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WEEK 1 - THEME: ANIMALS, ANIMALS, ANIMALS
DAY 1 What If You Had Animal Feet!?.........4 Letters and Sounds: oo Sounds........5 Book Club Library..............................6 DAY 2 Who Would Win? Whale vs. Giant Squid........................................7 Letters and Sounds: - ar and - or Words..8 Book Club Library..............................9
DAY 3 Please Be Nice to Sharks................10 Letters and Sounds: r -Controlled Words...........................11 Book Club Library............................12 DAY 4 What If You Had Animal Ears!?.......13 Vocabulary: Clips.............................14 Book Club Chat...............................15 DAY 3 Animals, Animals, Animals .............22 Letters and Sounds: l Blends...........23 Book Club Library............................24 DAY 4 Vocabulary: Content Words.............25 Book Club Chat...............................26
WEEK 2
DAY 1 Odd Animal Helpers........................16 Letters and Sounds: y -Vowel Sounds...............................17 Book Club Library............................18 DAY 2 Animals, Animals, Animals .............19 Letters and Sounds: r Blends..........20 Book Club Library............................21
WEEK 3 - THEME: IT’S MYSTERIOUS
DAY 1 Shark Detective...............................27 Sight Words: Calendar Words.........28 Book Club Library............................29 DAY 2 It Came From Outer Space.............30 Sight Words: Questions...................31 Book Club Library............................32
DAY 3 Inspector Flytrap..............................33 Sight Words: People, Places, Time..34 Book Club Library............................35 DAY 4 Lark Holds the Key..........................36 Sight Words: Irregular Plurals..........37 Book Club Chat...............................38
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WEEK 4
DAY 1 Detective Blue..................................39 Vocabulary: Compound Words........40 Book Club Library............................41 DAY 2 It’s Mysterious.................................42 Vocabulary: Prefixes un -, re- ...........43 Book Club Library............................44
DAY 3 It’s Mysterious.................................45 Vocabulary: Prefixes un -, re- ..........46 Book Club Library............................47 DAY 4 Vocabulary: Compound Words........48 Book Club Chat...............................49
WEEK 5 - THEME: HUMOROUS FICTION
DAY 1 Chicks and Salsa.............................50 Vocabulary: Suffixes - ful , - er ............51 Book Club Library............................52 DAY 2 Bird & Squirrel on the Run...............53 Vocabulary: Suffixes - ful , - er ............54 Book Club Library............................55
DAY 3 Read-Aloud Activity.........................68 Beginning Sounds...........................69 Book Club Library............................70 DAY 4 Vocabulary: Antonyms.....................71 Book Club Chat...............................72 Just for Fun......................................73 Letter Cards.....................................75 DAY 3 Flop to the Top.................................56 Sight Words: Parts of Speech.........57 Book Club Library............................58 DAY 4 Even Superheroes Make Mistakes..59 Vocabulary: Compound Words .......60 Book Club Chat...............................61
WEEK 6
DAY 1 Captain Awesome ...........................62 Letters and Sounds: Final Blends....63 Book Club Library............................64 DAY 2 Read-Aloud Activity.........................65 Letters and Sounds: - oy and - ow .....66 Book Club Library............................67
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DAY 1 | Read-Aloud Activity
CHICKS AND SALSA
Identify Cause & Effect
Causes
What Happens
The chickens were tired of chicken feed.
Causes
What Happens
The ducks were tired of fish.
Causes
What Happens
The pigs were tired of slop.
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DAY 1 | Vocabulary 5
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
suffixes - ful , - er
A suffix is a word part that is added to the end of a word. A suffix changes the meaning of a word.
Word Bank
careful
colorful
hopeful joyful playful baker builder painter singer writer
The suffix - ful means “full of.” The suffi x -er means “a person who acts as.”
Read each sentence. Trace the word. Then read the sentences again.
1. Being careful means paying close attention to what you do. careful
2. Something colorful is made up of many colors. colorful 3. Being hopeful means that you wish for something. hopeful 4. When you are joyful , you feel very happy. joyful 5. Being playful means you like to play and have fun. playful 6. A baker is a person who bakes foods. baker 7. A builder is a person whose job it is to build things. builder 8. A painter is a person who paints. painter 9. A singer is a person who sings songs. singer 10. A writer is a person who writes things, like stories. writer
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DAY 1 | Book Club Library 5
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
My Book Club Library book is _________________________________________. Draw 2 silly things from the book you read. Write about your picture.
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DAY 2 | Read-Aloud Activity 5
BIRD & SQUIRREL
Understand Character
Explain how things that Bird and Squirrel do or say help you learn about them.
What the Character Does or Says What We Learn About the Character When he is being chased by Cat…
Bird
When he is trying to make friends with Squirrel…
When he is packing away nuts…
Squirrel
While he is walking south with Bird…
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DAY 2 | Vocabulary
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
suffixes - ful , - er
Read the clues. Write the word next to its clue. Find and circle the word in the puzzle.
Word Bank careful colorful hopeful joyful playful baker builder painter singer writer
1. someone who sings
6. acting with care
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2. feeling joy _____________________
7. feeling hope ___________________
3. someone who paints
8. someone who writes a story
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4. acting in a fun way
9. having a lot of color
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5. someone who makes a cake
10. someone who builds a house
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DAY 2 | Book Club Library
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
My Book Club Library book is ___________________________________________.
Draw a new silly character for the story. Name your character. Write about what makes him or her silly.
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DAY 3 | Read-Aloud Activity
FLOP TO THE TOP
Connect Story Events
The events in Flop to the Top change the way Wanda feels about Wilbur. Connect the events about Wanda’s feelings below.
At the Beginning
Wanda thinks Wilbur is her biggest fan. She does not seem to care about his feelings.
When Wilbur Becomes a Star
When Wilbur Is Going to the Party With Sassy Cat
When Wilbur Comes Home
How does Wanda change at the end?
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INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
Sort It Out!
Directions: Put each word from the Word Box in the circle where it belongs. We did the first one for you.
Word Box
ask brother pretty purple read
funny said brown say school
short children took
sister white
People Places Things (nouns)
Action Words (verbs) ask
Describing Words (adjectives)
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DAY 3 | Book Club Library 5
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
My Book Club Library book is ___________________________________________. Pretend you’re telling a friend about the book. Write about the funniest part of the story in the speech balloon.
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DAY 4 | Read-Aloud Activity 5
EVEN SUPERHEROES
Make Inferences
Reasons for My Inferences (Your reasons may be from the text, from the pictures, or from your own experiences.)
My Inferences
Why is it good for superheroes to try to make things better?
Why is it good for superheroes to learn from their mistakes?
Why is it important for superheroes to fix what they wrecked and apologize?
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DAY 4 | Sight Words 5
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
compound words
A compound word is made up of two smaller words put together.
eyelid
waterfall
lunchtime springboard rainbow
birdbath keyboard hairbrush scorekeeper
catfish
An eyelid protects your eye. When a river drops over a cliff, it creates a waterfall . The time for the middle meal of the day is lunchtime . A springboard is a flexible board you jump from.
A rainbow is a band of colors. A bath for birds is a birdbath .
A piano has a keyboard that you play. You use a hairbrush to brush your hair. A scorekeeper keeps the score during a game. A catfish is a fish with whiskers.
A. Complete each sentence with a vocabulary word. 1. A brush for your hair is a ______________________ . 2. A fish that looks like a cat is a ______________________ . 3. A lid that covers an eye is an ______________________ . 4. When it is time for lunch, it is ______________________ . 5. A bath for a bird is a ______________________ .
B. Write the two words that make up each compound word.
______________________ + ______________________
1. waterfall
______________________ + ______________________
2. keyboard
3. springboard ______________________ + ______________________
4. scorekeeper ______________________ + ______________________
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DAY 4 | Book Club Chat 5
HUMOROUS FICTION
Time to chat about the books you read!
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CAPTAIN AWESOME
Understand Characters Tell what you learned about each of the main characters in Captain Awesome Goes to Superhero Camp.
Skills That Lead to Success
Problems He Creates Personality
Personality
Eugene Eugene
Charlie Charlie
Sally
Sally
Super Todd
Super Todd
Eric
Eric
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DAY 1 | Letters and Sounds 6
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
final blends
Copy the word for each picture. Underline its final blend .
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quiet quart quilt
dusk desk disk
bird boast board
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gust grant gift
held hump hand
stark short shark
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stamp stump scalp
drink drift dump
chunk chest champ
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cold cord colt
test tent tend
wart wasp wind
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DAY 1 | Book Club Library 6
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
My Book Club Library book is ___________________________________________. Draw a new silly event that happens in the story.
What do the characters say? What do the characters do? Write about your picture.
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DAY 2 | Read-Aloud Activity 6
HUMOROUS FICTION
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The book I am writing about is
I liked this book best because
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DAY 2 | Letters and Sounds
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
- oy and - ow sounds
Circle all the words that have the /oy/ sound.
1. boil
olive
enjoy
port
point
2. royal
coin
body
voice
small
3. Joyce Troy
Leon
Leroy
Cody
Circle all the words that have the /ow/ sound.
4. shout
coach
howl
cloud
grown
5. meow crown
flute
pout
flower
6. allow ouch
pillow show loud
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DAY 2 | Book Club Library
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
My Book Club Library book is ___________________________________________.
Draw the setting of the story. Add 2 things to the setting to make it silly. Write about your picture.
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DAY 3 | Read-Aloud Activity 6
HUMOROUS FICTION
Imagine you’re reading a silly story. Draw what you might see on the pages. Write about your silly story.
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DAY 3 | Letters and Sounds 6
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
beginning sounds
Write a word that begins with the same sound as each picture does.
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DAY 3 | Book Club Library 6
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
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The book I am writing about is
I liked this book best because
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DAY 4 | Vocabulary 6
INDEPENDENT/PARTNERS
antonyms
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word.
bright
tidy
attic
borrow gracious
dim
sloppy
cellar
lend
rude
If the light is too bright , you can turn it down and make it dim . A tidy room is neat, and a sloppy room is messy. An attic is at the top of a house, and a cellar is at the bottom.
When you borrow , you get something. When you lend , you give something.
A gracious person is polite. A rude person is not polite.
A. Read the word in the first column. Draw a line to match it with an antonym in the second column. 1. bright a. basement
B. Use a colored pencil to shade the two boxes with antonyms in each rectangle.
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lend
lone
b. rude
2. tidy
borrow own
c. give
3. gracious
d. dull
4. attic
2.
salt
buyer
e. messy
5. borrow
loft
cellar
3.
tide
sloppy
slippery
orderly
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DAY 4 | Book Club Chat 6
HUMOROUS FICTION
Time to share ideas about the books you read!
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Just for Fun
You’re a star! Write about 2 things that make you a star.
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Just for Fun
Draw and write about 3 things you like to do.
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