Unit 3 Week 5

“Changes”

Big Question:

What is changing in our world?

Question of the Week:

What changes can be seen in nature?

Big Book:

“What Makes the Seasons?”

Amazing Words:

cycle, develop, insect, rearrange, flurries, emerge, fragile, vessel

Phonics:

r-Controlled er, ir, ur

Contractions with 's, 've, 're

Song of the Week:

“Life Cycle”

Story of the Week

“I'm a Caterpillar”

Author: Jean Marzollo

Illustrator: Judith Moffat

Genre: Literary Nonfiction

Comprehension Strategy:

Text Structure

Comprehension Skill:

Fact and Opinion

Story Words:

caterpillar, chrysalis, crawl, pupa, shiver

HFW:

done, know, push, visit, wait

Read Aloud

“Fern’s Wild Job”

A story about an interesting job.

Grammar:

Verbs: Am, Is, Are, Was, and Were

Centers