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Unit 2- Animals and Habitats��Overview:��Documents�� ��

Supplemental Book List

Week 1��- Animals and Habitats

Week 1 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud From Tadpole to Frog Vocabulary Cards National Geographic Kids: Frogs Vocabulary Cards	From Tadpole to Frog Read 1 Grow a Definition	From Tadpole to Frog Read 2	From Tadpole to Frog Read 3	National Geographic Kids: Frogs Read 1 Grow a Definition Chart Images Chart Example	National Geographic Kids: Frogs Read 2
Art Studio Table	��	��	��	��	Sorting Beautiful Stuff
Art Studio Easel	��	��	Life Cycle Paintings Images	Continue	Continue
Blocks	��	Frogs Frogs Challenge Blocks Example	Continue	Continue	Continue
Dramatization	��	��	Acting Frog Life Cycle	Continue	Continue
Library & Listening	��	Book Inventory Inventory Sheet	Continue	Continue	Continue
Discovery Table	Exploring Water	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
STEM	Investigation 1: Structures of the Human Body	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Writing & Drawing	��	��	��	Favorite Animal Stories	Continue
Writing: Personal Recount	Deconstruction: Title	Animals & Habitat ��	Continue ��	Individual Construction Verb Cards Chart Images	Animals & Habitat
Stations	Listening & Speaking: Talk Time 1, Slides; Listen and Respond (From Tadpole to Frog) Writing: From Tadpole to Frog and National Geographic Kids: Frogs Word Work: Sorting beginning sounds��Cards; Matching rhymes; Read, Build, Write
Shared Reading	One, Two, Buckle My Shoe�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out

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Week 2��- Animals and Habitats

Week 2 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Fish is Fish Vocabulary Cards Amphibians Poem Amphibians Slides Fish is Fish Read 1 Grow a Definition Fish is Fish Read 2 Fish is Fish Read 3 Fish Poem�� Slides Vocabulary Cards Grow a Definition Art Studio Table Sorting Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Life Cycle Paintings Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks �� Building Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Creating a Pond Continue Continue Library & Listening �� Books Review Review Sheet Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Exploring Water Continue Continue Continue Continue STEM Body Structures of a Fish Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing �� �� �� Favorite Animal Information Continue Writing Personal Recount Verb Cards Individual Construction Revising & Publishing Presentation & Celebration Post Assessment Sheet�� ��Rubric Observation Tool Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" Listening & Speaking: Talk Time�� ��Slides; Listen & Respond (Fish is Fish) Writing: National Geographic Kids: Frogs and From Tadpole to Frog Word Work: Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Shared Reading Rainbow Fish, Red Frog�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 3 - Animals and Habitats

Week 3 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud The Life Cycle of a Salmon Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 1 Estuaries Slides The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 2 Salmon Body Diagram Salmon Map Slides The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 3 Salmon Life Cycle �� The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 4 The Life Cycle of a Salmon Read 5 Art Studio Table �� Creating Beautiful Stuff Compositions Images Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel �� Painting Inspired by Leo Lionni Continue Continue Continue Blocks Exploration: Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Creating a River Continue Continue Library & Listening Book Review Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Exploring Water Continue Continue Continue Continue STEM Human Behavior Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing �� �� �� Information Book About Salmon Continue Writing Pre-Assessment Sheet��1�� ��Sheet 2 Rubric�� ��Reflection Observation Tool Deconstruction: Report Purpose Chart Images Deconstruction: Report Stages Images Observation Tool Individual Construction and Joint Construction Writing Report Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: “Rainbow Fish, Red Frog” Listening & Speaking: Talk time�� Slides; Listen & Respond (The Life Cycle of a Salmon) Writing: Fish is Fish Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds, Sorting Sheets; Syllable Play; Read, Build, Write Shared Reading The Lady with the Alligator Purse�� Slides�� Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 4 - Animals and Habitats

Week 4 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Swimmy Vocab Cards Grow A Definition Swimmy Read 1 Swimmy Read 2 Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Teacher choice or Review Previous Text Art Studio Table Creating Beautiful Stuff Compositions Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Painting Inspired by Leo Lionni Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks �� Aquatic Habitats Continue Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Creating an Estuary Continue Continue Library & Listening �� Story Chest: Fish is Fish Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table Aquarium Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing & Drawing Information Book about Salmon Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing Joint Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: General Statement and Illustrating Subtopics Deconstruction and Joint Construction: Ordering Subtopics Joint Construction: Table of Contents Deconstruction and Joint Construction: Title Stations Strategic Small group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "The Lady with the Alligator Purse" Listening & Speaking: Talk Time�� ��Slides; Listen & Respond (Swimmy) Writing: Life Cycle texts to date Word Work: Sorting Ending Sounds�� Sorting Sheet; Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Shared Reading Who Fed the Chickens?�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting ��Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 5��- Animals and Habitats

Week 5 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud �� Owl Moon Read 1 Owl Moon Vocabulary��Cards Owl Moon Read 2 Grow A Definition Owl Moon Read 3 Slides White Owl, Barn Owl Read 1 White Owl Vocabulary Cards White Owl, Barn Owl Read 2 Grow A Definition Art Studio Table Adhesive and Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel �� Pastel Drawings Continue Continue Continue Blocks �� �� Block Owls Recording Sheet Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Creating Trees for the Woodland Tree Images Continue Continue Library & Listening Storychest- Swimmy Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table �� �� �� Birds' Beaks Images�� ��Chart Continue Writing & Drawing �� �� �� Stories About Owls Continue Writing Publishing Modeling and Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Animal Research Joint Construction in Pairs: Research Individual Construction: Body Diagram�� Report Packet Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: "Who Fed the Chickens?" Listening & Speaking: Talk time�� ��Slides; Listen & Respond (Owl Moon) Writing: Mid-Unit Assessment�� ��Rubric�� ��Prompt Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds,�� Sorting Sheets; BINGO 2; Read, Build, Write Shared Reading "The Very Wise Owl"�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 6��- Animals and Habitats

Week 6 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud �� White Owl, Barn Owl Read 3 White Owl, Barn Owl Read 4 Owls Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Owls Read 2 Grow A Definition Owls Read 3 Art Studio Table �� Animal Sculptures with Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Continue Art Studio Easel Pastel Woodlands Images Continue Continue Continue Continue Blocks �� �� Owl Habitats Images Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Acting Owl Moon in the Woodland Continue Continue Library & Listening Researching Owls Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table �� �� �� Owl Nests Images Continue STEM �� �� �� �� �� Writing & Drawing �� �� �� Writing Information About Owls Continue Writing: Deconstruction: General Nouns Cards�� ��Images Observation Tool Individual Construction: Subtopics Joint Construction: General Statement Sheet Individual Construction Writing Continue Stations Strategis Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: The Very Wise Owl Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,�� Slides; Listen & Respond (White Owl, Barn Owl) Writing: Owl Moon and White Owl, Barn Owl Word Work: Letter/Sound Hunt; Picture Match Beginning Sounds; Picture Match Ending Sounds �� Shared Reading Six Little Speckled Frogs�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy �� Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out. ��

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Week 7��- Animals and Habitats

Week 7 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Owls with video: "What makes Owls so Quiet and Deadly" Read 4 Owls Read 5 Owls Read 6 Owl Rules Read 1 Slides Grow A Definition Owl Rules Read 2 Art Studio Table �� �� Animal Sculptures with Beautiful Stuff Continue Continue Art Studio Easel �� Inspired by Owls Images Continue Continue Continue Blocks Owl Habitats Images Continue Continue Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� �� �� �� Library & Listening Reading with a Partner Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table �� �� �� Owl Pellets Chart 1�� ��Chart 2 Continue STEM �� �� �� �� �� Writing & Drawing Writing Information about Owls Continue Continue Continue Continue Writing Deconstruction: Explanation Purpose Images�� Why We Write Deconstruction: Explanation Stages Images Joint Construction in Small Groups: Frog Life Cycle Label Sheets Joint Construction in Small Groups: Frog Life Cycle Feedback Packet Joint Construction: Revision Sheet Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: Six Little Speckled Frogs Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,�� Slides; Listen & Respond (Owls) Writing: All books about owls Word Work: Sorting Beginning Sounds & Letters, Sorting Sheet; Beginning Sound BINGO; Read, Build Write; Matching Rhymes Shared Reading Going to the Zoo�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 8��- Animals and Habitats

Week 8 At A Glance Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Read Aloud Little Red Riding Hood Storytelling Text Lon Po Po Read 1 Slides Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition Lon Po Po Read 2 �� Lon Po Po Read 3 Thought Bubbles Lon Po Po Read 4 Art Studio Table �� �� �� Wolf Diorama Slides Continue Art Studio Easel �� Inspired by Wolves Wolf Images Continue Continue Continue Blocks �� Exploration: Block Wolves Challenge & Recording Sheet Continue Continue Continue Dramatization �� �� Acting out Lon Po Po �� Continue Continue Library & Listening Storychest: Lon Po Po Continue Continue Continue Continue Discovery Table �� �� �� �� Fur, Feather and Skin Chart STEM �� �� �� �� �� Writing & Drawing �� �� Stories about Wolves Continue Continue Writing Deconstruction: General Nouns Continue Writing Explanation Continue Individual Construction Stations Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: Going to the Zoo Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,�� ��Slides; Listen & Respond: Lon Po Po Writing: Owls, "What makes owls...?" video, Owl Rules poem Word Work: Matching Pictures with C-V-C Words,�� Word Cards; Name, Build, Read Shared Reading I Had A Rooster�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy Storytelling & Story Acting Children dictate stories and act them out.

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Week 9 - Animals and Habitats

Week 9 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud	Wolves, Simon Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition	Wolves, Simon Read 2 Slides	Wolves, Simon Read 3	Wolves, Gibbons Read 1 Vocabulary Cards Grow A Definition	Wolves, Gibbons Read 2
Art Studio Table	Wolf Diorama	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Art Studio Easel	Inspired by Wolves	Continue	Continue	Continue	Continue
Blocks	��	Wolf Habitats Images	Continue	Continue	Continue
Dramatization	��	��	Acting Like A Pack of Wolves	Continue	Continue
Library & Listening	��	Researching Wolves	Continue	Continue	Continue
Discovery Table	��	��	��	Snow or Ice	Continue
STEM	��	��	��	��	��
Writing & Drawing	��	��	Writing Information About Wolves	Continue	Continue
Writing	Writing Explanation Observation Tool Life Cycle Oval Sentence Sheets	Continue	Writing Explanation Explanation Feedback	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation
Stations	Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent & Partner Reading Pocket Chart: I Had A Rooster Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,�� Slides; Listen & Respond: Wolves, Simon Writing: Lon Po Po Word Work: Say, Tap, Build, Read; Word Hunt; Read, Build Write Trick Words
Shared Reading	Five Little Wolves�� ��Slides�� ��Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out.

Week 10 - Animals and Habitats

Week 10 At A Glance	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Read Aloud	Wolves, Gibbons Read 3	Wolves, Gibbons Read 4	The Rehearsal Poem	Wolves, Gibbons Read 5	Unit Synthesis Animal Slides
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Writing	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation	Writing Explanation	Continue Life Cycle Oval Picture & Label Sheets	Writing Explanation
Stations	Strategic Small Group Instruction Reading: Independent and Partner Reading Pocket Chart: “Five Little Wolves” Listening & Speaking: Talk Time,�� Slides; Listen and Respond: Wolves, Gibbons Writing: End of Unit Assessment Slide�� Images�� Prompt�� Rubric Word Work: Make it Rhyme; Changing Ending Sounds; Name, Build, Read; Matching Pictures with c-v-c Words, Sheet
Shared Reading	Over in the Meadow�� Slides�� Child Copy
Storytelling & Story Acting	Children dictate stories and act them out.