Dot & Jabber Big Question: Why do we want to find answers to some questions?

1. Dot & JabberBig Question: Why do we want to find answers to some questions? Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh Genre: Informational Fiction

2. Timer Small Group

3. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Big Question: When does a problem need a clever solution?

4. Dot and Jabber Day 1

5. Daily Fix-it 1. I willn’t shout in the library 2. i will bee very quiet. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 1

6. Daily Fix-it 1. I willn’t shout in the library I won’t shout in the library. 2. i will bee very quiet. I will be very quiet. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 1

7. Morning Warm-up Detectives try to find answers. They should ask lots of questions and look behind every door. Why do we want to find answers to some questions? Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

8. Oral Vocabulary • explanation • riddle • wonder Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

9. Amazing Words • explanation - If you give an explanation, you tell how to do something. • riddle - A riddle is a question or problem that is hard to figure out. • wonder - If you wonder about something, you want to know about it. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

10. soon cool good g oo d c oo k t oo k h oo f w oo d h oo d Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

11. Word Work • foot • look • hook • stood • shook • nook • brook Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1 took

12. Word Reading • foot • goat • stool • shook • good • true • took • grow • stood • hood • wood • suit • nook • bowl • foot Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

16. Reading WB page 143 • Spelling WB page 105 • Journal - Draw a picture of an acorn and an oak tree. Write about how the two are related. • AR test • Centers Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1

17. Daily Journal WritingDay 1 Draw a picture of an acorn and an oak tree. Write how they are related.

18. Dot and JabberDay 2

19. Daily Fix-it • can we walk here 4. no, we cant walk on the grass. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

20. Daily Fix-it • can we walk here Can we walk here? • no, we cant walk on the grass. No, we can’t walk on the grass. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

21. Morning Warm-up Today we will read about Mrs. Chicken. The crocodile thinks Mrs. Chicken looks like good food. What clues tell you that the crocodile plans to eat Mrs. Chicken? Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

22. Amazing Words • rafters - Rafters are long pieces of wood inside a building that hold up the roof. Rafters go across, not up and down. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

23. claps clapped clapping hope hopes wish wishes hope hoped hope hoping skate skated skate skating save saved save saving smile smiled smile smiling • Figure out what the base word is. It may have a spelling change. Read the base word. Read the ending. Then blend the parts.

24. hides used makingfixes waved joking No changeDrop e blamed passes buzzes ruled scrapes mixes rising speaks baking closing

25. Word Reading - Inflected Endings • sliced • dashes • grinned • living • driving • hiked • moved • jogged • needed • shaving • chased • freezing • leaving • talks • skipped Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

27. Reading WB page 144, 145, 146 • Spelling WB page 106 • Journal - Draw a squirrel. Write a fact about a squirrel. • AR test • Centers Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2

28. Daily Journal WritingDay 2 Write a fact about a squirrel.

29. Dot and JabberDay 3

30. Daily Fix-it 5. please turn on the light 6. It is to dark in hear. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 3

31. Daily Fix-it 5. please turn on the light Please turn on the light. 6. It is to dark in hear. It is too dark in here. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 3

32. Morning Warm-up This week we will read about Dot and Jabber. They are in a predicament. They need to be clever in their attempt to solve the Great Acorn Mystery. What do you think it takes to solve a mystery? Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

33. Amazing Words • gorgeous - When something is gorgeous, it is very beautiful. • darling - A darling is a person who is loved very much. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

34. shook shaking foot looks fishes chimed placing Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3 • When you come to a new word, look at all the letters in the word and think about its vowel sounds and its parts. Say the sounds and word parts to yourself and then read the word.

35. Word Reading Woody look good watches books reads crooks solved took chasing Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

36. Sort Words Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

37. How to Solve a Mystery Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

38. We learned that a mystery is like a puzzle. You need to fit all the pieces or clues together to get an answer. We are going to read a story about two mice with a mystery to solve.

39. Vocabulary • detectives • mystery • solve • hey • meadow • million • hurray

40. High - Frequency Words • among • across • another • nothing • instead Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3 • because • none • on • would

41. clue bus ticket book chalk clue cook teacher detective mystery pan spoon

42. Reading WB page 147 • Spelling WB page 107 • Journal - Write about something that grows from a tiny seed. • AR test • Centers Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3

43. Daily Journal WritingDay 3 Write about something that grows from a tiny seed.

44. Dot and JabberDay 4

45. Daily Fix-it • how soon can we go • We cant go yet Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4

46. Daily Fix-it • how soon can we go How soon can we go? 8. We cant go yet We can’t go yet. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4

47. Morning Warm-up Today we will read about young scientists. They wonder about a water riddle. They do some tests to find an explanation. What do you wonder about? Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4

48. Amazing Words • case - A case is a set of problems that needs to be looked into to see what happened. • suspect - A suspect is someone believed to be guilty of a crime. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4

49. among another instead none • May I have an apple __________ of an orange? • I lost my pencil, so I need _____________ one. • ___________ of us knew the answer. • Butterflies flew ____________ the flowers. Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4

50. count pilot river long vowel short vowel ou Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4