1. Simple Machines Big Question: What great ideas make our lives easier?
Author:
Allan Fowler
Genre:
Expository Nonfiction

2. Small Group
Timer

3. Big Question: What great ideas make our lives easier?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

4. Simple Machines Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it my sister keep sneezing. I will go by she a tissue.
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6. Daily Fix-it my sister keep sneezing. My sister keeps sneezing.
2. I will go by she a tissue.
I will go buy her a tissue.
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7. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
What great ideas make our lives easier? One idea is the car. Instead of walking, we can drive. What is another great idea?
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8. Oral Vocabulary convenient equipment gadget
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9. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
Amazing Words
convenient -
If something is convenient, it is easy to use and saves you time or work.
equipment -
Equipment is what we call the pieces or parts needed to do something special.
gadget -
A gadget is a small tool that is used for a certain purpose.
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10. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
clown loud
foil f oi l
boy b oy
j oy joy
s oi l soil
en j oy enjoy
br oi l broil
R oy Roy
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11. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
Word Work
sp oi l
j oy
l oy al
n oi se
s oy
ch oi ce
Fl oy d
m oi st
toy
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12. Word Reading Diphthongs oi, oy
grown
choice
short
hoist
oink
fork
toy
point
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soil
born
coin
soy
boy
coat
royal

14. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
How the Idea Makes
Great Idea Life Easier
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15. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 1
Reading WB page 153
Spelling WB page 109
Journal - Draw a picture of a seesaw. Write about how it works.
AR test
Centers
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16. Daily Journal Writing Day 1
Draw a picture of a seesaw. Write about how it works.

17. Simple Machines Day 2

18. Daily Fix-it She is here yesterday You is hear today.
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19. Daily Fix-it She is here yesterday She was here yesterday.
You is hear today.
You are here today.
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20. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about two boys who dreamed about the joy of flying. When they became men, they invented a flying machine. What machines do you enjoy?
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21. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 2
Amazing Words
engine -
An engine is a machine that is used to run another machine.
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22. softly careful
sailor buzzer farm er farmer act or actor speak er speaker edit or editor win ner winner danc er dancer invent or inventor ballplay er ballplayer
Read the base word, read the suffix, and then blend the two parts together.
teach er
start er
collect or
report er

23. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 2
Sort Words
- er or
write collect
point direct
beep sail
broil invent
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24. Word Reading - Suffixes -er, -or
painter
bumper
conductor
editor
gladly
cheerful
teacher
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opener
starter
actor
inspector
wonderful
toaster
hopeful

25. Read the Words
The forklift goes back and forth. It lifts all kinds of heavy boxes. It stacks them against the wall. The boxes will be shipped today.

26. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 2
Reading WB page 154, 155, 156
Spelling WB page 110
Journal - Draw a machine you would like to use. Write about it.
AR test
Centers
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27. Daily Journal Writing Day 2
Draw a machine you would like to use.

28. Simple Machines Day 3

29. Daily Fix-it that house is the bigger we could have a party their.
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30. Daily Fix-it that house is the bigger That house is the biggest.
6. we could have a party their.
We could have a party there.
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31. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about simple machines. Some machines are toys. Some machines are useful tools. What machine would you like to invent?
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32. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
Amazing Words
pilot -
The pilot is the person who flies a plane.
steer -
Steer means “to cause transportation to go in a certain direction.”
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33. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
point pointer
When you come to a new word, look at all its parts and think about the vowel sounds. Say the sounds and word parts to yourself and then read the word.
broiler
joiner
actor
annoy
joy
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34. Word Reading
choice
toy
enjoy
boy
inventor
helper
avoid

35. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
Tools How They Are Used
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36. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
One of the tools we learned about is a hammer. How is a hammer used? A hammer is a simple machine. We are going to read about other simple machines, such as planes, wheels, and pulleys. We’ll find out what kinds of jobs these simple machines can do.
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37. Vocabulary
machines
vacuum
pulleys
inclined planes
surface
axles
lawn

38. High - Frequency Words against every goes another heavy would kinds
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would
kinds
other
today
push

39. Journal - Write about machines you use everyday. AR test Centers
Reading WB page157
Spelling WB page 111
Journal - Write about machines you use everyday.
AR test
Centers
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40. Homonyms Mole found a baby bird. I have a mole on my cheek.
Selection Word Homonym
mole
pen
saw
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41. Paragraphs
Other machines have few parts. They are called simple machines. Levers, inclined planes, wheels and axles, and pulleys are four kinds of simple machines.
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42. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
Main Idea:
An alarm clock wakes us up.
A computer helps us do our homework.
We use machines all day long.
A bus takes us to school.
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43. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 3
Pronouns
People Places Things
Jack and I school the tiger
Emma the classroom the cats
Dr. Smith Texas the cars
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44. Daily Journal Writing Day 3
Write about machines you use every day.

45. Simple Machines Day 4

46. Daily Fix-it go wash the car it is so dirty
Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4

47. Daily Fix-it go wash the car Go wash the car. it is so dirty
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48. Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Roy and his wheelchair. Wheelchairs have axles to help the wheels turn. What other machines have axles?
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49. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4
Amazing Words
cellar -
A cellar is a room or rooms built underground.
furnace -
A furnace is used to warm buildings.
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50. goes heavy today kind against
This word means “friendly” or “gentle.”
______________
This word means the opposite of
comes. ______________
This word means the opposite of with.
_______________
This word tells what day it is.
light. ________________

51. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4
stood tamed taming
base word ed ing
cook
dance
hook
love
surprise
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52. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4
Word Reading
among
only
watches
good
picture
screen
wants
remember
liked
again
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thought
new
blue
suit
instead
another
spring
none
sign
hiding

53. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4
Read Words in Context
Joy thought she would get a new blue suit instead of another spring dress.
None of us saw the stop sign that was hiding among the bushes.
Floyd only watches TV if he gets a good picture on the screen.
He wants to remember the name of the actor he liked so he can watch him again.
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54. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 4
Reading WB page 158, 159
Spelling WB page 112
Journal - Draw a picture of and write about a simple machine you use everyday.
AR test
Centers
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55. Time Line
A time line is a way to show information about a person or a group of people. A time line outlines important information.

56. Daily Journal Writing Day 4
Draw and write about a machine you use every day.

57. Simple Machines Day 5

58. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
We was go tomorrow
You is welcome hear.
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59. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
We was go tomorrow
We will go tomorrow.
10. You is welcome hear.
You are welcome here.
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60. Morning Warm-up
This week we read about machines. We read about planes, steam shovels, and wheelchairs. What other machines make our lives easier?
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61. Diphthongs oi, oy and Suffixes
The writer wrote about a coin collector.
The sailor will enjoy the royal ship.
The farmer raked the moist soil.
The ballplayer will join another team.
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62. today kind heavy against goes
What a soggy, __________ rain!
Drops crash __________ the windowpane.
The sky looks ____________ of sad and gray.
We hope the rain soon ____________ away.
We planned to play outside __________.
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63. Unit 5 Simple Machines - Day 5
Handwriting sheet
Reading WB page 160
Journal - Write about a famous inventor.
AR test
Centers
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64. Daily Journal Writing Day 5
Write about a famous inventor.