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
Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 1
Blend Words fat ter new est sad dest deep er slim mest green est
Base Word Ending – er Ending –est smart thin wet quick
Word Reading fewer skipped smaller firmest bigger stalled sweeter taller hottest newest smallest skipped firmest stalled thinnest shorter tallest trotting
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.
Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 2
Word Work gem cage bridge judge badge dodge ridge pledge trudge
Blend Words wedge judge Madge edge sludge ledge
Word Reading – dge/j/ judge gem game lodge ridge fudge pledge page gate bridge nudge porridge smudge large ginger
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.
Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 3
Comparative Endings and dge/j/ smarter thinnest ridge badge wetter grudge smallest
Sort Words tallest bridge stiffer darker fudge biggest shorter pledge budge bigger dimmest stiffest Endings – er Endings – est No Ending
Selection Words spring warm goose raccoon
High – Frequency Words small every does won’t many good-bye oh before right inside friends away
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.”
Amazing Words autumn - Autumn is one of the four seasons.
Amazing Words freeze Freeze means “to turn something hard because of the cold.”
Amazing Words weary - When you are weary, you are very tired. bitterly - Bitterly means “in a sad or painful way.”
Where Are My Animal Friends? Day 4
r-controlled er, ir, ur and Contractions her we’ll sir fur it’s they’ve er, ir, ur contractions
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
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.
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!