Building Skills
Phonics
-ight spelling of long /i/
Write the word flight on the board. Ask students how the long /i/ sound is spelled in the word. Have students brainstorm a list of words from the -ight word family. Students can add these words to their personal dictionaries.
Word Work
Possessive pronouns
Say: Possessive pronouns are pronouns that show ownership. In the sentence, While trying to fly her plane around the world, the pronoun her shows that the plane belongs to Amelia. Let’s think of other words that show possession.
Make a list of possessive pronouns.
Grammar
Subject
Have students turn to the first sentence in the book and read it aloud. Ask students who the sentence is about. Explain that we call this the subject of a sentence. Write the following sentence on the board: Giant black storm clouds filled the sky. Explain that clouds is the subject of the sentence. The words giant, black, and storm are adjectives. They describe what kind of clouds these are. The verb in the sentence is filled. It tells what the clouds did.
Write another sentence on the board and ask students to find the subject: I went to the movie.
Explain that sometimes there can be more than one subject in a sentence. Use the following example to demonstrate: Shelly and I went to the movie. Have students take turns choosing a sentence in the book and identifying the subject.
Give students worksheet 2 and have them find the subjects of the sentences.
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