Mole and the Baby Bird Big Question How

Mole and the Baby Bird Big Question: How can new ideas help us see things differently? Author: Marjorie Newman Genre: Animal Fantasy

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BIG QUESTION: HOW CAN NEW IDEAS HELP US SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY? DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5

Mole and the Baby Bird Day 1

Daily Fix-it 1. please put the cup hear. 2. try knot to spill it. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

Daily Fix-it 1. please put the cup hear. Please put the cup here. 2. try knot to spill it. Try not to spill it. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

Morning Warm-up If we really open our eyes, sometimes we can see things we never saw before. How can new ideas help us see things differently? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

Oral Vocabulary • freedom • selfish • miserable Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

Amazing Words • freedom When you have freedom, you are able to move around or do things without being held back. • selfish If you are selfish, you think only of yourself and not of others. • miserable If you are miserable, you are very unhappy. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

now down l ou d loud ou t ou ch s ou n d pr ou d sl ou ch out ouch sound proud slouch Unit 5 Mole and Baby bird - Day 1

Word Work • • p ou n d m ou se sh ou t c ou ch tr ou t h ou nd p ou ch a b ou t Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1 out

Word Families round -ound found sound pound r -ound -ouch pouch couch slouch Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1 -out trout shout sprout

Word Reading • • crouch clown cloud sprout bounce tool south soon Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1 • • crowd pout mount scowl flour goose scout

Problem How New Ideas Can Help Us See The Problem Differently Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

1. Reading WB page 133 2. Spelling WB page 101 3. Journal - Draw a picture of a baby wild animal. Write about it. 4. AR test 5. Centers Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 1

Daily Journal Writing Day 1 Draw a picture of a baby wild animal.

Mole and the Baby Bird Day 2

Daily Fix-it 3. We will go to england 4. We will sea london. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

Daily Fix-it 3. We will go to england We will go to England. 4. We will sea london. We will see London. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

Morning Warm-up Today we will read about Mrs. Chicken. A crocodile wants to eat her! Mrs. Chicken is afraid! Have you ever been afraid of an animal like a dog or cat? What made you change your mind? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

Amazing Words • dawn Dawn is the early morning when it starts getting light. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

winter siren cabin In a word with the VCV syllable pattern, the consonant usually goes with the second syllable. kitten tiger human bonus tulip dragon lemon never

Blend Words baby second travel below humid model The first syllable may have a long or short vowel sound. It may be necessary to try both to figure out the word. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

Sort Words Long Vowel robot frozen river robin finish seven Short Vowel cozy pupil habit pilot

Word Reading - Syllables VCV § § § § wagon better vanish music twinkle ladder camel zebra § § § § tumble clever shadow candle sofa window pony Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

1. Reading WB pages 134, 135, 136 2. Spelling WB page 102 3. Journal - Write about a time when you changed your mind. 4. AR test 5. Centers Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 2

Daily Journal Writing Day 2 Write about when you changed your mind.

Mole and the Baby Bird Day 3

Daily Fix-it 5. may we go to the store 6. We knead to by milk. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Daily Fix-it 5. may we go to the store May we go to the store? 6. We knead to by milk. We need to buy milk. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Morning Warm-up Today we will read about Mole learns that he is being selfish. He also learns that freedom is important. What new ideas have you learned this week? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Amazing Words • scaly If something is scaly, it is covered with scales or flakes. • speckled If something is speckled, it has small dots or patches that are more than one color. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

proud Ø When you come to a new word, look at all the letters in the word and think about its vowel sounds. Say the sounds in the word to yourself and then read the word. zebra grouch talent motel shout over model Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Word Reading • • doubt out pout count Mabel decent moment talents

ou Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3 long short

wild animals pets Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Ø We learned about some animals that made good pets and some that don’t. Why don’t wild animals make good pets? We are going to read a story about a young mole that finds a lost baby bird. Will Mole keep it as a pet or let it go free?

Vocabulary • usually • presently • borrowed

High - Frequency Words • • • door took loved won’t should Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3 • • found wood because wild

The bird was sad in the cage. Mole was glad to see the bird fly. Feelings Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

1. Reading WB page 137 2. Spelling WB page 103 3. Journal - Write about taking care of pets or other animals. 4. AR test 5. Centers Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 3

Daily Journal Writing Day 3 Write about taking care of pets or other animals.

Mole and the Baby Bird Day 4

Daily Fix-it 7. We have cake at the party yesterday 8. Wow! he jumped so high Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

Daily Fix-it 7. We have cake at the party yesterday We had cake at the party yesterday. 8. Wow! he jumped so high Wow! He jumped so high! Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

Morning Warm-up Today we will read about Dr. Know-It. All who is able to help people. He helps by giving simple advice. What good advice have you been given? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

Oral Vocabulary • fond • proper • scarcely Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

Amazing Words • fond If you are fond of something, you like it a lot. • proper Proper means “correct. ” • scarcely Scarcely means “hardly. ” Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

High - Frequency Words __________ wood It rhymes with floor. It rhymes with shoved. It rhymes with could. It rhymes with should. loved door should Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

crown 1 syllable Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4 rattle 2 syllables

Word Reading • • • pulled eyes surprise giggle squeaky little enjoy over along gives Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4 • • • clever east behind each clown toward never neat crowd brown

Read Words in Context • I pulled the squeaky wagon along behind me. • The hound never took his eyes off the little rabbit. • Mom gives each of us a neat surprise on our birthday. • I enjoy watching the clever clown make the crowd giggle. • Go over the hill and turn east toward the brown house.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Reading WB pages 138, 139 Spelling WB page 104 Journal - Write about things wild birds do. AR test Centers Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 4

Daily Journal Writing Day 4 Write about things wild birds do.

Mole and the Baby Bird Day 5

Daily Fix-it 9. I wasnt home 10. that is the lighter of them all Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

Daily Fix-it 9. I wasnt home I wasn’t home. 10. that is the lighter of them all That is the lightest of them all. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

Morning Warm-up This week we read about lessons that were taught or learned in clever ways. How can new ideas help us learn lessons? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

Diphthong ou and Syllables VCV • The sound of a siren broke the silence. • I see a cloud that is shaped like a camel. • Would you ever eat a tulip salad? • Pam is proud of her talent. Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

should loved would door I _____ playing out in the snow yesterday. I want to run right out the _____ and go play. But I _____ do homework and feed the cat too. Stay in or go out? What would you do? Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

1. Handwriting sheet 2. Reading WB page 140 3. Journal - Write about a good way to help wild birds. 4. AR test 5. Centers Unit 5 Mole and Baby Bird - Day 5

Daily Journal Writing Day 5 Write about a good way to help wild birds.