2. Unit 2 Communities

3. By: Jesus Cervantes What happens inside a bee hive?

4. Yesterday: Long e: e, ee, Review long u,e, Inflected ending -ed, High-Frequency Words, and Nouns in Sentences Today: TEST DAY! Spelling and Phonics: Long e: e, ee and VCCV syllable pattern Skill: High-Frequency Words Grammar: Nouns in Sentences

5. This week we read about bees and ants. These insects live together in groups. Each one has a special job to do.

6.  How can insects be like a community?

7. Find words in the message that: name an insect that is industrious means the opposite of individual means “different in some way”

8. individual industrious special Amazing Words Objective: Build oral vocabulary. creep slither romp eagerly wander

9. individual – one person industrious – working hard special – different from or really good Just what do they mean? creep – to move slowly and quietly

10. slither – to move along by sliding Just what do they mean? romp – to move or play in a lively way eagerly – with excitement wander – to move from place to place without a reason

11. Time to Listen The Ant Parade Read Aloud Yesterday we listened to find out where the ants were in such a hurry to go.  Today listen to find out how the ants carried a big cake home.

12.  How did the ants carry a big cake back home?  How are the ants in the story like real ants? How are they different?

13. We have had words like these and Pete. Long e: e, ee we = w eseed = s ee d meseeneedsleep wheelhebeef freeshequeen greenteeth deep

14. Long e: e, ee Word Review

15. free

16. she

17. three

18. trees

19. bees

20. sees

21. seen

22. keep

23. feet

24. meet

25. speeds

26. wheel

27. feel

28. weed

29. cheese

30. We have had words like tab and let. Syllables VCCV tablet = tab letuntil attickittenrabbit problemtrafficbutton hiddenobjectfabric

31. Words To Know

32. napkin

33. ribbon

34. rabbit

35. happen

36. until

37. soccer

38. buttons

39. slippers

40. mitten

41. kittens

42. basket

43. insect

44. Sentences To Read

45. 1.The bee fed on sweet nectar. 2.The cheese is a rat’s best meal. 3.The chick peeps until it becomes free. 4.The deep green dish belongs to Lee. 5.It will take a week for the weeds to grow back. 6.Keep the three things for the queen. 7.Keep your teeth for your pillow.

46. Review Keep the pet rabbit in a deep basket. Will she need a sheet from the tablet? See the kitten in that green pine tree. Sweets are not good for your teeth.

48. family

49. other

50. also

51. their

52. some

53. new

54. High-Frequency Words The opposite of old, it’s true, is a three letter word called ______. It’s _____ pool. They own it. That’s cool! All my brothers, sisters, and me are a ______. Mom is going. Dad is too. Let’s go ____ - me and you. If you ask my mother, we have to pick one or the ______. Bring the popcorn when you come. We’ll sit down and gobble ______. family also their new other some

55. Spelling Words besee hetree mefeet weweek shegreen Objective: Segment sounds to spell words.

56. Test Time Go to your testing spots. Honey Bees

57. Time for Stations

58. Pages 136-137 Nouns in Sentences A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing. A noun can be in more than one place in a sentence. Their hive is hidden in a tree. Both hive and tree are nouns. Hive is in the naming part. Tree is in the action part. Facts

59. Writing and Grammar  Look at the facts about bees. Write the nouns in the sentences. Bees live in a hive. Bees get nectar from flowers. Bees make honey for food.

60. Grammar

61. Teach/Model: Picture Dictionary  Turn to the Pictionary on pages 170 – 171 in your reading book.  Read the titles. Look at the pictures and read the labels.  I want to use these picture dictionary pages to find out where bees live. The words give me information, and so do the pictures. The words – house, pueblo, nest, log – name kinds of homes. The pictures show me exactly what some of the homes look like. By looking at the pictures, I can learn a lot of facts. For example, bees live in a hive.

62. Teach/Model: Pictionary Dictionary  Study the pages.  Where do ants live?  What lives in a log?

64. Wrap Up Your Week! How is a community of insects like a community of people? Why do we say that individual bees are very industrious?

65. fly sting buzz lay eggs cook food go to school have hobbies eat walk live in communities work play protect each other How is a community of insects like a community of people? What Some Insects Do What Some People Do

66. Next Week Next week you will read about ways people grow and change. You will see that even though things can change, there are some things that stay the same.

67. Extra

68. 1. Bes make honey to eat 2. Where do the bee get pollen.

69. http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/First1.html Mrs. Waltke is a veteran teacher living in Jasper and working in the Jasper School System.

70. http://www.carlscorner.us.com/ Cherry Carl is a retired teacher who lives in California. She teaches at UCLA.

71. Time to Listen to the Story Honey Bees Pages 142-157

72. Extra pictures