READING POWER 20 MIN Word-Reading Skill Review
Note Take time during this first lesson to have campers take the Word-Reading Skills Check-in. Use the results to identify their strengths and where they may need support. Offer the check-in again at the end of camp to measure growth. Then, review the word-reading skill with campers. In the following lesson, campers will play a game to practice the skill, strengthen comprehension, and demonstrate understanding. Practice Reading and Using Words With Comparative Endings - er and - est Review that we can change a word’s meaning by adding an ending to it. Review comparative adjectives. Remind campers that adjectives are describing words, such as nice , cheap , and warm , that are used to describe a thing or person. Say: We can add -er to some adjectives to compare two or more people or things. We can add -est to some adjectives to compare three or more people or things. Display and read the word tall . Say: The adjective is tall . I want to use the word tall to compare the heights of two people. I add the ending -er to tall to make the new word, taller . Ana is taller than Joe. We use the word than when we are comparing two things. Invite campers to suggest other adjectives to which they can add -er to compare two things or people. Then say: When we want to compare three or more things or people, we add the ending -est to an adjective. For example, we add -est to the word tall , and make the comparative word tallest: Ana is the tallest in the group. We use the word the when we add the -est ending. Review the word meanings on the Adjective Word List.
BRING THE TEXT TO LIFE 20 MIN
Reading Fluency For the fluency practice, you may use the decodable passage and routines provided here or choose a passage from the book and the fluency routine that works best for your group.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Pair more-fluent with less-fluent readers. Have partners translate the five -est words from the decodable passage into their home language. Ask each pair to create a chart with a row for each word, including the base word, its -er version, and its -est version in both English and their home language. If time permits, encourage partners to write short sentences using each English word then read the sentences aloud together.
Which non-planet am I? I am not the hottest. I am not the brightest. I am not the fastest. I am not the biggest.
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