DAY 1 This week we will talk

DAY 1

This week we will talk, sing, read and write about animals as they grow and change.

Animals don’t just change in looks as they grow. They also change in what they eat and the things they can do.

mature features natural • The song says that the puppy gets bigger as he matures. When people or animals mature, they grow older and become adults. • Features are parts or details that stand out. We talk about people’s or animals’ features to tell what they look like. • Something natural grows on its own in nature and is not made by people. The wild flowers were a natural beauty. One change that happens to children as they mature is ________. One feature of a turtle is ______. It’s natural for a cat to _________.

What kind of flower do you see in the picture? The word roses is made from a base word an ending. The base word is rose. The ending is /ez/. What kind of seats do you see in the picture? Benches is also made from a base word and ending. The base word is bench. What ending do you hear?

Phonics digs hats • What do you know about reading these words? • Hat is a noun. In a noun, an –s ending means “more than one. ” Digs is a verb. In a verb, an –s ending means that someone is doing something now.

For some base words, we use the ending –es instead of –s. peaches This word is made up of the base word peach and the ending –es. peach es peaches

roses benches fences bushes horses crunches

fixes Fixes is made from the base word fix and the ending –es. When I come to a word that ends with –es, I look to see if it has a base word an ending. I read the base word and the ending: fix, -es. Then I read the two parts together as one word: fixes. fix es fixes

taxes waxes messes dresses kisses fishes flushes pinches What do you know about reading these words? If the base word is a noun, -es means more than one. If the base word is a verb, -es means that someone is doing something now.

Team Talk: Take turns reading each of the sentences aloud with your partner.

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Spelling Words

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Break into small groups!

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Conventions: Verbs That Do Not Add -s Today you listened to a story called “The End of Summer. ” We can say sentences to tell about what the cubs do. The cubs _________________. All of the things that more than one cub does now are verbs that do not add –s.

Conventions: Verbs That Do Not Add -s A verb is the action word in a sentence. It tells what someone or something does. Verbs that do not add -s tells what more than one person, animal or thing is doing now in the present tense. Go, sit and swim are verbs that do not add -s. A verb in the present tense means the action is happening now. Verbs can also be in the past tense or future tense.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Carl and Jan (move, moves) to a new house. They (sees, see) Jim and Annie (bring, brings) a gift. They (talks, talk) to Carl and Jan (like, likes) their new neighbors.

Conventions: Verbs That Do Not Add -s Let’s complete these sentences using the same verb for each pair of sentences. He ______ the dog. They_____ the dog. Sam ______the milk. Tom and Ray ______the milk. Team Talk: Turn to your partner and talk about things you like to do with a friend. Use verbs in your sentences.

DAILY FIX-IT 1. My dad fickses buss. 2. i have a vere friendly class.

DAILY FIX-IT 1. My dad fickses buss. My dad fixes buses. 2. i have a vere friendly class. I have a very friendly class.

Wrap Up Your Day! benches What does the –es ending show? mashes inches misses sixes Think about the story “The End of Summer. ” What did you learn about animals in this story?

DAY 2

• Do you think this puppy could dig holes when he was first born? Why or why not?

tumble swoop They tumble for a while; they swoop. • This sentence describes how leaves look as they fall from a tree. Think about a leaf falling from a tree. What does the leaf look like when it tumbles? What does it look like when it swoops? • Harry tells of watching leaves tumble from the trees. To tumble means to fall helplessly. You tumble to the ground when you trip. Cereal tumbles into the bowl when you pour it from a box. • To swoop is to come down on something. The owl swoops to catch the mouse. The eagle is waiting to swoop down on the rabbit.

Look at the man sweeping in the picture. He is doing one of his chores. The middle sound in chores is /or/. The last sound in chores is /z/. Listen to the sounds in chores: /ch/ /or/ /z/. There are three sounds in chores. Let’s blend those sounds: /ch/ /or/ /z/, chores.

Group Practice thorn horse horn doors floor cores born board porch worm

spot You studied words like this already. What sound does o spell in this word? Today you’ll learn to read words with the /or/ sound. The sound you hear at the beginning of orchestra is /or/. The sound /or/ can be spelled or. corn In this word, the letters or spell the sound /or/. This is how I blend this word. /k/ /or/ /n/ corn /m/ /or/ more I What do you know about reading these words?

Look at the pictures on this page. The word in the first picture is orchestra. When I say orchestra, the first sound I hear is /or/. In orchestra, /or/ is spelled or. The word in the second picture is score. When I say score, the last sound I hear is also /or/. In score, /or/ is spelled ore. Team Talk: Take turns reading each of the sentences aloud.

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REVIEW : Long e: ee, Long i: i_e, Vowel Sounds of y shy muddy teeth hide tree carry Why will Mike look at the sky? My puppy is sweet and funny. Sandy likes to ride in a jeep. feet drive dry

Nonsense Word Fluency wek fip sic pov rot nuc rek nov sab dom cet gab hag fiv joz

Spelling Words 1. fix 2. fixes 3. class 4. classes 5. wish 6. wishes 7. kiss 8. kisses 9. bus 10. buses

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Expository text is writing that gives facts and information.

Good readers read for a purpose. Setting a purpose helps us to think and understand more as we read. Good readers often ask themselves if they understand what they are reading. If something doesn’t make sense, they try different ways to fix the problem.

Break into small groups!

Verbs That Do Not Add –s 1. Erik rides his bike. 2. Erik and his mother ride to school. Which of these sentences is talking about more than one person? What is the verb in each sentence? These verbs are in the present tense. What does that mean? We do not add s to a verb if it shows what more than one person does now. That’s why the verb in the second sentence is ride.

Verbs That Do Not Add –s Use present tense verbs in the sentences below. • 1. We _______ our stories. • 2. The girls ______ at the park. • 3. Maria _________her food.

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DAILY FIX-IT 3. I kis my mom before I catch the buss. 4. My fiends meet at the bus sop.

DAILY FIX-IT 3. I kis my mom before I catch the buss. I kiss my mom before I catch the bus. 4. My fiends meet at the bus sop. My friends meet at he bus stop.

Wrap Up Your Day! core form Which letters stand for the sound /or/ ? away car friends house our school very

DAY 3

• Why is it interesting to have a baby animal as a pet?

crumple • Do you think Mr. George Baker likes going to school? How can you tell? • Why do you think he is happy to go ? I like his crumpled hat and his long stretchy legs. Team Talk: Finish this sentence. I like his _______hat and his long _____legs. • What does a crumpled hat look like? • What does stretchy legs mean?

• Harry says George’s hat is crumpled, and so are his shoes. When you crumple something, you bend it our of shape and wrinkle it. • A car’s front end may be crumpled after it is in an accident. Paper is crumpled when it is in a ball. A hat may look crumpled after you sit on it.

Today we are going to use this picture to help us add a sound to one word to make a new word. When I add /t/ to the end of shore, I make a new word: short. Now I will look for something that is short in the picture. /k/ ow /store /m/ she /p/ /ch/ or /g/ oat core /d/ row /z/ say/f/

Now we are going to build words with /or/ spelled or or ore. Look at this word: horn. Watch me change the h to w. My new word is worn. torn tore more shore

Nonsense Word Fluency hez jaz gam kep tuf liz hum zok wox bub giv cap nov min sel

Spelling Words 1. fix 2. fixes 3. class 4. classes 5. wish 6. wishes 7. kiss 8. kisses 9. bus 10. buses

Fluent Word Reading stork • I know the sounds for s, t, or and k. I blend them and read the word stork. foxes • I see es at the end, so I know this might be a base word with the –es ending. Do I see a base word? Yes, I see fox. I blend fox with –es and read foxes. Say the sounds or word parts in your head for each word you see. When I point to the word, we’ll read it together. dashes morning fort buses fizzes store bunches

1. Dan wishes he had his kite. 2. The bus ride was very nice. 3. We sang with my friends.

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Reading Words in Context 1. My mom teaches tenth grade at that _____. 2. We like talking with our _______on the phone. 3. His class has a brown _____in a cage. 4. Did she see a cat with very thick black ______. 5. Deb and Mike drove away in a red ______. 6. My friends will meet me at my _____next week. friends mouse school house car fur

When we tell how things are like each other, we compare; when we tell how things are different we contrast. Seeing how things are alike and different helps us understand our reading. What is one way that newborn mice are like many other newborn animals? What is one way that newborn mice are different from other newborn animals?

Verbs That Do Not Add –s We do not add –s to the end of a verb that shows what more than one person, animal or thing does in the present tense. Sally and Tom jump. We make pancakes. 1. The girls _______basketball. 2. They _____in the choir. 3. The babies ______. What verb tense are we using in these sentences?

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DAILY FIX-IT 5. I wich Kim was in my klass. 6. My best freinds ride the bus

DAILY FIX-IT 5. I wich Kim was in my klass. I wish Kim was in my class. 6. My best freinds ride the bus My best friends ride the bus.

Wrap Up Your Day! In The Class Pet, the author says, The pet is a cute tan mouse. Which part of this sentence is fact? Which part is an opinion?

DAY 4

The puppy in the song has a person to care for him. Who cares for baby animals that live outdoors in the natural world?

Expository Text v Expository Text tells facts and information. “Pup Grows Up”

nibble nudges wriggle nibble • As the seal pup grew, he began to nibble food from the ocean. nudges • Nudges means to touch or push gently. wriggle • When you wriggle, you twist and move back and forth. • The dog nudges me with • When you nibble her nose when she wants to something, you eat it with be petted. The baby wriggled in small bites or in small pieces. her highchair because • My brother nudged me to she wanted to play on • At snack time we nibbled wake me up during the floor. some corn chips. movie. The worm wriggles • What snacks do you like to through the dirt. nibble on during a movie?

Phonemic Awareness This week we read about a mouse named Dory. Listen as I say the two syllables in Dory. /dor/ /e/ Now I will blend the two syllables together to say the name: /dor/ /e/, Dory.

Phonics Review hang chunk You studied words like these last week. What do you know about the sound you hear when a word ends with ng? What do you know about the sound you hear when a word ends with nk?

Compound Words cupcake • You can read this word because it is a compound word. A compound word is made up of two or more smaller words. • What are the two short words in this word? • Let’s look at some more compound words.

Nonsense Word Fluency poc bac hos cad jif tev fec pik hif wiz yed deg hut jul kuk

Spelling Words 1. fix 2. fixes 3. class 4. classes 5. wish 6. wishes 7. kiss 8. kisses 9. bus 10. buses

DAILY FIX-IT 7. I wich I could ride the bus 8. The buses were lat

DAILY FIX-IT 7. I wich I could ride the bus I wish I could ride the bus. 8. The buses were late.

DAILY FIX-IT 9. dad say hi. 10. Jan iz on her way?

DAILY FIX-IT 9. dad say hi. Dad says hi. 10. Jan iz on her way? Jan is on her way.

Wrap Up Your Day! roses benches fences Can we see that dog? Yes, we can!

DAY 5

Amazing Words features matures natural swoop tumble crumple nibble nudges wriggle

Phonemic Awareness

Spelling

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