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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
Pencil Talk
Introduce The girl bows after her
performance. Bows means “bends the head
or body in greeting, respect, worship, or
obedience.” Let’s say the word together: bows.
•Draw a picture of someone bowing.
Write a sentence that tells about your
picture. Use the word bows in your
sentence.
Demonstrate In Japan, one person bows
to another in greeting. The knight bows before
his king. Every actor in the cast bows on stage
as the audience claps.
•Make a list of ways that one person
greets another person. Begin your list with
the word bows.
Apply If someone bows to you, what is the
person doing? Why do you think he or she is
doing that?
•Complete this sentence frame:
After the play, each actor bows to the
__________ because __________.
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: bows.
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chilly
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
Action!
Introduce The woman wraps herself in a
blanket when she feels chilly. Chilly means
“cold or unpleasantly cool.” Let’s say the word
together: chilly.
•Imagine it is chilly in the classroom. Act
out how you look and move when you
feel chilly.
Demonstrate The chilly breeze made him
shiver. Before the sun came up, it was chilly
outside. The air conditioning made the room a
little chilly.
•Imagine you have a puppy and the
puppy is chilly. Show what you would do
for the puppy to make it warm.
Apply Compare how you would dress
differently on a chilly day and on a hot day.
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: chilly.
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foolish
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
Team Talk
Introduce When the boy began to pull the
shirt over his head he looked foolish. Foolish
means “without any sense, unwise.” Let’s say
the word together: foolish.
•Tell your partner a sentence using the
word foolish. Have your partner repeat
the sentence, replacing the word foolish
with a synonym.
Demonstrate He made a foolish decision.
It was foolish to leave my umbrella at home
when I knew it was going to rain. Skipping
breakfast is usually considered foolish.
•Tell your partner about a character in a
story or book who did something that was
foolish. Explain why what the character
did was foolish. What should he or she
have done instead?
Apply What is something that you have
done that you think was foolish? Why?
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: foolish.
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foreign
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
All Together
Introduce The people hold flags of many
countries. Foreign means “outside your own
country.” Let’s say the word together: foreign.
•I’m going to name some foods. If a food
originally came from somewhere outside
the United States, say “Foreign.” If it did
not, say “Not foreign.”
Demonstrate I like different kinds of
foreign food. Kyra is learning a foreign
language. Mr. Delfino owns a foreign car.
Apply If you could go to any foreign land,
where would you go? Why do you want to go
there?
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: foreign.
taco
turkey
squash
croissant
•I’m going to ask you some questions.
Answer “yes” or “no.”
Do you need a passport to go on a
foreign trip?
Do you have to fly to go to a foreign
country?
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narrow
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
All Together
Introduce The pasta is cut into narrow
strips. Narrow means “not wide, having little
width.” Let’s say the word together: narrow.
•I’m going to name some things. If
something is narrow, say “Narrow.” If it
is not narrow, say “Not narrow.”
Demonstrate Kelsey wore a narrow belt.
The old street was too narrow for modern
buses. The stream is so narrow that you can
step from one bank to the other.
a piece of string
an ocean
a ballroom
a strand of hair
Apply Which is narrow—a hallway or a
living room? How do you know?
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: narrow.
•I’m going to tell you a sentence. The huge
tanker could not get through the narrow
channel. What does narrow mean? Let’s
say the meaning together.
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perches
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
Pencil Talk
Introduce The toucan perches on a branch.
Perches means “comes to rest on something,
settles, sits.” Let’s say the word together:
perches.
•Draw a picture of an unlikely animal
perching in an unlikely place. For
example, an elephant perches on a
telephone line. Write a sentence that tells
about your picture. Use the word perches
in your sentence.
Demonstrate The hummingbird perches
on a twig. The cat perches on the top of the
bookcase. The child perches on the couch to
talk to her dad.
Apply If a bird perches in your yard or
neighborhood, what might it be sitting on?
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: perches.
•Complete this sentence frame:
A bird perches in many places, such as
__________.
•Make a list of synonyms for the word
perches. Begin with the synonyms in the
definition: settles, sits. Look in a thesaurus
if you need help finding more synonyms.
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recipe
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Routine for Lesson Vocabulary
Team Talk
Introduce This recipe is written on a card.
A recipe is a set of written directions that show
you how to fix something to eat. Let’s say the
word together: recipe.
•Ask your partner to tell about his or her
favorite recipe. Have your partner list the
ingredients and explain the steps.
Demonstrate He used a recipe to make
beef stew. The recipe for the casserole has six
ingredients and five steps. Aunt Dolores gave
me the recipe for her famous muffins.
Apply Have you ever made something using
a recipe? How did it turn out?
•Tell your partner why it is important to
follow the steps in a recipe in the correct
order.
•Talk with your partner about what you
should do before you begin using a
recipe and what you should do after you
are finished using the recipe.
Display Now I will write the word on the
board. Let’s read the word together: recipe.
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