Unit 2 Week 5

“Communities”

Big Question:

What is a community?

Question of the Week:

How are plant and animal communities important to each other?

Big Book:

“A Frog in the Bog”

Amazing Words:

environment, require, thrive, inhale, slimy, sludge, capture, creature

Phonics:

Long u: spelled u_e

Inflected Ending –ed

Song of the Week:

“A Good Environment”

Story of the Week

“Life in the Forrest”

Author: Claire Daniel

Genre: Literary Nonfiction

Comprehension Strategy:

Background Knowledge

Comprehension Skill:

Author's Purpose

Story Words:

hummingbird, leaves, squirrels, woodpecker, bear, forest

HFW:

around, find, food, grow, under, water

Read Aloud

“The Life of an Oak Tree”

A story about how a tree.

Grammar:

Singular and Plural Nouns

Centers