1. Unit 5 Week 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Spelling Words
Reading
Grammar
Additional Online Resources
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2. When does a problem need a clever solution?
Question of the Week
When does a problem need a clever solution?

3. Day 1 Morning Warm-Up! Some problems are hard to solve.
Some only get fixed because someone had a clever idea.
When does a problem need a clever solution?

4. Amazing Words
clever intend predicament
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5. Shared Literature A Clever Way Out When you’re in
An awful predicament,
You need a clever way
To make things be okay.
You intend
To play a clever part.
Oh, you are so smart!
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6. Phonics Target Skil ow in how
Online Activities
Starfall: Dorothy Strait
BBC: Word Sort
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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7. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
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8. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
town
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9. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
down
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10. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
now
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11. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
brown
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12. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
cow
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13. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
clown
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14. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
frown
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15. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
crowd
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16. Spelling Words vowel ow in how
growl
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17. Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers
Apply Phonics
Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers

18. Build Background

19. Build Background
Problem
Solution

20. Reading Target Skill Character, Setting & Plot
Online Activities
Elements of a Story
Story Creation Magic Lesson
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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21. Shared Writing

22. Grammar Skill First Grade Unit 5-1 Created by Heidi Samuelson
Commands
Grammar Skill
First Grade Unit 5-1
Created by Heidi Samuelson
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23. Commands A command is a sentence that tells someone to do something.
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24. A command ends with a period.
A command starts with a capital letter just like all sentences start with a capital letter.
A command ends with a period.
A command has a naming part and an action part. Sometimes the naming part is not written, but you understand that you are to do the action!
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25. This sentence is a command. It tells you to pick up the pieces.
Pick up all the pieces.
Capital Letter
Period
This sentence is a command. It tells you to pick up the pieces.
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26. This sentence is a command. It tells you to find the glue.
Please find the glue.
Capital Letter
Period
This sentence is a command. It tells you to find the glue.
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27. Put the pieces on the table.
Capital Letter
Period
This is a command. It tells you to put the pieces on the table.
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28. This is a command that tells you to pick up a glass of milk.
Pour a glass of milk.
Capital Letter
Period
This is a command that tells you to pick up a glass of milk.
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29. You spilled some milk. Capital Letter Period This is NOT a command.
This sentence is a telling sentence. It tells you that someone spilled some milk.
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30. This is a command. It tells you to wipe up the milk.
Please wipe up the milk.
Capital Letter
Period
This is a command. It tells you to wipe up the milk.
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31. Can you find the command?
Dust the shelf.
Will you dust the shelf?
Joe dusts the shelf.
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32. Can you find the command?
Did you say please and thank you?
Jan said please and thank you.
Say please and thank you.
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33. Can you find the command?
Lucy can stand on her head.
Stand on your head.
Can you stand on your head?
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34. Learning about commands will help you become a super writer!
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35. Grammar Target Skill Commands
Online Activities
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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36. The blu car is fast than the red car.
Daily Fix-It
The blu car is fast than the red car.
The yellow car are the fastist.
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37. The blu car is fast than the red car.
Daily Fix-It
The blu car is fast than the red car.
The blue car is faster than the red car.
The yellow car are the fastist.
The yellow car is the fastest.
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38. Day 2 Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read about Little Chick and how she solved her problem.
What do you do when you have a problem?

39. Amazing Words
proudly
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40. Why does Mrs. Chicken speak proudly of herself?
Shared Literature
Why does Mrs. Chicken speak proudly of herself?
What does the crocodile think of Mrs. Chicken?

41. Phonics Target Skill syllables c+le
Online Activities
Syllable Activities and Information
United Streaming: Syllables: African Animal Names
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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42. Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers
Apply Phonics
Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers

43. Phonics Target Skil ow in how spelling words
Online Activities
Starfall: Dorothy Strait
BBC: Word Sort
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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44. Grammar Target Skill Commands
Online Activities
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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45. 4. Are the cats runing on you’re wall?
Daily Fix-It
3. I have too doges.
4. Are the cats runing on you’re wall?
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46. Are the cats runing on you’re wall? Are the cats running on your wall?
Daily Fix-It
3. I have too doges.
I have two dogs.
Are the cats runing on you’re wall?
Are the cats running on your wall?
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47. What is Mrs. Chicken’s clever idea?
Day 3 Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read more
about Mrs. Chicken.
Listen closely.
What is Mrs. Chicken’s clever idea?

48. Amazing Words
plump scrawny
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49. Where does the crocodile live?
Shared Literature
Where does the crocodile live?
Why doesn’t the crocodile eat Mrs. Chicken right away?
What happens to Mrs. Chicken and the crocodile while they wait for their eggs to hatch?
How do you think Mrs. Chicken came up with her clever solution?

50. Phonics Target Skill syllables c+le
Online Activities
Syllable Activities and Information
United Streaming: Syllables: African Animal Names
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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51. Phonics Target Skil ow in how spelling words
Online Activities
Starfall: Dorothy Strait
BBC: Word Sort
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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52. Build Background
How dogs protect

53. Reading Target Skill Character, Setting & Plot
Online Activities
Elements of a Story
Story Creation Magic Lesson
As you read, ask yourself what the problem is.
Ask yourself what the characters do to solve the problem.
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54. Vocabulary

55. Grammar Target Skill Commands
Online Activities
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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56. Daily Fix-It Fix the door, dan mop the floor, kate.
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57. Daily Fix-It Fix the door, dan Fix the door, Dan. mop the floor, kate.
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58. Day 4 Morning Warm-Up!
Today we will read about some mice who intend to solve their problem.
But their idea isn’t as clever as they thought.
Is there only one way to solve a problem?

59. Listen to find out why the man goes to see the wise woman for advice.
Shared Literature
Listen to find out why the man goes to see the wise woman for advice.

60. Amazing Words
advice wise
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61. High Frequency Words Find the word wall word that fits each clue
This word begins with a and make sense in this sentence:
Would you like to come ________ with me?
This word names part of a face and makes
sense in this sentence:
Josh closed his _______ and went to sleep.

62. High Frequency Words Find the word wall word that fits each clue
This word means the opposite of ahead and makes sense in this sentence:
My puppy followed ___________ me.
This word means the opposite of always and makes
sense in this sentence:
___________ miss a day of school!

63. Phonics Review
Suffixes –ly and -ful
-ly
-ful

64. Phonics Target Skil ow in how spelling words
Online Activities
Starfall: Dorothy Strait
BBC: Word Sort
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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65. Grammar Target Skill Commands
Online Activities
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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66. Daily Fix-It 7. tie your shoes, please? 8. do knot skip in the hall.
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67. Daily Fix-It 7. tie your shoes, please? Tie your shoes, please.
8. do knot skip in the hall.
Do not skip in the hall.
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68. Day 5 Morning Warm-Up! This week we read about predicaments.
We also read about wise advice.
When does a predicament need a solution?

69. Did the wise woman’s solution fix the family’s problem?
Shared Literature
Did the wise woman’s solution fix the family’s problem?
How?

70. Build Oral Vocabulary synonyms
“The family still had quarreling and crying and fighting and squawking and bawking and butting and pushing.”
Can you pick the words in the sentence from It Could Always Be Worse that mean the same.
Mister Bones

71. Diphthong ow/ou/ and syllables C+le
Phonics Review
Diphthong ow/ou/ and syllables C+le
Circle words with the diphthong ow/ou/ and words that have the syllables C+le.
Did the dog’s howl startle you?
The puzzle clues go across and down.
My uncle has a big brown cow.
The little clown has a twinkle in her eyes.

72. High Frequency Words
Complete the rhyme with a Word to Read on page 12.
The little train runs _________ the town,
________ cars uphill and down.
_________ stopping, going strong,
Chug, chug, chugging right _________.
Then it runs ________ the rise,
And vanishes before my _____________.

73. Phonics Target Skil ow in how spelling words
Online Activities
Starfall: Dorothy Strait
BBC: Word Sort
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
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74. Daily Fix-It 9. Give grace the book 10. did you throw the ball
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75. Daily Fix-It 9. Give grace the book Give Grace the book.
10. did you throw the ball
Did you throw the ball?
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76. Additional Online Resources
Spelling City
Carl’s Corner
Practice, Spelling, & Grammar Workbook Pages
Interactive Letters for Spelling
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77. the way on that do and take in up help use get them this put
Review High Frequency Words
the way on
that do and
take in up
help use get
them this put
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78. eat too home your paper her small tree no many into saw good old want
Review High Frequency Words
eat too home your paper her
small tree no
many into saw good old want
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79. catch could be there horse out who live work now people
Review High Frequency Words
catch could be there horse out who live work now people
together inside
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80. Review High Frequency Words
down find food grow under new also water their other ground same family
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81. always become everything day stays things nothing
Review High Frequency Words
always become
everything day
stays things
nothing
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82. any ever every own sure were enough afraid again few
Review High Frequency Words
any ever
every own
sure were
enough afraid
again few
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83. how done read know soon visit wait push Review High Frequency Words
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84. before does good-bye oh right won’t give once surprise
Review High Frequency Words
before does
good-bye oh
right won’t
give once
surprise
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85. would enjoy drew worry about great colors draw over show sign found
Review High Frequency Words
would enjoy drew
worry about great
colors draw over
show sign found
took mouth wild
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86. once above touch eight moon laugh picture remember room stood thought
Review High Frequency Words
once above touch
eight moon laugh
picture remember
room stood
thought
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87. told only because across shoes dance opened
Review High Frequency Words
told only because
across shoes
dance opened
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