1. Unit 3 Week 4 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Spelling Words
High – Frequency & Vocabulary Words
Reading: Plot
Grammar: Verbs Present & Past
Additional Online Resources
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Created by Connie Rosenbalm

2. What changes happen in a garden?
Question of the Week
What changes
happen in
a garden?

3. What changes happen in a garden?
Day 1 Morning Warm-Up!
In winter, flowers go away. In spring, flowers start to grow in gardens. Do we have a garden near our school?
What changes happen in a garden?

4. Amazing Words
gardener
nature
sprout
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5. Shared Literature Sprout! It’s a Garden
Click to Play Song
Sprout! It’s a Garden
Here is what a good gardener knows
Seeds need sunshine golden.
Rain falls down and each seed grows.
Sprout! It’s a garden.
It takes time to see the plants.
The blooms will not be sudden.
Just let nature have a chance.

6. Spelling Words Adding -ed
asked
planned
helped
jogged
called
ask
plan
help
jog
call
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7. Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers
Apply Phonics
Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers

8. Phonics Target Skill inflected endings –ed and -ing
Online Activities & Lessons
Starfall – Scott Joplin (inflected ending)
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Word Sort by Amanda Hall
Word Sort with Base Word by Amanda Hall
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9. Build Background

10. Build Background
Seed to Plant
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3

11. Plot
A story’s plot is what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
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12. P L O T
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13. Reading Target Skill Plot
Online Activities
Assignment Discovery: Hans Christian Andersen and the Elements of a Story
Interactive Story Map
Interactives: Elements of a Story
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Plot and Connections Power Point
Graphic Organizer
Beginning, Middle, and End (Lessons are in ABC order)
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14. Shared Writing

15. Verbs for Now and the Past
Grammar Skill
First Grade Unit 3 Week 4
Created by Kristi Waltke
Jefferson County
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16. An action word or verb is something you can do.
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17. Here are some verbs. These are actions.
run
jump
Here are some verbs. These are actions.
swim
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18. If the action is being done by one person, the verb will need to end with the letter s.
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19. Bob _____ his bike.
ride rides
rides
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20. Sam _____ up.
jump jumps
jumps
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21. If the action is being done by more than one person, the verb will not need the letter s added.
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22. Dad and I _____ cereal.
eat eats
eat
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23. We all _____ the bus.
ride rides
ride
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24. Now
for something
new!
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25. Verbs can tell what the action is now or what the action was in the past. Verbs that tell about the past end with –ed.
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26. Toad jumps.
Toad jumped.
Now
Past
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27. The dog ________ at me last night. barks barked barked
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28. Tom _______ to school yesterday. walks walked walked
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29. played play played Jeff and Billy _____ soccer during recess.
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30. waters Now Mrs. Ingle ______ the plants. waters watered
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31. Look! The man ______ so fast.
jogs jogged
jogs
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32. Learning about verbs for now and the past will help you become a super writer!
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33. Grammar Target Skill Verbs: Now and Past
Online Activities
Starship English-BBC
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Verbs for Now and Past Power Point
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34. They will be litle plants son.
Daily Fix-It
Dan helpped me plant my seeds
They will be litle plants son.
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35. Dan helpped me plant my seeds Dan helped me plant my seeds.
Daily Fix-It
Dan helpped me plant my seeds
Dan helped me plant my seeds.
They will be litle plants son.
They will be little plants soon.
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36. Day 2 Morning Warm-Up! We will read about the four seasons.
Many things change each season.
Why do you think the seasons change?

37. Amazing Words
dim
shade
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38. Shared Literature
Which season would you expect to have the most flowers?
What happens in the shade or when light is dim?

39. Phonics Target Skill r- controlled ar
Online Activities & Lessons
Starfall
United Streaming - Bossy R
Between the Lions: A-r Song
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40. Spelling Words Adding -ed
asked
planned
helped
jogged
called
ask
plan
help
jog
call
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41. Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers
Apply Phonics
Decodable Reader and Leveled Readers

42. Interactive Writing Describe each season?
Write a sentence about each season.

43. An action word or verb is something you can do.
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44. If the action is being done by one person, the verb will need to end with the letter s.
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45. Verbs can tell what the action is now or what the action was in the past. Verbs that tell about the past end with –ed.
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46. Grammar Target Skill Verbs: Now and Past
Online Activities
Starship English-BBC
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Verbs for Now and Past Power Point
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47. 3. I plantted seeds last spring
Daily Fix-It
3. I plantted seeds last spring
4. next year I will do it agan.
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48. 3. I plantted seeds last spring I planted seeds last spring.
Daily Fix-It
3. I plantted seeds last spring
I planted seeds last spring.
next year I will do it agan.
Next year I will do it again.
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49. Day 3 Morning Warm-Up! Today we will read about Toad.
Toad plants seeds in a garden.
He reads and sings and shouts at his seeds.
What does a real garden need to grow?

50. Amazing Words
blossom
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51. Shared Literature When is the best time to plant a garden? Why?
If we plant flowers in the spring, when will the blossoms appear?
Do flowers grow quickly or slowly? How can you tell?

52. Word Sort: -ed and -ing
Ending -ed
Ending -ing

53. Build Background
gardens

54. Vocabulary

55. What do seeds need to grow?
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by Arnold Lobel
What do seeds need to grow?
Source: Hamilton Ohio School District
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56. As We Read Think About: What is the plot of the story?
How are the characters the same?
How are the characters different?
What is the problem in the story and how does it get solved?
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57. Let’s Summarize the Story!
Who where the Characters in the story?
How were the characters the same? How were they different?
What was the Theme or Main Idea of the story?
What was the problem and solution in the story?
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58. Review the story: What does Toad want? Why does he want it?
Look on page 98
What does Toad want?
Why does he want it?
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59. What problem does Toad have? What does Toad do to solve this problem?
Review the
story:
Look on page 100
What problem does Toad have?
What does Toad do to solve this problem?
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60. Impatient means “in a hurry”. How is Toad impatient?
Review the
story:
Look on page 101
Impatient means “in a hurry”. How is Toad impatient?
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61. Review the
story:
Look on page 106
Why do you think Toad thinks that singing and reading to his seeds will make them less afraid?
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62. Review the
story:
Look on page 106
Why do you think Toad thinks that singing and reading to his seeds will make them less afraid?
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63. What is the plot of the story?
Now that we have read:
What is the plot of the story?
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64. What is the plot of the story?
Now that we have read:
What is the plot of the story?
The plot of the story is about the seeds growing. In the beginning, Toad had a problem because his seeds wouldn’t grow. He tired different things to get them to grow, but in the end, the seeds just needed time to grow.
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65. What is the problem in the story and how does it get solved?
Now that we have read:
What is the problem in the story and how does it get solved?
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66. What is the problem in the story and how does it get solved?
Now that we have read:
What is the problem in the story and how does it get solved?
Toad wants a garden but doesn’t know how to grow one. Frog helps him by giving him some seeds and teaching him to be patient.
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67. How are Frog and Toad the same? How are they different?
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68. Extend Your Thinking!
When you want to tell someone about a story, you tell them the most important parts in the order that they happened.
What are the important things that happened in Frog and Toad the Garden?
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69. Make a Text-to-Text Connection
Make Connections
Make a Text-to-Text Connection
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71. Make a Self-to-Text Connection
Make Connections
Make a Self-to-Text Connection
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72. How have you been impatient like Toad was in Frog and Toad the Garden?
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73. Use the Chart to write how you are Toad were the both impatient.
Put it in Writing
Use the Chart to write how you are Toad were the both impatient.
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74. P L O T
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75. Reading Target Skill Plot
Online Activities
Assignment Discovery: Hans Christian Andersen and the Elements of a Story
Interactive Story Map
Interactives: Elements of a Story
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Plot and Connections Power Point
Graphic Organizer
Beginning, Middle, and End (Lessons are in ABC order)
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76. Use ending to determine meaning
Using the story, identify words with the following inflected endings
-ing -s
-ed

77. Grammar Target Skill Verbs: Now and Past
Online Activities
Starship English-BBC
Smartboard Activities & Lessons
Verbs for Now and Past Power Point
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78. Daily Fix-It I put thre seeds in one pot? then I gave them watter.
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79. I put thre seeds in one pot?
Daily Fix-It
I put thre seeds in one pot?
I put three seeds in one pot.
then I gave them watter.
Then I gave them water.
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80. What would you plant in a garden?
Day 4 Morning Warm-Up!
Toad tried to make his seeds sprout. Today we will read about what flowers really need to grow.
What would you plant in a garden?

81. Amazing Words
humongous
destroy
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82. Listen to find out what the boy does when he finds the plant.
Shared Literature
Listen to find out what the boy does when he finds the plant.

83. Phonics Review:endings –es; plural –es; r controlled or, ore
Words with or, ore
Words without or, ore

84. Spelling Words Adding -ed
asked
planned
helped
jogged
called
ask
plan
help
jog
call
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85. Writing Across the Curriculum
How do plants grow?
What Does a Plant Need in Order to Grow? 1. 2. 3. 4.

86. Daily Fix-It I put thre seeds in one pot? then I gave them watter.
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87. I put thre seeds in one pot?
Daily Fix-It
I put thre seeds in one pot?
I put three seeds in one pot.
then I gave them watter.
Then I gave them water.
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88. What can a gardener do to grow big flowers?
Day 5 Morning Warm-Up!
We have learned how blossoms sprout from seeds. We know that dim light can destroy some plants.
What can a gardener do to grow big flowers?

89. Shared Literature How did the boy feel about his new location?
Why did he change his mind?
How do you think he felt about the things the other boy said about the East?

90. Building Oral Vocabulary
Now
Past

91. Review Clark tripped on a sharp rock in the yard.
Ending –ed and -ing; and ar words
Review
Underline words with ending –ed and -ing and identify the
r-controlled ar words.
Clark tripped on a sharp rock in the yard.
Running around a large park is fun.
We stopped to look at the stars in the dark sky.
The sharks are swimming in deep water.

92. Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
High Frequency Words
Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
__________ lots
of books about
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93. Each time will seem brand new.
High Frequency Words
Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
Read many not ____.
Each time will seem brand new.

94. Don’t be ____ to plant a seed.
High Frequency Words
Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
Don’t be ____ to plant a seed.

95. Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
High Frequency Words
Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
____ will it grow?
You know.

96. Rain, sun, and time, and ____ a plant
High Frequency Words
Read the clues. Answer each clue with a Word to Read on page 94.
Rain, sun, and time, and ____ a plant
Will start to grow!

97. Daily Fix-It 9. he planted the seds. 10. Jan and I waters the garden
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98. 10. Jan and I waters the garden
Daily Fix-It
9. he planted the seds.
He planted the seeds.
10. Jan and I waters the garden
Jan and I water the garden.
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99. the way on that do and take in up help use get them this put
Review High Frequency Words
the way on
that do and
take in up
help use get
them this put
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100. eat too home your paper her small tree no many into saw good old want
Review High Frequency Words
eat too home your paper her
small tree no
many into saw good old want
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101. catch could be there horse out who live work now people
Review High Frequency Words
catch could be there horse out who live work now people
together inside
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102. Review High Frequency Words
down find food grow under new also water their other ground same family
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103. always become everything day stays things nothing
Review High Frequency Words
always become
everything day
stays things
nothing
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104. any ever every own sure were enough Review High Frequency Words
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105. Additional Online Resources
Frogs on a Log
Garden Shop - Starfall (Sequence)
Naming Game – Items found in a garden
Spelling City
Carl’s Corner
Practice, Spelling, & Grammar Workbook Pages
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