Unit 1 Week 6 Day 4: Animal Park

Animals, Tame and Wild

High Frequency: home, into, many, them

Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Grammar: Questions

Vocabulary (Amazing Words): desert, forest, world, surf, beneath, snug, native, reserve

(Selection Words): park, elephants, zebras, hippos

Comprehension:
Story Retell / Story Retell
(Use the story sequencing picture cards to retell the story.
First, children put story pictures in the correct order.
Next, children use a complete sentence to retell the story events. Encourage children to name the characters, and tell what the character did in the story.
Finally, discuss the main idea of the story.)
High Frequency
Words
Grammar (Review telling sentences.) / High Frequency Word Flash Cards: home, into, many, them
(Write: Did you go home?)
Read this sentence. Did you go home?
What does this sentence ask? It asks if we went home.
This is question sentence.
It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark.
(Write: Did they go into there?)
Read this sentence. Did they go into there?
What does this sentence ask us? It asks if they went into there.
This is a question.
The sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark.
(Write: Do they have many cats?)
Read this sentence. Do they have many cats?
What does this sentence ask us? It asks if they have many cats.
Is this a question? Yes. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a question mark. It also asks a question.
(Write: do you see them)
Read this sentence. Do you see them?
What does this ask us? It asks if we see them.
Is this a sentence? No. It doesn’t start with a capital letter or end with a period or question mark.
How can we fix it? Add a capital letter and a question mark at the end because it is an asking sentence.
Oral
Vocabulary
Review and Practice
(Amazing Words
desert, forest, world, surf ) / We learned a lot of big words this week. We need to make sentences with the Amazing Words we learned this week.
The first word is desert.
A desert is a very dry area, usually covered with sand.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, desert.
I’ll go first. “A cactus grows in the desert.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“A ___ lives in a desert.”
Another word is forest.
A forest is a place with many trees.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, forest.
I’ll go first. “Many animals live in the forest.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“A _____ lives in the forest.”
Another word is world.
The world is all of Earth
Let’s make a sentence using the word, world.
I’ll go first. “The world is a very big place.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“A ___ lives in the world.”
The last word is surf.
Surf means to ride.
Let’s make a sentence using the word, surf.
I’ll go first. “Some people like to surf the waves in the ocean.”
(Children each say a sentence with the word. Give a sentence started if needed.)
“He can surf ____ (where).”
ELL Reader / ELL Reader 1.1.6 Animals of Africa
ELL Reader Teaching Guide p. 11-12
(Read the title and point out Africa on a map or a globe.)
Ask: Have you ever seen pictures of animals that live in Africa?
What animals have you seen?
(Tell the children this book is about animals that live in Africa. Preview the book by talking about the illustrations together and naming the labeled items.)
Read the story aloud as children follow along.
Ask the following questions to support comprehension.
Page 2 Where do the animals in the photographs live? They live in Africa.
Pages 3 What does a zebra look like? It has black and white stripes
Page 4 What sound does a lion make? A lion roars.
Page 5 What kind of bird lives in Africa? An ostrich lives in Africa
Page 6-8 What other animals live in Africa? Hippos, elephants, and giraffes live in Africa.