1. The Dot Big Question: What treasures can we create?
Author:
Peter H. Reynolds
Genre:
Realistic Fiction

2. The Dot Day 1

3. Long e: ea
she sheep seat s ea t

4. Word Families peach beam bean teach gleam clean bleach steam glean
-each -eam -ean
peach beam bean
teach gleam clean
bleach steam glean

5. Blend Words team neat cream h ea t s ea p ea k m ea n t ea se f ea st
wh ea t
st ea m
neat
cream
team

6. Word Reading - Long e: ea
leave
heap
these
peach we
leash
cream
free
Pete
sneak
leaf
eve
meat
cheek
beast

7. Word Reading New Art An artist named Dean tried a new thing
That shows he is really
quite smart.
He carries home things
others don’t want,
And recycles them to
make art.
He has pennies,
And clean, worn-out jeans,
And trophies too.
Weave a bead in,
And look, he made
Something that’s new.

9. The Dot Day 2

10. Inflected Endings happy happier happiest spy spied muddy muddier
jogged hopping
happy happier happiest
spy spied
muddy muddier
cry cries
sleepy sleepiest
worry worried

11. Word Work bumpier studies copied luckiest foggier dried fried messiest
dries
walked
sillier
biggest
skipping

12. Word Reading – Inflected Endings
dirtiest
stepped
stickier
tried
sloppiest
fixes
funnier
hugging
jolliest
studied
cried
spies
worries
tapped
called

13. New Art An artist named Dean tried a new thing That shows he is really
quite smart.
He carries home things
others don’t want,
And recycles them to
make art.
He has pennies,
And clean, worn-out jeans,
And trophies too.
Weave a bead in,
And look, he made
Something that’s new.

15. The Dot Day 3

16. Long e: ea and Inflected Endings
dream tries speak muddiest cried beast
heat
dried
dries
sillier
silliest

17. Build Words base word -ed -es hurry try cry study base word -er -est
easy
sunny
creamy
happy

18. Vocabulary
artist
experimenting
splashed
straight
squiggle
stared
gold

19. High – Frequency Words colors paper drew blue over there sign now draw
few
great
school
show

20. Amazing Words
create –
When you create something you make something new.
doodle –
A doodle is a scribble.
imagination –
If you have a good imagination, you can see things in your mind that aren’t there or you can think of unusual ideas. 1

21. Amazing Words
carve –
Carve means to make by cutting.

22. Amazing Words
hobby -
A hobby is something people do for fun in their spare time.
inspiration –
An inspiration is a sudden, bright idea.
masterpiece –
A masterpiece is a great piece of work.
sculptor –
A sculptor is an artist who makes or carves things out of stone, wood, metal, or another material.

23. The Dot Day 4

24. Long a: ai, ay and Possessives
train Greg’s train birds’ nest
mail Jeremiah’s mail dogs’ bone
play Cindy’s play doctors’ office

25. Word Reading about Jane’s May garden king’s visit girls’ worry artist
tale
gives
surprise
would
friends
Jane’s
garden
visit
worry
rain
very
cape
surprised
soon
enjoy

26. Read Words in Context
Our friends were very surprised to see Jane’s garden.
When they visit, Dad reads a tale about the king’s cape.
The girls’ worry is that the rain will come too soon.
Would May enjoy the surprise gift the artist gives her?

27. Long e and Inflected Endings
That is the easiest peach to reach.
Jean will speak for the team.
The silliest seal tried to sneak onto the beach.
Dean hurries to clean the mud from his jeans.