Life in the Forest

Big Question: How do plants and

animals live together?
Author:
Claire Daniel
Illustrator:

Genre:
Expository Nonfiction
SMALL GROUP

Timer
 BIG QUESTION
HOW DO PLANTS AND ANIMALS LIVE
TOGETHER?

DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Life in the Forest
Day 1
 Daily Fix-it
1. I hop its warm next week.

2. Well go to the park on sunday.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1

 Daily Fix-it
1. I hop its warm next week.
I hope its warm next week.
2. Well go to the park on sunday.
Well go to the park on Sunday.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1

 Morning Warm-up
Many animals eat plants. There are
other ways plants help animals. How
do plants and animals live together?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 1

A Good Environment
A good environment,
A good environment,
All living things require
A good environment.

From bears, to deer, to birds,

To bees, and tiny ants,
All animals get shelter and
The food they need from plants.

A good environment,
A good environment,
All living things can thrive
In a good environment.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 1

 Amazing Words
environment
The environment is the world around you that
affects how you live and grow.
require
To require means to need or insist on having.
thrive
To thrive means to stay healthy and grow.
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 1
 Long u, Long e (CVCe)
hide rode
cube cube
these th e s e
fume fume
Pete Pete
dune dune
Gene Gene
cute cute
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1
 Word Work
use use
tune tune
eve eve rude
Zeke Zeke rule
fuse fuse mule
huge huge mute
cute
flute
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1
Word Reading - Long u and e
cube slope
Gene rule
shake tune
huge fume
use tube
white fuse
mule these
Pete
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 1
1. Reading WB page 103
2. Spelling WB page 41
3. Journal List some animals and
insects that you might see in a forest.
4. AR test
5. Centers

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 1

What Plants Need What Animals Need

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 1

One and More Than One
pigs parks plant kites
frog girls bones lake

One More Than One

 Daily Journal Writing
Day 1

List some animals

and insects that you
might see in a forest.
Life in the Forest
Day 2
 Daily Fix-it
3. Well play on tuesday.

4. Do you like thanksgiving.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 2

 Daily Fix-it
3. Well play on tuesday.
Well play on Tuesday.

4. Do you like thanksgiving.

Do you like Thanksgiving?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 2

 Morning Warm-up
Today well read about a frog that
lives in a bog. Im afraid hell get a
surprise if he isnt careful. What kind
of surprise would be fun to find?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 2

Amazing Words

slimy
inhales
 Amazing Words
slimy -
If something is slimy, it is covered
with a slippery, gooey material.

inhale -
To inhale means to draw in. If a
person inhales his food, he takes it in
quickly.
 Inflected Ending -ed
kicks kicking thanked
She kicked the ball. yelled
I filled the cup. planted
I wanted to go. brushed
rushed called
worked tilted
printed
checked
looked
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 2
 /t/ /d/ /ed/
asked spilled rested
wished called wanted
pitched smelled printed
missed grilled handed

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 2

 Word Reading
melted worked
runs added
eating hops
called going
camping walked
wants spelled
asked looked
helped
Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 104, 105, 106
2. Spelling WB page 42
3. Journal Draw a picture of the bog
where the frog lives. Show and label the
animals and insects that live in a bog.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2

Draw animals and

insects in the bog.
Life in the Forest
Day 3
 Daily Fix-it
5. What peckt the tree

6. A Squirrel is cut.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3

 Daily Fix-it
5. What peckt the tree
What pecked the tree?

6. A Squirrel is cut.
A squirrel is cute.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3

 Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about a forest.
Well learn about animals that live
there. Well see how plants and
animals live together. What would you
like to do or see in a forest?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

Amazing Words

sludge -
Sludge is a thick,
wet, slimy material.
 Word Work
cute use
these Pete
checked blocked
spilled called
melted twisted

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3

Along the Forest Path
Oh, I walked along the forest path,
Beyond the sandy dune.
The scene was filled with birds and plants
On a sunny day in June.

Cute birds perched

On huge and leafy plants.
They chirped a tune as I looked up.
They seemed about to dance.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

eve listed flute use these
yelled cube packed

Long u Long e Ending -ed

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

 Things Found in a Forest

Animals Plants

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

 Some tiny creatures call
the forest their home.
Some bigger animals also
live there. Many kinds of
plants grow in a forest. In
the selection we are
about to read, well find
out why the forest is such
a busy place and how the
animals and plants live
together.
High-Frequency Words
find too
eat water
food small
many under
grow tree
around

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 3

1. Reading WB page 107
2. Spelling WB page 43
3. Journal Write about something
your family might see during a walk in
the forest.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3
Our school is a busy place.
Place your hands on your desk.

fall to drop to the ground

a season of the year

a birds mouth
bill
a list that tells how
much money you
owe

to give light
shine

to polish something

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

The forest is dark and damp. I hear strange sounds all
around me. They make me jump.

The forest is a wonderful place. I love watching the

animals. They are so amazing!

I saw a bug.
That is the ugliest bug ever.
I got so wet I squished.
It rained.
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3
One More than One
tree trees

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 3

 Daily Journal Writing
Day 3

Write about something

your family might see
during a walk in the
forest.
Life in the Forest
Day 4
 Daily Fix-it
7. We went on a hik last Saturday.

8. Our leader was mr. jones.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 4

 Daily Fix-it
7. We went on a hik last saturday.
We went on a hike last Saturday.

8. Our leader was mr. jones.

Our leader was Mr. Jones.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 4

 Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about another
kind of forest. First, we will learn why
this forest is special. Then, we will
learn what animals and plants live
there. How do you think a forest is a
community?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

Amazing Words
creatures -
A creature is a
living animal or
person.
capture -
Capture means
to catch.
 High Frequency Words
tawer
erdun
ndif
rounad
ofod
wogr

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

rope didnt
Im itll

Long o Not Long o

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

Decodable and High Frequency
Words
shop place cant inside
too saw together slide
Im be Mike well
stove home now your
Rose there down same

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

 Read Words in Context
Rose saw a stove inside your home.
Well go down there together to shop.
Cant Mike be on the slide too?
Now Im at the same place.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

1. Reading WB page 108, 109
2. Spelling WB page 44
3. Journal Finish this sentence
frame several times:
________ eat _______. Yum, yum!
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4
 One and More Than One

hand cats
squirrels caves
bear stone
cent bones
cake

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 4

 Daily Journal Writing
Day 4

Complete sentence
frames about what
forest animals eat.
Life in the Forest
Day 5
 Daily Fix-it
9. the bear isnt sleeping.

10. The squirrel gathered nut

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 5

 Daily Fix-it
9. the bear isnt sleeping.
The bear isnt sleeping.

10.The squirrel gathered nut

The squirrel gathered nuts.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest - Day 5

 Morning Warm-up
We read how each plant and each
animal even slimy creatures that
crawl in sludge are part of the
environment. They all need each
other to grow healthy and strong.
How do members of a community
need each other?

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 5

Review Long u, e and ending ed
Pete checked the rule.
Duke filled the tube with these stones.
June handed the flute to Steve.
Zeke jumped on a huge sand dune.

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 5

find water around grow food under

Take a walk. Look all _________________.

In the ______________ and ______________
the ground.
Youll _____________ animals that you
know.
Eating _____________ to make them
_______________.
Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Reading WB page 110
3. Journal - Write about an animal you
have learned about this week.
4. AR test
5. Centers

Unit 2 Life in the Forest Day 5

Daily Journal Writing
Day 5

Write about the

animals on your
Day1list.