Big Blue Ox
Big Question: How can animals help
people?
Author:
Susan Stevens
Crummel
Illustrator:
Janet Stevens
Genre:
Animal Fantasy
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION:
HOW CAN ANIMALS HELP PEOPLE?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Big Blue Ox
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1.
ox got Mom that pott.
2. He can hep Pop Mop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1.
ox got Mom that pott.
Ox got Mom that pot.
2.
He can hep Pop Mop.
He can help Pop mop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
My dog likes to play. She likes to help
me too! She helps me find the shoes I
lose. How do animals help people?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 1
The Oxen Song
In olden days most farms had oxen.
They helped to produce farmers’ crops.
They pulled wagons for transportation.
As helpers the oxen were tops.
Oxen, oxen,
In past times big oxen were
Everywhere.
Oxen, Oxen,
In present times oxen are
Rare.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 1
past
If something happened in the past,
it has already happened.
produce
When you produce something you
make or create it.
transportation
Transportation is a way of moving
people or things from one place to
another.
present
Something that is happening now
is happening in the present.
hat
pig
top
ox
mop
hot
pot
rock
top
ox
mop
hot
pot
r o ck
When o is the only vowel
letter in a word, it usually
stands for the short o sound.
Word Work
not
sob
lot
hop
nod
got
s o ck
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
rot
Word Reading - short o
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fox
ran
bag
mop
sat
lid
rock
am
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hop
top
back
six
not
wax
van
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
1. Reading WB page 23
2. Spelling WB page 9
3. Journal – Write about how an ox might
help a farmer.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Write about how an ox
might help a farmer.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 1
Big Blue Ox
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. mom and Pop can moop.
4. pop sat on the rok.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. mom and Pop can moop.
Mom and Pop can mop.
4. pop sat on the rok.
Pop sat on the rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2
Morning Warm-up
A dog can be a faithful friend. You can run
and exercise together. A dog can also help
you do work. Do you know a dog that is a
helper?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 2
Amazing Words
• serve
• danger
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2
serve
To serve means to do work for or
to help.
danger
Danger is something that can hurt
you.
-s plurals
cat
cats
pig pigs
hams
maps
tabs
s a ck s
h i ll s
pans
kits
rags
l o ck s
b i ll s
pins
One
More than One
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 2
Word Reading -s plurals
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wigs
fans
ribs
cabs
lips
dock
hogs
bats
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bins
jams
lids
van
bibs
tots
racks
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2
1. Reading WB page 24, 25, 26
2. Spelling WB page 10
3. Journal – Write about how dogs can
help people.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Write about how dogs
can help people.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 2
Big Blue Ox
Day 3
Daily Fix- it
5. ox got the hot potz.
6. Pop got five lokks
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3
Daily Fix- it
5. ox got the hot potz.
Ox got the hot pots.
6. Pop got five lokks
Pop got five locks.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about a make-believe
ox who cooks and shops! A real ox can’t
cook or shop. Why can’t a real ox cook or
shop?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 3
Amazing Words
snuggle
When you snuggle with
someone, you lie close
to them and get
comfortable.
tot
• When you come to a
new word, look at all
the letters in the word
and think about their
sounds. Check to see if
the word has an -s
ending.
tots
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cot
cots
job
jobs
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3
Animal Jobs
Animals can do big jobs.
They help people a lot.
Some help police search
for tots who stray.
Others herd flocks of
sheep every day.
Guide dogs lead us
around town.
They help avoid bumps
and bends.
But the best job
animals have
Is to be our friends.
The Big Blue Ox – Day 3
Short o
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3
Not Short o
• We know that a real
ox is strong and does
work on a farm.
We’re going to read a
story about a madeup ox that is big and
blue. We’ll find out
what kind of work this
ox does to help on the
farm.
Vocabulary
• town
• mud
High - Frequency Words
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get
blue
help
from
use
go
take
he
1. Reading WB page 27
2. Spelling WB page 11
3. Journal – Write about ways you help your
family.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3
Synonyms
big
huge
The big blue ox is ___________.
large
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 3
A big blue ox.
Can help Mom.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3
The big ox _____________.
___________ have red wigs.
Mom and Pop ___________.
___________ cans in the
sack.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3
dig
mop
hop
The pigs ____________.
The boys ____________.
Mom and Pop ______________.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Write about ways you
help your family
members.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 3
Big Blue Ox
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. Hopp up for mom
8. ox gott a rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. Hopp up for mom
Hop up for mom.
8. ox gott a rock.
Ox got a rock.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
In past times, animals helped people meet
their needs. They helped them use tools
to farm land and build shelter. How can
animals help in present times?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 4
Amazing Words
• enormous
• powerful
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4
enormous
If something is enormous it is very, very
big.
powerful
Something that is powerful is very strong.
Review - short i and final x
sick
sip
six
Word Reading
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Nick
pit
and
big
can
ran
we
six
sack
box
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4
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fix
up
Pam
take
van
pigs
have
dig
hill
with
Words in Context
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Pam and Nick have to fix the van.
We can take the sack up the hill.
Six pigs ran to the box of cobs.
Dig a big pit with me.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 4
1. Reading WB page 28, 29
2. Spelling WB page 12
3. Journal – Write about another makebelieve animal that helps Mom and Pop.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox – Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Write about another
make-believe animal that
helps Mom and Pop.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 4
Big Blue Ox
Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about animal friends
from the past and the present. Some
animals provide transportation. Others
protect people from danger. In what other
ways do animals help people?
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox - Day 5
Short o and –s Plurals
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Bob got a box.
The tots nap on the cots.
Jog to the top of the rocks.
Mom had hot pots.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 5
use
get
help
You can hop to _______ the pot.
Mom can _________ if it’s hot.
________ a lid to go on top.
If it tips, get a mop!
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Journal – Write about an animal that
helps people.
3. Take your AR test.
4. Centers
5. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 The Big Blue Ox
Day 5
Daily Journal Writing
Write about an animal
that helps people.
Unit 1 Big Blue Ox - Day 5