Big Blue Ox Big Question: How can animals help people? Author: Susan Stevens Crummel Illustrator: Janet Stevens Genre: Animal Fantasy

Big Blue OxBig Question: How can animals help people?

Author: Susan Stevens

CrummelIllustrator:

Janet StevensGenre:

Animal Fantasy

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BIG QUESTION: HOW CAN ANIMALS HELP PEOPLE?

DAY 1DAY 2DAY 3DAY 4DAY 5

Big Blue OxDay 1

Daily Fix-it1. ox got Mom that pott.

2. He can hep Pop Mop.

Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1

Daily Fix-it1. ox got Mom that pott.

Ox got Mom that pot.

2. He can hep Pop Mop.He can help Pop mop.


Morning Warm-up

My dog likes to play. She likes to help me too! She helps me find the shoes I lose. How do animals help people?

Unit 1 The Big Blue OxDay 1

The Oxen Song

In olden days most farms had oxen.They helped to produce farmers’ crops.They pulled wagons for transportation.As helpers the oxen were tops.

Oxen, oxen,In past times big oxen wereEverywhere.Oxen, Oxen,In present times oxen are Rare.

Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 1

past If something happened in the past,

it has already happened.

produce When you produce something you

make or create it.

transportation Transportation is a way of moving

people or things from one place to another.

present Something that is happening now

is happening in the present.

hat pig

top t o pox o x

mop m o phot h o tpot p o t

rock r o ckWhen o is the only vowel letter in a word, it usually stands for the short o sound.

Word Work

n o ts o bl o t

h o pn o dg o t

s o ck


r o t

Word Reading - short o

• fox• ran• bag• mop• sat• lid• rock• am

• hop• top• back• six• not• wax• van


1. Reading WB page 232. Spelling WB page 93. Journal – Write about how an ox might

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

Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 1

Daily Journal Writing

Write about how an ox might help a farmer.


Big Blue OxDay 2

Daily Fix-it

3. mom and Pop can moop.

4. pop sat on the rok.


Daily Fix-it

3. mom and Pop can moop.Mom and Pop can mop.

4. pop sat on the rok.Pop sat on the rock.


Morning Warm-up

A dog can be a faithful friend. You can run and exercise together. A dog can also help you do work. Do you know a dog that is a helper?


Amazing Words

• serve• danger


serve To serve means to do work for or

to help.

danger Danger is something that can hurt

you.

-s plurals

catcats

pig pigsh a m sm a p st a b ss a ck sh i ll s

p a n sk i t sr a g sl o ck sb i ll sp i n s

One More than One


Word Reading -s plurals

• wigs• fans• ribs• cabs• lips• dock• hogs• bats

• bins• jams• lids• van• bibs• tots• racks


1. Reading WB page 24, 25, 262. Spelling WB page 103. Journal – Write about how dogs can

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



Write about how dogs can help people.


Big Blue OxDay 3

Daily Fix- it

5. ox got the hot potz.

6. Pop got five lokks


Daily Fix- it

5. ox got the hot potz.Ox got the hot pots.

6. Pop got five lokksPop got five locks.


Morning Warm-up

Today we will read about a make-believe ox who cooks and shops! A real ox can’t cook or shop. Why can’t a real ox cook or shop?


Amazing Words

snuggle When you snuggle with

someone, you lie close to them and get comfortable.

tot tots

• When you come to a new word, look at all the letters in the word and think about their sounds. Check to see if the word has an -s ending.

• cot• cots• job• jobs


Animal Jobs

Animals can do big jobs.They help people a lot.Some help police search

for tots who stray.Others herd flocks of

sheep every day.Guide dogs lead us

around town.They help avoid bumpsand bends.But the best job

animals haveIs to be our friends.

The Big Blue Ox – Day 3

Short o Not Short o


• We know that a real

ox is strong and does work on a farm. We’re going to read a story about a made-up ox that is big and blue. We’ll find out what kind of work this ox does to help on the farm.

Vocabulary

• town• mud

High - Frequency Words• get• blue• help• from• use• go• take• he

1. Reading WB page 272. Spelling WB page 113. Journal – Write about ways you help your

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


big huge

The big blue ox is ___________.

Synonyms


large

A big blue ox.

Can help Mom.

Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox

Day 3

The big ox _____________.

___________ have red wigs.

Mom and Pop ___________.

___________ cans in the sack.


Day 3

dig mop hopThe pigs ____________.

The boys ____________.

Mom and Pop ______________.


Day 3


Write about ways you help your family members.


Big Blue OxDay 4

Daily Fix-it

7. Hopp up for mom

8. ox gott a rock.


Daily Fix-it

7. Hopp up for momHop up for mom.

8. ox gott a rock.Ox got a rock.


Morning Warm-up

In past times, animals helped people meet their needs. They helped them use tools to farm land and build shelter. How can animals help in present times?


Amazing Words

• enormous• powerful


enormous If something is enormous it is very, very

big.

powerful Something that is powerful is very strong.

Review - short i and final x

sip

six

sick

Word Reading• Nick• pit• and• big• can• ran• we• six• sack• box

• fix• up• Pam• take• van• pigs• have• dig• hill• with


Words in Context

• Pam and Nick have to fix the van.• We can take the sack up the hill.• Six pigs ran to the box of cobs.• Dig a big pit with me.


1. Reading WB page 28, 292. Spelling WB page 123. Journal – Write about another make-

believe animal that helps Mom and Pop.4. Take your AR test.5. Centers6. Read a book at your desk.



Write about another make-believe animal that helps

Mom and Pop.


Big Blue OxDay 5

Morning Warm-up

This week we read about animal friends from the past and the present. Some animals provide transportation. Others protect people from danger. In what other ways do animals help people?


Short o and –s Plurals

• Bob got a box.• The tots nap on the cots.• Jog to the top of the rocks.• Mom had hot pots.


use get help

You can hop to _______ the pot.Mom can _________ if it’s hot.________ a lid to go on top.If it tips, get a mop!


1. Handwriting sheet2. Journal – Write about an animal that helps

people.3. Take your AR test.4. Centers5. Read a book at your desk.



Write about an animal that helps people.


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Big Blue Ox Big Question: How can animals help people? Author: Susan Stevens Crummel Illustrator: Janet Stevens Genre: Animal Fantasy