Unit 3 Week 1

“Changes”

Big Question:

What is changing in our world?

Question of the Week:

How do places change?

Big Book:

“Mr. George Baker”

Amazing Words:

growth, population, public, shuffle, teeter, crooked, makeshift, spindly

Phonics:

Vowel Sounds of y

Syllable Pattern CV

Song of the Week:

“Our Growing Town”

Story of the Week

“A Place to Play”

Author: Cynthia Chin-Lee

Illustrator: Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Comprehension Strategy:

Summarize

Comprehension Skill:

Sequence

Story Words:

art, boy, grew, now, tower, sunset

HFW:

always, become, day, everything, nothing, stays, things

Read Aloud

“We're Moving”

A story about people who are moving.

Grammar:

Action Verbs

Centers