Dot & Jabber
Big Question: Why do we want to
find answers to some questions?
Author:
Ellen Stoll Walsh
Genre:
Informational Fiction
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION: WHEN DOES A PROBLEM
NEED A CLEVER SOLUTION?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Dot and Jabber
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. I willn’t shout in the library
2. i will bee very quiet.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. I willn’t shout in the library
I won’t shout in the library.
2. i will bee very quiet.
I will be very quiet.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 1
Morning Warm-up
Detectives try to find answers. They
should ask lots of questions and look
behind every door. Why do we want
to find answers to some questions?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
Oral Vocabulary
• explanation
• riddle
• wonder
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
Amazing Words
• explanation If you give an explanation, you
tell how to do something.
• riddle A riddle is a question or problem
that is hard to figure out.
• wonder If you wonder about something,
you want to know about it.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
soon
cool
good g oo d
c oo k
t oo k
h oo f
w oo d
h oo d
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
Word Work
• foot
• look
• hook
• stood
• shook
• nook
• brook
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
took
Word Reading
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foot
goat
stool
shook
good
true
took
grow
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stood
hood
wood
suit
nook
bowl
foot
Why We
Want to Find
Answers to
Some
Questions
1. Reading WB page 143
2. Spelling WB page 105
3. Journal - Draw a picture of an
acorn and an oak tree. Write
about how the two are related.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Day 1
Draw a picture of an
acorn and an oak
tree. Write how they
are related.
Dot and Jabber
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. can we walk here
4. no, we cant walk on the grass.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. can we walk here
Can we walk here?
4. no, we cant walk on the grass.
No, we can’t walk on the grass.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Mrs.
Chicken. The crocodile thinks Mrs.
Chicken looks like good food.
What clues tell you that the
crocodile plans to eat Mrs.
Chicken?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
Amazing Words
• rafters Rafters are
long pieces of
wood inside a
building that hold
up the roof.
Rafters go across,
not up and
down.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
claps
clapped
hope
hopes
wish
wishes
hope
hoped
hope
hoping
skate
skate
save
save
smile
smile
clapping
skated
skating
saved
saving
smiled
smiling
Figure out what the base word is. It may have
a spelling change. Read the base word. Read
the ending. Then blend the parts.
hides
fixes
No change
blamed
mixes
used
waved
making
joking
Drop e
passes
buzzes
ruled scrapes
rising
speaks
baking closing
Word Reading - Inflected Endings
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sliced
dashes
grinned
living
driving
hiked
moved
jogged
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needed
shaving
chased
freezing
leaving
talks
skipped
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
1. Reading WB page 144, 145, 146
2. Spelling WB page 106
3. Journal - Draw a squirrel. Write a fact
about a squirrel.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2
Write a fact about a
squirrel.
Dot and Jabber
Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. please turn on the light
6. It is to dark in hear.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. please turn on the light
Please turn on the light.
6. It is to dark in hear.
It is too dark in here.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber – Day 3
Morning Warm-up
This week we will read about Dot and
Jabber. They are in a predicament.
They need to be clever in their
attempt to solve the Great Acorn
Mystery. What do you think it takes
to solve a mystery?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
Amazing Words
• gorgeous When
something is
gorgeous, it is very
beautiful.
• darling A darling is a
person who is loved
very much.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
shook
foot
looks
fishes
chimed
placing
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
shaking
 When you come to a
new word, look at all
the letters in the word
and think about its
vowel sounds and its
parts. Say the
sounds and word
parts to yourself and
then read the word.
Word Reading
Woody
look
good
watches
books
reads
crooks
solved
took
chasing
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
Sort Words
cooks
cooked
cooking
stood
standing
mixes
takes
took
shaking
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
How to Solve a Mystery
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
We learned that a
mystery is like a
puzzle. You need
to fit all the pieces
or clues together to
get an answer. We
are going to read a
story about two
mice with a mystery
to solve.
Vocabulary
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detectives
mystery
solve
hey
meadow
million
hurray
High - Frequency Words
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among
across
another
nothing
instead
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
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because
none
on
would
clue
bus
ticket
book
chalk clue cook teacher
detective mystery pan spoon
1. Reading WB page 147
2. Spelling WB page 107
3. Journal - Write about something that
grows from a tiny seed.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Day 3
Write about
something that
grows from a tiny
seed.
Dot and Jabber
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. how soon can we go
8. We cant go yet
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. how soon can we go
How soon can we go?
8. We cant go yet
We can’t go yet.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read
about young scientists.
They wonder about a
water riddle. They do
some tests to find an
explanation. What do
you wonder about?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
Amazing Words
• case A case is a set of
problems that needs
to be looked into to
see what happened.
• suspect A suspect is
someone believed to
be guilty of a crime.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
among
another
instead
none
• May I have an apple __________ of
an orange?
• I lost my pencil, so I need
_____________ one.
• ___________ of us knew the answer.
• Butterflies flew ____________ the
flowers.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
count
long vowel
pilot
short vowel
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
river
ou
Word Reading
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loved
bright
colors
Dad’s
house
door
never
worry
about
should
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done
tried
birds’
high
above
lilac
would
draw
clever
laugh
Read Words in Context
• We loved the bright colors you
used to paint Dad’s house and
door.
• We never worry about things we
should have done.
• We tried placing the birds’ food
high above the lilac bush.
• Would you draw a clever picture to
make us laugh?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
1. Reading WB pages 148, 149
2. Spelling WB page 108
3. Journal - Write about what
detectives do.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Day 4
Write about what
detectives do.
Dot and Jabber
Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. She like to sing hear.
10. what do you do here
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. She like to sing hear.
She likes to sing here.
10. what do you do here
What do you do here?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about Dot and
Jabber, Jonathan Mouse, and
some young scientists. They were
all looking for answers to a
mystery. Why do we like to solve
mysteries?
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
Vowels oo and Inflected Endings
 We smiled when we got the joke
book.
 Mom cooks a good meal, and
Dad washes the pan.
 Sam hurt his foot while he was
riding his bike.
 The fish glided in the brook.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
instead
none
another
among
What time is it when the hippo sits on the
fence?
Time to get __________ fence.
What do dogs have that __________ of the
rest of the animals have?
Puppies
What should you do if a tiger steals your
pen?
Use a pencil ___________.
____________ all the bees, which is the
smartest?
The spelling bee.
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
Picture Graph
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet
2. Reading WB page 150
3. Journal - Write about a mystery
you would like to solve.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 5 Dot and Jabber - Day 5
Daily Journal Writing
Day 5
Write about a
mystery you would
like to solve.