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Over Time Over Time Chan g e s h
Talk about the girl in the picture. Is she a baby? What is she doing?
Circle the things that she can do now that she couldn’t do when she was younger.
Talk about the things you can do now that you could not do when you were younger.
The Big Idea
What can happen over time?
Question
COLLA B O ORAT
Talk about ways to tell the time. Use the photos and words to help you.
clock mobile phone watch alarm clock
Write about what you use to tell the time in each place.
What do you use to tell time?
Talk about your ideas.
Playground
Dave gave Jane a plate of grapes. Can the ants take the grapes?
Your Turn
Look for these words with long a spelled a_e in “Nate the Snake Is Late.”
Words to Know
away
The dog ran away. What is away from you? now
It’s seven o’clock now. What do you want to do now?
I have some money. When do you have some time to play?
Words to Know
gaze
We gaze at the sky.
Do you like to gaze at the stars?
late
Jake is late for school.
How do you feel when you are late? nap
I like to nap on the couch.
Where do you like to nap?
Your Turn Say the sentence for each word. Then make up another sentence.
Find Text Evidence Read to find out why Nate is late.
Point to each word in the title as you read it.
Circle and read aloud each word with long a as in cake.
How do we measure time?
Nate the Snake Is Late Fantasy
Read Shared Read
Find Text
Evidence
Circle and read aloud each word with long a as in cake.
Comprehension Why can Nate not be late? Look at the picture. What time is it now? Circle the answer in the picture. 1 2
It is 8 o’clock, and I can not be late. I do not wish to make my pals wait.
must
be there? Look at the picture. Why does Nate think he has lots of time? Circle the answer in the picture.
Read Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline and read aloud the words way, some, and away.
Circle and read aloud each word with long a as in cake. Comprehension
Look at the picture. Why does Nate think he has time to spare? Circle the answer in the picture.
At last I am set and on my way there. But I think I still have some time to spare.
Shawn Mahoney
Read Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline and read aloud the words why, now, and today. Circle and read aloud each word with long a as in cake. Comprehension
Look at the picture. Nate is still on his way. What time is it now?
Circle the answer in the picture.
I dash up a lane and past the gate. I am on my way, but am I late?
Respond to Reading
Circle and write the words that answer the questions about “Nate the Snake Is Late.” Write the page numbers.
Questions Text Evidence Answers
What happens at 8 o’clock?
Nate up at 8 o’clock.
What does Nate do on a rock?
Nate on a rock.
Page(s):
What can Nate and his friends do today?
Nate and his friends can the story today.
Page(s):
Page(s):
Work with a partner to ask and answer the questions above.
Genre Study
A fantasy story has made-up characters. Fantasy stories can be told in first-person using the words I, me, my, and we.
Reread to find out who is telling this fantasy story.
Talk about who is telling the story and how you know.
Write the words that tell you who is telling the story. Draw the character.
Words That Tell Character
Reread Shared Read
Comprehension Skill
A character is the person or animal in a story. The setting is where and when a story takes place. The plot is what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Reread “Nate the Snake Is Late.”
Talk about what happens in the beginning of the story.
Find Text Evidence
Find out what happens in the beginning of the story.
page 14
It is 8 o’clock, and I can not be late. I do not wish to make my pals wait.
Write about the plot of the story.
Nate wakes up at . He does not want to be .
Nate does many things, such as in the lake. Then he takes a nap.
Beginning Middle End
Nate gets to the library for story hour. Now his friends can hear the story !
Talk about the plot of the story using details on other pages.
Retell “Nate the Snake Is Late” using your own words.
Reread Shared Read
Words to Know
alarm clock
The alarm clock rings.
What do you do when your alarm clock rings?
I always take the school bus.
Who always wakes up late in your family?
This was easy for me.
What is easy for you?
instead
Sam doesn’t like juice. So, I give him milk instead. The buses aren’t running. What can we take instead?
point
The hands point to the 12.
Point to the door.
shadow
I can see my shadow. Make a shadow on your desk with your hand.
Words to Know
Your Turn
sundials
Sundials use the sun to tell time.
What helps you tell time on sundials?
tools
Dad has a lot of tools.
Name some tools you have at your house.
watches
The watches tell the time.
Look at your watches. What time is it now?
COLLA B ORATE COLLA B ORATE
Say the sentence for each word. Then make up another sentence.
It’s About Time! Beep, beep, beep! An alarm clock wakes you up. It’s time for school!
How do you know what time it is? The numbers on a clock tell you the time. All clocks tell the hour and minute. Some clocks have faces with hands. The hands point to the numbers. Some clocks have just numbers.
Read to find out about telling time.
Underline the sentence that explains how all clocks are the same.
Talk about how some clocks are different.
Paired Read
Long ago, people didn’t have clocks. They used the sun to tell time instead. Tools like sundials helped them. The sun’s shadow showed the hour. But people had to guess the minutes.
Underline the word that tells what people used before clocks.
Circle what is needed for a sundial to work.
Talk about how the sundial works.
Then people made clocks!
It was easy to see the hour and minutes. Today, watches, phones, and computers tell the time, too. We always know the time!
Look at the sun’s shadow in the photo. What will happen when the sun moves?
Talk about the information in the text.
Write what the facts are mostly about on pages 29 and 30.
Page 29 Page 30
Why is “It’s About Time!” a good title for this text?
What does the author want you to know after reading this text?
Grammar
A verb is a word that shows action.
Find Text Evidence
Which words are verbs in the sentence? How do you know? Circle the verb(s). I wade in the lake as frogs hop away.
A. Circle the verbs.
B. Add a verb to complete the sentence. Write the sentence. She sits on a chair. I dash down the lane. I to school.
Make Connections
Talk about what happened to the girl in the photo.
You can compare the girl and Nate using these sentence starters:
• The girl in the photo is late for . . .
• Nate in “Nate the Snake Is Late” is late for . . .
Compare the girl in the photo and Nate in “Nate the Snake Is Late.”
Both
Answer the Essential Question. Use what you learned this week. How do we measure time?
Research and Inquiry
Tell Me About Your Day
Step 1 Find a classmate to interview. Write his or her name.
Step 2 Write two questions about your classmate’s day. Use the photos and words to help you.
Examples What time do you wake up?
wake up
leave for school do homework go to bed
Step 3 Interview your classmate. Ask your questions from Step 2 .
Step 4 Draw and write about your classmate’s day.
My classmate .
Step 5 Present your work.
Write About the Text
I responded to the prompt: Add two pages between pages 15 and 16. What does Nate do to get ready?
Student Model: Narrative Text
Luke
Grammar
The word grab is a verb, or action word.
I have time to grab something to eat.
A juicy, red apple is a yummy treat!
Sensory Details
I used the words juicy and red to tell about the apple.
Reread Shared Read
Rhyming Words I ended my lines with the words be and see.
I need my cap.
Oh, where could it be?
I look by my bed.
There it is, I see!
Your Turn
Add two pages to the end of “Nate the Snake Is Late” telling what happens next. Write rhyming sentences like the story.
