Big Question: When does a problem need a clever solution?
Author:
George Shannon
Genre:
Animal Fantasy

BIG QUESTION
BIG QUESTION: WHEN DOES A PROBLEM
NEED A CLEVER SOLUTION?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5

Daily Fix-it
1. The blu car is fast than the red car.
2. The yellow car are the fastist.
Unit 5 Tippy Toe Chick - Day 1

Daily Fix-it
1. The blu car is fast than the red car.
The blue car is fast er than the red car.
2. The yellow car are the fastist.
The yellow car is the fast est .
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Morning Warm-up
Some problems are hard to solve.
Some only get fixed because someone had a clever idea. When does a problem need a clever solution?
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Oral Vocabulary
• clever
• intend
• predicament
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Amazing Words
• clever -
If you are clever , you have a quick mind.
• intend -
When you intend to do something, you plan to do it.
• predicament -
When you are in a predicament , you have a problem.
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snow owl ow ow l
• now n ow
• cow c ow
• howl h ow l
• down d ow n
• brown br ow n
• clown cl ow n

Blend and Build Words
• h ow
• fr ow n
• g ow n
• pl ow
• ch ow
• sc ow l
• cr ow d
• p ow d er brow
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Word Reading -
 plow
 drown
 snow
 town
 gown
 now
 frown
 crow
 show
 scowl
 grown
 how
 brow
 crown
 tower
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Predicament Solutions
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1. Reading WB page 123
2. Spelling WB page 97
3. Journal - List animals that live on farms.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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Daily Fix-it
3. I have too doges.
4. Are the cats runing on you’re wall?
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 2

Daily Fix-it
3. I have too doges.
I have two dog s .
4. Are the cats runing on you’re wall?
Are the cats running on your wall?
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 2

Today we will read about Mrs.
Chicken. Listen closely. Think about the story. What is Mrs.
Chicken’s clever idea?
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Amazing Words
• proudly -
When you walk
proudly, you hold your head high and look pleased with yourself.
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silly button turtle tur t le
When a word ends in a consonant plus le , the consonant and le usually make up the word’s last syllable. lit tle mid dle jin gle wad dle rat tle bub ble dan gle jun gle
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Blend and Build Words
 gig gle
 can dle
 bot tle
 ped dle
 hud dle
 hur dle simple
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Word Reading - Syllables consonant + le
• juggle
• power
• cuddle
• handle
• babble
• tower
• settle
• cattle
• rowboat
• tumble
• garden
• crinkle
• riddle
• basket
• rumble
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1. Reading WB page 124, 125, 126
2. Spelling WB page 98
3. Journal - Draw a picture of a chick.
Write facts you know about chicks.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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5. Fix the door, dan
6. mop the floor, kate.
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 3

5. Fix the door, dan
Fix the door, D an .
6. mop the floor, kate.
M op the floor, K ate.
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 3

Today we will read about Little Chick and how she solved her problem.
What do you do when you have a problem?
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 plumper -
If something is plump , it is full and round. When something gets plumper , it gets bigger.
 scrawny -
If something is scrawny , it is very thin.
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 When you come to a new word, look at all the letters in the word and think about its vowel sounds. Say the sounds in the word to yourself and then read the word.
ow l un cle dr ow n st ar tle cr ow d th i m ble
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• little
• down
• now
• frown
• wow
• able
• how
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ow now
consonant plus le tattle
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Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick -
Day 3
How
Dogs
Protect

Sometimes animals have to share the same places. This can be a problem if they don’t like each other. We are going to read a story about a young chick. The chick is hungry, but a guard dog is scaring it away from its food.
We’ll find out if the chick knows how to outsmart the big dog.

Vocabulary
• disagreed
• breath
• tippy-toe
• favorite
• potato bugs

• along
• across
• eyes
• stood
• behind
• wait
• pulling
• again
• never
• every
• toward
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Synonyms
• The big chicks laugh at Little Chick.
• The chicks giggle at a funny joke.
Selection Word Synonyms laugh mad promise big grumpy
Unit 5 Tippy-toe Chick - Day 3

1. Reading WB page 127
2. Spelling WB page 99
3. Journal - Write about favorite snacks and how to make or get them.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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Daily Fix-it
7. tie your shoes, please?
8. do knot skip in the hall.
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 4

Daily Fix-it
7. tie your shoes, please?
T ie your shoes, please .
8. do knot skip in the hall.
D o not skip in the hall.
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Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about some mice who intend to solve their problem. But their idea isn’t as clever as they thought. Is there only one way to solve a problem?
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Amazing Words
• advice -
Advice is an idea about how to act or solve a problem.
• wise -
People who are wise make good decisions.
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pulled along never toward eyes behind
• Would you like to come __________ with me?
• Names part of a face _____________
• Opposite of ahead _____________
• Opposite of always _____________
• Opposite of away from ____________
• Opposite of pushed _____________
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- ly - ful
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• told
• before
• noon
• stay
• later
• thankful
• because
• only
• rain
• May
• quickly
• newest
• shoes
• dance
• opened
• zoomed
• across
• play
• does
• push

Read Words in Context
• I told Sam to come before noon and stay later than five.
• We were thankful because only a little rain fell.
• May quickly put on her newest shoes and went to the dance.
• Rick opened the latch and zoomed across the yard to play.
• Does Dad like to push Jake on the swing?
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 4

1. Reading WB page 128, 129
2. Spelling WB page 100
3. Journal - Write about a time when you had a great idea that solved a problem.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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Daily Fix-it
9. Give grace the book
10. did you throw the ball
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 5

Daily Fix-it
9. Give grace the book
Give G race the book .
10. did you throw the ball
D id you throw the ball ?
Unit 5 Tippy-Toe Chick - Day 5

This week we read about predicaments. We also read about wise advice. When does a predicament need a wise solution?
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• Did the dog’s howl startle you?
• The puzzle clues go across and down.
• My uncle has a big brown cow.
• The little clown has a twinkle in her eyes.
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never behind eyes pulling toward along
The little train runs _______ the town,
__________ cars uphill and down.
__________ stopping, going strong,
Chug, chug, chugging right ________.
Then it runs ___________ the rise,
And vanishes before my _________.
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1. Handwriting sheet
2. Reading WB page 130
3. Journal - Write about a problem you have solved.
4. AR test
5. Centers
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