrong,” “friend,” “ready,” “one”).
- Interactive Word Wall (one to display).
- Comprehension Conversation questions (if different from suggested questions).
- Predetermine partnerships for retelling during Opening A and Work Time B.
- Gather materials for differentiated small group instruction (see Differentiated Small Groups).
Vocabulary
- Lesson-specific: comprehension, grapple, responsibility, retelling
- Text-specific: advance, competed, competition, congratulate, emceed
Materials
- Enlarged Engagement Text: “Local Student Wins City Spelling Bee”
- Snap or Trap Word Cards
- Snap or Trap T-chart (on white board or chart paper; Snap on one side and Trap on the other; from Lesson 27)
- Enlarged Cycle 9 Decodable Student Reader: The Spelling Bee (one to display)
- Interactive Word Wall (one to display)
- Cycle 9 Decodable Reader: The Spelling Bee (one per student)
- Highlighters (one per student and one for teacher)
- Highlighting tape (for the teacher to use to highlight the Decodable Reader; optional)
- Snap or Trap Word List
- Tape, magnet, or other material to fasten Snap or Trap Word Cards to the Snap or Trap T-chart
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