1. Author: William Chin Illustrator: Scott Gustafson Genre: Play
Where Are My Animal Friends? Big Question: How does nature change during the year?
Author:
William Chin
Illustrator:
Scott Gustafson
Genre:
Play

2. Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 1

3. Blend Words
fat ter
new est
sad dest
deep er
slim mest
green est

4. Base Word Ending – er Ending –est
smart
thin
wet
quick

5. Word Reading fewer skipped smaller firmest bigger stalled sweeter
taller
hottest
newest
smallest
skipped
firmest
stalled
thinnest
shorter
tallest
trotting

6. The Coldest Time When the seasons change, all nature changes too.
All the animals must judge
what’s best to do.
When the tree colors grow bolder,
And the days start turning colder,
Then they have their hardest
season to get through.
Every animal finds ways
to dodge the chill.
Geese fly off in a big
wedge across the hill.
Beavers build a lodge and creep in.
Bears find cozy caves to sleep in.
They pledge to come out in spring,
and so they will.

8. Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 2

9. Word Work
gem cage bridge judge
badge
dodge
ridge
pledge
trudge

10. Blend Words
wedge
judge
Madge
edge
sludge
ledge

11. Word Reading – dge/j/ judge gem game lodge ridge fudge pledge page
gate
bridge
nudge
porridge
smudge
large
ginger

12. Poem The Coldest Time When the seasons change, all nature changes too.
All the animals must judge
what’s best to do.
When the tree colors grow bolder,
And the days start turning colder,
Then they have their hardest
season to get through.
Every animal finds ways
to dodge the chill.
Geese fly off in a big
wedge across the hill.
Beavers build a lodge and creep in.
Bears find cozy caves to sleep in.
They pledge to come out in spring,
and so they will.

14. Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 3

15. Comparative Endings and dge/j/
smarter
thinnest
ridge
badge
wetter
grudge
smallest

16. Sort Words
tallest bridge stiffer darker fudge biggest shorter pledge budge bigger dimmest stiffest Endings – er Endings – est No Ending

17. Selection Words
spring
warm
goose
raccoon

18. High – Frequency Words small every does won’t many good-bye oh before
right
inside
friends
away

19. Amazing Words temperature Temperature is how cold or hot something is.
season
A season is one of the four parts of the year.
hibernate
Hibernate means “to spend the winter sleeping.”
migrate
Migrate means “to move from one place to another.”

20. Amazing Words
autumn -
Autumn is one of the four seasons.

21. Amazing Words
freeze
Freeze means “to turn something hard because of the cold.”

22. Amazing Words weary - When you are weary, you are very tired.
bitterly -
Bitterly means “in a sad or painful way.”

23. Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 4

24. r-controlled er, ir, ur and Contractions
her
we’ll
sir
fur
it’s
they’ve
er, ir, ur contractions

25. Word Reading
wait
perch
push
we’ll
her
doesn’t
first
let’s
know
I’ll
we’re
we’ve
visit
swirling
bird
done
turn
clerk
Fern
I’m

26. Read Words in Context
If the clerk doesn’t know which button to push, let’s help her.
We’ve got time to wait so I’ll take a turn.
When we’re done with chores, we’ll visit Fern first.
I’m swirling like a bird that has left its perch.

27. High-Frequency Words before does won’t right good-bye oh
Raccoon will have to say ___________.
His friends _____________ stay.
Oh, me. _________, my.
They leave _________ the cold winds blow.
__________ Raccoon cry?
Oh, no. Oh, no.
He runs ___________ out to play in the snow!