Melissa Blackwell Burke Expository Nonfiction Who Works Here? Author: Melissa Blackwell Burke Illustrator: Tim Spransy Genre: Expository Nonfiction

Who Works Here? Day 1

Long i (CVCe) made lake bike b i k e w i d e wide r i p e ripe l i k e like t i m e time pr i z e prize

Word Work d i m e dime l i f e life m i n e mine k i t e kite w i s e wise m i c e mice sh i n e shine r i c e rice

Word Reading - Long i smile page mice hide glide sit line shine tile wipe trade slice drive blame sick 1

A Nice, Fine Neighborhood Neighbors like to work together. They watch out for everyone. They pitch in to help each other Until all the chores are done. Neighbors like to play together. They put out the welcome mat. Children ride bikes on the sidewalk. Grown-ups sit outside and chat. When the busy day is over, Happy neighbors feel so good. They all smile at each other. What a nice, fine neighborhood!

Who Works Here? Day 2

Digraphs wh, ch, tch when wh e n chip ch i p catch c a tch m u n ch ch a m p wh i ch m a tch s u ch

Word Work ch o p chop wh a l e whale i t ch itch m u ch much ch i ck chick l u n ch lunch

Word Reading chill fetch math white much whale check catch pitch while which such chase inch shop

Poem A Nice, Fine Neighborhood Neighbors like to work together. They watch out for everyone. They pitch in to help each other Until all the chores are done. Neighbors like to play together. They put out the welcome mat. Children ride bikes on the sidewalk. Grown-ups sit outside and chat. When the busy day is over, Happy neighbors feel so good. They all smile at each other. What a nice, fine neighborhood!

Who Works Here? Day 3

Long i and Digraphs wh i t e ch e ss m u ch lime f e tch which wh a l e ch a t When you come to a new word look at all the letters in the word and think about its vowel sound. lime which batch

Vocabulary mail neighborhood busy

High - Frequency Words out they live to work way who where people your

The people who work in a community help us in many ways The people who work in a community help us in many ways. We’ll read a selection that tells about some workers and how they help a community.

Amazing Words citizen - A citizen is a person who lives in a certain location. A community has many citizens. community - Your community is the town or city in which you live. law - A law is a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do. leader - A leader is the head of a group.

Amazing Words patrol – Patrol means to move around, watching or guarding. headquarters – Headquarters are places where business or city leaders work.

Amazing Words branch – A branch is a smaller type of a larger bank, library, or office.

Amazing Words earn – When you earn money, you are paid for work you do.

Who Works Here? Day 4

Word Reading plane horse little make be cage sale my mice old four race could gem fake cents three paper Dave she

Sentences to Read Could Dave make a plane from old paper? She has four little mice in a cage. Where can my race horse be? That fake gem is on sale for three cents.

people who live work out _________ will __________ in the garden this weekend? I want to go __________ in the yard to play ball. Many ______________ live in a city. Many people _____________ in your neighborhood.