responsibilitycuddles

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce The girl cuddles the baby goat. Cuddles means “lies close and comfortably, curls up.” Let’s say the word together: cuddles.

Demonstrate The baby cuddles his stuffed monkey. The baby bird cuddles next to its mother. The puppy cuddles with me when he’s tired.

Apply Would you rather cuddle a koala bear or a porcupine? Why?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: cuddles.

Pencil Talk •Makealistofsynonymsfortheword

cuddles. Use each synonym in a sentence. If you replace the synonym with the word cuddles, does the sentence still make sense?

•Drawapictureoftwopeopleoranimalscuddling. Write a sentence to go with your picture. Use the word cuddles in your sentence.

•Completethissentenceframe:

If I were cold, it would be nice to cuddle __________.

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flippers

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce A seal has flippers. Flippers are the broad, flat body parts used for swimming by animals such as seals and penguins. Let’s say the word together: flippers.

Demonstrate The dolphin waved its flippers. The seal walked on its flippers. A penguin steers itself underwater using its flippers.

Apply How are flippers different from wings?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: flippers.

Team Talk •Talktoyourpartneraboutanimalsthat

have flippers. Make a list of as many animals as you can.

•Taketurnscompletingthissentenceframe:

Flippers would be more useful than wings if I lived near the __________.

•Askyourpartnerifheorshehaseverworn flippers when swimming. What are the flippers supposed to do? How do they feel?

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frozen

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce The icicles are frozen. Frozen means “hardened with cold, turned into ice.” Let’s say the word together: frozen.

Demonstrate Ice cubes are water that has frozen. In the winter, the pond is frozen. My fingers feel as if they are frozen.

Apply Why might it be a good idea to keep some foods frozen? Explain your answer.

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: frozen.

Action! •Let’sallimaginewearefrozensolid.

Keep as still as possible for as long as you can. See who can stay frozen the longest.

•Somethinghastobeinthecoldforawhile before it is frozen. Imagine you are very cold. Show how you act. What do you do to try to stay warm?

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hatch

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce It was time for the duckling to hatch. Hatch means “come out of an egg.” Let’s say the word together: hatch.

Demonstrate Baby birds hatch when they are ready. Many birds hatch in the spring. The parents stay with the eggs until they hatch.

Apply Why do you think a bird sits on an egg to help it hatch?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: hatch.

All Together •Iamgoingtonamesomeanimals.Ifyou

think they hatch when they are born, say “Hatch.” If you don’t think they come from an egg, say “Don’t hatch.”

tiger eagle

duck elephant

•Hatch is a word that has more than one meaning. I am going to read you two sentences using the word hatch. If the meaning of hatch is “come out of an egg,” say “Yes.” If it is not, say “No.”

He opened the hatch on the spaceship.

He watched the chicks hatch.

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pecks

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce Each hen pecks at its food. Pecks means “strikes with the beak.” Let’s say the word together: pecks.

Demonstrate The parakeet pecks at the seeds. The chick pecks at the shell of the egg. The angry mother bird pecks at the snake.

Apply Do you think a bird pecking you would feel good? Why or why not?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: pecks.

Pencil Talk •Lookatthephotographonthefrontofthis

card. Write a sentence describing what is happening. Use the word pecks in your sentence.

•Completethesesentenceframes:

The pigeon pecks at __________.

The angry crow pecks at __________.

•Makealistofwordsthataresynonymsfor the word pecks.

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preen

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce A bird must preen itself. Preen means “to smooth or arrange the feathers with the beak.” Let’s say the word together: preen.

Demonstrate The parents preen their chicks. After swimming, the geese preen themselves. The two penguins preen one another.

Apply Why do you think birds preen themselves?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: preen.

Action! •Let’simagineweareallbirds.Actout

how you would preen yourself.

•Peopledonothavefeathers.Theyhavehair. How do you smooth, or preen, your hair? Act out what you do.

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snuggles

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Grade 3 Unit 2 Week 1 • Penguin Chick

Routine for Lesson VocabularyIntroduce The cub snuggles with its mother. Snuggles means “lies closely and comfortable together, nestles, cuddles.” Let’s say the word together: snuggles.

Demonstrate Jeff snuggles under the warm blanket. The baby snuggles with her teddy bear. One puppy snuggles into another puppy.

Apply Why do you think an animal that sleeps outside snuggles?

Display Now I will write the word on the board. Let’s read the word together: snuggles.

All Together •I’mgoingtoaskyousomequestions.

Answer “yes” or “no.”

Would you snuggle with a stuffed lion?

Would you snuggle with a real lion?

•ListenasIsayapoem.Thenlet’ssaythepoem together.

She snuggles with a teddy bear. It’s so cozy, here or there. But she won’t snuggle with a snake. Its many scales don’t feel so great!

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