1. The Big Circle Big Question: How do animals work together to survive?
Author:
Eric Kimmel
Illustrator:
Richard Bernal
Genre:
Fiction

2. Small Group
Timer

3. Big Question How do animals work together to survive?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

4. The Big Circle Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it A fox lives in pine park. it has fiv kits.
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6. Daily Fix-it A fox lives in pine park. A fox lives in Pine Park.
it has fiv kits.
It has five kits.
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7. Morning Warm-up
Some animals live and work together. They are a lot like people. How do animals work together to survive?
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8. Make sure that you’re fed. A crow is an enemy. A snake is one too.
Mama Newt Said
“Let me protect you,”
Mama Newt said.
“I’ll keep you safe and
Make sure that you’re fed.
A crow is an enemy.
A snake is one too.
Papa and I will
Watch over you.”
“Try to be careful,”
Mama Newt smiled.
“I know there are dangers
Out here in the wild.
If we keep our eyes open
And keep our hearts linked,
Then there is no chance
Of becoming extinct.”
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9. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 1
Amazing Words
enemy –
An enemy is a person or animal that wants to cause harm to another.
extinct –
If something is extinct it no longer exists.
protect –
Protect means to keep someone or something safe.
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10. Unit 2 The Big Circle - Day 1
Long o (CVCe)
made hide
rode r o d e
p o l e pole
j o k e joke
c o n e cone
h o m e home
st o l e stole
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11. Word Work r o s e rose dr o v e drove cl o s e close gl o b e globe
fr o z e froze
v o t e vote
h o p e hope
d o z e doze
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home

12. Word Reading - Long o joke slope top mope make close doze white rope
role
stove
spot
bone
shine
froze
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14. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 1
1. Reading WB page 93
2. Spelling WB page 37
3. Journal – Write about how baby animals can stay safe.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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16. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 1

17. Write about how baby animals can stay safe.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about how baby animals can stay safe.

18. The Big Circle Day 2

19. Daily Fix-it 3. The Boys ran a rase. 4. steve is not as fast as tom.
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20. Daily Fix-it 3. The Boys ran a rase. The boys ran a race.
4. steve is not as fast as tom.
Steve is not as fast as Tom.
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21. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we’ll read about a frog that sits on a log in a bog. Eating bugs and slugs makes him grow. What makes you grow?
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22. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 2
Amazing Words
crater –
A crater is a big hole.
holler –
A holler is a loud cry or shout.
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23. Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll
not am will
didn’t
did not didn’t
I am I’m
we will we’ll
is not
they will
can not
I’ll
couldn’t
I’m
it’ll
hasn’t
she’ll
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24. not am will
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25. Word Reading - Contractions
wasn’t
he’ll
hasn’t
I’m
we’ll
isn’t
you’ll
aren’t
didn’t
it’ll
they’ll
hadn’t
she’ll
I’ll
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29. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 2
1. Reading WB page 94, 95, 96
2. Spelling WB page 38
3. Journal – Write about a family of animals.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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30. Daily Journal Writing
List things that move.

31. The Big Circle Day 3

32. Daily Fix-it The triceratops mad a circle Can the baby hid in it.
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33. Daily Fix-it The triceratops mad a circle
The triceratops made a circle.
Can the baby hid in it.
Can the baby hide in it?
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34. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about dinosaurs. We’ll learn how they cooperate. They share the job of protecting each other. What jobs do you share?
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35. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 3
Amazing Words
swamp –
A swamp is an area of muddy, wet land.
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36. Long o and Contractions
bone
you’ll
When you come to a new word, check to see if it is a word you know. Look for a contraction. Read the base word and the ending or say the sounds to yourself and read the word.
hadn’t
smoke
aren’t
chose
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37. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 3
A Baby Dinosaur
A big T. Rex woke up and said,
“I’m hungry, but I won’t eat bread.
A baby dinosaur tastes great.
I’ll eat it up! I just can’t wait!”
A baby heard him when he spoke.
He knew the threat was not a joke.
“I’m very smart,” the baby said.
He ran home to get help instead.
His family said, “Don’t give up hope.”
They hid their baby on the slope.
They drove the bully far away.
And T. Rex didn’t eat that day.
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38. Long o Contractions
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39. Two dinosaurs we learned about tyrannosaurus and triceratops
Two dinosaurs we learned about tyrannosaurus and triceratops. What do we know about T. Rex and triceratops and the kinds of things they do? We’re going to read a story about a T. Rex and a herd of triceratops. We’ll find out what happens when a hungry T. Rex tries to hunt food.

40. Vocabulary
triceratops
meat
herd
baby
circle

41. High - Frequency Words inside good down eat now small together here
there
want
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43. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 3
1. Reading WB page 97
2. Spelling WB page 39
3. Journal – Write about an animal that works with other animals to stay safe.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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44. stegosaurus (flat teeth) raptor (sharp, pointed teeth)
allosaurus ( sharp, pointed teeth) apatasaurus (flat teeth)
ankylosaurus (flat teeth) diplodocus (flat teeth)
Meat Eaters Plant Eaters
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45. First, T. Rex wakes up hungry.
Next,
Then
Finally,

46. _________ the triceratops stand in a circle.
_________ the herd drives T. Rex away.
_________ the herd sees T. Rex.
_________ T. Rex smells the triceratops.

47. day month holiday

48. Write about an animal that works with other animals to stay safe.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about an animal that works with other animals to stay safe.

49. The Big Circle Day 4

50. Daily Fix-it Jen like Elephants. Cann’t she take one hom?
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51. Daily Fix-it Jen like Elephants. Jen likes elephants.
Cann’t she take one hom?
Can’t she take one home?
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52. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read a news page about a class that takes a trip to a special place. They visit a museum. What would you like to see in a museum?
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53. Amazing Words
boisterous
bluff

54. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 4
Amazing Words
boisterous –
When you are boisterous, you are wild and noisy.
bluff –
To bluff means to pretend. When you try to make someone believe something that isn’t true, you are bluffing.
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55. fine chip
Long i short i
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56. Word Reading chase ditch place that use her work out who safe pig chip
ship
into
make
pitch
many
way
white
people
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57. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 4
Read Words in Context
Many people work to make this a safe place.
Who will go that way into the ship?
Use her white ball to pitch.
Chip will chase the pig out of the ditch.
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60. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 4
1. Reading WB page 98, 99
2. Spelling WB page 40
3. Journal – Imagine that T. Rex can talk. What might T. Rex tell his friends about the triceratops?
4. AR test
5. Centers
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61. Write what T-Rex might tell his friends about the triceratops.
Daily Journal Writing
Write what T-Rex might tell his friends about the triceratops.

62. The Big Circle Day 5

63. Daily Fix-it the cat has the Hat. I will mak a mask
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64. Daily Fix-it the cat has the Hat. The cat has the hat.
10. I will mak a mask
I will make a mask.
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65. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about dinosaurs and other animals that live together. They find food and protect one another from enemies. How are these animals like a community?
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66. Long o and Contractions
Rose isn’t home.
“I’m looking at this globe,” said Dot.
We’ll vote for Cole.
Hope can’t close the box.
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67. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 5
there down inside now together
_____________ was a roar that made them frown.
In hills and mountains, up and _____________.
Animals came from far and wide.
They made a circle – small ones ____________.
______________ they stood, the time was ____________.
Then all T. Rex could think was “WOW!”
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70. Unit 2 The Big Circle – Day 5
Handwriting sheet – to be graded
Journal – Write a story about a dinosaur you learned about this week.
3. AR test
4. Centers
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71. Write a story about a dinosaur.
Daily Journal Writing
Write a story about a dinosaur.