Day 1
Boom Town
When is money important, and
when does it affect our lives?
What do you know about seasons?
Turn and talk to your partner about the
different seasons and how activities
change through the year.
Prairie Town
Each season in a prairie town brings different
activities both for work and for fun.
Listen for details that show “Prairie Town” is
an example of realistic fiction.
Over a hundred years ago, railroad companies built tracks across
America’s land. People built homes and started farms next to the
tracks and prairie towns grew. The towns prospered among the
bounty of wheat fields. In the spring, farmers were busy planting
their corps because another growing season had begun. The town
and farmers are economic and social partners. They provide
goods and services for each other.
In midsummer, the grain ripens and farmers are busy harvesting
their crops. Some are taken on trains to faraway markets. During
the summer, the whole town is the children’s playground. Life is
affected by the weather so everyone keeps an eye on the clouds. A
town’s business depends on the farmer’s good crops. But if there is
a hailstorm, tornado, or drought, all the crops can be destroyed.
Everyone lives when the carnival comes to town. There are circus
animals, carnival people in costumes, and rides for everyone to
enjoy. One day each week the farmers bring their animals to sell at
the auction.
The days start to get shorter and the weather is cooler
so they know fall is approaching. Leaves change colors
and begin to fall from trees. School starts back and the
farm children swell the population during the day. At
night, sports and music brings friends and families
together. On night each week the businesses stay open
later and people come to shop and visit. Everyone
knows everyone else’s name. The people in the town
call it their “hometown”.
Winter follows fall. Cold air and snow bring a blizzard to
the town. People stay in their homes. It is hard to
travel and snow piles up on the sides of buildings and
fences. Some days school is cancelled and the kids get
a “snow day”. The grocery store is very busy after a
snowstorm. Winter finally turns to spring and a ayear
has passed in the prairie town. People are busy
repairing their homes, yards, and stores. New homes
are built and new families move in. This past year the
prairie town experienced the joy of a wedding and the
sorrow of death. There was bounty in the grain fields
and pumpkin patch. One back yard is even filled with
new spring puppies.
Partners
Partner 1: Do you think this story shows
something that could have really happened?
*Yes, none of the events seem out of the
ordinary.
Partner 2: How would you describe this story-as a
realistic story or as a fantasy? Why?
*This is a realistic story because all of the
events in this story could have happened.
Community
Development
Growth Businesses Residents
(more) (work) (people)
I jumped into my time machine and went
back to the day Columbus first landed in
America.
Is that sentence something that could
happen in real life or a fantasy?
Skill: Realism and Fantasy
Realistic story-tells about something that could happen
Fantasy story-is about something that could never
happen
Look at the story on page 13.
How Towns Grow
K W L
What we Know! What we Want to What we Learned!
know!
Write what you You will add what
know about how Write what you you learn during
towns grow. want to know the week.
about how towns
grow.
Writing
In the story Boom Town humorous voice and
vivid language to describe realistic characters.
You will write a character description using vivid
words to create voice.
Look at the transparency. The writer has used
exact words to describe Pa. For example, happy
and enjoys show that he is a cheerful person.
The writer also creates word pictures that
suggest Pa’s personality; you can picture pa
singing and full of hope.
Talk to your partner and come up with 4 words
you could use to describe each other.
Grammar/Daily Fix-It
1.The apple pies was for super.
1. The apple pies were for supper.
2. Can you’re sister bake pies.
2. Can your sister bake pies?
Grammar
Gooseberries grew on the bushes near town.
This is a sentence.
– It tells a complete thought.
– It begins with a capital letter and ends with a
period.
Look at this transparency. Lets decide what is a
sentence and what is a fragment.
Day 2
Use Clues to determine the meaning of Homonyms.
Homonyms sound the same and are spelled the
same but have different meanings.
Turn to page 15. Read Gold Rush with your
partner and look for words that are homonyms and
use context clues to figure out their meaning.
Lets do the first one together! Put your finger on
the word boom in the story “Gold Rush”.
Fluency
Listen as a reread “Prairie Town”. Make
sure I don’t leave out or change any
words. This is called reading with
accuracy.
Read p. 18 with accuracy
– Three read
We read together.
You read it with your partner.
Then you read it alone to your partner.
Writing
Tomorrow we will write a character
description.
Transparency 1B
Grammar/Daily Fix-It
3. Soon there was more trafic in the town
3. Soon there was more traffic in the town.
4. Does any one need new shoes
4. Does anyone need new shoes?
Grammar
A sentence tells a complete thought.
A sentence begins with a capital letter
and ends with a period, question mark, or
exclamation mark.
A fragment is a group of words that does
not tell a complete thought.
P.1
Day 3
Talk with your table about what has
happened so far in Boom Town.
2 min.
Listen and enjoy as I read the rest of Boom
Town.
Fluency
Turn to p. 21 to practice reading with
accuracy
– Three read
We read together.
You read it with your partner.
Then you read it alone to your partner.
Writing
Think about a person you know who helps
someone or something.
Now make a word web like mine to
describe that person.
Use those words to write 3 or 4 sentences.
Grammar/Daily Fix-It
5. A log cabin kept the famly warm
5. A log cabin kept the family warm.
6. The rodes was muddy in winter.
6. The roads were muddy in winter.
Grammar
What does a sentence start with?
Capital letter!
What does a sentence end with?
Punctuation mark!
Practice pg. 2
Day 4
Writing
Do details make the person come alive?
Do my feelings and personality show?
Is every sentence complete?
Are words spelled correctly?
Grammar and writing book p. 50-55
Grammar/Daily Fix-It
7. The settlers bilt a school and stores
7. The settlers built a school and stores.
8. They gived all the streats names.
8. They gave all the streets names.
Grammar
Practice P. 4
Day 5
Daily Fix-It and Writing
9. What happened to the cowboy.
9. What happened to the cowboy?
10. He rode his Horse thrugh town.
10. He rode his horse through town.
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Writing: Write a story about a time you worked
hard for something you wanted, why you
wanted it, and how you worked to get it.