READING STREETUnit 3Week 6

What is changing in our world?

What do we learn as we grow and change?

What changes can we observe in nature?

What changes happen in a garden?

Why are changes exciting?

How do we change as we grow?

How does nature change during the year?

Day 1

Morning Warm Up!

When summer is done, We know winter will soon be here.

How does nature changeduring the year?

What season changes

did you see in Ruby in

Her Own Time? What w

inter changes

can you see in An Egg

is an Egg?

hibernatemigrateseason

temperatureautumnfreezebitterly weary

hibernate - to spend the winter sleeping

•Bears hibernate in the winter.migrate – to move from one place to another

•Some birds migrate to the south in the fall. If a bird doesn’t migrate, it has to be able to find food in cold weather.

temperature – how cold or hot something is

• The temperature last summer was at an all-time high.

• The boy had to stay home from school because he had a temperature of 101 degrees.

season – one of the four parts of the year• Fall is my favorite season. Winter is the coldest season. Summer is the season that comes after spring.

Oral Vocabulary: Share Literature

Change of Seasons

When the season starts to change,And temperature is falling,Animals all knowSoon there will be snow.It is time to go.A warmer place is calling.

In winter, many animalsJust seem to disappear.Some go hibernateSome, like ducks, migrate.But if we just wait,They’ll all be back next year.

g r

green er

green

est

sm

l

er

green

greener

greenest

small

smaller

Phonemic Awareness (Blend and segment syllables)

small

small est smallest

e n

aw

We just sang about winter coming. In winter, the animals will not eat green plants. Listen to the sounds in green.

Listen as I add /er/ to green.

h o

hot t

hot t

f a

t

hot

hotter

hottest

flat

flatter

Phonemic Awareness (Blend and segment syllables)

flat

flat t flattest

t

est

l

er

est

er

t

Comparative Endings

checkedchecking

What do you know about reading these words? Today we will learn about comparative endings with –er and –est.

This word is made from the base word fast and the ending –er. We add the ending –er to words to compare two things and –est to compare three or more things. I see that the base word is fast. You can cover the ending, read the base word, and then blend the base word and the ending to read the whole word. This is how I blend this word.

faster

Let’s blend this word together.

Comparative Endings

fast est = fastest

Let’s try blending these words.

Did you notice that the last consonant of the base word, big, was doubled before the ending –er was added? The g will also be doubled when the ending –est is added.

big ger = bigger

big gest = biggestThese words are made from a base word and an ending. Sound the base word first, then add the ending.

thickest darker hottest stiffer flattest

What do you know about reading words with endings? Read the base word, read the ending, and then blend the two parts.

Comparative Endings: Blending Strategy

These words are made from a base word and an ending. Sound the base word first, then add the ending.

base word Ending -er Ending -est

smarter thin thinnest

smartest smart thinner wetter

quicker

fatter newest saddest deeper

slimmest greenest

wet quick

wettest quickest

Check Word ReadingEndings –ed, ing

fewer sweeter newest firmest

shorter smaller taller

smallest

stalled tallest bigger hottest

skipped thinnest trotting

1. bigger

2. biggest

3. faster

4. fastest

5. slower

6. slowest

7 shorter

8. shortest

9. sadder

10. saddest

11. good-bye 12. before

High-Frequency Words:

Pretest Short u

Model Writing for Sounds:

•The word deeper has an ending. What is the

ending? What is the base word?

•What sounds do you hear in deep? What is the letter

for /d/?

•Now let’s add the ending –er.

•Repeat with deepest, slimmer, slimmest.

Break into groups.

Build Background -Develop Concepts Let’s Talk About Growing and Changing

Develop Oral Vocabulary Tell me about what you see here. During which season do you think this photograph was taken? How can you tell? Look at the picture at the top of p. 145. How do you know that this is not a winter scene? Are any of the photographs on these pages taken during the winter?Build Oral Vocabulary•What is the flock of birds doing? Use the word migrate in your answer. •Is the girl with the umbrella going to hibernate when winter comes? How do you know? •Tell me about the temperature in the picture that shows four children and a dog. •Look at each photograph and tell me during which season it was taken.

Build Background -Develop Concepts Let’s Talk About Changes in Nature

•How does nature change during the year?

•What can you tell me about spring?

•What do you know about summer?

•What happens in the fall?

•How is winter different from the other seasons?

Listening ComprehensionTeach/Model Sequence

DEFINE Sequence•Events in a story happen in a certain order. •Words such as first, then, next, and last can help readers figure out the order of events. READ ALOUD Read “Back and Forth" and model how to identify sequence.

MODEL When I read, I look for words such as first, then, next, and lastto help me pay attention to the order in which things happen. First Robin is happy living in the north. Then he notices it is getting colder and birds are flying away. Next it begins to snow, and Robin listens to Duck and flies south.

CLUES TO SEQUENCE Ask children to tell what happens in the story after Robin and Duck fly south. What happens after Robin and Duck fly south? Then what happens? What happens last in the story? IDENTIFY SEQUENCE Recall the story Frog and Toad Together.What does Toad do after Frog gives him the flower seeds? What happens after Toad plants the seeds? What happens after Frog tells Toad that all the yelling makes the seeds scared? CONNECT TO READING Tell children that when they read any story, they should think about the order in which things happen..

Daily Fix-It

1. The bigest burd said good-bye first.

2. It was the sadest day?

Daily Fix-It

1. The bigest burd said good-bye first.

The biggest bird said good-bye first.

2. It was the sadest day?

It was the saddest day.

Shared Writing: Write Greeting Card

GENERATE IDEAS Describe each of the four seasons. Ask:•Is it hot or cold? •Wet or snowy? •What happens to the trees?

WRITE A SONG The class will write a song that tells about the seasons and how they change.

Comprehension Skill: Think about the sequence of events – the order in which things happen – for the seasons.

Grammar

Teach/Model Verbs That Add -s

Practice:

has + not = hasn’t

was + not = wasn’t

were + not = weren’t

(Write sentences using these contractions.)

•Does and not can be put together to make a contraction.

•Put an apostrophe where the letter o used to be in not.

COMPARATIVE ENDINGS

fast, slow - Change these words by adding -er and then -est. SPELLING ADDING -er, -est

big - Before adding -er or -est the consonant is doubled because the base word ends in one consonant after a short vowel.

kind, hot, and sad - Add -er and –est to each word and use it in a sentence.SEQUENCE Ask: Could the story "Back and Forth" have occurred in a different order—for example, could Robin have flown south during the summer and north during the winter? Why not? LET'S TALK ABOUT IT When did Robin move south? When do you think he moved back north?

Tomorrow the class will read

more about the seasons

of the year.

Day 2

Morning Warm Up!

Today we‘ll read more about the seasons. Each season is part of the

year.When one season ends, another

starts.How do our clothes change

with each season?

Can you find words

that have r-controlled

ar and r-controlled

ore?

hibernatemigrateseason

temperatureautumnfreeze

bitterly weary

Share Literature

NONFICTION Read the title and identify the author.This nonfiction book about the seasons is written like a poem. Listen for the rhythm as I read.

BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY Discuss what happens as the seasons change from summer to autumn. Listen for ways the sun is different in each season.

•How does the weather change from summer to autumn?

•How does autumn help plants and animals prepare for winter?

autumn – one of the four seasons

•Leaves fall off the trees in autumn. Another word for autumn is “fall.” I like to visit the pumpkin farm in autumn.

b ar i

l o

e j

t r

badge ridge

lodge

edge

trudge

Phonemic Awareness: Teach/Model

e j ledge

j

l

j

j

u j

We just saw leaves sprout in a flower box on a ledge. Listen to the sounds in ledge.

You can see that ledge has 5 letters but only 3 sounds.

b a

d o

r i

p l

t r

badge dodge ridge

pledge

trudge

-dge/j/: Teach/Model

germ cage These words have a “g” that makes the “j” sound.

r i bridge

j

b

j

j

u j

g

e j

Try to blend these words:

wedge judge Madge edge sludge ledge

r-Controlled ar

gem

cage

What do you know about reading these words? Today we will learn about other letters that stand for /j/.

This is jet. The sound you hear at the beginning of jet is /j/. Say it with me /j/.

Let’s blend this word together.

Blending Strategy

bridge In this word the letters dge stand for the sound /j/. This is how I blend this word.

r-Controlled ar

badge dodge ridge

pledge trudge

Blending Strategy

What do you know about reading these words? The letters dge stand for /j/.

Group Practice: Say the sounds and blend the word

together.

Individual Practice: Blend the words together.

wedge judge

Madge edge

sludge

ledge

ledge Add “l” to the beginning of egde. What is the new word?

Build Words

bridge

ridge

budge

badge

Take away the “b”. What is the new word? Change the “r” to “b”. Change the “i” to “u”. What is the new word? Change the “u” to “a”. What is the new word?

Change “l” to “br”. Change the first “e” to “i”. What is the new word?

Check Word Reading Ending - dge

judge lodge page bridge

smudge

gem ridge nudge pledge ginger

game gate fudge large porridge

Spelling: Practice r-Controlled er, ir, ur (Click to Check Dictation)

Is a bug slower or faster than a bird?

We ride the biggest but slowest bus. What is bigger than a whale?

Midge looked sadder than Meg before she said good-bye.

1. bigger

2. biggest

3. faster

4. fastest

5. slower

6. slowest

7 shorter

8. shortest

9. sadder

10. saddest

11. good-bye 12. before

High-Frequency Words:

Break into groups.

Word Wall Words

High-Frequency Words

find of said

where

badge

Find some words in the story, “Where is my Badge?” that have a /j/ sound at the end.

your

edge

ledge Madge

Words to Read

does

good-bye

before

won’t

oh

right

“Does anyone know where Squirrel is?” asked Bear. “I want to say good-bye before my long nap. I won’t see anyone for a while. Oh, I’m so sleepy! It’s nap time right now.”

Read the Words

•Look at the Words to Read. You cannot yet blend the sounds in these words. We will spell the words and use letter-sounds we know to learn them. This word is does, d-o-e-s, does. What is this word? What are the letters in this word?

•(Point to the first letter in does.) What is this letter? What is its sound?

•Tell me a sentence using this word.

What makes the seasons?Example:

Interactive WritingWrite Journal Entry

SpringIt is spring. It is warm and sunny.

Plants are growing.

•What does the sentence start with?

•Does the sentence tell something or ask something?

•What does the sentence end with?

Daily Fix-It

3. jay was the fasttest bird.

4. Duck were the slowest bird

Daily Fix-It

3. jay was the fasttest bird.

Jay was the fastest bird.

4. Duck were the slowest bird Duck was the slowest bird.

GrammarDevelop the Concept: Contractions with Not

aren’t hasn’t weren’t wasn’t

The boy has not come home.

My pants were not dirty.

She was not tired.

hasn’t

weren’t

wasn’t

A short way to put two words together is called a contraction. What letter has been left out of the contractions above?

The contraction for has not is hasn’t. I replace the o with an apostrophe: hasn’t.

Speaking and ListeningSummarize Information

• If you are telling an exciting story or talking about something you love, you might want to use gestures to show how you feel. Gestures include nodding your head, shrugging your shoulders, and moving your hands.

• The way you stand, eye contact you make with the audience, and how you move your body all can help show your thoughts and feelings.

Tomorrow you will read

about animals that move when the seasons

change.

Look for the high-frequency words in these sentences:

Oh, I turned right too soon. Now I won’t get there before he does.

I hope I get to say good-bye.

before does good-bye oh right won’t

Add –er and –est to fast and short faster fastest shorter shortest

Let’s Talk About It How does nature change during the

year?

Day 3

Morning Warm Up!Animals know when the seasons

begin to change. We’re going to read

how animals get ready for winter.What’s something you get

ready for each year?

Can you find the words

that are contractions?Can you name the two

words that the

contractions stand for?

hibernatemigrateseason

temperatureautumnfreezefragilevessel

freeze – to turn into something hard because of the cold

•The pond will freeze when it gets cold enough outside.

•When you freeze water, you get ice.

•When rain freezes, it turns into snow.

Share Literature

BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY Yesterday you listened to find out how the sun is different in each season. As seasons change and the weather gets colder, things begin to freeze, or turn solid from the cold. Listen to find out how our lives change with the seasons. Monitor Listening Comprehension•How do we change our lives as the seasons change?

•How does autumn help plants and animals prepare for winter?

•What do animals need to be ready before the weather is so cold things will freeze?

Phonemic Awareness Blend and Segment Phonemes

We just read that some animals sleep in the winter. These animals don’t move or budge. Listen to the sounds in budge.

b u j = budge

w e j = wedge

b r i j = bridge

b a j = badge

s m u j = smudge

smarterYou can read this word because you know how to blend the base word and ending together. What is the base word? What is the ending? What is the word?

thinnest Blend this word. Notice that the last consonant on the base word is doubled.

When you come to a new word, look for a base word and an ending, or look at all the letters in the word and think about their sounds. Say the sounds in the word to yourself and then read the word. When you come to a new word, what are you going to do?

Contractions: Teach/Model

ridgeYou can read this word because you know that the letters –dge stand for the /j/ sound. What does –dge stand for? What is the word?

Group Practice: Let’s read these words. Look at all the letters, think about their sounds, and say the sounds to yourself. When I point to a word, let’s read it together.

wetter

smallest

badge

grudge

Contractions: Teach/Model

Can you blend these –dge words?

hardest judge dodge wedge lodge pledge

The Coldest TimeWhen the seasons change, all nature changes too.All the animals must judge what’s best to do.When the tree colors grow bolder,And the days start turning colder,Then they have their hardest season to get through.

Every animal finds ways to dodge the chill.Geese fly off in a big wedge across the hill.Beavers build a lodge and creep in.Bears find cozy caves to sleep in.They pledge to come out in spring, and so they will.

Sort Words: Words with –er, -est. Say the names of the words in the box. Put

each word in the correct column.

Ending -er Ending -est No Ending

stiffest

bigger budge

fudgestiffer

biggest

darker

stiffer bigger stiffest fudge biggest budge

bridge dimmest darker tallest shorter

pledge

dimmest bridge

shorter tallest pledge

1. bigger

2. biggest

3. faster

4. fastest

5. slower

6. slowest

7 shorter

8. shortest

9. sadder

10. saddest

11. good-bye 12. before

High-Frequency Words:

Build Background

What seasons of the year do we have? How do seasons affect animals? How do you think animals need to change in the

winter?

Connect to Selection

People can tell when the seasons change. We might wear different clothing and do differentthings. What do you think animals do when the seasons change? We'll find out as we reada play that tells about some changes animals go through when the weather gets very cold.

Where do animals go when the days turn cold?

Vocabulary Practice

spring – the season of the year between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow.

warm – more hot than cold

goose – a large bird with a long neck

raccoon – a small animal with thick fur whose markings resemble rings on its tail and a black mask around its eyes.

Word ReadingCheck High-Frequency Words

small does many before

right friends every inside

won’t away oh good-bye

ComprehensionTeach/Model Sequence

RECOGNIZE SEQUENCE – Events in a story happen in a certain order.

CONNECT TO READING•As you read, pay attention to the order in which things happen.•Look for clue words such as first, next, then, and last to help you figure out the order of events.

MODEL When I read a story about a big storm, I think about storms I have experienced. I visualize the signs and sounds of a storm – wind, rain lightning, and thunder – to help me understand what I read.

CONNECT TO READING Ask yourself these questions as you read Where Are My Animal Friends?•What do I know about what is happening in this story?•Does the story remind me of something that’s happened in my life?•How is this story like others I have read?

Break into groups

Fluency

Choral Reading Select a Passage For Where Are My Animal Friends? use pp. 158-160. Divide into Groups Assign each group a part to read. For this story, have each group read one character, Bear or Raccoon.Model Have children track the print as you read. Read Together Have children read along with you. Independent Readings Have the groups read aloud without you. Monitor progress and provide feedback. For optimal fluency, children should reread three to four times.

MODEL READING WITH EXPRESSION AND INTONATION Use Where Are My Animal Friends?

Turn to page151.

I’m going to read this page. I want to sound like the different characters talking to each other. I will try to use my voice to sound the way each character might sound.

Vocabulary: Multiple Meaning Words

Identify the word meaning of “spring” in each sentence .

Many flowers bloom in spring. The animals got a drink at the spring.

right the side of your body opposite of the left I use my right hand to write. to be correct Chuck had the right answer. back to return We go back home after school. opposite of front The table is at the back of the room.. play a story acted out on stage The class had a play about animals. to have fun We like to play ball.

Daily Fix-It

5. It is cold last week?

6. some birds cannot find fod.

Daily Fix-It

5. It is cold last week?

It was cold last week.

6. some birds cannot find fod.

Some birds cannot find food.

Writing Trait of the Week: Introduce Sentences

This tree is bare in winter. This tree will have blossoms next spring. This tree has leaves now.

The sentences sound better without the same beginnings. Notice that sometimes you can give sentences different beginnings by just rearranging the words.

MODEL When I look at the sentences on p. 152, I can see that the author begins each sentence with a different word—Caterpillar, But, Many, and Where. Here are some sentences that begin with the same words. Listen as I read the sentences.

In winter this tree is bare. Next spring it will have blossoms. Now this tree has leaves.

What words do all these sentences begin with? (This tree) Sentences with the same beginning words are not interesting to read or to listen to. Let's listen to how these sentences sound with different beginnings.

Writing Trait of the Week: Introduce Sentences

Let’s rearrange the words in these sentences so that each sentence has a different beginning.

I like to be warm in winter.

I really can’t stay, Raccoon.

I will come back next spring.

In winter I like to be warm.

Raccoon, I really can’t stay.

Next spring I will come back.

Grammar: Apply to Writing – Contractions with “Not”

A contraction is a short way to put two words together. Writing with contractions can make writing seem more casual.

are + not did + not has + not were + not

aren’t didn’t hasn’t weren’t

Now, you make sentences with contractions using “not”.

________ ________ _________ _________

aren’taren’t didn’t hasn’t weren’t

Tomorrow you will

listen to a story about the things a moose does

when the seasons change.

SEQUENCE Recall the sequence of events in Where Are My Animal Friends?

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT In the story, the animals are changing their routines. What is causing them to do this?

Goose and Raccoon look for their friends.

Hummingbird explains that Caterpillar will be a chrysalisuntil spring.

Then Goose and Hummingbird fly away to where it’s warm.

Raccoon talks to Bear, who is hibernating.

Then Raccoon talks to Squirrel. Neither animal is going away for the winter.

They begin to play together.

Day 4

Morning Warm- Up!

Today we are going to read some poems.

Each poem is about changes.Some poems are funny.

What changes might be funny?

Can you find a word that

tells about one? Can you find a word that

tells about more than

one?

hibernatemigrateseason

temperatureautumnfreezebitterlyweary

bitterly – Bitter means showing sadness or pain. Bitterly means “in a sad or painful way.”

•I wore a scarf over my face because of the bitterly cold wind. There were many bitterly cold days last winter•The children were bitterly disappointed after the team lost the game..weary – very tired.

•The mountain climber was weary after the hard day.•The doctor was weary after the long operation. •The children were weary after the long test.

Share Literature

ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Recall that the animals in Where Are My Animal Friends? were getting ready for winter. Now I will read a story about a group of animals and the things they do in each season of the year—"Busy Busy Moose" by Nancy Van Laan.

BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY This story is about a moose, a beaver, a rabbit, and a squirrel. Weary means to be very tired. Why would animals would be weary in the fall. After fall comes winter, when the weather can be bitterly cold. Listen to find out how Moose is busy all through the year.

REVIEW ORAL VOCABULARY •What do you think snakes do in the winter? Do they slither through the snow? •Some places in the world do not have a change of seasons. Do you think a desert has cold winters?

h ertsp er

sw erlcl erksl er

hurtspurswirlclerk

slur

We read that in fall the birds rested in Moose’s antlers, but the birds didn’t hurt Moose. Listen to the word parts in hurt.

hw erl whirls

chervern

servechurn

tw erl twirlsw

erl swirl

High-Frequency Words

Find the word on the wall word that fits each clue.

The word means the opposite of after.

The word begins with /d/ and rhymes withfuzz and buzz. It makes sense in this sentence:Bear ______ lots of work, then he sleeps.

The word means the opposite of left. right

does

before

The word rhymes with go and so and makes sense in this sentence: ______, look at me!

The word means the opposite of hello .

This word is the contraction for will not.

Oh

good-bye

won’t

Review r-Controlled er, ir, ur And Contractions

it’s

You can read this word because you know that the letter e followed by r stands for the r-controlled sound. What sound does er stand for? What’s the word?

her

You can read this word because you know that it is a contraction. What is the first word? What is the last sound? What’s the word? You know it’s made up of two words. What are the two words?

sir

fur

You can read this words because you know that the letter i followed by r stands for the r-controlled sound. What sound does ir stand for? What’s the word?

You can read this words because you know that the letter u followed by r stands for the r-controlled sound. What sound does ur stand for? What’s the word?

Review r-Controlled er, ir, ur And Contractions

surf let’s you’ve herd they’re chirp burn she’s

er, ir, ur Contractions

let’s

you’ve

they’re herd

surf

chirp

burn she’s

Name the two words that make up each contraction.

Word Reading

Read Decodable and High-Frequency Words

wait her know visit turn

perch I’ll clerk push swirling

first we’re bird Fern doesn’t

we’ll let’s we’ve done I’m

Read Words in Context

• If the clerk doesn’t know which button to

push, let’s help her.

• We’ve got time to wait so I’ll take a turn.

• When we’re done with chores, we’ll visit

Fern first.

• I’m swirling like a bird that has left its perch.

1. bigger

2. biggest

3. faster

4. fastest

5. slower

6. slowest

7 shorter

8. shortest

9. sadder

10. saddest

11. good-bye 12. before

High-Frequency Words:

Break into groups.

Writing Across the CurriculumWrite: Math Story

+ =

1 bug + 2 birds = ____ animals

- =

3 animals - 2 animals = ___ animal

•What does a sentence start with?•What does a sentence end with?•What are two things a sentence has to have?

What is a short way to put two words together called? What is used in place of the letter that is left out

of a contraction?

Grammar: Review Contractions with Not

Practice: Which words from the first sentence form the contraction in the second sentence?

The boys are not home. The boys aren’t home.

The water is not cold. The water isn’t cold.

The birds do not sing. The birds don’t sing.

are not

is not

do not

FLUENCY “Hello Beaver,” said Moose. “Do you know what season it is?” What do quotation marks mean?What do we do when we come to a comma or a period?Do we read the second sentence as a telling sentence or a asking sentence?

LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

The animals in the story "Busy Busy Moose" are busy with different tasks. What has changed that makes the animals in thestory do different things?

You heard a story about the things

a moose does when

the seasons change. Tell them

that tomorrow they will hear

about the moose again.

Day 5

Morning Warm- Up!

We have read how the temperaturecan change from season to season.In autumn, some animals get readyto sleep or to move to warm places.

What other changes do animalsmake during the year?

Tell what happens when

animals hibernate.

Tell what happens when

animals migrate.

Tell what you can read

on a thermometer.

Name a season.

hibernatemigrateseason

temperatureautumnfreezebitterlyweary

Share Literature

USE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Yesterday the class listened to find out how Moose is busy throughout the year. Today listen to find out what happens when Beaver and Moose each try to do something nice for each other.

MONITOR LISTENING COMPREHENSION •What nice thing does Moose do for Beaver? •What nice thing does Beaver do for Moose?•Why did Moose go to wait in a field when fall came? •How is this story a cycle?

Word Work

Comparative Endings and –dge/j/

Midge will try to dodge the smallest ball.

That cat won’t budge from the edge of the shorter ledge.

The biggest dish of porridge is the hottest too.

The greenest wedge of grass is by the park lodge.

High-Frequency Words

Read the rhymes. Complete each line with one of the “Words to Read from pg. 146. Say, spell, and locate the word on the word wall. Then read the completed rhyme.

Oh, me. ____, my.

. His friends ______ stay.

Raccoon will have to say ________.good-bye

Oh

won’t

Does

They leave ________ the cold winds blow.

______ Raccoon cry?

before

Oh, no. Oh, no.

He runs _______ out to play in snow! right

1. ask

2. asked

3. plan

4. planned

5. help

6. helped

7 jog

8. jogged

9. call

10. called

11. again 12. soon

High-Frequency Words:

DICTATION SENTENCES1.My dog runs faster than her cat. 2.A bus is bigger than a car. 3.This line is shorter than that line. 4.She was saddest at the end of the day. 5.Madge is the fastest person in the class. 6.Does a duck swim slower than a fish? 7.Here is the shortest paper strip in the pack. 8.That is the biggest bird I've ever seen. 9.Jan looked sadder than Jim when we lost. 10.The third ant in line is the slowest. HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS11.Good-bye for now. 12.Before you go, stop in to see me. Break in

to groups.

In “Where Are My Animal Friends?” animals get ready for winter in different ways. Think about what the animals do. Now write a song that tells what the animals don’t

do.

Writing and Grammar: Poem

Writer’s Checklist Focus: Does the song follow the prompt? Organization: Does word order make sense? Support: Does the song have rhyming words? Conventions: Do sentences begin with capital letters?

Caterpillars don’t fly away.

A bear doesn’t work all day.

Robins aren’t here to stay.

Contractions with Not are + not = aren’t do + not = don’t

has = not = hasn’t does + not = doesn’t

Student Model:

Daily Fix-It

9. this animal is the bigger of all.

(This; biggest)

10. yesterday some toads hop around.

(Yesterday; hopped)

Daily Fix-It

9. this animal is the bigger of all.

10. yesterday some toads hop around.

Research/Study Skills: Teach/Model Maps

Raccoon

Bear

Squirrel

Humming-bird

Goose

Our Favorite Animals

•How do plants and animals change in autumn?

•Can you name some animals that hibernate in the winter season?

•If the temperature is bitter, would things freeze or get hot?

Let’s Talk About Changes in NatureHow does nature change during the year?