UNIT X UNIT 1 | 29 FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Guide students with their sentences in Activity C. Ask: What happened before the storm? Then what happened? Why was it dark? What happened after the storm? What did they see? Amplify Set a time limit for students to create as many words as possible using base words from the text. Have students share their words in groups. Write: Dependent and independent clauses Write an independent and dependent clause. Write: Base words Identify the base words of survival, moody, funny, quietly, amazement. Choose one word and write a sentence. B Identify sentence fragments Read item 1 aloud and copy it onto the board. Ask a volunteer to identify and underline the fragment. Have students work independently and compare their responses with a partner. ANSWERS fragments: 2, 3, 5 C Express ideas Read the sentence frames aloud. Have students work independently to complete them. Call on volunteers to share their work. ANSWERS Sample answer: Before the storm, we watched the meteorologist on television. When we heard the tornado sirens, we went to the basement. It was dark because the power went out. After the storm, we picked up branches from the yard. WORD STUDY: Base Words Understand base words Read the Word Study box aloud. Ask: What letters were added to the base word hope? What does hope mean? What does hopeful mean? How does the meaning of the word change with –ful? Do the same with the word dust. A Identify base words Model finding and completing the first answer from the text. Then direct students to complete Activity A in pairs. Call on volunteers to share their answers. ANSWERS sandy; lighten; funny B Write complete sentences Explain the activity. Have students underline the three base words and then write their sentences. Call on volunteers to read a sentence aloud. ANSWERS help; dark; dirt. Sample answers: I want to be helpful, so I volunteer in my community. We watched the sky darken before the thunderstorm. After the flood, everything was dirty and muddy. Practice Book p. 15 Assessment Program p. 7 EXPLORE AND LEARN PRACTICE COMMUNICATE COMMUNICATE B Identify the fragments. 1. Before the thunderstorm, we brought our pets inside. 2. When it was raining. 3. Because the sky was dark. 4. After the storm, we checked on our neighbors. 5. If the weather is nice. C Complete the paragraph with your own ideas. Before the storm, . When , we went to the basement. Because of the storm, . After the storm, . WORD STUDY Base Words A base word is the main part of a word that has no other parts. Knowing the base word can help you figure out the meaning of longer words. If someone is hopeful, they have hope. If something is dusty, it has a lot of dust. A Find the words in the text Will the Rain Ever Come? that have these base forms. Then, discuss the meaning of the words. B Identify the base form of the words in the box. Then, make sentences with the words. helpful darken dirty Our neighbors were helpful during the storm. word base word hopeful hope dusty dust word base word sand light fun UNIT 1 29 UNIT X1 / CONNECT TO LANGUAGE ARTS
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