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Unit 6: Growing Up

Week 2 Day 4

Extend the ThemeTheme

Question: How do living things grow and change?

Focus Question:

How does a plant grow?

Think about an animal and plant you have seen together.

What does the animal need to learn or find so it survives?

How does the plant change as it grows?

Extend Theme VocabularyTheme Vocabulary Words

Synonyms Examples

form growdevelop

puddlescommunitiesclouds

protect defendguardsave

helmetssunscreensfamilieslaws

problems challengesdifficulties

knotsstormsroadblocks

Can you think of things that form, protect, and cause problems?

Summarize- Why is summarizing a good strategy and

how do we use it?

Let’s look on pages 22 & 23.

The birds and bear cubs learn to get food by watching adult animals.

But lion cubs play fight. I can make an inference that the lion cubs saw adults fight.

I say this to summarize: Young wild animals learn about food and fighting. They copy adults.

Use Text Evidence

Pages Question Text Evidence16-17 How do living things

grow and change?The author states, “Some young animals always look like their parents. Some young animals’ bodies change a lot.” A giraffe grows bigger. A frog’s body changes a lot as it grows.

18-19 How do living things grow and change?

Some animals grow quickly and some grow slowly.

22 How do living things grow and change?

Word Study: Review Suffixes Adding –er and –est to adjectives and adverbs

•Example: A bigger elephant runs faster than a small one.

•The biggest elephant runs fastest of all.

How many elephants are there in the second sentence?small smaller smallest

wet

wide

silly

1. These are in weeks.

2. These belong to us.

3. These can make music.

4. These are not adults.

5. These are wild animals.

6. These grow on trees.

7. These hold things.

8. These need lips to make them.

9. Sometimes we give or get these.

10. This is in the past.

Spelling

Fluency: “Go Garden ” Article

Choose a Presentation Format

Ways to Publish:Make a bookletMake a posterWrite neatly on paper