Unit 1 Week 4

 “Animals, Tame and Wild”

Big Question:

How are people and animals important to one another?

Question of the Week:

How do wild animals take care of their babies?

Big Book:

“Jungle Drum”

Amazing Words:

observe, parent, wild, canopy, screech, million, reserve, native

Phonics:

Inflected Ending -s

Inflected Ending -ing

Song of the Week:

“Squirrel Song”

Story of the Week

“A Fox and a Kit”

Author: Leya Roberts

Illustrator: Charles Santore

Genre: Literary Nonfiction

Comprehension Strategy:

Important Ideas

Comprehension Skill:

Main Idea & Details

Story Words:

dinner, watch, animals

HFW:

eat, five, four, her, this, too

Read Aloud

“A Rain Forest in the Zoo”

A story about a girl who goes to the zoo.

Grammar:

Declarative Sentences

Centers