Unit 5 Week 2

“Great Ideas”

Big Question:

What difference can a great idea make?

Question of the Week:

How can we look at things in a different way?

Big Book:

“Digby Takes Charge”

Amazing Words:

freedom, miserable, selfish, shrug, ignore, fond, proper, scarcely

Phonics:

Vowel Patterns ow, ou

Syllables V/CV, VC/V

Song of the Week:

“Caught a Fish”

Story of the Week

“Mole and the Baby Bird”

Author: Marjorie Newman

Illustrator: Patrick Benson

Genre: Animal Fantasy

Comprehension Strategy:

Background Knowledge

Comprehension Skill:

Draw Conclusions

Story Words:

borrowed, presently, usually

HFW:

door, loved, should, wood

Read Aloud

“Robby Rabbit”

A story about a rabbit who thinks he is a fox.

Grammar:

Pronouns

Centers