Mister Bones
Big Question: What treasures can we
find in the earth?
Author:
Jane Kurtz
Genre:
Biography
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION
WHAT TREASURES CAN WE FIND IN THE
EARTH?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
Mister Bones
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. The sno covered the road?
2. she will help row the bote.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. The sno covered the road?
The snow covered the road.
2. she will help row the bote.
She will help row the boat.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Morning Warm-up
Great treasures can be everywhere.
They can be different colors and
shapes. Turn over a rock. Dig in the
ground. What treasures can we find in
the earth?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Oral Vocabulary
Did You Ever See a Dinosaur?
Did you ever see a dinosaur?
No, I don’t think so.
But we can see their fossils.
They formed long ago.
So isn’t it great
That we can excavate?
Old bones are in the soil.
Did way down below.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Amazing Words
• excavate –
Excavate means “to remove, uncover, or
make by digging.”
• fossil –
A fossil is the remains of a plant or animal
that lived long ago.
• soil –
Soil is the top part of the ground in which
plants grow.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
bone
hope
•goat
g oa t
•grow
g r ow
•soap
s oa p
•low
l ow
•float
f l oa t
•show
sh ow
•flow
f l ow
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Word Work
Blend Words
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mow
loaf
coal
growth
toast
know
groan
pillow
Build Words
oak
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Word Reading – Long o
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own
stove
storm
moan
coax
coach
crow
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
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robe
flow
soak
blown
horn
yellow
those
short
1. Reading WB page 83
2. Spelling WB page 81
3. Journal – Write about something you
found when you dug in soil or sand.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
Day 1
Write about
something you
found when you
dug in soil or sand.
Mister Bones
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. The rode had lots of snow on it?
4. she wore a yello coat.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. The rode had lots of snow on it?
The road had lots of snow on it.
4. she wore a yello coat.
She wore a yellow coat.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read
about treasures found
on the beach. The
ocean brings in small
shells, tiny sharks’ teeth,
and giant piles of rope.
What treasure would you
like to find on the
beach?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
Amazing Words
• abandoned –
If you abandon
something, you
leave it behind. If
something was
abandoned, it was
left behind.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
Three – letter Blends
cream
scream
shrink
spray
strip
three
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
splash
Word Work
•shr i m p
•scr a pe
•spr i n g
•str e t ch
•thr oa t
•shr u g
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
split
Word Reading Three – letter Blends
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scrap
trick
plant
strong
squirt
string
throw
spin
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trust
stream
sprain
thrill
shrub
screen
strict
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 84, 85, 86
2. Spelling WB page 82
3. Journal – Write what you would do if
you found a dinosaur bone in the
ground.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 2
Adjectives for Sizes
big bones
tiny insects
large animals
Daily Journal Writing
Day 2
Write about dinosaur
bones in the soil.
Mister Bones
Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. Mom made a lofe of bread
6. We cleaned the toy bote?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Daily Fix-it
5. Mom made a lofe of bread
Mom made a loaf of bread.
6. We cleaned the toy bote?
We cleaned the toy boat.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about Barnum
Brown. He likes to dig for big bones.
What kind of big bones might Barnum
Brown find when he digs?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3a
Amazing Words
• splinter –
A splinter is a sharp,
thin piece off from a
larger piece of
something.
• sunken –
If something is
sunken, it is beneath
the surface of the
water.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Long o: oa, ow and Blends
• road
low
scrap
• soap
elbow
scrub
street
splash
throat
spring
crow
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
whoa
strong
loads
scrape
splendid
scratch
roamed
thrill
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Sort Words
•three
•boast
•splotch
•roast
•thrill
•grown
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
throw
burst
slow
street
throat
spray
Dug – Up Discoveries
Discoveries
Tells Us
What It
bones
teeth
fossils
Paleontologist
Barnum Brown
Vocabulary
•gigantic
•Montana
•bandannas
•cowboy
•lizard
•tyrant
•museum
High – Frequency Words
•found
•other
•once
•nothing
•wild
•work
•mouth
•now
•took
•were
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Synonyms
huge
gigantic
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
1. Reading WB page 87
2. Spelling WB page 83
3. Journal – Write about what you know
about dinosaurs.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Focus/ Ideas
Main Idea:
Barnum Brown looked for and found
dinosaur bones.
Brown finds dinosaur bones.
The bones go to New York.
Workers put the bones together.
1. T. Rex was a dinosaur.
2. Brown digs up the bones.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Day 3
Write about what
you know about
dinosaurs.
Mister Bones
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. Please help me row the bote?
8. Nicks pillow was biger.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. Please help me row the bote?
Please help me row the boat.
8. Nicks pillow was biger.
Nick’s pillow was bigger.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Museums are great places to visit.
Today we will read about what kinds of
things you can see when you visit a
museum. What things have you seen
at a museum?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
Amazing Words
• nourish –
Nourish mean “to provide food and
other things needed for life.”
• decompose –
Decompose means “to rot.”
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
High – Frequency Words
once
found
wild
took
mouth
Unit 4 Mister Bones
Day 4
Review – Long e and Inflected Endings
seal
dried
screamed
teaches
creamiest
leaves
meanest
sneakier
dries
sleepier
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easier
streaming
tries
squealed
spied
cleaning
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
sleepiest
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Word Reading
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draw
know
over
Jean
Buddy
tried
show
sign
these
colors
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Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
easy
Teddy
right
great
leaves
beach
good-bye
seal
drew
prettier
Read Words in Context
• Did Buddy know it wasn’t easy for Jean
to say good-bye?
• Come right over to see a great show
on the beach.
• The colors of these leaves are prettier
than those.
• Teddy tried to draw a seal on the sign,
but he just drew lines.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
1. Reading WB pages 88, 89
2. Spelling WB page 84
3. Journal – List some questions that you
would ask Mister Bones.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Day 4
List some questions
that you would ask
Mr. Bones.
Mister Bones
Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. The road was slik
10. Once i saw a whild turkey.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. The road was slik
The road was slick.
10. Once i saw a whild turkey.
Once I saw a wild turkey.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about fossils,
earthworms, and other treasures found
in the soil. Which of these treasures
was a surprise to you?
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
Long o: oa, ow and Blends
• The coach will show us where to hit the
ball.
• Our street has a row of spruce trees.
• In the spring, we can float our yellow
boat.
• Use string and scraps of paper to make
art.
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
found
mouth
took
wild
once
The Dinosaur Museum
We all ___________ the train.
And then ____________ we arrived,
We _____________ no dinosaurs
Had ever survived.
The dinosaur bones
Didn’t scare this child.
But my _________ would have dropped
When they all roamed ____________!
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
1. Reading WB page 90
2. Handwriting sheet
3. Journal – List things you might see if
your class went to a museum.
4. AR test
5. Centers
Unit 4 Mister Bones – Day 5
Our Favorite Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus
Triceratops
Brontosaurus
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Daily Journal Writing
Day 5
List things you might
see in a museum.