• Day One
• Day Two
• Day Three
• Day Four
• Day Five
Mrs. Whitinger
Miller Perry Elementary
 Daily
Practice
 Leveled
Readers
 Phonics
Lesson
 Websites
How many forms
of transportation
can you name?
Daily Fix-It
is it monday
Daily Fix-It
Is it Monday?
Realism and Fantasy
• Some stories tell about things that
could happen in real life.
Some stories are make-believe.
• Stories about real life are called
realistic stories.
• Stories about make-believe are called
fantasies
Realism and Fantasy
• Tell me about the bunnies' day. Do
bunnies really have clocks?
• Do bunnies do artwork or play hideand-seek?
• Could this story really happen or is it
make-believe?
/j/
jet
jot
jam
job
Word Practice
j am
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j ob
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j e t
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j o t
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J i ll
Word Practice
Jon
Word Practice
J a ck
High Frequency Words
yellow
green
blue
Word Practice
hen
pet bed blue
pen Peg
fed yellow
Handwriting
Questions
• A sentence that asks something is a
question.
• We always end a question with a
question mark.
How did you get to school today?
Practicing Questions
What did you do today?
When did you eat lunch?
I ran to school.
What time is it?
I must leave.
Which sentences ask a question?
What type of punctuation mark do you need at the end of a question?
Word Practice
green
yellow
blue
Let’s Read
Let’s Write Questions
Revise and edit
I am going to check my work. Did I write the correct punctuation mark?
Did my sentence ask a question? Did I begin with an uppercase letter?
Did I use my best handwriting?
What forms of
transportation
can be yellow,
blue, or green?
Daily Fix-It
is It. wet
Daily Fix-It
Is it wet?
Shared Reading
Pages 2–3
What was it that Max wanted from Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream?
Max really wanted a chocolate ice cream Whamburger. Why did Ruby say "no"?
What is your favorite food?
Shared Reading
Pages 4–5
What did Max put on to get ready for the trip?
Max put his Junior Citizen Transport Pass around his neck so that he could take different
types of transportation. What form of transportation did he and Uncle Bunny take first?
Pages 6–7
Where did Max and Uncle Bunny get off
the bus?
The bus went into the city center. Did it
take Max and Uncle Bunny to Zeke's
Palace of Ice Cream?
Shared Reading
Pages 8–9
What is the Blue Comet?
Max and Uncle Bunny boarded a train called the Blue Comet. Have you ever ridden on a
train? Tell us about it.
Pages 10–11
What did Max and Uncle Bunny ride
after they got off the train
Next, Max and Uncle Bunny rode a
ferryboat. Where did the ferryboat take
them?
Shared Reading
Pages 12–13
What form of transportation did Max and Uncle Bunny take next?
When Max and Uncle Bunny were on the plane, what did they do so they would be
safe?
Pages 14–15
What was Max thinking about when he
was on the plane?
Max was thinking about Whamburgers.
Did the plane land at Zeke's?
Shared Reading
Pages 16–17
Where does the subway travel?
The subway is like a train that travels underground.
What picture did Max and Uncle Bunny see in the subway station?
Pages 18–19
What was at the top of the steps?
Max and Uncle Bunny finally arrived at
Zeke's. What did they order?
Shared Reading
Pages 20–21
Where did Max find his telephone number?
Max knew his phone number was on the back of his Junior Citizen Transport Pass.
Do you know your own phone number?
Pages 22–23
How did Ruby get to Zeke's?
Ruby rode a bicycle that can fit more than
one person. How many people can fit on
Ruby's bicycle?
Page 24
What do you call the type of bicycle that
Max, Ruby, and Uncle Bunny are riding?
Max, Ruby, and Uncle Bunny rode home on the bicycle built for two and the
sidecar. Have you ever seen a bicycle built for two?
Realism and Fantasy
This story was about Max and Uncle Bunny's trip to get ice cream.
Is Max's family real or make-believe? How can you tell?
How is the trip to Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream different from the trip back
home?
What other parts of the story show you it is make-believe?
Find w on a keyboard
Jill Jones Was a Juggler
Jill Jones was a juggler.
We’ll say she was the best.
She jumped on a jet.
She wanted to go west.
Will Jones went with her.
He juggled jelly jars.
So the jolly jugglers journeyed
Way west under the stars!
To the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
Word Practice
will
Word Practice
web
Word Practice
wig
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win
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Jen
Word Practice
and
Word Practice
jet
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big
Word Practice
job
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can
Word Practice
you
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yellow
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am
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blue
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four
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green
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one
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three
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five
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there
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have
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two
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like
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they
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see
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with
Let’s Read
Let’s Write!
Many things in the story are makebelieve.
Rabbits don't talk and ride on buses.
Can you think of other things from the
story that are make-believe?
For my sentence I'm going to write:
Where can you
walk through a
jetway?
Daily Fix-It
I like to go in A car?
Daily Fix-It
I like to go in a car.
Plot
Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end, and what happens during each of
those parts of the story is called the plot.
At the beginning of the story, what did Max decide?
(He wanted to go to Zeke's Palace of Ice Cream to get a Whamburger.)
Uncle Bunny said they could go. What happened next in the story?
(Max and Uncle Bunny took a bus, train, ferryboat, plane, and subway to get to Zeke's.)
What happened at the end of the story?
(Max and Uncle Bunny couldn't finish their Whamburgers, so they shared them with Ruby and Grandma.)
Realism and Fantasy
Max Takes the Train has characters who do things that real
animals cannot do. This is a make-believe story.
How do bunny rabbits really travel?
What kinds of clothes do real rabbits wear?
What do bunny rabbits really eat?
Word Practice
j e m
Word Practice
c a n
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h a t
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w i n
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sp o t
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w i ll
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pl o t
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yellow
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blue
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green
Word Practice
well
wet
went
web
jog
jet
jump
jam
Let’s Read
Let’s Write!
Write about a way you like to travel.
How does your
family travel
when they go to
the store?
Daily Fix-It
Is max on the bus
Daily Fix-It
Is Max on the bus?
Practice /w/
Word Practice
yellow
Word Practice
blue
Word Practice
green
Word Practice
like
Word Practice
with
Word Practice
go
Let’s Read
How many forms
of transportation
can you name?
Daily Fix-It
did you eat dinner
Daily Fix-It
Did you eat dinner?
Question or Statement
1. Did Max get to Zeke's
2. Did Ruby pick up Max
3. I liked the story
4. What is a jetway
5. Max took a train ride
6. I've been on a subway
7. Have you been on a ferryboat
8. The tunnel was dark
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DAILY PRACTICE
yellow
green
Leveled Readers (pdf):
•Green Reader
•Yellow Reader
•Blue Reader
•Decodable Reader
Websites:
•Max and Ruby games
http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/shows/max_ruby/index.jhtml
•Barney Transportation Game
http://pbskids.org/barney/children/games/transportgame_2.html
•Arthur Alphabet Truck Game
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/arthur/truckgame/
•Transportation Through Time video and game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/history/show.shtml
•Starfall- letter Ww
http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-w/load.htm?f
•Cookie Monster- letter Ww
http://pbskids.org/sesame/letter/w.html
•Transportation activities
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/index.html