1. Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day Five Word Work Phonics Practice H F Words Additional Resources

2. What does a train need to get over the mountain?

3.  In a story something happens in the beginning, in the middle, and at the end.  What happens in the whole story is called the plot.

5. bud is in the tub with suds

6. Bud is in the tub with suds.

9. cubmugcupbugcut rugbunrunsunbus nutgumcuthumhub

10. was said what

13. PeoplePlacesThings/Animals

15. What are other ways to get over a mountain?

16. can it go up the hill

17. Can it go up the hill?

18.  Page 3 What do you see riding on the train? Where do you think it is going?  Pages 4–5 What kinds of toys do you see? What animals do you see?  Pages 6–7 What are some of the toys you see here? Which toys would you like to play with?

19.  Pages 8–9 What kinds of food do you see here? Which ones are best for you?  Pages 10–11 What has happened to the train? What do you think will happen to the toys?  Pages 12–13 What is the clown doing? Why is he doing that?

20.  Pages 14–15 What do you think the clown is doing?  Pages 16–17 Why is the Shiny New Engine leaving? How do the toys look now?  Pages 18–19 What is the clown waving at now? Did they give up after one engine said no?

21.  Pages 20–21 Is it big and strong or small and weak? Do you think it can pull the train?  Pages 22–23 Did the engine help the train? How many trains have the toys asked for help so far?  Pages 24–25 What is this next engine like? Do you think this tired, old engine could help them over the mountain?

22.  Pages 26–27 Why can't the Rusty Old Engine help? How do the toys feel now?  Pages 28–29 How do the toys look now? Why are they happy and excited?  Pages 30–31 What are the toys doing now? Does she look strong enough to pull the train?

23.  Pages 32–33 Is the Little Blue Engine leaving like the other engines? How do you think the toys feel about that? open-ended  Pages 34–35 What does she say over and over again? Have you ever had to try very hard to do something?  Pages 36–37 How do the toys feel when they reach the top of the mountain? How do you feel when someone helps you?  Pages 38–39 Do you think the Little Blue Engine enjoyed helping the toys? How do you feel when you are able to do something hard?

24.  Sometimes in the story, a problem is solved or a goal is reached. The train had a problem—its engine was broken and it couldn't get over the mountain. The problem is solved when the Little Blue Engine pulls it over the mountain.

25. dmu

26. nJa

27. sGu

28. dan

29. lpas

30. nfu

31. no

32. gru

33. nsu

34. mhu

35. sbu

36. gbu

37. nru

38. ni

39. aretheyliketohavetheseewherecome

44. If you were waiting for your toys to come over the mountain, would you be excited? Let's write a sentence about what you might be waiting for.

46. How will the little engine tug the train up the hill?

47. can you do hard work

48. Can you do hard work?

49. The plot of a story tells what happens in the story.  What problem did the toys have?  What did the toys do to solve their problem?  How was the problem solved?

50. m u g

51. b u d

52. m u d

53. s u d s

54. t u b

55. f u n

56. m o m

57. d u g

58. J e m

59. J a n

60. R e x

61. w i ll

62. j u m p

63. f i t

64. p u p

65. what said was a he

66. like to the have with

67. my look here of do for

68. tug tag

69. rug rag

70. big bug

71. duck do

72. fan fun

73. him ham

77.  Let's write the sentence that the Little Blue Engine said as it pulled the train all the way up the mountain. I think I can. Write or dictate a sentence about a job you think you can do.

78. What can a train carry on a trip?

79. i will take the train

80. I will take the train.

82. whatthe washave said

86. Remember that a poem usually has rhyming words. We are going to use our rhyming nouns to write a poem. Please put the hen into the pen; But take the bug out of the rug.

87. What does a train need to get over the mountain?

88. i think i can

89. I think I can

90. yellow

91. said

92. was

93. here

94. what

95. blue

96. like

97. see

98. do

99. green

100. one

101. that

102. from

103. they

104. you

105. of

106. two

107. look

108. she

109. are

110. three

111. me

112. for

113. we

114. he

115. my

116. four

117. to

118. a

119. five

120. has

121. is

122. have

123. am

124. little

125. I

126. the

127. with

128. go

129.  Caillou Train Game http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/train/index.html  Thomas The Tank Engine games and activities http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/index.asp  See-N-Spell (open-ended so you can use vocabulary/popcorn words to spell) http://www.primarygames.com/see-n-spell/start.htm  Games for blending, configurations, and sight words http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/index.shtml  “The Little Engine That Could” activities http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/little_engine_that_could.html  Video Clips from “The Little Engine That Could Tour” http://www.gsmr.com/multimedia/letc.php  Kindergarten Kove http://www.scsk12.org/SCS/subject-areas/Kindergarten-Kove/K.5.4.html

130.  Story Retelling and transportation ideas http://www.kinderplans.com/content.cfm?pagei d=142  Printable activities http://www.teachervision.fen.com/childrens- book/activity