Unit 1
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FAMILIES
CONSUMABLE
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At Home:
Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk
about the unit theme: Families.
Illustrator credits: Cvr: Ana Ochoa. 5: Jo Parry. 6: Jo Parry. 7: Jenny Mattheson. 8: Jenny Mattheson. 9: Laura
Freeman. 10: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 11: Nathan Jarvis. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 15: Gloria Calderas. 16: Gloria Calderas.
17: Karen Strommer Brooks. 18: Karen Strommer Brooks. 19: Farah Aria. 20: Michelle Swan. 21: Nathan Jarvis.
22: Nathan Jarvis. 25: Tammie Lyon. 26: Tammie Lyon. 27: Chris Lensch. 28: Chris Lensch. 29: Mark and Rosemary
Jarman. 30: Michelle Swan. 31: Nathan Jarvis. 32: Nathan Jarvis.
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Mm
Aa
Write Mm and Aa.
Mm
Mm
Mm
Aa
Aa
Aa
Mm
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Name
Listen and Read
Word to Know
we
Letter to Know
Big Book Pre-Decodable Readers
Unit 1: Families • Week 1
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at
ouse
ap
an
oonop
Phonics: /m/m
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the
beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the /m/
sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture and
its beginning letter and sound.
Mm
Mm
Mm
m
Unit 1: Families • Week 1
4
Name
At Home:
Ask your child to identify and sort the
animals by texture: smooth, soft, sharp.
Comprehension: Make Predictions Whose Baby Am I?
Cut out the animals. Match each baby animal with the adult animal you
think it will grow into in the story.
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Comprehension: Make Predictions Whose Baby Am I?
Cut out the animal figures. Match each baby animal with the
adult animal you think it will grow into.
At Home:
Ask your child to identify and sort the
animals by texture: smooth, soft, sharp.
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Name
We can
eat
.
We can
sweep
.
High-Frequency Word: we
Point to the title page first. Then,
read the book aloud to a partner.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
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Unit 1: Families • Week 1
We can
paint
.We can
rake
.
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Name
Phonemic Awareness: /m/
Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its
name begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of moon.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
the same sound as moon.
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m
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
sound as monkey.
Phonics: /m/m
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the
beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name begins
with the same sound as monkey. Write the letter.
Mm
Mm
Mm
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Name
At Home:
Ask your child to tell a story about
the pictures.
Comprehension: Make Predictions
Look at the top picture. Then draw a line to the picture
below that shows what might happen next.
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At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
that begins with the letter m.
Phonics: /m/m
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter below the picture if
its name begins with the /m/ sound.
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Aa
Unit 1 • Week 2
Name
Listen and Read
Word to Know
the
Letter to Know
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Big Book Pre-Decodable Readers
Unit 1: Families • Week 2
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x
nt
nchor
pple
mbulance
a
Phonics: /a/a
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for
the /a/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
Aa
Aa
Unit 1: Families • Week 2
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Name
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you about a setting
in the story, The Picnic at Apple Park.
Comprehension: Setting The Picnic at Apple Park
Cut out the characters. Glue them on craft sticks. Use them to tell about
the setting in the story.
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Comprehension: Setting The Picnic at Apple Park
Cut out the characters. Glue them on craft sticks. Use them to tell about
the setting in the story.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you about a setting
in the story, The Picnic at Apple Park.
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1
At Home:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
High-Frequency Word: the
Point to the title page first. Then,
read the book aloud to a partner.
The
Name
I
see
the
dog
.
I
see
the
baseball
.
Unit 1: Families • Week 2
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3
I
see
the
bat
. I
see
the
mitt
.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
the same sound as astronaut.
Phonemic Awareness: /a/
Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its name
begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of astronaut.
Name
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am
happy
sad
mad
At Home:
Ask your child to read the
sentences aloud.
Phonics: Blending am
Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Read the
sentence. Write the word. Read the sentence again.
am
I
I
I
.
.
.
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Name
Comprehension: Setting
Look at each picture. Circle the picture that shows a family at home.
Look at each picture. Circle the picture that shows children at school.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell where the
people are and what they are doing
in each picture.
Unit 1: Families • Week 2
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Phonics: /a/a
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter below the
picture if its name begins with the /a/ sound.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
that begins with the letter a.
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Mm
Aa
Unit 1 • Week 3
Name
Letters to Know Listen and Read
we the
Words to Know
Read-Aloud
Trade Book
Pre-Decodable Readers
Unit 1: Families • Week 3
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m
Phonics: /m/m
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name
begins with the same sound as monkey. Write the letter.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
sound as monkey.
Mm
Mm
Mm
Unit 1: Families • Week 3
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Name
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you a story about
the pictures.
Comprehension: Make Predictions
Look at the top picture. Draw a line to the picture below that shows
what might happen next.
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