Grade 1 My Sidewalks A Unit 3 Week 5 Day 1

cut cute pet Pete

Listen to the sounds in “cut” Point to each letter and stretch the sounds /kkk/ /uuu/ /t/ Repeat and have students write the letters with each sound Now listen to both words “cut” “cute” Which word has the /u/ sound? (cut) Which word has the /u/ sound? (cute) Repeat the above with the words pet and Pete

cub cube hug huge us use tub tube

Listen to both words Which word has the /u/sound Listen to both words Which word has the /u/sound? Which word has the /u/ sound?

bike time

You already can read words like these. What are the words You already can read words like these. What are the words? What is the vowel sound in bike? (/i/) What is the vowel sound in time? (/i/) Now let’s look at words with long u and e. Materials: Spelling Sound Cards 10 and 36

Sound Spelling Cards uniform: This is a uniform. What sound do you hear at the beginning of uniform? (/u/) Say it with me /u/. The u says its name. Do you know someone who wears a uniform? easel: This is an easel. What sound do you hear at the beginning of easel? (/e/) Say it with me /e/. The e says it name. What do you use an easel for? Have you ever used an easel? Write the letter for /u/ in uniform. Say the sound to yourself and then aloud. Repeat with easel.

m u l e t h e s e

Model The u in this word says its name. The e in this word is silent (sneaky e). This is how I blend this word: /mmm/ /uuu/ /lll/ Now you try. /mmm/ /uuu/ /lll/ Repeat with the word these.

use cube eve Gene June Zeke

Group Practice Let’s try and the same thing with these words. Sound out each word and remember that the last letter “e” is silent. Watch out for those sneaky e’s! Discuss meanings: A cube has six square sides. Eve is the day or evening before a special day such as New Year’s Eve.

huge these tune Pete rude

Individual Practice: Have each child blend a word from the list Individual Practice: Have each child blend a word from the list. Discuss meaning: Being rude means having bad manners.

High Frequency Words good out saw

Here are some words we can’t sound out. We’ll spell them Here are some words we can’t sound out. We’ll spell them. This word is good: g,o,o,d (point to each letter) Continue the same with the next two words. Have each student choose a word and say it in a sentence.

Amazing Words cycle When things happen in the same order over and over. develop To grow or change. insect A small animal without bones.

Cover definitions with card Cover definitions with card. Have students read amazing words aloud and discuss what they think the word means. Remove card and show definitions. cycle: A cycle is when things happen in the same order over and over. A puppy grows up to be an adult dog who has puppies who grow up to be adult dogs who have puppies, and so on. develop: To develop is to grow or change. Plants develop from seeds. Adult animals develop from baby animals. insect: An insect is a small animal without bones. Flies, ants, and ladybugs are all insects. Name some insects you often see.

Page 110

Read the title p. 110. “Watch What Changes?” Do a picture walk with students p. 110 What do you see on the plant? (egg) Does it look like a bird egg? What do you think might be inside the egg? p. 111 When something comes out of an egg, it hatches. What came out of this egg? (caterpillar) Yes, a caterpillar hatched. What is the caterpillar doing? (eating a leaf) pp. 112-113 A little branch is called a twig. What is hanging from the twig in the first picture? (caterpillar) Caterpillars turn into moths or butterflies. What is hanging from the twig in the 2nd picture? (chrysalis or shell) How do you think the caterpillar got inside that shell? pp. 114-115 Look carefully at the picture on p. 114. What has happened to the caterpillar? (It’s coming out of its shell) What insect do you see in the last picture? (butterfly) Yes, this is a monarch butterfly. The stages of an animal’s life are called a life cycle. Let’s read to find out about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly. Choral read story with students