A Fox and a Kit
Big Question: What can we learn about
animals by watching them?
Author:
Leya Roberts
Illustrator:
Charles Santore
Genre:
Nonfiction
SMALL GROUP
Timer
BIG QUESTION:
WHAT CAN WE LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS BY
WATCHING THEM?
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
A Fox and a Kit
Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. Fox napz on her lap
2. frog sitts there too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1
Daily Fix-it
1. Fox napz on her lap
Fox naps on her lap.
2. frog sitts there too.
Frog sits there too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1
Morning Warm-up
Mother birds help their babies. They use
their beaks to get food. Have you ever
seen a nest of birds? What can we learn
about animals by watching them?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 1
Squirrel Song
Oh, I see a baby squirrel
It’s right there in plain view.
I’ll quietly observe it
To learn what wild squirrels do.
Now I see the baby’s parent
Sitting high up in the tree,
And as I watch the baby,
Mama Squirrel’s observing me.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
Amazing Words
observe –
When you observe something you watch
it.
parent –
A parent is a father or mother.
wild –
If something is wild, people do not care
for or control it.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
Inflected Ending -s
tops
lids
s = /s/ or /z/
The s makes these
words mean “more
than one”.
I nod.
She nods.
We look.
He looks.
wags
sips
hops
ticks
gets
The s does not mean
“more than one” on
these words.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 1
Words
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
-s
Word Reading – Inflected Ending -s
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hits
pops
comes
gabs
packs
likes
sits
rock
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
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sees
hops
jabs
looks
wins
bat
helps
1. Reading WB page 33
2. Spelling WB page 13
4. Journal – Write about wild animals
you have watched or observed.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
Things Animals
Do
How This Helps Us Know
About Them
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 1
Daily Journal Writing
List wild animals you have
watched or observed.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 1
A Fox and a Kit
Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. The cat her sitz with mom.
4. she fitts in a small bed.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2
Daily Fix-it
3. The cat her sitz with mom.
The cat sits with her mom.
4. she fitts in a small bed.
She fits in a small bed.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about baby animals and
how they can go. Some ride on a back.
Others ride in a sack. How did you go
when you were small?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2
Amazing Words
solo –
Solo means “alone”.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 2
Inflected Ending -ing
digs
hops
I jump. I am jumping.
jump ing
I help. I am helping.
help ing
fill ing
lock ing
fix ing
look ing
wax ing
lick ing
rock ing
pass ing
tack ing
pick ing
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2
Words
-s
pack
quack
look
pick
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2
-ing
Word Reading - Inflected Ending -ing
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packing
wax
doing
tacking
waxing
seeing
locking
quacking
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looking
picking
fill
going
fixing
filling
helping
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 2
1. Reading WB pages 34, 35, 36
2.
Spelling WB page 14
3.
Journal – Write about your favorite zoo animal.
4.
Centers
5.
Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 2
Daily Journal Writing
Write about your favorite
zoo animals.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 2
A Fox and a Kit
Day 3
 We know that zookeepers
take care of animals that
live in zoos. What do we
know about how zoo
animals take care of
themselves? We are going
to read about a real mother
fox and her kit at the zoo.
We’ll find out what we
might see them doing if we
visited them.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3
Vocabulary
• animals
• dinner
• watch
High-Frequency Words
 her
 and
 eat
 she
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3
 too
 up
 this
 we
1. Reading WB page 37
2. Spelling WB page 15
3. Journal - Write about a baby animal you
have seen or heard about.
4. AR test
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3
Ways Animals Move
carried
walk
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 3
Word Choice
This animal is on the things.
Her baby is on the things too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3
• The foxes eat stuff.
• The fox has nice fur.
• The kit goes to his mom.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3
Word Order
like I watch play cat my to.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 3
Daily Journal Writing
Write about a baby animal
you have seen or heard
about.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 3
A Fox and a Kit
Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. the mix is a hitt.
8. This mix winz too
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
Daily Fix-it
7. the mix is a hitt.
The mix is a hit.
8. This mix winz too
This mix wins too.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
Morning Warm-up
Today we will read about a zoo in a park.
What kind of animals live there? Does a
man mix their dinner too? Do people
watch the animals play? Let’s read about
this new zoo!
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4
Amazing Words
• medicine
• poisonous
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
Amazing Words
medicine –
a drug that helps you feel better or makes
you well
poisonous If something is poisonous, it can cause
sickness or death.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit - Day 4
too her
eat this
• The foxes will ____________ dinner.
• Mother fox licks ___________ lips.
• ___________ is the best place to watch
foxes.
• I went to the zoo, and Mom did __________.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
Short o and -s Plurals
tot
tots
The ending -s
stands for the
sound /s/ or /z/.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 4
pods
Word Reading
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get
sack
Nick
big
can
Bob
me
what
help
will
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box
do
Max
for
use
lids
locks
here
is
Dot
Read Words in Context
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What can Max do for me?
Nick will help Bob get here.
Use locks on the box lids.
Dot is packing a big sack.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 4
1. Reading WB page 38, 39
2. Spelling WB page 16
3. Journal – Write something you know about
foxes.
4. Take your AR test.
5. Centers
6. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4
1. The fox has a kit.
A fox the has kit.
2. A rock sits on the frog.
A frog sits on the rock.
3. Licks the mix the kit.
The kit licks the mix.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 4
Daily Journal Writing
Write one thing you
know about foxes.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 4
A Fox and a Kit
Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. The Fox sitts on a rock
10. my dog napps with Pop.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5
Daily Fix-it
9. The Fox sitts on a rock
The fox sits on a rock.
10. my dog napps with Pop.
My dog naps with Pop.
Unit 1 Fox and Kit - Day 5
Morning Warm-up
This week we read about many wild animals.
What can we learn as we observe animals?
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit
Day 5
• Mom pins and tacks the tag on the
map.
• Dad is fixing and waxing the van.
• Pam sits and rips the rag.
• Nick is kicking and passing it.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5
eat
her
too
this
Mama monkey gave ________ baby
A banana at the zoo.
“Eat _________ fruit,” said Mama,
And I will _______ it ________ !
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5
1. Handwriting sheet – to be graded
2. Journal – Choose an animal. Write
about how it moves.
3. Take your AR test if you have read
your book twice.
4. Centers
5. Read a book at your desk.
Unit 1 A Fox and A Kit – Day 5
Daily Journal Writing
Choose an animal. Write
about how it moves.
Unit 1 A Fox and a Kit – Day 5