Unit 2

Communities

LIFE IN THE FORESTBy: Claire Daniel What

lives in the

forest?

OBJECTIVESYesterday:

Long u, e and Review Long o and Contractions, High-Frequency Words, One and More Than One

Today-TEST DAY:Spelling and Phonics: Long u, e and Inflected Ending -edSkill: High-Frequency WordsGrammar: One and More Than One

MORNING WARM-UP!

We read how each plant and each animal-even slimy creatures that crawl in sludge-are part of the environment. They all need each other to grow healthy and strong.

QUESTION OF THE DAY How do members of a community need each other?

REVIEW ORAL VOCABULARYFind words in

the message that:• tell what happens when plants and animals thrive

• tell what we mean when we talk about creatures

• tell what we mean when we require something

• describe some animals

environment

require

thrive

Amazing

Words

Objective: Build oral vocabulary.

inhale

slimysludgecapture

creature

environment – the world around you that affects how you live and growrequire – to need or insist on havingthrive – to stay healthy and grow

Just what do they mean?

inhale – to draw in

slimy – something covered with a slippery, gooey material

Just what do they mean?

sludge – a thick, wet, slimy materialcapture – to catch

creature – a living animal or person

SHARE LITERATURE – LISTEN & RESPONDTime to Listen

Why Beavers Love Wolves

Read Aloud

Yesterday the class listened to find out why the beavers

and the wolves are important to one

another. Today listen to find

out why having no wolves was a bad

thing.

SHARE LITERATURE – LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Time to Listen

Why was it bad when there were no wolves?

We can say the plants and animals in “Why Beavers Love Wolves” live in

balance. What do you think this means?

Read AloudWhy Beavers Love Wolves

Remember what happened to the beaver pond. What might happen if certain animals in your neighborhood, such as squirrels, were all moved to another place? Use some of this week’s Amazing Words to describe how the other plants and animals in the neighborhood would be affected.

BUILD ORAL VOCABULARY

BLENDING STRATEGYWe have had words like hide and rode.

Long u, Long e (CVCe)cube = c u b e these = th e s e

fume Pete dune Genecute use tune eveZeke fuse huge

Long u, e(CVCe)Word

Review

these

cube

cubes

huge

cute

mule

tube

flute

Steve

Pete

June

Gene

dune

eve

rule

BLENDING STRATEGYWe have had words like kicks and kicking.Inflected Ending –ed= /t/, /d/, /ed/kicked = kick ed filled = fill edwanted = want ed rushedworked printed checkedlooked thanked yelledplantedbrushed calledtilted asked wished

Inflected Ending –ed

Word Review

hunted

rested

wanted

handed

camped

walked

talked

crushed

pitched

missed

asked

kicked

spilled

called

filled

SentencesTo

Read

1. He gave the green cube to Zeke.2. Duke is a huge mule that likes to

eat.3. Gene plays the flute with June.4. The huge fuse is for the tube.5. The rule is to not be so rude.6. The purple prune is for the mule.7. Steve and Gene can sing that

tune.8. For a beautiful scene, go to the

beach.9. I’ll see if I can go to the huge

home.

LONG U, LONG E, AND INFLECTED ENDING -ED

ReviewPete checked the rule.Duke filled the tube with these stones.

June handed the flute to Steve.

Zeke jumped on a huge sand dune.

HIGH FREQUENCY

WORDS

PAGES 114-115

grow

food

around

find

water

under

REVIEWHigh-Frequency

WordsTake a walk. Look all _________.In the ________ and ________the ground.You’ll ________ animals that you know,Eating _________ to make them ________.

around

find waterfoodunde

rgrow

Spelling Words huge

cube use tube June rule cutemule flute rude

Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

Test TimeGo to your

testing spots.

Good luck!

Life in the

Forest

Time for Stations

WRITING AND GRAMMAR

PromptLife in the Forest tells

about plants and animals that live in a forest. Think about plants and animals that might live in a park. Write a report about them.

Writing Trait- VoiceA report has a serious

voice.Pages 136-137

One and More Than One

Many nouns add –s to mean more than one.

Nuts + s = nuts bug + s = bugs

A bear looks for grubs under rocks.

A bear is looking for more than one grub. It is looking under more than one rock.

Report

Writing and Grammar Look at the report. Underline the nouns that mean more than one. Circle the letter that makes the nouns mean more than one. Many plants and animals live in a park. Flowers and trees grow in a park. Birds, squirrels, and rabbits live in a park.

Grammar

RESEARCH/STUDY SKILLSTeach/Model:

Use Alphabetical Order Words in a dictionary or encyclopedia are in

alphabetical order. Why does this make words easier to find?

When I put words in alphabetical order, I look at the first letter in each word. Then I think about the letters in the alphabet. Which letter comes first, r or f? I know that f comes before r in the alphabet. Now I know that fox comes before rabbit in alphabetical order.

RESEARCH/STUDY SKILLSTeach/Model:

Use Alphabetical Order Fill in the letters.A B C _ E _ G H I _ K L _ N O _ Q R S _ U V

_ X Y _

_ B C _ E F G _ I J _ L M _ O P Q _ S T _ V W X _ Z

RESEARCH/STUDY SKILLSPractice:

Alphabetical Animals

Put these words in alphabetical order.

woodpeckerhummingbirdsquirrelgrubbear

1. ______________

2. ______________

3. ______________

4. ______________

5. ______________

Wrap Up Your Week!

How do plants and animals

live together?

Why do all plants and

animals require a

clean environment

? What

creatures thrive in a swamp?

HOW DO PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE TOGETHER?

What Plants Need

What Animals Need

soilwaterlightair

birds can eat insects

that eat plants

foodhomeswater

airtrees

birds and insectsdrink nectar

Preview Next Week Next week we

will read about animals that live

and work together in

communities that are almost

like human communities.

Extra

DAILY FIX-IT

1. the bear isnt sleeping.

2. The squirrel gathered nut

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Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

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