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Unit at a Glance

Language Focus: Retell a Story,


Restate an Idea

Unit 4
Reading Strategy: Determine
Importance
Phonics Focus: Long e: ee, ea, y;
Long o: oa, ow

Growing
Topic: Animal Life Cycles

and
Changing

Share What You Know


? 1 Draw an animal you know

Big
How do animals as a baby, and then as
change as they an adult.
Question grow? 2 Tell how the animal changed.
kitten
3 Show what the baby can do.
Show what the adult can do.
NAROK COUNTY, KENYA
Young lions playing together in the savannah
cat
of the Maasai Mara National Reserve

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1 Words
PART

Language Focus to Know Science Vocabulary


first
next
Retell a Story then Key Words
Listen and chant. How do animals grow and change?

The Little Chant

Duckling adult duck

egg
First, the little duckling
nest
Hatches in a nest.
Baby ducklings form .
Mother Duck says
Ducklings grow .
He’s not like the rest.

Next, the bigger ducklings


Don’t want to play. Ducklings hatch .
The little duckling cries.
Then, he runs away.

Finally, he’s happy,


Swimming in the pond.
For now the little duckling Talk Together

Has grown into a swan. Look at the baby ducklings. How do they
change as they grow? Use sequence words like
first, next, and then.
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1
PART

Thinking Map Academic Vocabulary

Identify Plot More Key Words


Begining-Middle-End Chart
before inside shape
Beginning:
The little duckling hatches. What happens first in
He doesn’t look like the rest. the story? Write it here. 1 2 3

Middle:
No one likes the little duckling. What happens next?
Write it here. One comes Books are inside The shape of a
He runs away.
before two. this box. ball is round.

End: size • time Talk Together


The little duckling turns into a swan. What happens last?
Write it here. Work with a partner
to use each Key
Word in a sentence.

Look for the plot as you listen and read.


It is time for
My dad’s shoes Seven o’clock recess.
are not my size. is the time we
Talk Together wake up.
• Words to Know
Think of a story you know. Use a beginning-middle-
end chart to write or draw the plot. Then use the
chart to retell your story.

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1
PART

Phonics Focus

Talk Together
Long e spelled ee, ea, y
Listen and read. Find the words with long
e spellings.
Over to You

Baby Chicks
jeep leaf ivy These chicks come from inside eggs. Work with
The eggs are in a nest. First the chicks a partner.
Listen and Learn Take turns.
peck the eggs. Then the eggs open. The
Listen to the long e vowel sound in the picture Say a long e
chicks come out. Now the baby chicks need word from the
words. Choose the words that have the long to eat. They eat worms. They eat grain. selection. Your
e sound. They need to drink water. They grow quickly. partner points
to the word and
1. 2. They grow into adult chickens. Then they says it again.
make their own nests. They lay eggs, too. Make up new
Next the eggs crack. Baby chicks hatch sentences for
the words.
from the eggs.
desk deep dip lend lake leak

3. 4.

baby bay bend set seen sad Practice reading words with long e by
reading “Baby Chicks” with a partner.
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Read a Story
Ruby in
Who is in the story? Her Own Time
by Jonathan Emmett
illustrated by Rebecca Harry

Ruby Mother Duck


and Father Duck

Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and Rebecca

Reading Strategy
As you read, look at the text and
pictures to determine what is
important in the story.

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Once upon a time upon a nest , A mother duck and a father duck.
there lived two ducks.
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There were five eggs in the nest . in wind,
Mother Duck sat upon the nest and in rain.
all day,
and all night,
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one one two three four
two

three
four

Then, one bright morning, the eggs “We’ll call them Rufus, Rory, Rosie,
began to hatch . Little beaks poked and Rebecca,” said Father Duck.
out into the sunlight.

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But the fifth egg did nothing. “It will,” said Mother Duck,
“Will it ever hatch?” asked “in its own time.”
Father Duck.
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And it did. “We’ll call her Ruby,” said
Mother Duck, “because she’s
small and precious.”
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Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and Rebecca “Will she ever eat?” asked
ate whatever they were given. Father Duck.
But Ruby ate nothing. “She will,” said Mother Duck,
“in her own time.”
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And she did. “Will she ever swim?” asked
Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and Rebecca Father Duck.
swam everywhere. “She will,” said Mother Duck,
But Ruby swam nowhere. “in her own time.”
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And she did. And Ruby grew bigger, too.
Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and And when Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and
Rebecca grew bigger. Rebecca began to fly . . .
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Ruby flew, too. Rufus, Rory, Rosie, and Rebecca
flew far and wide. They flew up
among the trees.
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But Ruby flew farther and wider. She stretched out her beautiful
She flew up above the trees. wings. She flew high among
the clouds.
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Mother Duck and Father Duck “Will she ever come back?” asked
watched Ruby fly away. Mother Duck.
“She will,” said Father Duck, “in her
own time.”
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Meet the Author

Jonathan Emmett
Jonathan Emmett liked to read books
and write stories when he was growing up.

Mr. Emmett gets lots of ideas from things


that happen in real life. He keeps the ideas
on his computer. That way, he won’t forget
to use them!

Writing Tip
Find words that
And she did. ❖ Jonathan Emmett
repeats in the story.
How does that make the
story fun to read?

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1
PART

Think and Respond Reread and Retell

Talk About It Identify Plot


1. There are five eggs . Which egg is Ruby’s? What happens in this story? Use
The egg is Ruby’s. sequence words.

Begining-Middle-End Chart
2. What does it mean that Ruby does things in
her own time ? Beginning:
First, Ruby hatches from an egg.
It means .
3. What happens after Ruby’s wings grow ?
Middle:
After Ruby’s wings grow, she .

Write About It End:


Describe how Mother Duck and Father Duck feel
about Ruby. How can you tell?

Mother Duck and Father Duck feel Use your chart to retell the story of
. They . “Ruby in Her Own Time.” Act out the
events in order as you retell.

Ruby is the last


egg to hatch.
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1
PART

Word Work Making Connections You read about


how Ruby changes. Now read about how
turtles change as they grow .
Use Context Clues Genre A science article is nonfiction.
This article gives facts about turtles.
word clues meaning

Turtles:
Ocean
There were five eggs in A nest is a place where

From Eggs to
the duck nest. ducks lay eggs.

Look at the words and sentences around a new by Mariana Fuentes


word. You might find word clues to figure out
the meaning.

Try It Together

Read the sentences. What does the word hatch


mean? Talk about the word clues.

Then one bright morning, the eggs begαn to


hαtch. Little beαks poked out into the sunlight.

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Sea turtles live in many places Turtles can lay over 100 eggs!
around the world.

I am Mariana Fuentes. I study Sea turtles live in water, but they


sea turtles. lay eggs on land.
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Turtles cover the eggs with sand. When the turtles hatch, they run to the ocean.

Turtles make nests for their eggs All the turtles hatch at the same
in sand. They make a hole, and lay time . They will soon grow to
eggs. The eggs will hatch in about be adult turtles. They can live
two months. to be 80 years old! ❖
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1
PART

Respond and Extend Grammar

Compare Genres Subject Pronouns


How are “Ruby in Her Own Time” and “Turtles: A pronoun can take the place of a noun .
From Eggs to Ocean” different?
Grammar Rules Subject Pronouns
Animal Fantasy Science Article
Use I for yourself. Always use I like turtles.
a capital letter for I .
Use he for a male. Dad reads about turtles.

He reads about turtles.


Use she for a female. Mariana sees real turtles.

She sees real turtles.


Use they for more Lucy and Tom see turtles.
than one person.
“Will she ever eat?” asked Turtles can lay over 100 eggs!
They see turtles.
Father Duck.
“She will,” said Mother Duck, Sea turtles live in water, but they
“in her own time.” lay eggs on land.
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Read a Sentence
Look at the noun. Which pronoun can take
animals talk captions give
real information its place?

Amy draws a turtle.


Talk Together

Think about what you have read and learned. Write a Sentence
How do animals change as they grow? What do you think about turtles? Write a
sentence that starts with I. Read it to a partner.
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2 Words
PART

Language Focus to Know Science Vocabulary


grow
I
Restate an Idea know Key Words
Listen and sing. Song See how the insect will change as it grows.

Change 1. caterpillar

and caterpillar

Grow butterfly egg


2.

Animals, animals chrysalis


Change as they grow, 3.
chrysalis
Change as they grow.
This is what I heard.
pupa
This is what I heard. 4.
This is what I know. chrysalis
This is what I know.

Insects, too, insects, too,


Change as they grow,
Change as they grow. butterfly
This is what I heard.
This is what I heard. Talk Together

This is what I know. This insect changes as it grows. What do you


This is what I know.
know about how insects and animals change as
Tune: “Frėre Jacques”
they grow?
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2
PART
PART

Thinking Map Academic Vocabulary

Identify Main Idea and Details More Key Words


Main Idea and Details Chart
attach born color
Main Idea: Write the main ring
idea here.
Animals change as they grow.
Detail:
get bigger
key
Detail: Write the
start moving details here. You can attach This baby was The color of the
keys to a ring. born yesterday. flower is red.
Detail:
change shape hard sequence Talk Together

Make word cards for


each Key Word.

The rock feels The letters are I was born


hard. in order, or in August.
sequence.

Talk Together

Choose an animal. How does the animal change as


it grows? Add the details to the chart.
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2
PART

Phonics Focus

Long o spelled oa, ow Talk Together

Listen and read. Find the words with long


o in the text.
Over to You

toad bow A Butterfly Story


Max saw a butterfly. He wanted to know Work with
where it came from. a partner.
Listen and Learn
Take turns.
His dad pointed to a caterpillar on a low Pick two long o
Listen to each sentence. Choose the word that
leaf. It was on an oak leaf. “Caterpillars come words. Make
best completes each sentence.
from eggs,” he said. “They eat leaves. They up your own
1. She wears a nice 2. The trees have a lot sentences with
grow. Then they spin a chrysalis. Butterflies
warm . of on them. the words.
come out of a chrysalis.”
“OK,” said Max. “But where do the eggs
come from?”
flow slow coat nose snow low “Butterflies lay the eggs.” said his dad.
3. We have a pet 4. The has big Max ran to his mom. “I know where
. wings. butterflies come from,” he boasted.

goat coal tow hope road crow Practice reading words with long o by
reading “A Butterfly Story” with a partner.
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Read a Science Article
A Butterfly
A science article is nonfiction. It tells about
things that are real.
Is Born
by Fran Downey
✓ Look for diagrams.

1 A butterfly 2 A caterpillar
starts as hatches from
an egg. the egg.
7 The butterfly
flies away. 3 The
caterpillar
hangs from
a plant.

6 The pupa
turns into a
butterfly.

5 The caterpillar 4 The caterpillar


turns into a makes a
pupa. chrysalis.

Diagrams show information.

Reading Strategy
As you read, determine importance.
What is the most important idea and why?

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butterfly

egg

A butterfly sits on a plant. A butterfly egg is small.


She lays an egg. It will hatch soon. Then
a caterpillar will come out.

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caterpillar
caterpillar

chrysalis

The caterpillar is hungry. The caterpillar changes .


It eats the plant. The It hangs from a plant. It
caterpillar grows. makes a chrysalis .

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chrysalis

pupa

The caterpillar stays in the The pupa grows wings. It is


chrysalis. The caterpillar a butterfly now. It comes
turns into a pupa . out of the chrysalis.

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chrysalis

butterfly

wet wings

The butterfly is tired. Its wings


The butterfly flies away. ❖
are wet. It rests and dries.

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A Butterfly
Grows Up

1 A butterfly 2 A caterpillar
starts as hatches from
an egg. the egg.
7 The butterfly
flies away. 3 The caterpillar
hangs from
a plant.

6 The pupa
turns into a
butterfly.

5 The caterpillar 4 The caterpillar


turns into a makes a chrysalis.
pupa.

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2
PART

Think and Respond Reread and Summarize

Talk About It Identify Main Idea and Details


1. Why does the diagram, “A Butterfly Where does a butterfly come from?
Grows Up,” make a circle? Main Idea and Details Chart

It makes a circle to show . Main Idea:


2. What does the caterpillar make A caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
to hang from a leaf? Detail:
hatches from an egg
The caterpillar makes a .
Detail:
3. What happens after the pupa
grows wings? Detail:

After the pupa grows wings, it .

Summarize what you learned about a butterfly’s life.


Write About It Use your main idea and details chart.

Write the steps of how a butterfly is born.


A caterpillar turns
into a butterfly.
1.
2.
3.
4.

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2
PART
PART

Word Work Making Connections Read more about


how caterpillars change as they grow.

Use Context Clues Genre A poem uses words in a special


way to tell about ideas and feelings.
word clues meaning

C a t e r p ill a r
by Nikki Grimes

The caterpillar changes. When something


It turns into a pupa. changes, it turns into
something different.

Look at the words and sentences around a new


word. You might find word clues to figure out
the meaning.

Try It Together

Look back at “A Butterfly Is Born.” Find a sentence


with the word chrysalis. Use word clues. Talk about
the meaning of chrysalis.
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C a t e r p ill a r
The word wriggles in my pocket.
C AT E R PI L L A R.
I reach for it, but it worms away
crawling as fast as it can. I get down
on my hands and knees to chase it.
Caterpillar, wait for me.
I haven’t grown wings yet, either.
Soon, though! ❖

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2
PART

Respond and Extend Grammar

Compare Genres Possessive Words


How is the information in “A Butterfly Is Born” A possessive word tells who owns or has something.
and “Caterpillar” different?
This is Marshall’s caterpillar.
Science Article Poem

This is his caterpillar.

C a t e r p ill a r
The word wriggles in my pocket. Grammar Rules Possessive Words
C AT E R PI L L A R.
I reach for it, but it worms away
crawling as fast as it can. I get down Use her for one girl or Butterflies land on her
pupa
on my hands and knees to chase it. one woman. flowers.
Caterpillar, wait for me.
I haven’t grown wings yet, either. Use his for one boy or Dad will use his garden tools.
Soon, though! ❖ one man.
The pupa grows wings. It is
a butterfly now. It comes
out of the chrysalis.
Read a Sentence
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Does the sentence use the correct possessive
word? How do you know?
real information information that
is not real How
Nikkido youfor
looked know?
her caterpillar.

Talk Together
Write a Sentence
Think about what you read and learned. How do
things change as they grow? Write a sentence using a possessive word to tell
what a friend brings to school.
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Writing Project Language Frames

• First, I .
• Next, I .
Write Like a Storyteller Plan and Write
• Last, I .
Talk with a partner about stories
Write a Story
you heard from your family. Pick one story.
Have you heard stories about when you were
Tell your partner what happened first, next,
younger? Tell one of your stories about growing
and last.
up. Write the story for a friend.
Write your ideas. Then write the beginning,
middle, and end of the story.

Big Bike Time A story has


Check Your Work Checklist
a title and
an author.
by Jayan Ramahan Revise and edit your writing.
Cαn you repeαt α word to
mαke your story more fun
It was time for me to ride a big bike. Use this checklist. to reαd?
Check your sentences.
beginning First , I sat on the seat. Dad held the bike. Did you use α cαpitαl letter
for the pronoun I?
middle Next , I started to pedal. Dad held the bike. Finish and Share
Reαd your story αloud.
end Last , I rode away. Dad watched me go! Check for words thαt
Finish your story. Write each sound αlike. Correct
spelling errors.
sentence neatly. Leave spaces
between words.
Read your story. Be a I learned how
good listener. to play soccer
from my dad.

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Unit

4 Wrap-Up

Talk About It!


? Question and Answer Gαme
Big
Question
How do animals
change as they
Point to diagrams and photos in the unit. Ask
grow?
before and after questions about sequence.
Have your partner answer before or after.
Share Your Ideas Does Ruby fly before After!
or after she is born?
Think about how animals change as they
grow. Choose one of these ways to share
your ideas about the Big Question.

Write It! Do It!


Drαw α Sequence Chαin Show the Order
Draw a sequence 1.
Draw images of a caterpillar, a
chain that shows how A turtle
hatches.
butterfly, and a pupa inside of
It runs to
an animal grows. 2.
the ocean. a chrysalis. Give three students
3.
Show three steps in It comes back the drawings. Take turns putting
to the beach and
lays eggs.
the sequence. Number the students in order to show how a
each step in order. caterpillar changes into a butterfly.
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