Big Question: How do beavers build

homes?

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Big Question: How do beavers build homes?

Monday Tuesday

WednesdayThursday

FridayReview

Review New WordsProgress Monitoring

Monday

How do beavers build homes?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: Building BeaversVocabulary WordsReteach /e/ High-Frequency WordsDecodable Reader 32: Will Cass

Come?Grammar: Telling Sentences Science: Compare and Contrast

Homes

Talk with Me, Sing

with Me

Hush, Little BeaverHush, little beaver, go to sleep, You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in river or stream, You’ll be safe while you dream. Hush, little beaver, go to sleep,You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in a lake,You’ll paddle around, when you

awake.

Amazing Words

beaver

lodge

paddle

river

stream

lake

Shared Reading

Vocabulary Words

teeth

trees

mud

pond

kits

balance

webbed

predators

herbivores

grooming

Phonics

Blend Sounds s l e d h e l p s e n d b e l l p e g

n e t d e s k w e n t

w e l l

High Frequency

Words

with

that

come

where

the

the

Word Work

Review ham pass yam jam

pan fix pot grin

Review big not red sit

us tan can

Grammar

let’s get on the jetLet’s get on the jet.

GrammarSentences are words we put together to tell things.

A sentence begins with an uppercase letter and ends with a period.

GrammarToday is Monday.That is a sentence. It tells us that today is Monday.

GrammarWhich of these sentences tells us something?

What is over there?There is a lion over there.

Let’s WriteLet’s think of telling sentences. I’ll write them on the board.

Daily Journal Writing

Draw and write about how a beaver looks.

•Oral Language•Comprehension•Grammar

Tomorrow we will read about beavers again.

Tuesday

What do beavers look like?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: Building BeaversVocabulary WordsPractice /e/ High-Frequency WordsPhonics Story: Jim and KimGrammar: Telling SentencesShared WritingJournal WritingScience: Tree Resources

Talk with Me, Sing

with Me

Hush, Little BeaverHush, little beaver, go to sleep, You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in river or stream, You’ll be safe while you dream. Hush, little beaver, go to sleep,You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in a lake,You’ll paddle around, when you

awake.

Amazing Words

beaver

lodge

Shared Reading

Vocabulary Words

teeth

trees

mud

pond

kits

balance

webbed

predators

herbivores

grooming

Phonics

Grand Sand CastleGrand sand castle, very

grand sand castle,Grand sand castle, lend us

all a hand!Kyle, make a tower tall,Just fix it so it does not fall!Zap more on; now tap, tap,

OH!Nearly finished, it is quickly

growing,Nearly finished, we just need

a dab.

Picture Cards dress egg hen jet nest red

sled tent vest web

Blending Sounds J i m a n d K i m h a d p e t h e n

l o t s f u n f e d g o t n e s t

High Frequency

Words

High-Frequency Words Review

with for little they

have was the

Grammar

i ran on the red rug

I ran on the red rug.

GrammarWe can put words together to make sentences that tell things.

Listen to this sentence: It is 2:00 in the afternoon.

What does this sentence tell us?

Let’s Write!We learned lots of things about beavers from this book. Let’s write sentences about what we learned. I am going to write:

Beavers are brown and furry.Beavers have long, sharp front teeth.

Let’s Write!We will write more sentences about beavers. Remember a sentence begins with an uppercase letter. It ends with a period.

Amazing Word Review

file chisel

Daily Journal Writing

Draw and write about what a

beaver’s lodge is made of.

•Oral Language•Grammar•Homework

Tomorrow we will read about the animals going to school again

•Oral Language•Grammar•Homework Idea

Tomorrow we will read about a special egg.

Wednesday

Why do beavers get wet?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: Building BeaversVocabulary WordsConnect /e/ to EdHigh-Frequency WordsStudent Reader: Camping is FunGrammar: AdjectivesShared WritingJournal WritingScience: Basic NeedsComprehension: What’s It All About?

Talk with Me, Sing

with Me

Hush, Little BeaverHush, little beaver, go to sleep, You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in river or stream, You’ll be safe while you dream. Hush, little beaver, go to sleep,You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in a lake,You’ll paddle around, when you

awake.

Amazing Words

paddle

river

Shared Reading

Vocabulary Words

teeth

trees

mud

pond

kits

balance

webbed

predators

herbivores

grooming

Phonics

Blend Sounds s e n d f e l l p i g m a s k

l a m p

s l e d n e x t

Blend Sounds f u n M o m D a d a n d g e t

s e t M a x J e n u p h i l l

Blend Sounds c a n o n t r i p p a n s i n

r e d b i g n e s t e g g s a t

Blend Sounds p o n d b u m p i t f r o g

j u m p l o t c a m p

High Frequency

Words

High-Frequency Review

look they go a the

see what have to three

Grammar

i have a big sledI have a big sled.

GrammarWhat color is our flag?Red, white, and blue are describing words.

They tell us what the flag looks like. The words we use to describe things are called adjectives.

GrammarUse adjectives to describe these Picture Cards:

elevator house lemon koala seal

Let’s Write!In our story Camping Is Fun! Jen and Max go camping with Mom and Dad. Have you ever gone camping with your family? Let’s write sentences about camping.

We get a tent.We camp next to a pond.

Daily Journal Writing

Write about how beavers get into

their lodges.

Respond to LiteratureGrammarHomework Idea

Tomorrow we will read about Old MacDonald and her woodshop again.

Thursday

What does a beaver use its tail for?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: Old MacDonald Had a

WoodshopConnect /e/ to EeHigh-Frequency WordsDecodable Reader 33: The Red EggGrammar: Telling SentencesShared WritingJournal WritingSocial Studies: Farm Parts

Talk with Me, Sing

with Me

Hush, Little BeaverHush, little beaver, go to sleep, You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in river or stream, You’ll be safe while you dream. Hush, little beaver, go to sleep,You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in a lake,You’ll paddle around, when you

awake.

Amazing Words

stream

lake

Shared Reading

Phonics

Blend Sounds h e n h o p w e l l t o s s n e t

s a t b e d c a n r e d t i n

Blend Sounds E d g o t b i g i t e g g

s e t o n m a t p a s s p o t

Blend Sounds T i m i n g r i n a d d h a m

High Frequency Words what the do with

Grammar

will you sit with me

Will you sit with me?

GrammarSentences are words we put together to tell things.

A sentence begins with an uppercase letter and ends with a period.

Let’s Write!Use /e/ words to complete the sentences.

Ed found an ____ in the ______.

Meg will ______ in the _______.

Daily Journal Writing

Write about how beavers cut down

trees.

Respond to LiteratureGrammarHomework Idea

Tomorrow we will read about a robin and where the robin lives.

Friday

How do beavers build homes?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: “Robin’s Nest”Review /e/High-Frequency WordsProgress Monitoring: Read the Words

and SentencesGrammar: Telling SentencesScience: Earth’s ResourcesSocial Studies: Wooden HomesMath: Stick Patterns

Talk with Me, Sing

with Me

Hush, Little BeaverHush, little beaver, go to sleep, You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in river or stream, You’ll be safe while you dream. Hush, little beaver, go to sleep,You’ve built a lodge that’s very

deep. If that lodge is in a lake,You’ll paddle around, when you

awake.

Amazing Words

beaver

lodge

paddle

river

stream

lake

Shared Reading

“Robin’s Nest”

Phonics

High Frequency

Words

High Frequency Words

with what the

Grammar

do the dogs bark a lot

Do the dogs bark a lot?

GrammarSentences are words we put together to tell things.

A sentence begins with an uppercase letter and ends with a period.

Let’s Write!This week we read about animals who build things. Let’s review what the animals built and what they used to build things.

Beavers build a lodge with sticks and mud.

They cut down trees with their teeth.

Daily Journal Writing

Write about things beavers use their

tails to do.

PhonicsShared ReadingHigh-Frequency Words

Next week we will read about someone who works at night.

New Words Review

Vocabulary Words teeth trees mud pond kits

balance webbed predators herbivores grooming

Amazing Words beaver lodge paddle river stream lake

Progress Monitoring

Read the WordsSet A

pet nest hen

job win pad

Read the WordsSet B

bend step crib last drip

next kept jump rest

Read the SentencesSet C

1. I can fix the bell.2. Ted had a pet hen.3. We step in the mud.4. We can not jump on the

bed.5. They jog to the big pond.