Week Of:

Letters

& sounds

Big Books

&Trade Books

Comprehension Skill

High Frequency Words

Genre

Amazing Words

Integrated Science &

Social Studies

Unit 2 – Animals Live Here

Week 1

Short a

Life in an Ocean

Compare /

Contrast

have, is

Informational Text

ocean, world, crab, shell, fish, seaweed

What is in an ocean environment?

Week 2

Ss/s/

Armadillo’s

Orange

Setting

have, is

Animal Fantasy

armadillo, burrow, tortoise, rattlesnake, grubs, insects

Who lives in an orange grove?

Week 3

Pp/p/

 

Animal Babies in Grasslands

Main Idea

we, my, like

Concept Book

calf, grassland, cub, pup, joey, foal

Who lives in the grasslands?

Week 4

Cc/k/

Bear Snores On

Realism /

Fantasy

we, my, like

Animal Fantasy

sleep, winter, cave, woods, storm, blustery

Where does a bear hibernate?

Week 5

Short i

A Bed For Winter

Sequence

he, for

Informational Text

meadow, nest, stump, tree trunk, hive, den

What kind of home does a mouse need in winter?

Week 6

Short i

Whose Garden Is It?

Realism /

Fantasy

he, for

Rhyming story

garden, gardener, plant, seed, soil, blossoms

Who lives in the garden?