UNIT 2

READING/WRITING
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 Unit 2 Let’s Explore
The Big Idea
What can you find out when you explore? ...............6

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Talk About It......................................................................................8

Literature Big Book The Handiest Things in the World

Writing Respond to the Big Book ....................................... 10
Key Details ...........................................................................................12
Analyze the Text ............................................................................. 14
Shared Read
“Pam Can See” ................................................................................16
“Discover with Tools”
Paired Selection
Analyze the Text ............................................................................ 22
Shared Read
“We Can See!” ...............................................................................24
Research and Inquiry .................................................................. 30
Make Connections ........................................................................ 32

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Talk About It.............................................................................34

Literature Big Book Shapes All Around

Writing Respond to the Big Book ................................36
Key Details ...................................................................................38
Analyze the Text ..................................................................... 40
Shared Read
“We Like Tam!”.......................................................................42
“Find the Shapes”
Paired Selection
Analyze the Text ......................................................................48
Shared Read
“I Like Sam” ..............................................................................50
Research and Inquiry ............................................................56
Make Connections ..................................................................58

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Talk About It.............................................................................60

Literature Big Book I Love Bugs!

Writing Respond to the Big Book ................................62
Key Details ...................................................................................64
Analyze the Text ......................................................................66
Shared Read
“Pat” ...............................................................................................68
“Bugs All Around”
Paired Selection
Analyze the Text ......................................................................74
Shared Read
“Tap! Tap! Tap!” ......................................................................76
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Research and Inquiry ............................................................ 82
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Make Connections ..................................................................84
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Writing and Grammar
Nonfiction
Analyze the Student Model ..............................................86
Plan ..................................................................................................88
Draft ................................................................................................90
Revise and Edit ......................................................................... 92
Share and Evaluate ................................................................94

Wrap Up Units 1 and 2

Show What You Learned
Focus on Folktales ...................................................................................... 96
Focus on Nonfiction................................................................................... 98
Focus on Poetry...........................................................................................100
Extend Your Learning
Choose Your Own Book .........................................................................102
Track Your Progress
What Did You Learn? .............................................................................103

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 Unit 2

Let’s
Explore
Talk about what the children
are exploring. Speak in a
loud, clear voice. Use correct
grammar, too.
Circle the things the children
are using to explore.
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 The
Big Ide
What can you
find out when
you explore?

TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(E) Let’s Explore 7

 Essential Question How do
tools help us to explore?

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 Talk about the tool in the photo. CI
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Why is the girl using this tool?
Draw what you would look at
using this tool.

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TEKS: K.6(A), K.6(B), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.3(C) Tools We Use 9
 Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the text.
Draw an interesting tool from the text.

Text
Evidence
Page

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 Nonfiction

Talk about different tools people use.

Draw and write about a tool.
Show how people use this tool.

This tool is a

TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(B), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.3(C) Tools We Use 11

 Reread Big Book
Nonfiction text can have photos to help
you understand information. Photos can
give key details about the topic.

Listen to part of the selection.

Talk about key details.
Write one key detail.

One key detail is

12 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E), K.8(D)(i) Science TEKS: K.3(C)

 Nonfiction

Draw the detail you wrote about.

Tools We Use 13
 Reread Big Book
Look at pages 10–11.
Talk about something that is alike
in both photos. Share something
that is different.
Draw what is different.

14 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(E), K.9(C) Science TEKS: K.3(C)

 Nonfiction

Look at pages 34–35.

Talk about ways “the hand itself is handiest.”
Draw and write your ideas.

The hand is handiest for

TEKS: K.5(I), K.6(C), K.9(C) Science TEKS: K.3(C) Tools We Use 15

 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence Pam Can See
Read to find out
the tools Pam
can see.
Read and point
to each word
in the sentence.

16 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(D)(iii), K.5(A)

Pam can see a .
pot
Tools We Use 17
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle things
whose names
begin with
the same sound
as Pam.
Underline the
word a.

Pam can see a .

pen
18 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.2(B)(iv)
Pam can see a .
pad
Tools We Use 19
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle Sam.
Ask questions
you have after
reading the
story. This
can help you
understand
what you have
read. Then retell
the story.

Pam can see a .

pillow
20 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.5(B), K.5(I), K.6(D)
Pam can see Sam!
Tools We Use 21
 Reread Paired Selection
Look at the photos.
How can tools help us to explore?
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We can ask questions

Circle the tool that the boy uses before, during, and
to explore. after we read.
This helps us better
Draw a box around what the tool understand what
helps him to see close up. we read.
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Talk about how the tool helps the boy
to explore.
Draw something you can explore
with this tool.

Talk about what

the little photo
helps you to learn.

TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.6(B) Science TEKS: K.3(C) Tools We Use 23

 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Ask questions
We Can See!
you have before
reading the
text. This can
help you learn
information.
Then read to
find out what
these children
can see.
Circle the thing
whose name
ends with the
same sound
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as mop.

24 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.5(A), K.5(B)

 Mike Booth/Alamy Stock Photo
We can see a map.
Tools We Use 25
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
word a.
Circle an animal
that is in
the water.
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We can see a .
parrot
26 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.6(C)
 We can see a
seal
.
Tools We Use
27

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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle animals
whose names
begin with
the same sound
and letter as
Pam.
Retell the text.
Use the words
and photos
to help you.
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We can see a .
panda
28 Unit 2 • Week 1 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.6(D), K.6(F)
 Can the
panda
see the
parrot
?
Tools We Use
29

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 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Research a Tool
Step 1 Talk about tools that help scientists
explore. Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about how
scientists use this tool.

Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.

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Step 4 Draw what you learned.

Step 5 Choose a good way to present your work.

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 Integrate Make Connections
Look at this art. Try to name
the tools it is made from.

Compare this art to the tools

you read about this week.

We can talk about

this art using these
words.
This art is made
from ___.
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The tools we see

are ___.

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What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

Think about what you learned this week.

What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
Share one thing you learned
about nonfiction texts.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Tools We Use 33
 Essential Question What
shapes do you see around you?

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in the photo.
Draw and label the shapes you see.

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TEKS: K.1(C), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.5(A) Shapes All Around Us 35
 Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the text.
Draw an interesting fact
from the text.

Text
Evidence
Page

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 Nonfiction

Talk about shapes you see around you.

Draw one of these shapes.
Write the name of the shape.

TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(B), K.6(C) Science TEKS: K.4(B), K.5(A) Shapes All Around Us 37
 Reread Big Book
Nonfiction text can have captions.
Captions give key details about the pictures.

Listen to part of the text.

Talk about captions that give key details.
Write one key detail.

One key detail is

38 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E), K.8(D)(ii) Science TEKS: K.4(B)

 Nonfiction

Draw the detail you wrote about.

Shapes All Around Us 39

 Reread Big Book
Look at pages 10–11.
Talk about things in the pictures
you have seen.
Draw these things.

40 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.4(B)

 Nonfiction

Look at page 22.

What shapes do you see?
Talk about the name of each shape.
Draw and write about the shapes.

One shape I see is a

TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(E), K.9(C) Science TEKS: K.4(B) Shapes All Around Us 41
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence We Like Tam!
Read to find out
about Tam.
Underline the
uppercase
letters.

42 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(D)(v), K.5(A)

Tam can see Pam.
Shapes All Around Us 43
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline words
that rhyme
on page 44.
Circle what
Sam can tap
on page 45.

Tam can see Sam.

44 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(A)(i), K.3(C), K.6(C)
Sam can tap the .
bell
Shapes All Around Us 45
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
word like.
Ask questions
you may have
about the story.
Then retell
the story.

Tam can tap, tap the .

bell
46 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.5(B), K.6(D)
We like Tam!
Shapes All Around Us 47
 Reread Paired Selection
Look at the photos. What two groups
of shapes do you see?
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Talk about how the things

in each group are different.
Circle the square shape that is soft.
To compare shapes,
we can talk about their
Draw a box around the circle shape size, texture, and color.
that can bounce.
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Write about how something in each
group is different in another way.

A square shape is different because

A circle shape is different because

Talk about other things

that have the same
shape but are different
in other ways.
TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(C), K.6(F) Shapes All Around Us 49
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence
I Like Sam
Read to find out
what Sam
can do.
Underline a
word that ends
with the same
sound as sat.

50 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.5(A)

Sam can pat the cap.
Shapes All Around Us 51
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle what Sam

can pat.
Underline a
word that
begins with
the same sound
as Tam.

Sam can pat the .

ball
52 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.6(C)
Sam can tap the .
drum
Shapes All Around Us 53
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle the
word like.
Retell the story.
Use the words
and pictures
to help you.

Sam can tap the .

nut
54 Unit 2 • Week 2 TEKS: K.2(B)(iv), K.6(D), K.6(F)
I like Sam!
Shapes All Around Us 55
 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Research a Shape
Step 1 Talk about the shapes you see
in your classroom.
Step 2 Write a question about how many
of each shape there are.

Step 3 Look around your classroom.

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Step 4 Write how many of each shape you see.

Step 5 Choose a good way to present your work.

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 Integrate Make Connections
Talk about the shapes you see
in this art.

Compare the shapes in this art with

the shapes in Shapes All Around.
supermimicry/iStock/Getty Images

We can look at
photos for details
that give information.
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What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

Think about what you learned this week.

What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
Share one thing you learned
about nonfiction texts.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) Shapes All Around Us 59
 Essential Question What kind
of bugs do you know about?

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 Talk about the bugs you see here. CI
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Draw and label a bug you have seen.

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 Resptohned
Read to Big Book
Retell the poem.
Draw an interesting bug
from the poem.

Text
Evidence
Page

62 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.6(A), K.6(C), K.6(D) Science TEKS: K.4(B)

 Poetry

Talk about ways bugs in the poem move.

Draw a bug you have seen.
Write about how it moves.

This bug

TEKS: K.5(E), K.6(E) Science TEKS: K.4(B), K.10(B) World of Bugs 63

 Reread Big Book
The words and pictures in a poem
can give key details.

Listen to part of I Love Bugs!

Talk about key details.
Write one key detail.

One key detail is

64 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(E), K.6(F) Science TEKS: K.4(B), K.10(A), K.10(B)
 Poetry

Draw the detail you wrote about.

World of Bugs 65
 Reread Big Book
Look at pages 22–27.
Talk about how the boy feels about
scary bugs. How does the author let
you know?
Write your ideas.

The boy thinks scary bugs are

66 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.6(C), K.6(F), K.9(C) Science TEKS: K.4(B)

 Poetry

Listen for rhyming words in I Love Bugs!

Talk about how these words help you
learn about bugs in a fun way.
Draw bugs that the words describe.

Some rhyming words about bugs in the poem are

TEKS: K.6(F), K.8(B), K.9(B) World of Bugs 67

 Shared Read

Pat
Find Text Evidence

Read to find out

about Pat.
Underline a
word that ends
with the same
sound as mat.

68 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.5(A)

I am Pat.
World of Bugs 69
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
words see, the,
and a.
Circle what Pat
can see.

I am at the .
rock
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I can see a .
bug
World of Bugs 71
 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle the word

that ends with
the same sound
as map.
Retell the story.
Use the words
and pictures
to help you.

I tap the .
plant
72 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.6(D)
I like the .
bug
World of Bugs 73
 Reread Paired Selection
Look at the photos and captions.
What do they tell about different bugs?
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A centipede has many legs. A grasshopper hops off a leaf.

Circle the caption that tells

about the grasshopper.
Draw a box around the caption Captions tell
about what we
that tells about the centipede.
see in photos.

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Compare the bugs in the photos.
Draw a bug that you learned about.
Write a caption.

How does the

author show and
tell about bugs?

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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence Tap! Tap!
Tap!
Ask questions
you may
have before
reading the
text. This can
help you learn
information.
Then read to
find out what
the family sees.
Underline the
uppercase
letters.
(l) Cappi Thompson/Flickr/Getty Images

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 I am at the
lake
.
World of Bugs
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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Circle what
the boy can see.
Underline words
that have the
same middle
sound as mat.
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I can see the .

ant
78 Unit 2 • Week 3 TEKS: K.2(B)(i), K.2(B)(ii), K.6(C)
 I can see a
bee
.
World of Bugs
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 Shared Read
Find Text Evidence

Underline the
words like and
We.
Retell the text.
Use the words
and photos
to help you.
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I like to see the !

bug
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 We see it tap, tap, tap!
World of Bugs
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 Integrate Research and Inquiry
Research a Bug
Step 1 Talk about different kinds of bugs.
Choose one to learn about.
Step 2 Write a question about this bug.

Step 3 Look at books or use the Internet.

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Step 4 Draw what you learned.

Step 5 Choose a good way to present your work.

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 Integrate Make Connections
Talk about the bugs you see. Why
does the man wear special clothing? We can talk about
bugs using these
Compare these bugs to other bugs words:
you read about this week. These bugs are ___.
Some bugs can ___.
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Science TEKS: K.3(A), K.3(C), K.10(A)
What I Know Now
Think about the texts you read this week.

The texts tell about

Think about what you learned this week.

What else would you like to learn?
Talk about your ideas.
Share one thing you learned about poetry.
TEKS: K.1(C), K.5(E), K.5(H) World of Bugs 85
 Writing and Grammar
I wrote a nonfiction Nonfiction
text. It has facts about My writing has facts
a topic. about a caterpillar.
Student Model

The Caterpillar
The caterpillar eats many leaves.
Then the caterpillar changes
into a butterfly!
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images

Hannah
86 Unit 2 TEKS: K.1(A), K.1(C), K.11(B)
 Nonfiction

Talk about what makes

Hannah’s writing nonfiction.
Circle the topic.
Underline one fact.

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 Writing and Grammar
Plan
Think about topics
Talk about topics for a you want to learn
nonfiction text. Choose one more about.
to write about.
Draw about your topic.

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 Nonfiction

Write your topic.

My topic is
Draw one fact about your topic.

Let’s Explore 89
 Writing and Grammar
Draft
A draft is the first
Read Hannah’s draft of her story. writing we do.
We write our first
ideas.
Student Model

The Caterpillar
Key Details The caterpillar eats leaves.
I wrote a detail Then the caterpillar is a butterfly!
about my topic.
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images

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 Nonfiction

Begin to write your nonfiction text

in your writer’s notebook.
Use your ideas from pages 88–89.

TEKS: K.10(B), K.11(B) Let’s Explore 91

 Writing and Grammar
Revise and Edit
Think about how Hannah revised
and edited her writing. I added a detail
to make my
writing clearer.
Student Model

The Caterpillar
The caterpillar eats many leaves.
Then the caterpillar changes
into a butterfly!
RubberBall Productions/Getty Images

I made sure I used a different verb.

to use nouns.
92 Unit 2 TEKS: K.10(C), K.10(D)(ii), K.10(D)(iii), K.11(B)
 Nonfiction

• A noun, or naming word, names

a person, place, or thing.
• A verb, or action word, tells
what someone or something
is doing.

Revise and edit your writing.

Be sure to use nouns and verbs.
Use your checklist.

TEKS: K.10(C), K.10(D)(ii), K.10(D)(iii) Let’s Explore 93

 Share and Evaluate
Practice presenting your work
with a partner.
Present your work.
Then use this checklist.

Sharing My Work Yes No

Writing and Grammar
I wrote a nonfiction text.
I added facts and details.
I used nouns and verbs.

Speaking and Listening

I spoke in a loud, clear voice.
I used correct grammar.
I listened carefully.
I asked questions.

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 Nonfiction

Talk with a partner about your writing.

Write about your work.
What did you do well in your writing?

What do you need to work on?

Let’s Explore 95
 Show What You Learned
Focus on Folktales
Genre
• Folktale A folktale is a made-up story told
• Nonfiction by people long ago. In a folktale, a
• Poetry
character often solves a problem.
Skill
• Key Details
• Rhyme and Rhythm
Listen to “Timimoto.” Think about
what makes this story a folktale.
Talk about key details in the folktale.
How does Timimoto use his tools?

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Draw one important detail
from the folktale.

Talk about how you know this story

is a folktale.
Let’s Explore 97
 Show What You Learned
Focus on Nonfiction
The words and photographs in
a nonfiction text give key details.
Listen to “Look and Learn.”
Think about what makes this
a nonfiction text.
Talk about key details.
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 Draw one important detail
from the text.

Talk about ways tools can help us

to explore nature.
TEKS: K.5(G), K.6(B), K.8(D)(ii) Let’s Explore 99
 Show What You Learned
Focus on Poetry
A poem is a group of words that tells
about a feeling or idea. Poems can have Words that rhyme
rhyme and rhythm. sound alike. They
end with the same
Listen to “Hello, Grasshopper.” sounds. The words far
and star in the poem
Talk about words in the poem rhyme.
that rhyme.

100 Unit 2 TEKS: K.1(C), K.2(A)(i), K.8(B)

Draw a picture of another word that
rhymes with far and star.

Listen to the poem again.

Clap to the rhythm as you listen. When we read the
words in a poem,
Talk about how a poem we hear the rhythm.
is different from a story. The rhythm is a
pattern that repeats
and makes a beat.

Let’s Explore 101

 Extend Your Learning
Choose Your Own Book Try to read a little longer
Write the title of the book. each time you read.

Tell a partner why you want to read it.

Then read the book.
Write your opinion of the book.

102 Unit 2 TEKS: K.4, K.5(A), K.6(E)

Track Your Progress
What Did You Learn?
Think about the skills you have learned.
How do you feel about what you can do?
Circle a picture in each row.

I understand key details.

I understand rhyme
and rhythm.

Talk with a partner about something

you want to get better at.

Let’s Explore 103

 My Sound-Spellings
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg
b c ck k d e f g
a

apple bat camel dolphin egg fire guitar

Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll MmWASHINGTON

OREGON
CAN ADA

MONTANA
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA

SOUTH
WISCONSIN
M
IC
H
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
VERMONT

NEW YORK
MAINE
Nn

IG
DAKOTA MASSACHUSETTS

A
IDAHO

N
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA NEBRASKA OHIO
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS MARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
OKLAHOMA
ARIZONA ARKANSAS TENNESSEE

NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO
E
GEORGIA W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA

ME X ICO 0 150 300 miles

h_ i j c k ck l m n

hippo insect jump koala lemon map nest

Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu
o p qu_ r s t
u

octopus piano queen rose sun turtle umbrella

Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
v y_ z
w_ x
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volcano window box yo-yo zipper

Credits: (apple) Stockdisc/PunchStock; (bat) Radlund & Associates/Artville/Getty Images; (camel) Photodisc/Getty Images; (dolphin) imagebroker/Alamy; (egg) Pixtal/age fotostock; (fire) Comstock Images/Alamy; (guitar) Jules Frazier/Getty Images; (hippo) Michele Burgess/
Corbis; (insect) Photodisc/Getty Images; (jump) Rubberball Productions/Getty Images; (koala) Al Franklin/Corbis; (lemon) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (map) McGraw-Hill Education; (nest) Siede Preis/Photodisc/Getty Images; (octopus) Photographers Choice RF/SuperStock;
(piano) Photo Spin/Getty Images; (queen) Joshua Ets-Hokin/Photodisc/Getty Images; (rose) Steve Cole/Photodisc/Getty Images; (sun) 97/E+/Getty Images; (turtle) Ingram Publishing/Fotosearch; (umbrella) Stockbyte/PunchStock; (volcano) Westend61/Getty Images; (window)
Photodisc/Getty Images; (box) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (yo-yo) D. Hurst/Alamy; (zipper) ImageState/Alamy

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Handwriting Models

Aa Bb
Aa Bb Cc
Cc Dd
Dd EeEe
Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj
Kk
Kk Ll
Ll Mm
Mm Nn
Nn
Oo Pp
Oo Pp Qq
Qq RrRr
Ss Tt
Ss
Ss Tt Uu
Uu Vv
Uu Vv
Ww
Ww Xx
Xx Yy
Yy ZZ zz 105
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