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Unit 1 Unit at a Glance Language Focus: Describe, Give Information Reading Strategy: Plan: Preview, Set a Purpose, and Predict Phonics Focus: Blends: bl, cl, fl, pl; Blends: cr, dr, fr, gr Topic: Families My Family B?ig What makes Share What You Know Question a family? 1 Draw your family doing ABU DHABI, UAE something together. Hang A family spending the afternoon together riding the Ferris wheel your picture in the classroom. Bringing the world to the classroom and the classroom to life 2 Act out what your picture shows. Can your class find A PART OF CENGAGE your picture? 3 Say something about your family and the picture. ELTNGL.COM ALL RIGHTS RESERVED – NOT FOR RESALE

PART 1 Language Focus WtooKrndos w Social Studies Vocabulary help Describe like Key Words my Listen and sing. family member Song Our Routine meal My family eats meals. Dad’s lunches are great. A fαmily holidαy αt home . Then I play outside. I bike or I skate. Talk Together When I come home What is each family member doing? Tell I help Dad to clean. your partner. Name your family members. Mom reads me a book. I like our routine! Tune: “Rock a Bye, Baby” 4 Unit 1 5

PART 1 Thinking Map Academic Vocabulary Organize Ideas More Key Words • help Idea Web care celebrate eat meals talk Write more about an idea here. Write an What Families idea here. I care for my We celebrate I help at home. Do plant. grandma’s birthday. Talk Together Together play Use one Key Word world to make a sentence. read share a together home Talk Together We play a game. There are many I celebrate people and when I get a Tell your partner what your family • Words To Know places in the good grade. does. Make a new idea web. world. Write in the circles. 7 6 Unit 1

PART 1 Phonics Focus Blends: bl, cl, fl, pl Talk Together Listen and read. Find the words with blends in the text. Over to You The Race black clam flag plum Lan’s family is at a race. Lan sees a flag. It Work with is big. There is a boat. “I see my Dad!” says a partner. Listen and Learn Lan. Lan’s dad has a black cap on. The race starts. The paddle goes slap, slap! Dad’s boat Take turns. Listen for the blends at the beginning of the slips by the finish line. Lan claps. “Hooray! Point to a word picture words. Choose the words that have the Dad’s boat wins!” Lan’s family is glad. with a blend. same beginning blends as the picture words. Your partner says the word. 1. 2. Lan draws a picture. Today was a fun day! clap flop plan plan fluff slip 3. 4. black clip slap glad plot blot Practice reading words with blends by reading “The Race” with a partner. 8 Unit 1 9

Read a Photo Book Families A photo book uses photos to tell about real in Many Cultures people and things. ✓ Look for photos. by Heather Adamson Think about what the photos show. 11 Reading Strategy Set a purpose before you read. What do you want to learn? 10 Unit 1

Families of all sizes live around the world . 12 Unit 1 13

Families help each other. 14 Unit 1 15

Families share meals . 16 Unit 1 17

Families celebrate holidays . Families celebrate birthdays. 18 Unit 1 19

Families play together. Families laugh together. 20 Unit 1 21

What is your family like? ❖ 22 Unit 1 23

PART 1 Think and Respond Reread and Retell Talk About It Organize Ideas 1. What do families celebrate ? What do the families in the story do together? Families celebrate . Idea Web 2. How are some families the same? play games Some families . What Families Do 3. What purpose did you set for reading? What did you learn? Together I wanted to learn . I learned . Write About It Use your web. Tell a partner what you learned in “Families in Many Cultures.” How does your family help you? The families My family helps me . celebrate birthdays. 24 Unit 1 25

PART 1 Word Work Making Connections Learn more about family celebrations. Identify Nouns father Genre A photo essay is nonfiction. It tells about people and places. mother A Family son daughter Celebrates The mother and father have two children. Chinese New Year A noun names a person or people. by Anna Goy Try It Together Nouns 27 man Read the list of words. Draw a baby picture to show each noun. sister How are the nouns alike? teachers 26 Unit 1

Mom and Dad cook a big meal . The kids help decorate their home . 28 Unit 1 29

Then they watch a parade. Happy New Year! ❖ parade a long line of people 31 marching down the street 30 Unit 1

PART 1 Respond and Extend Grammar and Spelling Compare Author’s Purpose Plural Nouns Authors have different purposes for writing. A noun names one person, place, or thing. “Fαmilies in Mαny Cultures” “A Family Celebrates Chinese New Year” box home A plural noun names more than one. boxes homes Families celebrate holidays . The kids help decorate their home . Grammar Rules Plural Nouns 18 Unit 1 29 Add s to most nouns to Add es to nouns that end in ss, x, show more than one. ch, and sh to show more than one. to share information to tell about a family celebration Read a Sentence Tell another purpose the authors had for writing their texts. Why do the nouns have s or es? We had sandwiches for our meals. Talk Together Write a Sentence Think about what you read and learned. What makes a family? Write a sentence to tell about one of your family’s meals . Use a plural noun. Read it 32 Unit 1 to a partner. 33

PART 2 Language Focus Words to Social Studies Vocabulary Know Give Information go Key Words is Busy DayListen and sing. this Family Photos Song I go to Dawes Pool. This was a special day. My parents and This is where I play. I saw a parade together . It was fun ! I am with my family. I have fun today. I go to Oz Park. This is my extended family . We visit This is where I cheer. them every year. That is fun, too! I am with my family. All the fans are here. Talk Together Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” Look at the family photo book. Where do they go? Where do you go with your family? 34 Unit 1 35

PART 2 Thinking Map Academic Vocabulary Identify Setting More Key Words Setting Chart group idea place Movie Theater Picture of the Place • dark • big • many seats A group has Lori’s idea is to The school is a more than two go to the zoo. big place. items. Write about Draw the trip Talk Together a place here. place here. share We take a trip in Count the syllables We share our car. in Key Words. popcorn. Group has one syllable. Idea has three. Talk Together 37 Make a setting chart about a family story you know. Share it with your partner. 36 Unit 1

PART 2 Phonics Focus Blends: cr, dr, fr, gr Talk Together Listen and read. Find the words with blends in the text. Over to You crab drum frog grass A Fun Trip Work with a partner. Listen and Learn Brad goes on a trip. His parents go, too. They visit family. The trip is long. Brad and Take turns. Say Listen to each sentence. Choose the word with the his parents wait to get on the plane. It is a a word with beginning blend that best completes the sentence. busy place. Other groups wait, too. Brad’s a blend. Your mom grabs an apple from a bag. Brad grins partner points 1. The baby is in 2. The is in the and eats it. Brad thinks this is fun. to the word. the . pond. drum crib trap frizz frog drip 3. I can help my dad 4. My family is going on Practice reading words with blends by the meat. a. reading “A Fun Trip” with a partner. grill gruff grass trip grit bran 38 Unit 1 39

Read a Story A Special Day Where does this story happen? for Victor by Susan Henderson Reading Strategy 41 Preview the story on pages 41–57 and then predict. What is Victor celebrating? 40 Unit 1

It is Victor’s birthday. Today is special . 42 Unit 1 43

Dad hangs flags. Julia, his sister, gets balloons. hangs puts up on the wall flags colorful pieces of paper or cloth 44 Unit 1 45

Grandma bakes a cake. She makes sweets. 46 Unit 1 sweets candy and bread that has lots of sugar 47

Auntie helps . Mom cooks. 48 Unit 1 49

Family members come to celebrate . They bring gifts. 50 Unit 1 gifts presents 51

They share a meal . Everyone has fun . 52 Unit 1 53

Grandma gets a slice. Mom helps cut the cake . a slice a thin piece of cake 54 Unit 1 55

Victor loves his family. They love Victor, too! ❖ 56 Unit 1 57

PART 2 Think and Respond Reread and Summarize Talk About It Identify Setting 1. What do you see in the pictures of Where are Victor and his family? What are Victor’s home ? the places like? Write words or draw. I see . Setting Chart 2. What do they do at the party? Places What the Places are Like They and . 3. What did you predict Victor is celebrating? • home • fun Did your prediction happen? • kitchen • • lots of good I predicted he was celebrating . • food My prediction . • Write About It Use your chart. Give information about the setting of “A Special Day for Victor.” How do you have fun with your family? We like to together. 58 Unit 1 59

PART 2 Word Work Making Connections Read more about what makes a family special . Identify Nouns Genre A postcard is like a letter. You send it in the mail. Nouns Postcard to Grandpa Mom helps cut the cake. by Amy Tong A noun names a person, place, or thing. 61 Try It Together go home Read the list of words. Which ones mom are nouns? How do you know? play 60 Unit 1

March 15 Arizona Dear Grandpa, To: Grandpa Tong Arizona is so fun . I like 820 Sunnybrook riding the horses. You should Greenhill, Wisconsin 93759 ❖ come to this place . We miss you! Love, Amy 62 Unit 1 63

PART 2 Respond and Extend Grammar and Spelling Compare Genres Proper Nouns How are “A Special Day for Victor” and A proper noun is the name of a special person, “Postcard to Grandpa” different? animal, or place. Realistic Fiction Postcard I see Amy . March 15 Grammar Rules Proper Nouns Dear Grandpa, Start a proper noun My grandpa likes his cat, Bo. Arizona is so fun . I like with a capital letter. capital letter riding the horses. You should come to this place . Grandpa walks on Cherry Street. We miss you! capital letters Love, Family members come to celebrate . Amy Read a Sentence 50 Unit 1 62 Unit 1 Why does Arizona have a capital letter? The story is made up, The postcard is a message My family and I went to Arizona. but it seems real. from a real person. Talk Together Write Sentences Think about what you read and learned. Write a sentence about a family member. What makes a family? Use the name of your family member in the sentence. Read it to a partner. 64 Unit 1 65

Writing Project Language Frames Write as a Family Member • We go to . Write a Photo Essay Plan and Write • This is where Where does your family go? Tell about a special Work with a partner. Talk about . place. Write a photo essay for your family. places you go with your family. Pick one place. Our Family Place by Bali Rashidi Find photos or make drawings of the place. Tell your partner about the place. Write about where you go. Then write about why the place is special. Match each sentence with a picture. A photo essαy Check Your Work Checklist hαs photos. Revise and edit your writing. Use this checklist. Think αbout different We go to Camp Blue Lake . Cαptions give nouns you cαn use. Cαn informαtion Finish and Share you use nouns thαt nαme αbout the Finish your photo essay. Write people αnd plαces? photos, like each sentence neatly. Leave the setting space between words. Check your sentences. Did or people you begin nαmes of special pictured. plαces with α cαpitαl letter? Reαd eαch line of your work. Keep trαck of words you misspell. Mαke your own spelling list. Read your photo essay aloud. I have fun with Hold up the photos so that the my family! This is where we cook outside. group can see. Sit quietly while others speak. Share what you know. 66 Unit 1 67

Unit 1 Wrap-Up B?ig Talk About It! Question What makes Plan a Family Trip We would take a train. a family? As a group, plan a great family trip. Make a list of where you would go, what you would Share Your Ideas do there, and how you would get Think about the things families do there. Locate the places on a map. together. What makes a family? Choose one of these ways to share your ideas about the Big Question. Write It! Do It! Draw a Chart Family Sizes My Helping Hands I feed my cat. Work together to make a chart. James Trace your hands on a Write the title Family Sizes. piece of paper. Write one Write your names on the left. Marta way you help out at home Draw the number of people on each finger. in your family on the right. Compare family sizes. 68 Unit 1 69