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BEFORE READING
Tech Files ONLINE
Students can find out more about collecting by searching the Internet.
Have them use a student-friendly
search engine and the keywords collecting and collections.
ELL
Build Background Use ELL Poster 8 to build background and vocabulary for the lesson concept of how to get ideas to solve a problem.
ELL Poster 8
ELL Poster 8
Lesson Vocabulary
WORDS TO KNOW
Tested Word collection a group of things
gathered from many places and belonging together
Tested Word enormous very, very large;
huge
Tested Word realize to understand
something clearly
Tested Word scattered separated and going
in different directions
Tested Word shiny giving off or reflecting
a bright light; bright
Tested Word strain to draw tightly; to stretch
too much
MORE WORDS TO KNOW
clutter filled with objects in a messy way
indescribable not able to be told about in words; beyond description
inspiration a sudden, good idea that solves a problem
Tested Word= Tested Word
Practice Book
Practice Book 3.1 p. 74
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Build Background
ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
BEGIN A WEB about collecting.
  • Write the word "Collecting" in the center oval.
  • Give students two to three minutes to think of as many things as they can that
    people collect. Write their ideas on the web.
  • Encourage students to share something they like to collect. Share some ideas of your own.
  • As they read, have students jot down things Prudy collected that they can add to the web.
BACKGROUND BUILDING AUDIO This week's audio spotlights third graders
who are collectors. After students listen, discuss how they think they are
similar and different from the third graders on the CD.
Audio CD
Background Building Audio
Introduce Vocabulary
DISCUSS THE VOCABULARY
Share lesson vocabulary with students. Have students locate each word in their
glossaries and note each word's pronunciation and meaning. Ask these questions
to help clarify word meanings.
How big does something have to be to be enormous?
Would you add a snail shell to a rock collection?
What do you do when you realize you are wrong?
How do you keep your shoes so shiny?
Will a vacation strain our budget?
Did you find all of the papers that the wind scattered across the park?
Point out that some of this week's words could describe a collection—enormous,
shiny, scattered. Ask students what other words they know that might describe a
collection. Activate Prior Knowledge
Enormous is a synonym for huge. What other words are synonyms for huge? (Possible
responses: immense, large, gigantic) Synonyms
Continue this activity by having students write their own questions using the vocabulary.
Use the Multisyllabic Word Routine on p. DI•1 to help students read multisyllabic words.