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 Unit 7 The Animal Kingdom
The Big Idea
What are different kinds of animals? .................. 6

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Talk About It................................................................................. 8

Literature Big Book ZooBorns!

Writing Respond to the Big Book................................ 10
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast ....................... 12
Analyze the Text ....................................................................... 14
Shared Read
“A Pup and a Cub” ................................................................ 16
Paired Selection Poetry About Animals
Analyze the Text....................................................................... 24
Research and Inquiry ...................................................26
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Make Connections.......................................................... 28

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Talk About It............................................................................. 30

Literature Big Book The Birthday Pet

Writing Respond to the Big Book .............................. 32
Plot: Problem and Solution ................................................ 34
Analyze the Text ...................................................................... 36
Shared Read
“I Hug Gus!”............................................................................... 38
Paired Selection “Lola and Bella”
Analyze the Text ......................................................................46
Research and Inquiry ............................................................48
Make Connections .................................................................. 50

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Talk About It............................................................................. 52

Literature Big Book Bear Snores On

Writing Respond to the Big Book ..............................54
Plot: Cause and Effect........................................................... 56
Analyze the Text ...................................................................... 58
Shared Read
“A Vet in a Van” .................................................................... 60
Paired Selection “Animal Homes”
Analyze the Text ...................................................................... 68
Research and Inquiry ............................................................ 70
Make Connections .................................................................. 72

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 Unit
7 The
Animal
Kingdom
The Big dea
What are different kinds of animals?

Talk about the different

animals in the picture.
Circle animals in the picture
you have seen or read about.
Describe another animal
you know about.
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The Animal Kingdom 7
 Unit 7 Week 1 Baby Animals Unit 7 Week 1 Essential Question
Talk About It
Essential Question How are
some animals alike and how
are they different?

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and kitten are alike and different.
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and kitten are alike and different.

One way these baby animals are alike is

One way these baby animals are different is

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 Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the nonfiction text.
Write about the text.

One interesting fact I learned is

Text
Evidence
Page

One new baby animal name I learned is Text

Evidence
Page

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 Nonfiction

Talk about baby animals you know.

 raw and write about your favorite
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baby animal.

My favorite baby animal is

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 Reread Big Book
You can compare and contrast
when you read. You can think about
how things are alike and different.

Listen to part of the text.

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two of the baby animals.
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are alike and different. Add their
names on the lines.

Quick Tip
When we do not
understand parts
of a text, we can
think about what we
already know about
the topic.
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Nonfiction

Baby Animals 13
 Reread Big Book
Look at the fennec fox on page 7.
Talk about why the author and
photographer include this photo.
Write two facts you can learn
about the fox from this photo.

The fennec fox has

1.

2.

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 Nonfiction

Listen to page 28. Look at the photo.

Talk about why the author says the
wombat’s paws are like “built-in shovels.”
Draw and write about the wombat’s paws.

The wombat’s paws

Baby Animals 15
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence A Pup
and a Cub
Read the title.
Look at the
photos. Think
about what you
want to learn
from this text.
Circle words
that have the
same middle
sound as but.
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I am a pup.

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I have a mom and a dad.
Baby Animals 17
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
word have.
Draw a box
around the
animal on
page 19 that
is not a pet.

I am in a pack.
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We sit in a den.
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 I am not a pet.
I have not met a pet pup!
Baby Animals
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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle words
that have the
same middle
sound as mud.
Underline words
that tell where
the cub on
page 21 is.
Panthera Productions/Gallo Images/Getty Images

I am a cub.
Mom and Dad see me.
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I sit on a rock in the sun.
I nap in the sun a lot!

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Baby Animals 21
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

 ircle words
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that begin
with the same
sound as us.
Retell the text.
Reread if you do
not understand
something.
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Sis and I have fun.

We can go up, up!
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A pup can run for fun.
A cub can run for fun.
Baby Animals 23
 Reread Paired Selection
 isten to “Over in the Meadow.”
L Quick Tip
Which words in the poem rhyme? We can add to the
poem by thinking
Draw the word that rhymes with one. of new actions that
Write the word. baby animals can do.
 “We (swim/jump/fly),”
said the ___.

The word that rhymes with one is

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Listen to the poem. Write About It

Circle the animals Kitty did catch. Use this pattern

to write a new verse
Draw a box around the animal for the poem.
that Kitty did not catch. Kitty caught a ___.
Kitty did not catch
a ___.

Baby Animals 25
 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Animal Features
Step 1 Talk about animals and their special
features. Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about how your
animal uses its special feature.

Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.

Look up words you do not know.
Use a picture dictionary.

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Step 4 Draw and write about what you learned.

Step 5 Choose a good way to present your work.

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 Integrate Make Connections
Talk about these animals.
How are they alike?
How are they different?

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to the animals in ZooBorns!

Quick Tip
To help us compare
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and contrast, we
can look for details
in pictures.

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What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

 hink about what you learned this week.

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What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
 hare one thing you learned
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about nonfiction texts.
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 Unit 7 Week 2 Pet Pals Unit 7 Week 2 Essential Question

Talk About It
Essential Question How do
you take care of different
kinds of pets?

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of his dog.
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you would take care of a dog.

I would take care of a dog by

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 Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the realistic fiction story.
Write about the story.

Danny wants a turtle because Text

Evidence
Page

This is realistic fiction because

Text
Evidence
Page

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 Realistic Fiction

Talk about a pet you would like to get.

 raw and write about why
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you would want this pet.

I would want this pet because

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 Reread Big Book
Most stories have a problem and a solution.
• The problem is what a character
wants to do or fix.
• The way the character solves
the problem is the solution.

Listen carefully to part of the story.

 alk and write about Danny’s
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problem.

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 Realistic Fiction

Draw and write about the solution.

The solution is

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 Reread Big Book
 isten for rhyming words on pages 11–12.
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What word helps you predict Danny’s
next pet?
Talk
 about how the two words are alike.
Draw both words.

Quick Tip
The rhyming words in
the story can help us
to predict what pet
will come next.
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 Realistic Fiction

Look at pages 24–25.

Talk about how Danny feels
about the turtle.
Draw and write about how he feels.

Danny feels

Pet Pals 37
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

 ead the title.

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I Hug Gus!
Look at the
pictures. Think
about what you
want to find out
in this story.
Circle words
that end with
the same sound
as tag.

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I can see a big, red pup.
I pick a pup for a pet.
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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
word They.
Circle who
can run, run,
and win!

My big pup and a cat tug.

They tug and have fun.
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Gus is a big, red pup.
Gus can run, run, and win!
Pet Pals 41
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
word of.
Circle two
rhyming words.

Gus is on top of the bed.

He can sit up and beg.
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Gus and I are on a rug.
Gus can tug, tug, tug!
Pet Pals 43
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

 ircle words
C
that begin
with the same
sound as get.
Retell the story
in order. Use
the words and
pictures to help
you with parts
you do not
understand.

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I tuck Gus in a big bed.
I can hug, hug, hug Gus!
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 Reread Paired Selection
Listen to the personal narrative. Quick Tip
Authors sometimes
 ircle the character who is telling
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write about events
the story. Write her name. that happened in
their lives. This kind
Talk about words that help you know
of story is called
the author is telling the story about
a personal narrative.
herself.

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  isten to pages 34–35. How does Lola
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use sound words to make her story
come to life?
 raw and write about Bella
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making a sound. Write About It
Lola wrote about
herself and a
pet. Now write a
personal narrative
about yourself and
a pet you have or
know. Include sound
words.

The sound Bella makes is

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 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Caring for a Pet
Step 1 Talk about how you would care
for different pets. Choose one pet
to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about how to care
for this pet.

Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.

Look up words you do not know.
Use a picture dictionary.
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Step 4 Draw what you learned.

Step 5 
Write about what you learned
in your writer’s notebook. Use new words
that you learned.
Step 6 Choose a good way to present your work.
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 Integrate Make Connections
Talk about the photo. Quick Tip
What clues tell you how this girl To talk about the
feels about her pet rabbit? photo, we can say:
The girl loves her
 ompare this girl and her rabbit
C rabbit because ___.
to Danny and his turtle
The rabbit looks ___.
in The Birthday Pet.
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What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

 hink about what you learned this week.

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What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
 hare one thing you learned
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about realistic fiction stories.
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 Unit 7 Week 3 Animal Habitats Unit 7 Week 3 Essential Question
Talk About It
Essential Question Where do
animals live?

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a good home for the fox?
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you know.

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This is a good home because

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 RReesspptotohnhneded
Read ttoo Big Book
Retell the fantasy story.
Write about the fantasy.

In Bear’s den, the animals Text

Evidence
Page

I know this is a fantasy because

Text
Evidence
Page

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 Fantasy

Talk about what real animals

do in the winter.
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in the winter.

In winter,

Animal Habitats 55
 Reread Big Book
A cause is what makes something happen in
a story. An effect is the event that happens.

Listen to pages 8–9.

 alk about what causes Mouse
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to go in the cave.
Write about the cause and effect.

The weather is

This causes Mouse to

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 Fantasy

 isten to pages 24–26.

L Quick Tip
What causes Bear to wake up? To find the effect,
ask: What happens?
Draw the cause and effect. To find the cause,
ask: What makes
it happen?

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 Reread Big Book
 isten to pages 8–9.
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The events begin in a quiet way.
Which words help you picture this?
Circle the words.
Draw a picture.

tip-toe

squeaks

pitter-pat

damp

creep-crawls

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Listen to pages 32–34.
Talk about the end of the story.
Why do you think the author
ends the story this way?
Draw and write about it.
At the end of the story,

Fantasy
Combine Information
Talk about the pattern
in this story. What
changes inside the
cave? What stays the
same?
Animal Habitats 59
 Shared Read
A Vet in
a Van
Find Text Evidence

Make a
prediction
about the story.
Use the title and
pictures to help
you. Read to
find out if your
prediction is
correct.
Circle words
that begin with
the same sound
as vat.

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I am a vet in a van.
I want to see a red fox.
Animal Habitats 61
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
words said and
want.
Circle who
the vet wants
to see on
page 63.

“I am a red fox,” said a fox.

“A fox can sit in a den.”
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I want to see a big cat.
I can go in my van.
Animal Habitats 63
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

 hink about
T
what has
happened
so far. Make
a prediction
about what will
happen. Read
on to see if your
prediction is
correct.
Circle the
picture that
shows six.

“I am a big cat,” said a cat.

“I can sit on a rock.”
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I can see a pig.
I can see six!
Animal Habitats 65
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

 ircle words
C
that end
with the same
sounds as box.
Talk about your
prediction. Was
it correct? Use
the words and
pictures to help
you decide.
Then retell the
story.

I see a sick ox.

I can fix a bad leg.
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“I met a vet!” said the ox.
“A vet can fix a sick ox!”
Animal Habitats 67
 Reread Paired Selection
Look at the animal habitats.
How are they alike and different?
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 ircle the animal habitats

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that are underground.
 raw boxes around the habitats
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that are in the water.
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Look at page 38. What does
the author want you to know?
Write about it.
The small picture shows
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Quick Tip
To talk about animal
habitats, we can say:
This animal lives in
a ___ .
It is a good habitat
because ___ .

The label tells

Talk About It
Look
sample at text
pagessample
38–39.
The
text beaver
second and
line the
The photo shows clown
samplefishtext
both
sample
live
in
text
thesecond
water.line
How
are
sample
theirtext
habitats
sample
alike
text second
and different?
line.
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 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Animal Habitats
Step 1 Talk about animal habitats.
Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about the habitat.

Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.

Look up words you do not know.
Use a picture dictionary.

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Step 4 Draw what you learned.

Step 5 
Write about what you learned
in your writer’s notebook. Use new words
that you learned.
Step 6 Choose a good way to present your work.
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 Integrate Make Connections
Talk
 about the photo.

A meerkat mother and pup look out of their burrow. Quick Tip
To talk about animal
 ompare the meerkat habitat
C habitats, we can say:
with Bear’s habitat in Bear Snores On.
Animals live together
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in a ___ (meadow,
desert, ocean, forest,
pond, jungle).

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What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

 hink about what you learned this week.

T
What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
 hare one thing you learned
S
about fantasy stories.
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