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Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words: • Arcade Games • Jigword • Matchword • Speedword • Wordsearch • Word Web • Spelling City – Vocabulary Words • Spelling City – Amazing Words Spelling Words: • Speedword • Word Web • Quia Games • Spelling City High Frequency Words • Fill-in-the Blank • Spelling City

Henry & Mudge Jigword Amazing Words galaxy • tranquil • wildlife • underneath • identify • detective • fascinating • slimy •

Henry & Mudge Jigword Vocabulary Words • shivered • drooled • lanterns • snuggled

Henry & Mudge Jigword High Frequency Words • love • mother • father • straight • bear • couldn’t • build

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Big Question: What can we discover by exploring nature? • • • Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Henry & Mudge Monday Morning Warm-Up We can learn about animals everywhere in the world. We can learn how stars move in the sky. What else can we discover by exploring nature?

Today we will learn about: • • new amazing words, consonant blends, character and setting, and predicates

Exploring Space Monday Amazing Words

galaxy • gal – ax - y • A galaxy is a huge group of stars. Earth and the sun are part of a big galaxy. • On a clear night you can see a galaxy of stars. • Scientists say there are lots of galaxies besides the one we are in.

galaxy

tranquil • tran - quil • Tranquil is how you feel when you are very calm and peaceful. • Looking at the stars makes me feel tranquil. • A warm summer night seems tranquil.

wildlife • wild - life • Animals and plants that live wild outdoors are called wildlife. • There are many kinds of wildlife in the forest. • We saw many kinds of wildlife when we went camping.

wildlife

Sing With Me • We are going to listen to a song about camping and looking at stars. • Tranquil Nights • Click to listen.

Consonant Blends • b ack • w ing • What do you know about the consonants at the end of these words? • Today we’ll learn about consonant letters whose sounds are blended together in words.

Consonant Blends • tr u st • This word begins with two consonants and ends with two consonants. • We have to blend two consonant sounds together to read the word. • You can also blend words by saying the sounds before the vowel together, saying the sounds of all the rest of the letters together, and then blending the two chunks.

Consonant Blends • spr - ead • This word begins with three consonants. • We have to blend the sounds of all three consonants together to read the word.

Consonant Blends • • ask tribe grand flute stamp place stripe scrub

Consonant Blends • • dusk strap mask blame bride splat clamp frame

Making Word Letter Tiles a - o b - c - d - f - l - m - n - p - r - s - t

Word Reading • • dwell strong stink jump scrub track mask spring • • plug scrape flex smile split drank stung

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Word Family Word – not (online dictionary) Consonant cot dot got hot lot pot rot tot Digraphs shot knot Blends blot clot plot snot spot trot

Word Family Word – not cot slot knot clot blot pot dot trot

Word Family Word – thing (online dictionary) Consonant bing ding king ping ring sing wing zing Digraphs thing wring Blends bling bring cling fling sting string swing

Word Family Word – thing king bling king cobra wring sling wing string

Let’s Talk About Exploration!

Character and Setting • Characters are the people or animals in stories. • Authors describe their characters. They tell what the characters look like, how they act, and how they think. They also tell about the setting, or where the story takes place. • Knowing about characters and setting can help a reader better understand a story.

Read Aloud Just a Little Patience

Daily Fix-It • we saw a bird’s nesst in a tree • We saw a bird’s nest in a tree. • went on a camping trip • We went on a camping trip.

Grammar: Predicates tell what the subject of the sentence did. Every sentence must have a predicate. • We hiked up a mountain. • The trail was hard. • It climbed up and up.

Grammar: Predicates • • • My dad helped me a little. The view at the top was great. I enjoyed that hike. My dad carried a backpack. He gave me a snack.

Wrap Up Your Day! • Consonant Blends • Character and Setting • Let’s Talk About It • Tomorrow we will read about a family that explores nature by going camping.

Henry & Mudge Monday Journal Topic List activities that make you feel tranquil.

Henry & Mudge Tuesday Morning Warm-Up Today we will read about a boy and his dog who explore nature on a camping trip. What do people do when they camp?

Today we will learn about: • • new amazing words, consonant blends, character and setting, monitor and fix up, high-frequency words, vocabulary words, and predicates

Exploring Space Tuesday Amazing Words

underneath • un – der - neath • If you put a book under your chair, you can say the book is underneath your chair. • My socks are underneath my pajamas in the top drawer. • In my lunchbox, I have an apple underneath my sandwich.

identify • i - den - ti- fy • When you identify something, you tell what it is. • The tags on a dog’s collar identify the dog’s owner. • I put my name on my lunchbox to identify it.

detective • de - tec - tive • A detective is a person who tries to solve a mystery or figure out a problem. • You are a word detective when you figure out what a word means. • A police detective figures out who is responsible for a crime.

Consonant Blends • mask • You can read this word because you know how to read words with consonant blends. What sounds do the letters sk stand for in this word? • When you come to a new word, look at the letters from left to right and think about the sounds. • Say the sounds in the word to yourself and then read the word.

Sing With Me • We are going to listen to a song. • Nature’s Creatures • Click to listen.

Consonant Blends: Find the words in “Nature’s Creatures” that have consonant blends. • • • creatures flock crows black bluebird screeching • • • gray croaking frogs snakes stretched

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide bride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump plump -ace -ide bride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide plump grace bride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide plump grace bride slide

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand plump grace bride slide

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump grace bride slide

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump slump grace bride slide

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump slump grace bride slide stride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump slump grace space bride slide stride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump stump grace space bride slide stride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand plump stump grace space trace bride slide stride

Sort these words with consonant blends: bride, plump, grace, slide, stand, brand, slump, stride, space, stump, trace, strand -ump -ace -ide stand brand strand plump stump grace space trace bride slide stride

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Word Family Word – snap (online dictionary) Consonant cap gap lap map nap pap rap sap tap yap zap Digraphs chap wrap Blends clap flap scrap slap snap strap

Word Family Word – snap cap map snap wrap strap

Consonant Blends • • • Did you stop to ask about the state? The breeze blew the nest into the stream. Which twin put on the mask?

Character and Setting • Characters are the people or animals in stories. • Authors describe their characters. They tell what the characters look like, how they act, and how they think. They also tell about the setting, or where the story takes place. • Knowing about characters and setting can help a reader better understand a story. • Describe the characters and identify the setting in some stories we read.

Monitor and Fix Up • Sometimes you may have questions while you are reading. • When this happens, you should keep reading to see if you discover the answers. • Ask yourself questions as you read so you will understand what you are reading.

High Frequency Words • • love mother father straight bear couldn’t build

High-Frequency Word Check • • about bear green home beautiful love build • • mother couldn’t pulling father saw good straight

Henry & Mudge Vocabulary Words Jigword • shivered – shook with fear • drooled – let saliva run from the mouth • lanterns – lights inside containers that can be carried • snuggled – cuddled together • (next slide)

lantern

snuggled

Vocabulary Words • When my friend and I slept in my backyard, I got so cold I _____. • When my friend and I slept in my backyard, I got so cold I shivered. • I ____ with my dog Ben to keep warm. • I snuggled with my dog Ben to keep warm.

Vocabulary Words • He ____ on me, but I didn’t care. • He drooled on me, but I didn’t care. • I was glad we both had ____ so it wasn’t so dark. • I was glad we both had lanterns so it wasn’t so dark.

Daily Fix-It • A nice breeze fanned our faces. • my dad and I • My dad and I went hiking.

Grammar: Predicates tell what the subject of the sentence did. Every sentence must have a predicate. • Henry and Mudge went camping. • The girl rides her bike. • The two boys play catch.

Wrap Up Your Day! • High-Frequency Words • Monitor and Fix Up • Let’s Talk About It • Tomorrow we will hear about forest animals.

Henry & Mudge Tuesday Journal Topic Write about what you might see and feel while camping outside overnight.

Henry & Mudge Wednesday Morning Warm-Up There are many things to learn about the forest. Some animals and plants look different close-up and far away. What else can we discover by exploring nature in the forest?

Today we will learn about: • • • long vowels CVCe, words with consonant blends, high-frequency words, amazing words, synonyms, and predicates

Exploring Space Wednesday Amazing Words

fascinating • fas – ci – nat - ing • Something that is fascinating is very interesting. • We read about a girl who found insects fascinating. • I read a fascinating book about elephants.

slimy • slim - y • Something slimy feels slippery and gooey when you touch it. • Some people think snakes feel slimy, but they really don’t. • The mud at the bottom of the river felt slimy on my feet.

Henry & Mudge Jigword Amazing Words galaxy • tranquil • wildlife • underneath • identify • detective • fascinating • slimy •

Making Words Worksheet

High Frequency Words Hot Potatoes • • bear build couldn’t father love mother straight

High Frequency Words What are the high frequency words in each sentence? • • My mother and father took me camping. I was afraid we would see a bear.

High Frequency Words What are the high frequency words in each sentence? • • I couldn’t believe that my mom could build a fire. We went straight home after we camped.

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Word Family Word – junk (online dictionary) Consonant bunk dunk funk gunk hunk junk punk sun Digraphs chunk Blends plunk skunk spunk trunk

Word Family Word – junk bunk skunk junk trunk punk chunk trunk

Consonant Blends Find the spelling words that rhyme with these words. • • • best lap team hop sneeze task • • • date save band dip fin

Vocabulary: Synonyms Which vocabulary words means the same as the underlined word? • He shook and put an arm around Mudge. • Henry unpacked the food and pans and lights. • Henry’s father and mother cuddled.

Daily Fix-It • The stap on my backpack • The strap on my backpack broke. • That stem of water • That stream of water was cold.

Grammar: Predicates tell what the subject of the sentence did. • • • One day I found a baby bird on the sidewalk. I looked up and saw the bird’s nest in a tree. The baby must have fallen out of the nest.

Wrap Up Your Day! • Character and setting • Read with accuracy and appropriate pace/rate • Let’s Talk About It • Tomorrow we will read about some people who think stars make pictures in the night sky.

Henry & Mudge Wednesday Journal Topic Use synonyms in pairs of sentences about going camping.

Henry & Mudge Thursday Morning Warm-Up How do stars make pictures in the sky? You can see some star pictures during autumn and some others before the fall season.

Today we will learn about: • Consonant blends • Predicates • Be a good speaker

Henry & Mudge Jigword Amazing Words galaxy • tranquil • wildlife • underneath • identify • detective • fascinating • slimy •

Read Aloud Insects Are My Life

Sentence Reading • The strap on the backpack broke and books went everywhere. • Who was brave enough to live and work in the wide open West? • Machines help dump and spread piles of rocks. • We will bake bread for our snack. • The wind was strong enough to make the kite move. • The wise woman just went on a trip around the world.

Henry & Mudge Jigword Vocabulary Words • shivered • drooled • lanterns • snuggled

Henry & Mudge Jigword High Frequency Words • love • mother • father • straight • bear • couldn’t • build

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Word Family Word – mail (online dictionary) Consonant bail fail Gail hail jail nail pail rail wail tail sail Digraphs quail Blends frail snail trail

Word Family Word – mail hail trail jail tail pail nail sail quail rail snail

Daily Fix-It • • Jen’s bike had a flat tire. she and jim She and Jim walked home.

Grammar: Predicates tell what the subject of the sentence did. • • • Jim and Jen liked to ride their bikes. They wanted to explore nature. They rode their bikes to the park.

Grammar: Predicates tell what the subject of the sentence did. • • Both of them looked for living things. They found trees, insects, and birds.

Be a Good Speaker A good speaker does several things as he or she is in a classroom discussion. • Speak slowly and carefully. • Stand or sit up straight. • Raise your hand ask to speak. • Speak loudly enough to be heard. • Take turns.

Wrap Up Your Day! • Text to Text • Let’s Talk About It • You heard a story about a girl who loves bugs. Tomorrow we will hear about Amanda Frankenstein again.

Henry & Mudge Thursday Journal Topic List wildlife in a park or your backyard.

Henry & Mudge Friday Morning Warm-Up This week we read about exploring nature. Henry and Mudge found wildlife and a galaxy of stars. If they looked underneath rocks, could they identify fascinating insects?

Today we will learn about: • • • Review consonant blends High-Frequency Words Amazing Words Vocabulary Words Predicates Parts of a Book

Henry & Mudge Jigword Amazing Words galaxy • tranquil • wildlife • underneath • identify • detective • fascinating • slimy •

Henry & Mudge Jigword Vocabulary Words • shivered • drooled • lanterns • snuggled

Henry & Mudge Spelling Words stop mask • strap twin • nest breeze • hand state • brave browse • ask straight • clip skeleton • stream • Word Wall Words • not • thing • snap • junk • mail

Consonant Blends Choose the words in each sentence that have consonant blends. • • The green frog is small. Did you slip on the stone step? We will fly to the state of Florida. This tree is the last one we will plant.

Henry & Mudge Jigword High Frequency Words • love • mother • father • straight • bear • couldn’t • build

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My ____ is the greatest dad. I ____ him with all my heart. My _____ is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I ____ ask for better folks To help me _____, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I ____ him with all my heart. My _____ is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I ____ ask for better folks To help me _____, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My _____ is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I ____ ask for better folks To help me _____ , bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My mother is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I ____ ask for better folks To help me _____, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My mother is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I couldn’t ask for better folks To help me _____ , bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My mother is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I couldn’t ask for better folks To help me build, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom_____, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My mother is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I couldn’t ask for better folks To help me build, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom straight, And give me a big ____ hug, you know!

High Frequency Words bear, straight, love, mother, father, build, couldn’t My father is the greatest dad. I love him with all my heart. My mother is the greatest mom. We will never be apart. I couldn’t ask for better folks To help me build, bake, or sew They help me keep my bedroom straight, And give me a big bear hug, you know!

Daily Fix-It • • Henry and Mudge went camping. • The cooking does Henry’s mother • Henry’s mother does the cooking.

Parts of a Book If you need to locate information about something in a book, you can use parts of the book to help you. • Use the table of contents to find out what the book is about. It shows the chapters in the book and what page they start on. • The index lists topics in alphabetical order. • The glossary tells you the meanings of words in the book.

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it?

Parts of a Book Part of a book table of contents Where is it in the book? How do we use it?

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? table of contents the front How do we use it?

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it? table of contents the front to find out the chapters and page numbers

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it? table of contents the front to find out the chapters and page numbers index

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it? table of contents the front to find out the chapters and page numbers index the back

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it? table of contents the front index the back to find out the chapters and page numbers to find topics in the book

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? How do we use it? table of contents the front index the back to find out the chapters and page numbers to find topics in the book glossary

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? table of contents the front index the back glossary the back How do we use it? to find out the chapters and page numbers to find topics in the book

Parts of a Book Part of a book Where is it in the book? table of contents the front index the back glossary the back How do we use it? to find out the chapters and page numbers to find topics in the book meaning of words

Review Games Vocabulary & Amazing Words: • Jigword Spelling Words: • Quia Games • Spelling City High Frequency Words: • Hot Potatoes (fill-in-the-blank)

Wrap Up Your Week! Let’s Talk About Exploration

Henry & Mudge Friday Journal Topic Write about traveling through the galaxy.

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