Big Question:
How do chameleons change?
Author:
Russell Benfanti
Genre:
Concept Book

Big Question:
How do chameleons change?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Review

Review New Words
Progress Monitoring

Monday
How do chameleons change?

Today we will learn:
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Build Background
Amazing Words
Shared Reading: Hide, Clyde!
Vocabulary Words
Practice /o/
High-Frequency Words
Decodable Reader 17: The Mop
Grammar: Sentences
Journal Writing
Time for Science: Where Animals Live

Talk with
Me,
Sing with
Me

Oh, Little Chameleon
Oh, little chameleon, always trying to hide.
He scampered through the jungle, many miles wide.
When he senses danger, he changes his skin.
To a color or pattern that he can hide in.

Amazing Words

chameleon

scampered

Vocabulary
Words

bumblebee

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 m__p
 mop
 d__t
 dot
 h__t
 hot
 l__t
 lot

 m__m
 mom
 n__t
 not
 p__p
 pop
 p__t
 pot
 t__p
 top

Blend Sounds
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 m o p t o p r o d o n p o d

High Frequency
Words

Blending Practice
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T o m m o p t o p c o t c a n o n
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D o t
P a t f i t s i t n a p a t

High Frequency Words Review
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 the door is open
The door is open.

Grammar
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When we put words together to tell a complete idea, we make a sentence .
The cat sat on a hat.
What does the sentence tell us?
Sentences being with uppercase letters and end with periods.

Grammar
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 the house
We will paint the house.
Which of these groups of words is a sentence?
How do you know it is a sentence?
What does the sentence tell us?

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Let’s Write!
The black spider spins
 a web.
The dog and the kitten play in the house.

Daily Journal Writing
Write about places where animals hide.

• Oral Language
• Comprehension
• Grammar
Tomorrow we will read about Clyde again.

Tuesday
Why do chameleons change the color of their skin?

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Today we will learn:
Build Background
Amazing Words
Shared Reading: Hide, Clyde!
Vocabulary Words
Practice /o/
High-Frequency Words
Phonics Story: A Cap for Tom
Grammar: Sentences
Shared Writing
Journal Writing
Time for Social Studies: Identify Events in a
Sequence

Talk with
Me,
Sing with
Me

Oh, Little Chameleon
Oh, little chameleon , always trying to hide.
He scampered through the jungle , many miles wide.
When he senses danger, he changes his skin.
To a color or pattern that he can hide in.

Amazing Words

Shared Reading

Vocabulary
Words

bumblebee

Fox, Fox , Cleans His Shop
Fox, Fox, cleans his shop.
He uses a spotted mop.
Fox, Fox, scrubs a lot.
His job makes him toasty hot.
Fox, Fox, pops a top.
On a spotted chair he'll flop.
Fox, Fox, did the job.
Don't tell him he missed a blob!

Blending Practice
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T o m c a n ca p o n
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 i t r a t i n p o t

High Frequency Words Review
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 see is the have a

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 i wish i could change colors
I wish I could change colors.

Grammar
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When we put words together to tell a complete idea, we make a sentence .
Sentences being with uppercase letters and end with periods or question marks.

Let’s Write!
Tell about places in the jungle where Clyde tried to hide.
Color Place

Amazing Word Review
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Daily Journal Writing
Write about places to hide in your house.

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• Oral Language
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• Oral Language
Grammar
Homework Idea
Tomorrow we will read more about chameleons.
going to school again

Wednesday
Why do chameleons need to hide?

Today we will learn:
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Build Background
Amazing Words
Shared Reading: Hide, Clyde!
Vocabulary Words
Practice /o/
High-Frequency Words
Student Reader: Chameleons
Grammar: Meaningful Word Groups
Shared Writing
Journal Writing
Time for Science: Where’s Clyde?

Talk with
Me,
Sing with
Me

Oh, Little Chameleon
Oh, little chameleon , always trying to hide.
He scampered through the jungle , many miles wide.
When he senses danger, he changes his skin .
To a color or pattern that he can hide in.

Amazing Words

Shared Reading

Vocabulary
Words

bumblebee

Letter Substitution
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 hat hot hit bat bit
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 bag pot pit pat

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Blend Sounds t o p c a n s i t b i t
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 o n p i t s i n n a p

New Words
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 chameleons rocks

High Frequency
Words

High-Frequency Words Review
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 they you
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 the a look

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 they are not on top
They are not on top.

Grammar
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 frogs, hop, can
When I say these words like this, they are just words.
They don’t tell us anything.
Now let’s change the order.
Frogs can hop.
Now the words tell me something.

Grammar
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When we put words together in a meaningful group, they become a sentence.
Change the order of these next words to make a meaningful word group or sentence.

Grammar
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 spots, frogs, have
Frogs have spots.
pond, sit, a, frogs, in
Frogs sit in a pond.
Mom, not, does, frogs, like
Mom does not like frogs.

Grammar
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 green, spots, have, of, lots, frogs
Frogs have lots of green spots.

Let’s Write!
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They did not drop
 the rocks.
You have a spot on the top of your hat.

Daily Journal Writing
Write about how chameleons change.

Respond to Literature
Grammar
Homework Idea
Tomorrow we will read about seeds and how they grow.

Thursday
How and where do other animals hide?

Today we will learn:
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Build Background
Amazing Words
Shared Reading: Seeds
Practice /o/
High-Frequency Words
Decodable Reader 18: Tip the Top
Grammar: Sentences
Shared Writing
Journal Writing
Time for Science: Edible Plants

Talk with
Me,
Sing with
Me

Oh, Little Chameleon
Oh, little chameleon , always trying to hide .
He scampered through the jungle , many miles wide.
When he senses danger, he changes his skin .
To a color or pattern that he can hide in.

Blend Sounds
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R o d

High Frequency Words
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 of you the is they

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 alphaBuddy wants a pet
AlphaBuddy wants a pet.

Grammar
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A sentence is a group of words that tells us a complete idea.
All sentences begin with an uppercase letter and end with a period or question mark .
seeds need water to sprout
Seeds need water to sprout.

Let’s Write!
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The _____ is on top of the _____.

Daily Journal Writing
If you were a chameleon, to what color would you change?

Respond to Literature
Grammar
Homework Idea
Tomorrow we will read about other animals that hide.

Friday
How do chameleons change?

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Today we will learn:
Build Background
Amazing Words
Shared Reading: “Color Me Chameleon”
Review /o/
High-Frequency Words
Progress Monitoring: Read the Words and
Sentences
Grammar: Sentences
Time for Science: Time Lines
Time for Art: Make Clyde!
Time for Math: Colorful Patterns

Talk with
Me,
Sing with
Me

Oh, Little Chameleon
Oh, little chameleon , always trying to hide .
He scampered through the jungle , many miles wide.
When he senses danger, he changes his skin .
To a color or pattern that he can hide in.

chameleon

scampered

“Color Me Chameleon”

High Frequency
Words

High Frequency Words
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 you they of

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 do you like me
Do you like me?

Grammar
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A sentence is a group of words that tells us a complete idea.
All sentences begin with an uppercase letter and end with a period or question mark .

Grammar
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Which group of words are sentences?
mouse cat
Her doll has a red dress.
They are on the top.
mop the

Let’s Write!
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A chameleon lives in the
 jungle.
Chameleons can change the color of their skin.
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Seeds need moisture to grow.

Daily Journal Writing
Write about a chameleon.

Phonics
Shared Reading
High-Frequency Words
Next week we will read about the adventures of a family of bunnies.

New Words Review

High Frequency Words
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 they of then so you many these each

Vocabulary Words
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 brothers mother window bumblebee creatures

Amazing Words
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 chameleon jungle pattern skin hide scampered

Progress Monitoring

Read the Words
Set A
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Read the Words
Set B
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 not pots pods nod
Tom dots

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Read the Sentences
Set C
Tom sees the map.
They like my little cat.
The dog stops to hop.
You have the pots.
He sat on top of the bin.