Dig, Dig, Digging Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day Five Word Practice High Frequency Words Phonics Practice Additional Resources
How do machines help people work together? Question of the day
Classify and Categorize We can say things in a group belong together if they are like each other in some way.
Amazing Words
trucks are big
Trucks are big.
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Nouns for places Today we are going to practice using naming words, or nouns, for places. The word school is a noun because it names a place. What is the place that you go to after school is over? Where do you go to buy groceries? Where do you go to check out a book?
Let’s Write nouns for places Draw a picture of a city with cars driving by, a fire station with a fire truck, or an airport with an airplane. We use an uppercase letter for the first word. The uppercase letter in this sentence is C. The sentence also ends with a period.
Question of the day How do machines help people do things?
a truck can work all day
A truck can work all day.
Shared Reading Pages 4–5 Why do the workers use diggers? What are the diggers doing in the picture? Pages 6–7 Why might the fire engine have to race and go fast? What are the firefighters doing? Pages 8–9 What kind of a worker would use a tractor? Who is driving the tractor?
Shared Reading Pages 10–11 What do the garbage trucks do with the garbage? What do they do to fit the garbage in the truck? Pages 12–13 What are the cranes lifting to the top of the building? What is the crane's job at the construction site? Pages 14–15 What do transporters do? How many cars are on this transporter?
Shared Reading Pages 16–17 What are dump trucks good at? Where do you think they dump their loads? Pages 18–19 How do helicopters rescue people? Why do the helicopters use a rope? Pages 20–21 What are the road rollers doing? Why do they use a road roller?
Shared Reading Pages 22–23 What are the bulldozers good at? Pages 24–25 What are the trucks doing? What do you think the trucks are carrying? Pages 26–27 What do the machines do after a busy day? How can you tell they are resting?
Classify and Categorize Trucks like diggers and dump trucks help construction workers build things. Fire engines and rescue helicopters help people in trouble.
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Let’s Write nouns for things nouns This thing is a tent. The word tent names this thing. Tent is a naming word. Naming words are called nouns.
Let’s Read
Question of the day What machine takes food from farms to stores?
the truck brings food
The truck brings food.
Classify and Categorize In the story, which machines carry something up in the air? Which machines in the story work with dirt or rocks? In the story, which machines are used to save people? Which of the machines in the story work outdoors?
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Let’s Read
Let’s Write Point to the truck. What is this machine? Have you ever seen trucks on the road? What do trucks do to help people? Trucks carry heavy loads.
Question of the day What kinds of machines help us at school?
miss Bindergarten took the class to the library
Miss Bindergarten took the class to the library.
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Let's name some machines that make life easier for people. My dishwasher helps me clean up faster. I am going to draw a dishwasher and me. Then I will write dishwasher.
Question of the day How do machines help people work together?
trucks help people work together
Trucks help people work together.
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Additional Resources Bob the Builder Game Cookie Monster- letter Tt Starfall- letter Tt Letter Speed Race Construction site video clip Construction site with pictures and voices of workers