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Unit 1 Take a New Step
Start Smart
We Are All Readers................................................................ 6
We Are All Writers ..................................................................8
Week 1: We Are Special ......................................................10
Week 2: My Family and Me .............................................28
Week 3: I Can! ........................................................................ 46
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The Big Idea
What can we learn when we
try new things?....................................................64
Week 1 • Make New Friends TU

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Talk About It.............................................................................66
Literature Big Book What About Bear?

Writing Respond to the Big Book ................................68
Key Details ...................................................................................70
Analyze the Text ...................................................................... 72
Shared Read
“I Can” ..........................................................................................74
“How to Be a Friend”
Paired Selection
Analyze the Text ......................................................................80
Shared Read
“Can I?”........................................................................................ 82
Research and Inquiry ............................................................88
Make Connections ..................................................................90
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Week 2 • Get Up and Go! CI
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Talk About It............................................................................. 92
Literature Big Book Pouch!

Writing Respond to the Big Book ................................94
Key Details ...................................................................................96
Analyze the Text ......................................................................98
Shared Read
“We Can” .................................................................................. 100
“Baby Animals on the Move!”
Paired Selection
Analyze the Text .................................................................... 106
Shared Read
“I Can, We Can”................................................................... 108
Research and Inquiry ............................................................114
Make Connections..................................................................
Connections ..................................................................116
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Week 3 • Use Your Senses CI
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Talk About It.............................................................................118
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Literature Big Book Senses at the Seashore

Writing Respond to the Big Book .............................. 120
122
Key Details ..................................................................................122
Analyze the Text .................................................................... 124
Shared Read
“Sam Can See” .......................................................................126
126
Poetry About Senses
Paired Selection
132
Analyze the Text .....................................................................132
Shared Read
“I Can See” .............................................................................. 134
Research and Inquiry .......................................................... 140
Make Connections ................................................................ 142
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We Are All Readers
6 Start Smart • Week 1

Start Smart
Talk about what the children

are reading.
Draw what you like to read about.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A) We Are Special 7

We Are All Writers

Start Smart

are writing.
Draw one thing you did this summer.
Write your name.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A) We Are Special 9

Essential Question
How is everyone special?

Start Smart
are doing.
Draw one thing you like to do.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(E) We Are Special 11
Resptohned
to Read Aloud
Talk about the story.
How is the gray duckling different?
Draw how this duckling is different.
12 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(B), K.6(C)

Start Smart
Listen to part of the story.

Talk about the direction
Mother Duck gives her ducklings.
Say the directions below in order.
Then act them out.
• Stand up.
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• Hop.
• Sit down.
TEKS: K.1(A), K.1(B), K.1(C) We Are Special 13

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

what makes the
children special.
I Am
Circle the
letters A and a.
Special!
14 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

Start Smart
We Are Special 15
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Talk about
what each child
is doing.
Circle the child
who is playing
with the balls.
16 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(C)

Start Smart
We Are Special 17
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Talk about what

the girl on this
page is doing.
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.
18 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(D)

Start Smart
The End!
We Are Special 19
Weekly Project
I Am Special
Draw a picture of yourself.
Write your name.
Hello! My name is
20 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.6(E)

Start Smart
Draw what makes you special.
Say hello and introduce yourself.

Share your work.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.1(E), K.6(A) We Are Special 21
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Look at Me!
Read to find out
what each child
does.
Circle and read
aloud the word I.
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22 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.5(A)

Start Smart
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I jum.
jump
We Are Special 23
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Tell what each

child is doing.
Circle what the
girl needs to
help her paint.
Ariel Skelley/Blend Images
I jum.
dance
24 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.6(B), K.6(C)
Start Smart
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I jum .
paint
We Are Special 25
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle the child

who is writing.
Retell the text.
Use the words
and photos to
help you.
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I .
read
Start Smart
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I .
write
We Are Special 27
Essential Question
Who is in your family?

Talk about what the family is doing.
Start Smart
Draw one thing you do
with your family.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(B) My Family and Me 29
Resptohned
to Read Aloud
Talk about the story.
What do the mice do?
Draw an important part of the story.

Start Smart

Talk about what the mice need.
Write about one thing you may need
in school. Then tell your teacher.
I may need
TEKS: K.1(E), K.6(A), K.6(E) My Family and Me 31

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

F mily Fun!
how the family
is having fun.
Look at the
picture. Tell
what each
person is doing.
32 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(A), K.6(C)

Start Smart
My Family and Me 33
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle the
people at the
table. Then
count the
people.
Use the number
in a sentence.
Tell your
partner.

Start Smart
My Family and Me 35
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle the
person the cake
is for. How do
you know?
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.
36 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.6(B), K.6(C), K.6(D)

Start Smart
My Family and Me 37
Weekly Project
My Family and Me
Draw a picture of you and your family.

Start Smart
Draw a place you go with your family.

Share your work.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.1(E), K.6(A) My Family and Me 39
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Fun Together!
Read to find out
what the family
is doing.
Circle what
the boy can
pour. Use the
picture to help
you know what
the word pour
means. Then
tell your partner
what pour
means.
40 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.3(B), K.5(A), K.6(C)

Start Smart
I can .
pour
My Family and Me 41
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Tell what the

family is making.
Use the pictures
to help you.
Circle and
read aloud
the word can.
I can .
mix
42 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.2(B)(iv), K.6(C)
Start Smart
I can .
bake
My Family and Me 43
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle what the

girl can eat.
How do you
know?
Retell the story.
Use the words
and pictures
to help you.
I can clean
.
44 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(A), K.6(C), K.6(D)
Start Smart
I can !
eat
My Family and Me 45
Essential Question
What can you do?

Talk about what the girl can do.
Start Smart
Draw one thing you can do.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(E) I Can! 47
Resptohned
to Read Aloud
Talk about the text.
What can the children do?
Draw one thing they can do.
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Start Smart
Listen to part of the text.

Talk about what you would like
to learn this year. Now listen to
what your partner wants to learn.
Draw what you would like to learn.
TEKS: K.1(A), K.1(C), K.1(D) I Can! 49

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

At School
what the
children can
do at school.
Circle the
letter S.
50 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

Start Smart
I Can! 51
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Think about
how the children
on this page
can take turns
talking.
Tell your ideas
to your partner.
Take turns
talking.

Start Smart
I Can! 53
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Talk about what

the children are
doing on these
pages.
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.

Start Smart
I Can! 55
Weekly Project
I Can!
Draw one thing you can do at school.

Start Smart
Draw one thing you can do at home.

Share your work.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.1(E), K.6(A) I Can! 57
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
What Can
I Do?
Read to find out
what each child
can do.
Listen to the
words in the
title. Clap for
each word.
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58 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.1(A), K.2(A)(iii), K.5(A)

I can
ride
.
I Can!
Start Smart
59
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Talk about what

each child
can do.
Circle and read
aloud the words
I and can.
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I can .
rake
60 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.1(C), K.2(B)(iv), K.6(C)
I can
walk
.
I Can!
Start Smart
61
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle what
each child likes
to read.
Retell the text.
Use the words
and photos
to help you.
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Can I ?
read
I can
read
!
I Can!
Start Smart
63
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Unit 1
Take a New Step

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64 Unit 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.1(E)

The Big Idea
What can we learn
when we try new
things?
Say hello to your partner

and say your name.
Talk about each photo.
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Circle someone in each photo
who is trying something new.
Take a New Step 65
Essential Question How can we
get along with new friends?
66 Unit 1 • Week 1
Talk about what these friends
are doing.
Draw one thing you can do
with a new friend.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(E) Make New Friends 67
Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the story.
Text
Evidence
Page
68 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(D), K.6(E)

Fiction
Talk about ways friends can get along.

Draw one way friends can get along.
TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(A), K.6(E) Make New Friends 69

Reread Big Book
Key details tell information that helps you
understand the story.

Talk about key details.
Write one key detail.
One key detail is
70 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E), K.9(E)

Fiction
Draw the detail you wrote about.
TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E) Make New Friends 71

Reread Big Book
Look at pages 18–19 and 32–33.
Talk about how Bear’s feelings change.
Write and draw your ideas.
First Bear feels
72 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.5(F), K.6(E)

Fiction
Then Bear feels
TEKS: K.5(F), K.6(C), K.6(F) Make New Friends 73

I Can
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

what the boy
can do.
Read and point
to each word
in the title.
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74 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(D)(iii), K.2(D)(iv), K.5(A)

I can
see
the
mitt
.
Make New Friends
75
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline the
word the.
Circle an object
whose name
begins with
the same sound
as map.
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I can the .
see mop
76 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.2(B)(iv)
I can
see
the
drum
.
Make New Friends
77
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle the things

whose name
begins with
the same sound
as map.
Retell the text.
Use the photos
to help you.
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I can the .
see marbles
78 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.6(D)
I can
see
the
broom
.
Make New Friends
79
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Reread Paired Selection
Look at the photographs.
What are some ways to be a friend?
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Circle the friends who are helping

each other to learn new things.
Draw a box around the friends
who are playing a game.
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Listen to the list.
Talk about the directions on the list.
When can you use these directions
to make a new friend?
A list is a quick way
to give information.
1. Say hello.
Each item is on its
2. Tell your name. own line.
3. Ask your new
friend to play.
How do the
photographs in this
text show ways to
Say the directions on the list in order. be friends?
© McGraw-Hill Education/Ken Cavanagh

Act out the directions.
Take turns with a partner.
TEKS: K.1(B), K.1(E), K.9(C) Social Studies TEKS: K.8(A), K.8(B), K.15(A) Make New Friends 81
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

what the girl
Can I ?
can do.
Circle an object
whose name
begins with
the same sound
as mop.
82 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.5(A)

Can I the ?
see map
Make New Friends 83
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline the
uppercase
letters.
Circle the word
the.
I can.
84 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.2(D)(v)
Can I the ?
see chair
Make New Friends 85
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle what the

girl can see on
page 86.
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.
I can.
86 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.5(I), K.6(C), K.6(D)
I can !
see me
Make New Friends 87
Integrate Research and Inquiry
How to Be a Good Friend
Step 1 Talk about how to be a good friend.
Step 2 Write a question about what a good
friend might do.
Step 3 Talk to classmates. Ask them your question.
88 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.12(A), K.12(C), K.12(E) Social Studies TEKS: K.14(A), K.15(A)
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Step 4 Draw what you learned.
Step 5 Choose a good way to present your work.
Make New Friends 89

Integrate Make Connections
Talk about what the friends in the art
are doing. We can compare
things. We can ask:
Compare these friends to the friends How are things alike?
in What About Bear?
How are things
different?
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90 Unit 1 • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Social Studies TEKS: K.15(A)
What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.
The texts tell about
Think about what you learned this week.

What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
Share one thing you learned

about fiction stories.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Make New Friends 91
Essential Question How do
baby animals move?
Talk about how these baby penguins CI
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move.
Draw how your favorite animal moves.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(B) Science TEKS: K.10(A) Get Up and Go! 93
Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the story.
Text
Evidence
Page
94 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.6(B), K.6(C), K.6(D)

Fiction
Talk about how the animals

in Pouch! move.
Draw how one of the animals moves.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.3(C), K.6(E) Get Up and Go! 95

Reread Big Book
The text and pictures in a story give
key details. Key details tell information
that helps you understand the story.

One key detail is
96 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(G), K.6(E)

Fiction
TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E) Get Up and Go! 97

Reread Big Book
Look at page 12. How does the author
let you know that Joey is talking?
Draw and write what Joey wants
to do when he says, “Pouch!”
Joey wants to
98 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.5(F), K.6(C), K.9(C)

Fiction
Look at page 34.

Talk about what the baby kangaroos
mean when they say, “No, thanks.”
Draw what the baby kangaroos want
to do.
TEKS: K.5(F), K.6(C), K.9(C) Get Up and Go! 99

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

what animals
We Can
can do.
Circle the word
We.
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100 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.5(A)

We can
walk
.
Get Up and Go!
101
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Ask questions
you may have
about the text
as you read.
This can help
you learn
information.
Circle animals
that can hop.
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We can .
hop
102 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.5(B), K.5(I), K.6(C)
We can
climb
.
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Get Up and Go!

103
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Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline words
that have the
same middle
sound as fan.
Retell the text.
Use the photos
to help you.
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We can .
run
104 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.6(D)
We can
hug
.
Get Up and Go!
105
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Look at the photos on pages 106–107.
How do different baby animals move?
Mother lion and cubs Mother duck and ducklings

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Circle the baby animals that

are swimming.
Draw a box around the baby We can look for
clues, or details, in
animals that are crawling.
photos to learn about
ways baby animals
move.
106 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.3(B), K.3(C), K.8(D)(ii) Science TEKS: K.9(A), K.10(A)
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Mother horse and foal Baby turtles
Talk about how the photos
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give information about ways Titles give
baby animals move. information about
what a text is
about. How does
the title, “Baby
Animals on the
Move!” help you
know what this text
is about?
Make New Friends 107
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out I Can,

We Can
what the
animals can do.
Underline the
lowercase letters
in the title.
108 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(D)(iv), K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

I can .
swim
Get Up and Go! 109
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline the
word We.
Circle animals
that are in
the water.
We can .
swim
110 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.3(C), K.6(C)
I can .
fly
Get Up and Go! 111
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle words
that have the
same middle
sound as bat.
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.
We can .
fly
112 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.6(D)
We can .
run
Get Up and Go! 113
How a Baby Animal Moves
Step 1 Talk about ways baby animals move.
Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about how
the animal moves.
Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.
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Get Up and Go! 115

The Little Bird
I saw a little bird I asked the little bird,
Come hop, hop, hop. “How do you do?”
So I called, “Little bird, But it shook its little tail,
Will you stop, stop, stop?” And far away it flew.
Listen to the poem.
Think about how the little bird moves.

Compare how the little bird moves
with the way Joey moves in Pouch!
To talk about baby

animals, we can say:
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The little bird can ___.

Joey can ___.
116 Unit 1 • Week 2 TEKS: K.5(E), K.5(H), K.6(C) Science TEKS: K.10(A)
What I Know Now


about fiction stories.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Get Up and Go! 117
Essential Question How can
your senses help you learn?

Talk about how this girl uses CI
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her senses.
Draw one way you use your senses.
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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A), K.6(B) Science TEKS: K.4(B) Use Your Senses 119
Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the text.
Draw a fact from the text.
Text
Evidence
Page
120 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(D), K.8(D)(ii) Science TEKS: K.4(B)
Nonfiction
Talk about ways people use

their senses.
Draw one way that people
use their senses.
TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(A), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.4(B) Use Your Senses 121
Reread Big Book
Nonfiction includes facts and key details.
Key details tell information about the topic.
Listen to part of the text.

One key detail is
122 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.4(B)

Nonfiction
Use Your Senses 123

Reread Big Book
Listen to parts of the text.
Talk about how your senses help you
know what the seashore is like.
Draw details here.
see
hear
124 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(F), K.6(C), K.8(D)(i) Science TEKS: K.4(B)
Nonfiction
Look at pages 24–25.

Talk about how the words and photos
help you know about seaweed.
Draw and write about seaweed.
The seaweed is
TEKS: K.6(E), K.6(F), K.9(C) Use Your Senses 125

Shared Read
Sam Can See

Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

what Sam
can see.
Circle words
that begin with
the same sound
as sun.
126 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.5(A)

We can see Sam.
Use Your Senses 127
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Underline the
word see.
Circle what Sam
can see.
We can see the .

bird
128 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.6(C)
Sam can see the bird
.
Use Your Senses 129
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Ask questions
you may have
about the story.
Retell the story.
Use the pictures
to help you.
Sam can see the bird

.
130 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(B), K.5(G), K.6(D)
The can see Sam.
bird
Use Your Senses 131
Listen to the poems. Look at the
pictures. How do we use our senses
to learn?
Circle what the girl can smell.

We can talk about
Draw a box around what the woman senses using these
can taste. words:
We can smell ___.
We can taste ___.

TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(E)
Science TEKS: K.4(B)
ENCE
CI
S
Listen to “I Smell Springtime” again.
Talk about words the author uses
in the poem that tell spring is here.
Draw one way the poem tells
that spring is here.
Why are “I Smell

Springtime” and
“Taste of Purple”
good titles for
these poems?
TEKS: K.1(A), K.6(F), K.9(C) Use Your Senses 133

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Read to find out

Can See
about the senses.
Circle the word
see.
Anne Ackermann/Taxi/Getty Images
134 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.5(A)

I can see the
apple
.
Use Your Senses
135
(t) Digital Vision/PunchStock; (b) Nancy Carlson

Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle things
whose name
begins with the
same sound
as am.
Underline the
word can.
(t) Don Smith/Alamy Stock Photo; (b) Nancy Carlson
I can .
touch
136 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(iv)
I can
smell
.
Use Your Senses
137
(t) Oliver Rossi/Corbis/Getty Images; Richard Hutchings, photographer/McGraw-Hill Education; (b) Nancy Carlson
Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
Circle what
helps the girl
taste.
Retell the text.
Use the photos
to help you.
(t) Marka/SuperStock; (b) Nancy Carlson
I can .
hear
138 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(C), K.6(D)
I can
taste
.
Use Your Senses
139
(t) Marilyn Conway/Photographer’s Choice/Getty Images; (b) Nancy Carlson

Research a Sense
Step 1 Talk about your senses.
Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about this sense.
Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.
140 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.12(A), K.12(B), K.12(C)

ENCE
CI
S
Use Your Senses 141

Talk about how your senses can
help you learn about flowers
like these.
Think about what you learned

in Senses at the Seashore.
Compare how your senses can

help you learn about flowers
and the seashore.
Our senses help us

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
tell how things are

alike and different.
142 Unit 1 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(E), K.5(H), K.6(C) Science TEKS: K.4(B)
What I Know Now


about nonfiction texts.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Use Your Senses 143
My Sound-Spellings
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
b c ck k d e f g
a
apple bat camel dolphin egg fire guitar
Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll MmWASHINGTON
OREGON
CAN ADA
MONTANA
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA
SOUTH
WISCONSIN
M
IC
H
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
VERMONT
NEW YORK
MAINE
Nn
IG
DAKOTA MASSACHUSETTS
A
IDAHO
N
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA NEBRASKA OHIO
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS MARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
OKLAHOMA
ARIZONA ARKANSAS TENNESSEE
NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO
E
GEORGIA W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S
LOUISIANA
FLORIDA
ME X ICO 0 150 300 miles
h_ i j c k ck l m n
hippo insect jump koala lemon map nest
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu
o p qu_ r s t
u
octopus piano queen rose sun turtle umbrella
Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
v y_ z
w_ x
_s
volcano window box yo-yo zipper
Credits: (apple) Stockdisc/PunchStock; (bat) Radlund & Associates/Artville/Getty Images; (camel) Photodisc/Getty Images; (dolphin) imagebroker/Alamy; (egg) Pixtal/age fotostock; (fire) Comstock Images/Alamy; (guitar) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (hippo) Michele Burgess/
Corbis; (insect) Photodisc/Getty Images; (jump) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (koala) Al Franklin/Corbis; (lemon) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (map) McGraw-Hill Education; (nest) Siede Preis/Photodisc/Getty Images; (octopus) Photographers Choice RF/SuperStock;
(piano) Photo Spin/Getty Images; (queen) Joshua Ets-Hokin/Photodisc/Getty Images; (rose) Steve Cole/Photodisc/Getty Images; (sun) 97/E+/Getty Images; (turtle) Ingram Publishing/Fotosearch; (umbrella) Stockbyte/PunchStock; (volcano) Westend61/Getty Images; (window)
Photodisc/Getty Images; (box) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (yo-yo) D. Hurst/Alamy; (zipper) ImageState/Alamy
144
Handwriting Models
Aa Bb
Aa Bb Cc
Cc Dd
Dd EeEe
Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj
Kk
Kk Ll
Ll Mm
Mm Nn
Nn
Oo Pp
Oo Pp Qq
Qq RrRr
Ss Tt
Ss
Ss Tt Uu
Uu Vv
Uu Vv
Ww
Ww Xx
Xx Yy
Yy ZZ zz 145
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READ about the world around you!

THINK , SPEAK , and WRITE about genres!

COLLABORATE in discussions and inquiry!

Week 1 • Make New Friends TU

Literature Big Book What About Bear?

Literature Big Book Pouch!

Literature Big Book Senses at the Seashore

6 Start Smart • Week 1

Talk about what the children

TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A) We Are Special 7

8 Start Smart • Week 1

Talk about what the children

TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(A) We Are Special 9

10 Start Smart • Week 1

12 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(B), K.6(C)

Listen to part of the story.

TEKS: K.1(A), K.1(B), K.1(C) We Are Special 13

Read to find out

14 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

16 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(C)

Talk about what

18 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(D)

20 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.6(E)

Draw what makes you special.

Say hello and introduce yourself.

22 Start Smart • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.5(A)

Brian Kennedy/Flickr/Getty Images

Tell what each

REB Images/Image Source/Getty Images

Circle the child

28 Start Smart • Week 2

Jack Hollingsworth/Photodisc/Getty Images

30 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(B), K.6(C)

Listen to part of the story.

TEKS: K.1(E), K.6(A), K.6(E) My Family and Me 31

Read to find out

32 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(A), K.6(C)

34 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.3(C), K.6(B), K.6(C)

36 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.6(B), K.6(C), K.6(D)

38 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.6(E)

Draw a place you go with your family.

Say hello and introduce yourself.

40 Start Smart • Week 2 TEKS: K.3(B), K.5(A), K.6(C)

Tell what the

Circle what the

46 Start Smart • Week 3

PeopleImages/Digital Vision/Getty Images

48 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(B), K.6(C)

Listen to part of the text.

TEKS: K.1(A), K.1(C), K.1(D) I Can! 49

Read to find out

50 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

52 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.1(C), K.1(D)

Talk about what

54 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(D)

56 Start Smart • Week 3 TEKS: K.6(E)

Draw one thing you can do at home.

Say hello and introduce yourself.