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

2. Small Group
Timer

3. Big Question: How can animals help people?
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5

4. Big Blue Ox Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it ox got Mom that pott. 2. He can hep Pop Mop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1

6. Daily Fix-it ox got Mom that pott. Ox got Mom that pot.
He can hep Pop Mop.
He can help Pop mop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1

7. 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 Ox
Day 1

8. 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 were
Everywhere.
Oxen, Oxen,
In present times oxen are
Rare.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 1

9. past
If something happened in the past, it has already happened.

10. produce
When you produce something you make or create it.

11. transportation
Transportation is a way of moving people or things from one place to another.

12. present
Something that is happening now is happening in the present.

13. hat pig top t o p ox o x mop m o p hot h o t pot p o t rock r o ck
When o is the only vowel letter in a word, it usually stands for the short o sound.

14. Word Work r o t n o t s o b l o t h o p n o d g o t s o ck
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
r o t

15. Word Reading - short o fox ran bag mop sat lid rock am hop top back
six
not
wax
van
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1

17. Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 1
1. Reading WB page 23
Spelling WB page 9
Journal – Write about how an ox might help a farmer.
Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 1

18. Write about how an ox might help a farmer.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about how an ox might help a farmer.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1

19. Big Blue Ox Day 2

20. Daily Fix-it mom and Pop can moop. pop sat on the rok.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2

21. Daily Fix-it mom and Pop can moop. Mom and Pop can mop.
pop sat on the rok.
Pop sat on the rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2

22. 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?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 2

23. Amazing Words
serve
danger
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2

24. serve
To serve means to do work for or to help.

25. danger
Danger is something that can hurt you.

26. -s plurals cat cats pig pigs h a m s m a p s t a b s s a ck s h i ll s
p a n s k i t s r a g s l o ck s b i ll s p i n s

27. One More than One
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 2

28. Word Reading -s plurals
wigs
fans
ribs
cabs
lips
dock
hogs
bats
bins
jams
lids
van
bibs
tots
racks
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2

30. Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 2
1. Reading WB page 24, 25, 26
Spelling WB page 10
Journal – Write about how dogs can help people.
Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 2

32. Write about how dogs can help people.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about how dogs can help people.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2

33. Big Blue Ox Day 3

34. Daily Fix- it ox got the hot potz. Pop got five lokks
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3

35. Daily Fix- it ox got the hot potz. Ox got the hot pots.
Pop got five lokks
Pop got five locks.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3

36. 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?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 3

37. Amazing Words
snuggle When you snuggle with someone, you lie close to them and get comfortable.

38. 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
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3

39. 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 bumps
and bends.
But the best job
animals have
Is to be our friends.
The Big Blue Ox – Day 3

40. Short o Not Short o
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3

41. We know that a real ox is strong and does work on a farm
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.

42. Vocabulary
town
mud

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

44. Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3
1. Reading WB page 27
2. Spelling WB page 11
3. Journal – Write about ways you help your family.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3

45. Synonyms
big huge
The big blue ox is ___________.

46. large
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3

47. A big blue ox.
Can help Mom.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3

48. The big ox _____________. ___________ have red wigs.
Mom and Pop ___________.
___________ cans in the sack.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3

49. dig mop hop The pigs ____________. The boys ____________.
Mom and Pop ______________.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3

50. Write about ways you help your family members.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about ways you help your family members.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3

51. Big Blue Ox Day 4

52. Daily Fix-it Hopp up for mom ox gott a rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4

53. Daily Fix-it Hopp up for mom Hop up for mom. ox gott a rock.
Ox got a rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4

54. 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?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 4

55. Amazing Words
enormous
powerful
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4

56. enormous
If something is enormous it is very, very big.

57. powerful
Something that is powerful is very strong.

58. Review - short i and final x
sick
sip six

59. Word Reading fix Nick up pit Pam and take big van can pigs ran have we
dig
hill
with
Nick
pit
and
big
can
ran we
six
sack
box
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4

60. 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.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 4

61. Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 4
1. Reading WB page 28, 29
Spelling WB page 12
Journal – Write about another make-believe animal that helps Mom and Pop.
Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 4

63. Write about another make-believe animal that helps Mom and Pop.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about another make-believe animal that helps Mom and Pop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4

64. Big Blue Ox Day 5

65. 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?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 5

66. 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.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 5

67. 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!
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 5

68. 1. Handwriting sheet
2. Journal – Write about an animal that helps people.
3. Take your AR test.
4. Centers
5. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 5

69. Write about an animal that helps people.
Daily Journal Writing
Write about an animal that helps people.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 5