Dig, Dig, Digging

1. Dig, Dig, Digging Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Day Five Word Practice High Frequency Words Phonics Practice Additional Resources

2. Question of the day How do machines help people work together?

3. Classify and Categorize • We can say things in a group belong together if they are like each other in some way.

4. Amazing Words

5. trucks are big

6. Trucks are big.

9. Tt

10. Word Practice t i p

11. Word Practice t o p

12. Word Practice t a p

13. Word Practice t e n

14. Word Practice t o m

15. Word Practice t u b

16. to a

17. Word Practice

20. Nouns for places • Today we are going to practice using naming words, or nouns, for places. The word school is a noun because it names a place. • What is the place that you go to after school is over? • Where do you go to buy groceries? • Where do you go to check out a book?

21. Let’s Write nouns for places Draw a picture of a city with cars driving by, a fire station with a fire truck, or an airport with an airplane. We use an uppercase letter for the first word. The uppercase letter in this sentence is C. The sentence also ends with a period.

23. Question of the day How do machines help people do things?

24. a truck can work all day

25. A truck can work all day.

26. Shared Reading • Pages 4–5 Why do the workers use diggers? What are the diggers doing in the picture? • Pages 6–7 Why might the fire engine have to race and go fast? What are the firefighters doing? Pages 8–9 • What kind of a worker would use a tractor? Who is driving the tractor?

27. Shared Reading • Pages 10–11 What do the garbage trucks do with the garbage? What do they do to fit the garbage in the truck? • Pages 12–13 What are the cranes lifting to the top of the building? What is the crane's job at the construction site? • Pages 14–15 What do transporters do? How many cars are on this transporter?

28. Shared Reading • Pages 16–17 What are dump trucks good at? Where do you think they dump their loads? • Pages 18–19 How do helicopters rescue people? Why do the helicopters use a rope? • Pages 20–21 What are the road rollers doing? Why do they use a road roller?

29. Shared Reading • Pages 22–23 What are the bulldozers good at? • Pages 24–25 What are the trucks doing? What do you think the trucks are carrying? • Pages 26–27 What do the machines do after a busy day? How can you tell they are resting?

30. Classify and Categorize • Trucks like diggers and dump trucks help construction workers build things. • Fire engines and rescue helicopters help people in trouble.

31. Word Work Mm

32. Word Work Tt

33. Word Work the

34. Word Work to

35. Word Work a

36. Word Work am

37. Word Work I

38. Word Work little

43. Let’s Write nouns for things • This thing is a tent. The word tent names this thing. Tent is a naming word. Naming words are called nouns.

44. Let’s Read

45. Question of the day What machine takes food from farms to stores?

46. the truck brings food

47. The truck brings food.

48. Classify and Categorize • In the story, which machines carry something up in the air? • Which machines in the story work with dirt or rocks? • In the story, which machines are used to save people? • Which of the machines in the story work outdoors?

49. Word Practice- Which ends with /t/? t a

50. a to am I the little