1. Author: Claire Daniel Illustrator: Genre: Expository Nonfiction
Life in the Forest Big Question: How do plants and animals live together?
Author:
Claire Daniel
Illustrator:
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction

2. Small Group
Timer

3. Big Question How do plants and animals live together?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

4. Life in the Forest Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it I hop its warm next week. W’ell go to the park on sunday.
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1

6. Daily Fix-it I hop its warm next week. I hope it’s warm next week.
2. W’ell go to the park on sunday.
We’ll go to the park on Sunday.
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7. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 1
Morning Warm-up
Many animals eat plants. There are other ways plants help animals. How do plants and animals live together?
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8. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 1
A Good Environment
A good environment,
All living things require
A good environment.
From bears, to deer, to birds,
To bees, and tiny ants,
All animals get shelter and
The food they need from plants.
All living things can thrive
In a good environment.
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9. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 1
Amazing Words
environment –
The environment is the world around you that affects how you live and grow.
require –
To require means “to need or insist on having.”
thrive –
To thrive means “to stay healthy and grow.”
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10. Long u, Long e (CVCe)
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hide rode cube c u b e these th e s e f u m e fume P e t e Pete d u n e dune G e n e Gene c u t e cute

11. rude rule mule mute cute flute
Word Work
u s e use
t u n e tune
e v e eve
Z e k e Zeke
f u s e fuse
h u g e huge
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rude rule mule mute cute flute

12. Word Reading - Long u and e
cube
Gene
shake
huge
use
white
mule
Pete
slope
rule
tune
fume
tube
fuse
these
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14. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 1
1. Reading WB page 103
2. Spelling WB page 41
3. Journal – List some animals and insects that you might see in a forest.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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16. What Plants Need What Animals Need
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18. One and More Than One
pigs parks plant kites frog girls bones lake One More Than One

19. Daily Journal Writing Day 1
List some animals and insects that you might see in a forest.

20. Life in the Forest Day 2

21. Daily Fix-it 3. W’ell play on tuesday. 4. Do you like thanksgiving.
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22. Daily Fix-it 3. W’ell play on tuesday. We’ll play on Tuesday.
4. Do you like thanksgiving.
Do you like Thanksgiving?
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23. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we’ll read about a frog that lives in a bog. I’m afraid he’ll get a surprise if he isn’t careful. What kind of surprise would be fun to find?
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24. Amazing Words
slimy
inhales

25. Amazing Words
slimy -
If something is slimy, it is covered with a slippery, gooey material.
inhale -
To inhale means “to draw in”. If a person inhales his food, he takes it in quickly.

26. Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 2
Inflected Ending -ed
kicks kicking She kicked the ball. I filled the cup. I wanted to go. rushed worked printed checked looked
thanked
yelled
planted
brushed
called
tilted
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27. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 2
/t/ /d/ /ed/
asked spilled rested
wished called wanted
pitched smelled printed
missed grilled handed
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28. Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 2
Word Reading
melted
runs
eating
called
camping
wants
asked
helped
worked
added
hops
going
walked
spelled
looked
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30. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 104, 105, 106
2. Spelling WB page 42
3. Journal – Draw a picture of the bog where the frog lives. Show and label the animals and insects that live in a bog.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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31. Daily Journal Writing Day 2
Draw animals and insects in the bog.

32. Life in the Forest Day 3

33. Daily Fix-it What peckt the tree A Squirrel is cut.
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34. Daily Fix-it What peckt the tree What pecked the tree?
A Squirrel is cut.
A squirrel is cute.
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35. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about a forest. We’ll learn about animals that live there. We’ll see how plants and animals live together. What would you like to do or see in a forest?
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36. Amazing Words
sludge -
Sludge is a thick, wet, slimy material.

37. Word Work cute these checked spilled melted use Pete blocked called
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3
use
Pete
blocked
called
twisted

38. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
Along the Forest Path
Oh, I walked along the forest path,
Beyond the sandy dune.
The scene was filled with birds and plants
On a sunny day in June.
Cute birds perched
On huge and leafy plants.
They chirped a tune as I looked up.
They seemed about to dance.
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39. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
eve listed flute use these
yelled cube packed
Long u Long e Ending -ed
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40. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
Things Found in a Forest
Animals
Plants
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41. Some tiny creatures call the forest their home
Some tiny creatures call the forest their home. Some bigger animals also live there. Many kinds of plants grow in a forest. In the selection we are about to read, we’ll find out why the forest is such a busy place and how the animals and plants live together.

43. High-Frequency Words find eat food many grow too water small under
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3
too
water
small
under
tree
around

44. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
1. Reading WB page 107
2. Spelling WB page 43
3. Journal – Write about something your family might see during a walk in the forest.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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45. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
Our school is a busy place.
Place your hands on your desk.
fall
bill
shine
to drop to the ground
a season of the year
a bird’s mouth
a list that tells how much money you owe
to give light
to polish something
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46. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
The forest is dark and damp. I hear strange sounds all around me. They make me jump.
The forest is a wonderful place. I love watching the animals. They are so amazing!
I saw a bug.
That is the ugliest bug ever.
I got so wet I squished.
It rained.
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47. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 3
One More than One
tree trees
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48. Daily Journal Writing Day 3
Write about something your family might see during a walk in the forest.

49. Life in the Forest Day 4

50. Daily Fix-it We went on a hik last Saturday. Our leader was mr. jones.
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51. Daily Fix-it We went on a hik last saturday.
We went on a hike last Saturday.
Our leader was mr. jones.
Our leader was Mr. Jones.
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52. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about another kind of forest. First, we will learn why this forest is special. Then, we will learn what animals and plants live there. How do you think a forest is a community?
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53. Amazing Words creatures - A creature is a living animal or person.
capture -
Capture means “to catch”.

54. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 4
High – Frequency Words
tawer
erdun
ndif
rounad
ofod
wogr
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55. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 4
rope didn’t
I’m it’ll
Long o Not Long o
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56. Decodable and High – Frequency Words
shop place can’t inside
too saw together slide
I’m be Mike we’ll
stove home now your
Rose there down same
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57. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 4
Read Words in Context
Rose saw a stove inside your home.
We’ll go down there together to shop.
Can’t Mike be on the slide too?
Now I’m at the same place.
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58. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 4
1. Reading WB page 108, 109
2. Spelling WB page 44
3. Journal – Finish this sentence frame several times:
________ eat _______. Yum, yum!
4. AR test
5. Centers
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59. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 4
hand cats
squirrels caves
bear stone
cent bones
cake
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One and More Than One

60. Daily Journal Writing Day 4
Complete sentence frames about what forest animals eat.

61. Life in the Forest Day 5

62. Daily Fix-it the bear isnt sleeping. The squirrel gathered nut
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63. Daily Fix-it the bear isnt sleeping. The bear isn’t sleeping.
The squirrel gathered nut
The squirrel gathered nuts.
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64. 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. How do members of a community need each other?
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65. Review Long u, e and ending –ed
Pete checked the rule.
Duke filled the tube with these stones.
June handed the flute to Steve.
Zeke jumped on a huge sand dune.
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66. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 5
find water around grow food under
Take a walk. Look all _________________.
In the ______________ and ______________ the ground.
You’ll _____________ animals that you know.
Eating _____________ to make them _______________.
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68. Unit 2 Life in the Forest – Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Reading WB page 110
3. Journal - Write about an animal you have learned about this week.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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69. Daily Journal Writing Day 5
Write about the animals on your Day1list.