A Fox and a KitBig Question: What can we learn about animals by watching them?

Author: Leya RobertsIllustrator:

Charles SantoreGenre:

Nonfiction

SMALL GROUP

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BIG QUESTION:

WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS BY WATCHING THEM?

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A Fox and a KitDay 1

Daily Fix-it

1. Fox napz on her lap

2. frog sitts there too.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

Daily Fix-it

1. Fox napz on her lapFox naps on her lap.

2. frog sitts there too.Frog sits there too.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

Morning Warm-up

Mother birds help their babies. They use their beaks to get food. Have you ever seen a nest of birds? What can we learn about animals by watching them?

Unit 1 A Fox and A KitDay 1

Squirrel Song

Oh, I see a baby squirrel

It’s right there in plain view.

I’ll quietly observe it

To learn what wild squirrels do.

Now I see the baby’s parent

Sitting high up in the tree,

And as I watch the baby,

Mama Squirrel’s observing me.

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Amazing Words

observe – When you observe something you watch it.

parent – A parent is a father or mother.

wild – If something is wild, people do not care for or control it.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

Inflected Ending -s

tops lidss = /s/ or /z/

The s makes these words mean “more than one”.

I nod.She nods.We look.He looks.

wagssipshopsticksgets

The s does not mean “more than one” on these words.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1

Words -s

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Word Reading – Inflected Ending -s

• hits• pops• comes• gabs• packs• likes• sits• rock

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

• sees• hops• jabs• looks• wins• bat• helps

1. Reading WB page 33

2. Spelling WB page 13

4. Journal – Write about wild animals you have watched or observed.

5. Centers

6. Read a book at your desk.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

Things Animals Do

How This Helps Us Know About Them

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1

Daily Journal Writing

List wild animals you have watched or observed.

Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 1

A Fox and a KitDay 2

Daily Fix-it

3. The cat her sitz with mom.

4. she fitts in a small bed.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

Daily Fix-it

3. The cat her sitz with mom.The cat sits with her mom.

4. she fitts in a small bed.She fits in a small bed.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

Morning Warm-up

Today we will read about baby animals and how they can go. Some ride on a back. Others ride in a sack. How did you go when you were small?

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

Amazing Words

solo – Solo means “alone”.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 2

Inflected Ending -ingdigs hops

I jump. I am jumping.jump ing

I help. I am helping.help ingfill ing

lock ingfix ing

look ingwax ing

lick ingrock ingpass ingtack ingpick ing

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

Words -s -ing

pack

quack

look

pick

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

Word Reading - Inflected Ending -ing

• packing• wax• doing• tacking• waxing• seeing• locking• quacking

• looking• picking• fill• going• fixing• filling• helping

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2

1. Reading WB pages 34, 35, 36

2. Spelling WB page 14

3. Journal – Write about your favorite zoo animal.

4. Centers

5. Read a book at your desk.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2

Daily Journal Writing

Write about your favorite zoo animals.

Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 2

A Fox and a KitDay 3

We know that zookeepers take care of animals that live in zoos. What do we know about how zoo animals take care of themselves? We are going to read about a real mother fox and her kit at the zoo. We’ll find out what we might see them doing if we visited them.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

Vocabulary

• animals• dinner• watch

High-Frequency Words

her and eat she

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3

too up this we

1. Reading WB page 372. Spelling WB page 153. Journal - Write about a baby animal you

have seen or heard about.4. AR test5. Centers6. Read a book at your desk.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

Ways Animals Move

carried walk

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3

Word Choice

This animal is on the things.

Her baby is on the things too.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

• The foxes eat stuff.

• The fox has nice fur.

• The kit goes to his mom.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

Word Order

like I watch play cat my to.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3

Daily Journal Writing

Write about a baby animal you have seen or heard

about.

Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 3

A Fox and a KitDay 4

Daily Fix-it

7. the mix is a hitt.

8. This mix winz too

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

Daily Fix-it

7. the mix is a hitt.The mix is a hit.

8. This mix winz tooThis mix wins too.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

Morning Warm-up Today we will read about a zoo in a park.

What kind of animals live there? Does a man mix their dinner too? Do people watch the animals play? Let’s read about this new zoo!

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4

Amazing Words

• medicine• poisonous

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

Amazing Words

medicine – a drug that helps you feel better or makes you well

poisonous - If something is poisonous, it can cause sickness or death.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4

too her eat this

• The foxes will ____________ dinner.• Mother fox licks ___________ lips.• ___________ is the best place to watch

foxes.• I went to the zoo, and Mom did __________.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

Short o and -s Plurals

tottots

The ending -s stands for the sound /s/ or /z/.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4

pods

Word Reading• get• sack• Nick• big• can• Bob• me• what• help• will

• box• do• Max• for• use• lids• locks• here• is• Dot

Read Words in Context

What can Max do for me? Nick will help Bob get here. Use locks on the box lids. Dot is packing a big sack.

Unit 1 A Fox and A KitDay 4

1. Reading WB page 38, 392. Spelling WB page 163. Journal – Write something you know about

foxes. 4. Take your AR test.5. Centers6. Read a book at your desk.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4

1. The fox has a kit.

A fox the has kit.

2. A rock sits on the frog.

A frog sits on the rock.

3. Licks the mix the kit.

The kit licks the mix.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4

Daily Journal Writing

Write one thing you know about foxes.

Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 4

A Fox and a KitDay 5

Daily Fix-it

9. The Fox sitts on a rock

10. my dog napps with Pop.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5

Daily Fix-it

9. The Fox sitts on a rockThe fox sits on a rock.

10. my dog napps with Pop.My dog naps with Pop.

Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5

Morning Warm-up

This week we read about many wild animals.

What can we learn as we observe animals?

Unit 1 A Fox and A KitDay 5

• Mom pins and tacks the tag on the map.

• Dad is fixing and waxing the van.

• Pam sits and rips the rag.

• Nick is kicking and passing it.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

eat her too this

Mama monkey gave ________ baby

A banana at the zoo.

“Eat _________ fruit,” said Mama,

And I will _______ it ________ !

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

1. Handwriting sheet – to be graded

2. Journal – Choose an animal. Write about how it moves.

3. Take your AR test if you have read your book twice.

4. Centers

5. Read a book at your desk.

Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5

Daily Journal Writing

Choose an animal. Write about how it moves.

Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 5