Animal Answers

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Level C

Unit 2, Week 1, Day 1

Objectives

• Build Concepts: Weekly Concepts: Animal Answers

• Introduce Vocabulary: adapt, environment, protect, survive, wildlife

• Word Work: Phonics: r-Controlled ar

• Read or Listen to a Passage: “Animal Survival?” p. 8

Vocabulary

Take out your student reader and turn to page 7. Read “Words 2 the Wise.” What do you notice? Can you use the words environment and wildlife to describe any of these pictures.

Vocabulary

This week’s concept is animal answers. Animal answers are ways animals survive in different environments. Some animals blend in with their surroundings to hid from their enemies. Other animals travel in large groups for safety.

Vocabulary

The week’s vocabulary is related to the concept of how animals survive in different environments. This week’s vocabulary words are: adapt, environment, protect, survive, and wildlife.

Vocabulary

adapt

To change something to fit different

conditions; adjust

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environment

Everything in the world that surrounds

a living thing.

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protectTo keep someone or something safe from

harm or danger; defend.

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survive

To continue to live or exist; remain.

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wildlife

Wild animals and plants.

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Let’s read the vocabulary words

together.

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adapt

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environment

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protect

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survive

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wildlife

Word Work

camp and standYou can already read words like these. What are the words? What

is the vowel sound in these words? What letter makes the

sound? Now you will learn another vowel sound for “a.”

Word Work

This person is an artist. An artist draws and paints

pictures. You can see the work of many artists in

museums. What sound do you hear at the beginning

of artist? Say it with me: /ar/. This is the same vowel sound you hear in

park. The letter “a” followed by “r” has a

sound that is neither short nor long, but r-controlled. An r-controlled vowel can

be spelled with the two letters “ar” to make /ar/.

Word Work

hardThe two letters “ar” stand for /ar/. This is how I blend this word: /h/-/ar/-/d/, hard. Now you try: /h/-/ar/-/d/, hard. The letters “ar” stand for the vowel

sound, /ar/.

Word Work

Let’s try the same thing with these words. Remember to say the sound of the word and the word in your head

and then say the word aloud.

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/ar/-/t/

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/f/-/ar/

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/j/-/ar/

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/p/-/ar/-/t/

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/s/-/t/-/ar/-/t/-/ed/

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/c/-/ar/-/p/-/e/-/t/

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/g/-/ar/-/l/-/i/-/c/

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/m/-/ar/-/k/-/e/-/t/

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Now it is your turn to blend without my assistance.

Word Work

Remember to say the sound of the word and the word in your head and then say the word

aloud.

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/ar/-/m/

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/m/-/ar/-/s/-/h/

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/c/-/ar/

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/m/-/ar/

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/h/-/ar/-/m/

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/h/-/ar/-/v/-/e/-/s/-/t/

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/p/-/ar/-/s/-/l/

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/s/-/h/-/ar/-/p/-/e/-/n/

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dart Can you blend this word? Take

out your white boards and lets blend some words.

Write the word “dart” on your white board.

Word Work

Now change the “d” in dart to “p.” What is your new word?

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Now change the “p” in part to “c.” What is your new word?

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Change the “c” in cart to “sm.” What is the new word?

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Now add “er” to the end of smart.

What is the new word?

Read or Listen to a Passage

Today we will listen to a passage titled “Animal Survival,”

p. 8

Read or Listen to a Passage

What are some ways animals

protect themselves in the wild?

Read or Listen to a Passage

What words on the concepts web could help you describe

the events pictured in this selection?

Tomorrow’s Objectives

• Word Work: Phonics: r-Controlled or, ore

• Review Vocabulary• Introduce Comprehension

Strategy: Main Idea• Read or Listen to a Passage: “Did

You See What I Saw?” p.12