Big Question: Who works at night? Author: Kate Banks Genre: Realistic Fiction

Big Question: Who works at night? Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Review

Monday Who works at night?

Today we will learn: Build Background Amazing Words Shared Reading: The Night Worker Vocabulary Words Reteach /u/ High-Frequency Words Decodable Reader 33: The Red Egg Grammar: Questions Science: Working Day or Night?

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What Do Night Workers Do? There goes a busy engineer, Construction worker, too. The foreman helps them out, “Wear your hard hat!” he shouts, What do night workers do? On the streets every night, There’s lots of cleaning to do. With beacons of light, To help them with their sight, The street sweepers know just what to do!

Amazing Words

engineer

construction

foreman

hard hat

beacons

street sweeper

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Blend Sounds w e l l E d e g g h e n r e d g r i n n e t p a s s

High Frequency Words

with

what

a

do

to

the

Word Work

Review red big set net Tim hen tin bed

Review add grin sat got can pass in mat

Review hop well pot on Ed egg toss ham

where is the little bug Where is the little bug?

Grammar A question is a special kind of sentence. Like all sentences, a question begins with an uppercase letter.

Grammar A question does not end with a period. A question ends with this symbol: ? It is called a question mark.

Let’s Write Let’s write some questions on the board. What is your favorite color? What is your last name? Where do you live?

Daily Journal Writing Draw and write about what is it like at night.

Oral Language Comprehension Grammar Tomorrow we will read about night workers again.

Tuesday What does an engineer do at night?

Today we will learn Today we will learn: Build Background Amazing Words Shared Reading: The Night Worker Vocabulary Words Practice /u/ High-Frequency Words Phonics Story: Gus and the Bug Grammar: Questions Shared Writing Journal Writing Science: Connect the Stars Literature: Unique Characters Comprehension: Plot

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What Do Night Workers Do? There goes a busy engineer, Construction worker, too. The foreman helps them out, “Wear your hard hat!” he shouts, What do night workers do? On the streets every night, There’s lots of cleaning to do. With beacons of light, To help them with their sight, The street sweepers know just what to do!

Amazing Words

engineer

construction

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Oh, Where, Oh, Where Can the Dog-Walker Stop? Oh, where, oh, where can the dog-walker stop? She must duck out of the rain! It’s a bit of bad luck When it drips on her pup, But her wet pet does not complain! Oh, here, oh, here is a good place to stop- Very cozy, quiet, and warm! Just snuggle your pup And fix him all up! Sit back and enjoy the storm!

Picture Cards bus drum duck gum jug mug rug sun tub drum

Blending Sounds b u g G u s h u g g e t s u n g o t s a t

High Frequency Words

High-Frequency Words Review with the a go was

i see a bug in the rug I see a bug in the rug.

Grammar A question is a sentence that is asking something. A question begins with an uppercase letter, just like all sentences. We put a question mark at the end of a question.

Grammar We’re going to look for question in “Plaidypus Lost.” I’m going to turn the pages and you raise your hand if you see a question on that page.

Let’s Write! We will write sentences about events in The Night Worker. We will tell what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Amazing Word Review beaver chisel

Daily Journal Writing Draw and write about what you do at night.

Oral Language Grammar Homework Tomorrow we will read about the animals going to school again Oral Language Grammar Homework Idea Tomorrow we will read about Jen and Max going to sleep while some animals are getting up.

Wednesday In which jobs can we run big machines?

Today we will learn: Build Background Amazing Words Shared Reading: The Night Worker Vocabulary Words Practice /u/ High-Frequency Words Student Reader: Jen and Mike Say Good Night Grammar: Telling Sentences Shared Writing Journal Writing Science: Night Versus Day Literature: Our Favorite Characters

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What Do Night Workers Do? There goes a busy engineer, Construction worker, too. The foreman helps them out, “Wear your hard hat !” he shouts, What do night workers do? On the streets every night, There’s lots of cleaning to do. With beacons of light, To help them with their sight, The street sweepers know just what to do!

Amazing Words

foreman

hard hat

Shared Reading

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Spelling Words s u n s e t p e t s s i x s a n d p a n p o t p e n p i g j u m p

Blend Sounds f u n J e n M a x a n d a t s u n s e t b e d h a d h i s

Blend Sounds m o m g e t u p w i l l c a n s d u m p s i x S a m b u n s u s

Blend Sounds B u d m i l k m a n j u m p

High Frequency Words

High-Frequency Review they look the go little is she with a have we for to

will you cut the bun Will you cut the bun?

Grammar My favorite color is blue. What kind of sentence is this? This is a telling sentence. A telling sentence is a sentence that tells something.

Grammar What does this tell us? Sentences begin with an uppercase letter and end with a period.

Grammar We can see the bug. Can you see the bug? Which one is a telling sentence? How do you know? What is the sentence telling us?

Grammar I am not tall. Are you tall? Which one is a telling sentence? Is she on the rug? She is on the rug. Which one is a telling sentence?

Let’s Write! Let’s write sentences using the /u/ words from our story. Bud can jump up and down. Bud has fun eating buns in the sun.

Daily Journal Writing Draw and write about what street sweepers do at night.

Respond to Literature Grammar Homework Idea Tomorrow we will read about a helicopter that rescues people in the ocean.

Thursday What is it like to work at night?

Today we will learn: Build Background Amazing Words Shared Reading: Mayday! Mayday! Connect /u/ to Uu High-Frequency Words Decodable Reader 34: Fun with Spot Grammar: Questions Shared Writing Journal Writing Social Studies: Who Am I? Comprehension: Create a Plot

Talk with Me, Sing with Me

What Do Night Workers Do? There goes a busy engineer, Construction worker, too. The foreman helps them out, “Wear your hard hat !” he shouts, What do night workers do? On the streets every night, There’s lots of cleaning to do. With beacons of light, To help them with their sight, The street sweepers know just what to do!

Amazing Words

beacons

street sweeper

Blend Sounds h a d

High Frequency Words my for the of with a is we what

put the bug in the box Put the bug in the box.

Grammar A question is a special kind of sentence. Like all sentences, a question begins with an uppercase letter.

Grammar A question does not end with a period. A question ends with this symbol: ? It is called a question mark.

Let’s Write! One day Beaver ___ by a river. She found Bear in the ____. Bear could not move. He was stuck in the ____.

Daily Journal Writing Draw and write about what a police officer does at night.

Respond to Literature Grammar Homework Idea Tomorrow we will read “Night in the Country.” I wonder what the country is like.

Friday Who works at night?

Today we will learn: Build Background Amazing Words Shared Reading: “Night in the Country” Connect /u/ to Uu High-Frequency Words Progress Monitoring: Read the Words and Sentences Grammar: Questions Social Studies: Construction Machines Math: Nuts and Bolts Art: Shadow Puppets

Talk with Me, Sing with Me

What Do Night Workers Do? There goes a busy engineer, Construction worker, too. The foreman helps them out, “Wear your hard hat !” he shouts, What do night workers do? On the streets every night, There’s lots of cleaning to do. With beacons of light, To help them with their sight, The street sweepers know just what to do!

Amazing Words

engineer

construction

foreman

hard hat

beacons

street sweeper

Shared Reading

“Night in the Country”

Phonics

High Frequency Words

what the with

can sam fix the box Can Sam fix the box?

Grammar What time is it? This is a question. A question begins with an uppercase letter and ends with a question mark. A question is a sentence that is asking something. What is this question asking?

Let’s Write! This week we read about people who work at night. Let’s write a song about night workers. Do, do, what do you do? What do you do at night?

Let’s Write! Clean, clean, clean the streets. Street sweepers clean streets at night.

Daily Journal Writing Draw and write about what a construction worker does at night.

Phonics Shared Reading High-Frequency Words Next week we will read about a boy named Tony who moves into a new house.

New Words Review

Vocabulary Words delivery worker policewoman machinery concrete foundation hoists mammoth survey

Amazing Words engineer construction foreman hard hat beacons street sweeper

Progress Monitoring Progress Monitoring

Read the Words Set A bump cut rug sun hut drum

Read the Words Set B must hits hunt bats dump mugs club bun drop

Read the Sentences Set C 1. Can you see six bats? 2. They will do the job. 3. She is not in the crib. 4. We can fix the tent. 5. I can not get the drum.