Little Grunt and the Big Egg

1. �Little Grunt and the Big Egg� Pages 227-244

2. MondayDinosaur Dreams � Listening Comprehension How do you know Jan really likes dinosaurs? How does the author make counting dinosaurs funny? According to Jan, what is wrong with counting dinosaurs as a way to go to sleep? Why is Jan able to fall asleep counting sheep?

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4. Develop Concepts What are some reasons a person might have to find another home for a pet? How does having a pet affect the members of a family? What kind of care does a pet require?

5. Monday Vocabulary Words and Definitions Omelet � Eggs that have been beaten and cooked, sometimes with other foods. Brunch � a meal that combines breakfast and lunch. Peaceful � calm and quiet. Escape � to get free or get away from danger. Erupting � to break out with force as lava does from a volcano. Lava � hot melted rock that pours out of the mouth of a volcano when it erupts.

6. Monday � Spelling Words joyful soil joint everybody destroy royal voice everything employ spoil boiled except noise choice loyal exciting moist pointy annoy favorite

7. Monday � Spelling workbook page 36 1. voice 8. annoy 12. choice 2. royal 9. spoil 13. joint 3. noise 10. pointy 14. soil 4. employ 11. loyal 15. boiled 5. moist 6. destroy 7. joyful

8. Monday � Word Relationships page 254 Multiple-Meaning Words Homophones Homographs Other Past, passed live : having life right : See, sea live : to make one�s home direction One, won tear : a drop that comes or By, buy from the eye when crying correct tear : to rip run : go faster or tear in material

9. Monday � Grammar Worksheet page 43 1. goose P 2. mice P 3. teeth P 4. moose S 5. men P 6. women 11. geese 7. deer 12. children 8. sheep 13. feet 9. trout 14. teeth 10. men 15. mice

10. Tuesday � Fantasy Genre A FANTASY is a story or daydream that is very different from reality. In this story look for: - events that could not really happen - characters that may or may not be realistic

11. Tuesday � Set Purpose One purpose for reading is to be entertained. Look at the beginning and pictures. What do you know or what to know? You need to set your own purpose for reading.

12. Tuesday � Restating Think and Respond page 244 Little Grunt�s family members feel . . . I can tell that this story really couldn�t happen . . . Little Grunt says he�d better call George Georgina because . . . I think the Grunt�s lives will be peaceful from now on because . . . I used . . . . . . Reading strategy, which helped me by . . . . .

13. Tuesday � Vocabulary worksheet page 41 1. erupting 2. brunch 3. escape 4. omelet 5. peaceful 6. lava

14. TuesdaySpelling worksheet page 37 Voice voyce voice Soyl soil soil Annoi annoy annoy Noise noyse noise Roial royal royal Employ emploi employ Pointy poynty pointy Boyled boiled boiled Continued on next page

15. TuesdaySpelling worksheet page 37 9. choice 10. moist 11. joint 12. loyal 13. joyful 14. spoil

16. Wednesday Reality Fantasy Chart (T.P.245) Things that could Things that couldn�t happen in real life happen in real life

17. Wednesday � Possible Answers Reality Fantasy Chart (T.P.245) Things that could Things that couldn�t happen in real life happen in real life People living in a people and dinosaurs living at Cave near a volcano the same time Young boy finds an egg the egg he finds is a dinosaur egg Young boy has a pet young boy has a pet dinosaur A volcano erupts, a dinosaur comes to the rescue Endangering the family

18. Wednesday - VocabularyUse each in a sentence Vocabulary Words and Definitions Omelet � Eggs that have been beaten and cooked, sometimes with other foods. Brunch � a meal that combines breakfast and lunch. Peaceful � calm and quiet. Escape � to get free or get away from danger. Erupting � to break out with force as lava does from a volcano. Lava � hot melted rock that pours out of the mouth of a volcano when it erupts.

19. WednesdaySpelling Worksheet page 38 1. pointy 7. destroy 2. joint 8. voice 3. choice 9. noise 4. moist 10. employ 5. annoy 11. royal 6. boiled 12. joint 13. choice

20. Wednesday - Prove It! Read the passage Look it up in the story Write the page number where you found it Write T for TRUE statement OR Write F for FALSE statement If it is a FALSE statement - - Rewrite the statement to make it a TRUE statement on the lines provided.

21. Wednesday � Prove It! continued T/F Page Make a FALSE statement TRUE F 228 1. Once upon a time, in a big cave, past the volcano on the left, lived the Grunt Tribe. F 229 2. At that time of year, eggs were hard to find. Little Grunt looked and looked. No luck. F 231 3. The egg broke in half, and instead of the big egg sitting by the fire there was a baby dinosaur. T 238 4. F 238 5. The next morning, Little Grunt took George away from the cave, out to where he had found him in the first place. T 242 6.

22. WednesdayWriting � Create Draft 1. Draft the beginning Write a first sentence that introduces the topic of your essay. Then list the materials that are needed. 2. Explain the steps Use time-order words such as first, then, next, and after that to show sequence. Tell about the steps in the order they should be done. 3. Provide Details Add information that will help a reader do each step properly and safely.

23. Thursday � Retell Prompt When and where does the story take place? Who are Little Grunt and George? What problems do they face? How does the story end?

24. ThursdayMaking connections page 252 Little Grunt and George work together by . . The cave seems smaller as George begins to grown because . . . The dinosaur Sue is different from George because . . . I like the story (more / less) than other fantasy stories I have read because . . . The most recent dinosaur discovery I have heard or read about is . . . I would look to find out about the latest dinosaur research . . . . . . .

25. ThursdayWorkbook page 42 A B B

26. ThursdayDecoding Phonics (T.P. 255A) beyond seriously recite depend generation A closed syllable ends with a consonant and usually has a short vowel sound (cut� ing) An open syllable ends with a vowel and usually has a long vowel sound.

27. Thursday - Vocabulary Vocabulary Words and Definitions Omelet � Eggs that have been beaten and cooked, sometimes with other foods. Brunch � a meal that combines breakfast and lunch. Peaceful � calm and quiet. Escape � to get free or get away from danger. Erupting � to break out with force as lava does from a volcano. Lava � hot melted rock that pours out of the mouth of a volcano when it erupts.

28. ThursdayGrammar Page 104 1. men 2. women 3. moose 4. geese 5. foot Singular Plural 6. man men 7. woman women 8. moose moose 9. goose geese 10. foot feet

29. ThursdayCause Effect The effect is �what happened.� The cause is �why� it happened. Match the cause to the effect by putting the correct letter in the blank 1. C 2. E 3. D 4. A 5. B

30. ThursdayWriting - Revise Discuss your essay with your partner. Do you clearly state the topic and list all material needed? Are all the steps in the process included? Are your steps presented in time order? Revise your essay � Be sure to: - Spell plural nouns correctly Check for capitalization Check for punctuation

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32. FridayGrammar Page 105 1. letter =C Tuesday =P Tuesday 2. alaska = P Alaska 3. uncle =C nome =P Nome 4. bill =P cousin=C picture =C Bill 5. Statue =C balto =P Balto 6. men 11. babies 7. children 12. doctors 8. cities 13. buildings 9. horses 14. deer 10. teeth 15. couches

33. FridayLeveled Readers