Big Question: Who works at night?

Author: Kate Banks

Genre:Realistic Fiction

Big Question: Who works at night?

Monday Tuesday

WednesdayThursday

FridayReview

Review New WordsProgress Monitoring

Monday

Who works at night?

Today we will learn:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: The Night Worker

Vocabulary WordsReteach /u/ High-Frequency WordsDecodable Reader 33: The Red Egg

Grammar: QuestionsScience: Working Day or Night?

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

Vocabulary Words

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Phonics

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

Grammar

where is the little bug

Where is the little bug?

GrammarA question is a special kind of sentence.

Like all sentences, a question begins with an uppercase letter.

GrammarA question does not end with a period.

A question ends with this symbol: ?

It is called a question mark.

Let’s WriteLet’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:Build BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: The Night WorkerVocabulary WordsPractice /u/ High-Frequency WordsPhonics Story: Gus and the BugGrammar: QuestionsShared WritingJournal WritingScience: Connect the StarsLiterature: Unique CharactersComprehension: 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

engineer

construction

Shared Reading

Vocabulary Words

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Phonics

Oh, Where, Oh, WhereCan the Dog-Walker Stop?

Oh, where, oh, where can thedog-walker stop?She must duck out of the rain!It’s a bit of bad luckWhen 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 pupAnd 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

Grammar

i see a bug in the rug

I see a bug in the rug.

GrammarA 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.

GrammarWe’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 BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: The Night WorkerVocabulary WordsPractice /u/High-Frequency WordsStudent Reader: Jen and Mike Say Good

NightGrammar: Telling SentencesShared WritingJournal WritingScience: Night Versus DayLiterature: Our Favorite Characters

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

foreman

hard hat

Shared Reading

Vocabulary Words

delivery worker

policewoman

machinery

concrete

foundation

hoists

mammoth

survey

Phonics

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

Grammar

will you cut the bun

Will you cut the bun?

GrammarMy favorite color is blue.What kind of sentence is this?

This is a telling sentence.

A telling sentence is a sentence that tells something.

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

GrammarWe 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?

GrammarI 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 LiteratureGrammarHomework 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 BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: Mayday! Mayday!Connect /u/ to UuHigh-Frequency WordsDecodable Reader 34: Fun with SpotGrammar: QuestionsShared WritingJournal WritingSocial 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

Shared Reading

Phonics

Blend Sounds

h a d

High Frequency Words

my for the of with

a is we what

Grammar

put the bug in the box

Put the bug in the box.

GrammarA question is a special kind of sentence.

Like all sentences, a question begins with an uppercase letter.

GrammarA 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 LiteratureGrammarHomework 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 BackgroundAmazing WordsShared Reading: “Night in the

Country”Connect /u/ to UuHigh-Frequency WordsProgress Monitoring: Read the Words

and SentencesGrammar: QuestionsSocial Studies: Construction MachinesMath: Nuts and BoltsArt: 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

High Frequency Words

what the with

Grammar

can sam fix the box

Can Sam fix the box?

GrammarWhat 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?Do, do, what do you do?Do, do, what do you do?What do you do at night?

Let’s Write!Clean, clean, clean the streets.

Clean, clean, clean the streets.

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.

PhonicsShared ReadingHigh-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

Read the WordsSet A

bump

cut rug

sun hut drum

Read the WordsSet B

must hits hunt bats dump

mugs club bun drop

Read the SentencesSet 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.