1. Author: Leya Roberts Illustrator: Charles Santore Genre: Nonfiction
A Fox and a Kit Big Question: What can we learn about animals by watching them?
Author:
Leya Roberts
Illustrator:
Charles Santore
Genre:
Nonfiction

2. Small Group
Timer

3. Big Question: What can we learn about animals by watching them?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

4. A Fox and a Kit Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it Fox napz on her lap frog sitts there too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

6. Daily Fix-it Fox napz on her lap Fox naps on her lap.
frog sitts there too.
Frog sits there too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

7. Morning Warm-up
Mother birds help their babies. They use their beaks to get food. Have you ever seen a nest of birds? What can we learn about animals by watching them?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 1

8. Squirrel Song Oh, I see a baby squirrel
It’s right there in plain view.
I’ll quietly observe it
To learn what wild squirrels do.
Now I see the baby’s parent
Sitting high up in the tree,
And as I watch the baby,
Mama Squirrel’s observing me.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

9. Amazing Words observe – When you observe something you watch it.
parent –
A parent is a father or mother.
wild –
If something is wild, people do not care for or control it.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

10. Inflected Ending -s wags sips hops ticks gets
tops lids s = /s/ or /z/ The s makes these words mean “more than one”. I nod. She nods. We look. He looks.
wags
sips
hops
ticks
gets
The s does not mean “more than one” on these words.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

11. Words s
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

12. Word Reading – Inflected Ending -s
hits
pops
comes
gabs
packs
likes
sits
rock
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
sees
hops
jabs
looks
wins
bat
helps

13. 4. Journal – Write about wild animals you have watched or observed.
Reading WB page 33
Spelling WB page 13
4. Journal – Write about wild animals you have watched or observed.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

15. How This Helps Us Know About Them Things Animals Do
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

16. List wild animals you have watched or observed.
Daily Journal Writing
List wild animals you have watched or observed.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 1

17. A Fox and a Kit Day 2

18. Daily Fix-it The cat her sitz with mom. she fitts in a small bed.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

19. Daily Fix-it The cat her sitz with mom. The cat sits with her mom.
she fitts in a small bed.
She fits in a small bed.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

20. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about baby animals and how they can go. Some ride on a back. Others ride in a sack. How did you go when you were small?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

21. Amazing Words solo – Solo means “alone”.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 2

22. Inflected Ending -ing
digs hops I jump. I am jumping. jump ing I help. I am helping. help ing fill ing lock ing fix ing look ing wax ing
lick ing
rock ing
pass ing
tack ing
pick ing
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

23. Words -s -ing
pack
quack
look
pick
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

24. Word Reading - Inflected Ending -ing
packing
wax
doing
tacking
waxing
seeing
locking
quacking
looking
picking
fill
going
fixing
filling
helping
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

26. Journal – Write about your favorite zoo animal. Centers
1. Reading WB pages 34, 35, 36
Spelling WB page 14
Journal – Write about your favorite zoo animal.
Centers
Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

27. Write about your favorite zoo animals.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about your favorite zoo animals.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 2

28. A Fox and a Kit Day 3

29. We know that zookeepers take care of animals that live in zoos
We know that zookeepers take care of animals that live in zoos. What do we know about how zoo animals take care of themselves? We are going to read about a real mother fox and her kit at the zoo. We’ll find out what we might see them doing if we visited them.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

30. Vocabulary
animals
dinner
watch

31. High-Frequency Words her and eat she too up this we
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3
too up
this we

32. Journal - Write about a baby animal you have seen or heard about.
Reading WB page 37
Spelling WB page 15
Journal - Write about a baby animal you have seen or heard about.
AR test
Centers
Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

33. Ways Animals Move
carried walk
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3

34. Word Choice This animal is on the things.
Her baby is on the things too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

35. The foxes eat stuff. The fox has nice fur. The kit goes to his mom.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

36. Word Order
like I watch play cat my to.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

37. Write about a baby animal you have seen or heard about.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about a baby animal you have seen or heard about.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 3

38. A Fox and a Kit Day 4

39. Daily Fix-it the mix is a hitt. This mix winz too
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

40. Daily Fix-it the mix is a hitt. The mix is a hit. This mix winz too
This mix wins too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

41. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about a zoo in a park. What kind of animals live there? Does a man mix their dinner too? Do people watch the animals play? Let’s read about this new zoo!
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4

42. Amazing Words
medicine
poisonous
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

43. Amazing Words medicine –
a drug that helps you feel better or makes you well
poisonous -
If something is poisonous, it can cause sickness or death.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4

44. too her eat this The foxes will ____________ dinner.
Mother fox licks ___________ lips.
___________ is the best place to watch foxes.
I went to the zoo, and Mom did __________.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

45. Short o and -s Plurals tot tots
The ending -s stands for the sound /s/ or /z/.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
pods

46. Word Reading get sack Nick big can Bob me what help will box do Max
for
use
lids
locks
here is
Dot

47. Read Words in Context What can Max do for me?
Nick will help Bob get here.
Use locks on the box lids.
Dot is packing a big sack.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 4

48. Journal – Write something you know about foxes. Take your AR test.
1. Reading WB page 38, 39
Spelling WB page 16
Journal – Write something you know about foxes.
Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4

49. 1. The fox has a kit. A fox the has kit. 2. A rock sits on the frog.
A frog sits on the rock.
Licks the mix the kit.
The kit licks the mix.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4

50. Write one thing you know about foxes.
Daily Journal Writing
Write one thing you know about foxes.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 4

51. A Fox and a Kit Day 5

52. Daily Fix-it The Fox sitts on a rock 10. my dog napps with Pop.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5

53. Daily Fix-it The Fox sitts on a rock The fox sits on a rock.
my dog napps with Pop.
My dog naps with Pop.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5

54. Morning Warm-up This week we read about many wild animals.
What can we learn as we observe animals?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 5

55. Mom pins and tacks the tag on the map.
Dad is fixing and waxing the van.
Pam sits and rips the rag.
Nick is kicking and passing it.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

56. eat her too this Mama monkey gave ________ baby A banana at the zoo.
“Eat _________ fruit,” said Mama,
And I will _______ it ________ !
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

57. Handwriting sheet – to be graded
Journal – Choose an animal. Write about how it moves.
3. Take your AR test if you have read your book twice.
4. Centers
5. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

58. Choose an animal. Write about how it moves.
Daily Journal Writing
Choose an animal. Write about how it moves.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 5