Chinatown
(p. 252-271)
Student Sites
Background: neighborhoods
Spelling: er/est
Vocabulary: celebrations, develop. Furious, graceful, grocery store, students (p. 250-251)
Preview, predict, picture walk, read story aloud and discuss
Story: Choral Read, partner read, independent read, listen to story on tape
Poetry: I Was Born Here in the City (p. 250p)
Writing: Word Choice: The ___est Thing in the World (Read Things that Are Most in the World; create class book)
Word Building: smallest
Centers
Cool Computers: Draw your house using Pixie
Awesome Artists: Chinese character writing/painting
Word Wizards: Sight Word Search
Rockin’ Readers: Neighborhoods
Chinatown Powerpoint on laptop
Neighborhood Brochure (see rubric and examples)
Literature Connection: Things that Are the Most in the World (E Bar)
Literature Connection: Pig, Pigger, Piggest
Spelling match game (er/est)
