LESSON 21

Practice Fluency
● We will practice
fluency in small
groups! In your
group:
○ Find 2-3 words
you think are
keywords
○ Practice reading
this passage,
emphasizing the
keywords
Practice Fluency
● Now practice
reading this passage
fluently!
○ Find 2-3 words
you think are
keywords
○ Practice reading
this passage,
emphasizing the
keywords
Practice Fluency

● Think-Pair-Share:
○ What words did you
choose as key
words?
Echo Read ● Essential Question
○ How does change impact
people and nature?

● Focusing Question:
○ How does weather impact
leaves in fall?

● Content Framing Question:

○ Organize: What’s happening in
Why Do Leaves Change Color?
Practice Fluency

● Think-Pair-Share:
○ Which routine will help
us best learn about the
organization of this
text:
■ Story Stones
■ Buttons, Bags,
Boxes
Define the Key Terms

● As we investigate the text

today we will need to
know two key terms,
which will help us better
understand the change
that happens to leaves:
○ Absorb
○ Separate
Define the Key Terms
● Find the word absorb
on page 9 of the text.
○ Let’s echo read that
sentence aloud
● Let’s look at the word or
next to absorb.
Remember, we learned
about or in the Lesson
17 Deep Dive. Or can
connect sentences or
words!
Define the Key Terms
● Sometimes when the word
or is connecting words, it
shows that the word after
it is another word similar to
it.
● That means another
definition for absorb is “to
hold” because on page 9 it
says”
○ Or hold sunlight
Define the Key Terms
● Find the word separate on page 15. Let’s echo read the
sentence together!
● Separate means “not connected or attached”
○ Count how many leaves are separated from the tree in
the illustration on pages 14–15.
Reread the Text for Answers
● We noticed so many things about
the text in the last lesson but we
also had many questions!
● Today we are going to reread the
text to find the answers to the
wonders on our chart
○ Choose one or two of the
wonders on our chart that you
want to listen and look for the
answer during our read aloud
○ Show a thumbs up when we
find the answer as we read!
Reread the Text for Answers
● Read Aloud:
○ Remember, this is a good
time to practice our
Listening Goal of noticing
the whole Message
○ When we get to that part
of the text, whisper read
your fluency homework
passage while the
passage is read aloud.
Identify the Details and Main Topic

● This book teaches

us information
about all 4
seasons!
● We will be in 4
groups and be in
charge of a
different season.
Identify the Details and Main Topic
● You will work together to
record details about
what happens to leaves
and trees during your
season.
● Afterwards, each group
will share what
information they found
about their season in the
text!
Identify the Details and Main Topic
● Your paper tells you what
pages to read to find the
information
● Write down the most
important details next to In fall, the light and
temperature changes
12
the buttons
● Write down the page
number where you found
each detail
Identify the Details and Main Topic
● In your groups:
○ Work together to
read the pages about
your season
○ Figure out which
details are the most
important
○ Record those details
on your organizer
Identify the Details and Main Topic

● Presentations!
○ One person from each
group will share the
details they wrote down
on their notetakers
○ I will record them on our
class chart
Identify the Details and Main Topic
● Think-Pair-Share:
○ What do we learn about
this text from this list of
details?
○ Why are there so many
more details about fall
than the other seasons?
○ What is the main topic
of this text?
Identify the Details and Main Topic

● Remember, the Main Topic

of a text is what the whole
book is about
● Think-Pair-Share:
○ What is the main topic
of this text?
Examine Conclusions
● Today we are going to
learn how to end our
informative paragraphs!
● With your partner:
○ Cut out the sentences
on your handout
○ Then match and
arrange them on your
paragraph part mat in
order
Examine Conclusions

● Think-Pair-Share:
○ What did you notice
about this paragraph?
○ What did you notice
about the sentence that
didn’t have a spot on
the mat?
Examine Conclusions
● Conclusions are:
○ The sentence at the
end of an informative
paragraph that finishes
or completes the
paragraph.
● Conclusions reinforce the
essential idea
○ Reinforce means to
strengthen or build
Examine Conclusions
● Conclusion will be similar
to the topic statement
since the topic statement
introduces the essential
idea of the paragraph!
● For a conclusion, you will
say the essential idea
again in a different way
at the end.
Examine Conclusions
● Does the conclusion in this paragraph match
the criteria for a conclusion?
○ In fall, some animals get ready for cold
weather. Squirrels collect food for winter.
They hide nuts and acorns. With this
stored food, they will have enough food
for the winter. Fall is a busy time for
squirrels as they prepare for winter.
Examine Conclusions
● Let’s echo read the
criteria for a Conclusion
Sentence:
○ Reinforces the
essential idea of the
paragraph.
○ Is usually the last
sentence(s) of the
paragraph.
Answer the Content Framing Question

● Think-Pair-Share:
○ In our lesson today,
how did we tell what
was happening in Why
Do Leaves Change
Color?
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear
● “Back in the spring, the
tiny new leaves uncurled
from their buds”
● Think-Pair-Share:
○ What does the word
uncurled tell readers
about how leaves grow?
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear
● A prefix is a small word part
● When the prefix un– is added to the beginning of a
base word, it changes the base word’s meaning.
● The prefix changes the meaning of the base word curl
to mean "not curled."

Curl Uncurl
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear
● With your partner,
brainstorm words that
have the “un-” prefix in
front on the first page of
your handout
● On the second page,
choose 4 words with the
“un-” prefix and write it’s
meaning
○ Hint: un- means “not”
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear

● Use the words on your

handout to act out the
words with your partner!
○ One person acts, the
other person guesses
the word
○ Then switch!
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear
● The green color starts to
disappear.
● Once the green color fades,
the yellow and orange
pigments can be seen.
● Think-Pair-Share:
○ How does the prefix “dis-”
change the meaning of a
word?
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear
● Disappear means unseen or not seen
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear

● With your partner,

brainstorm words that have
the “dis-” prefix on the next
page of your handout
Examine Academic Vocabulary:
Uncurled, Disappear

● Think-Pair-Share:
○ How did we use
prefixes to change
word meanings?