The Big Circle

Author:

Eric KimmelIllustrator:

Richard BernalGenre:

Fiction

The Big CircleDay 1

Long o (CVCe)

made hiderode r o d e

p o l e polej o k e jokec o n e cone

h o m e homest o l e stole

Word Work

• r o s e rose• dr o v e drove• cl o s e close• gl o b e globe• fr o z e froze• v o t e vote• h o p e hope• d o z e doze

Word Reading - Long o

• joke• slope• top• mope• make• close• doze• white

• rope • role• stove• spot• bone• shine• froze

A Baby Dinosaur

A big T. Rex woke up and said,

“I’m hungry, but I won’t eat bread.

A baby dinosaur tastes great.

I’ll eat it up! I just can’t wait!”

A baby heard him when he spoke.

He knew the threat was not a joke.

“I’m very smart,” the baby said.

He ran home to get help instead.

His family said, “Don’t give up hope.”

They hid their baby on the slope.

They drove the bully far away.

And T. Rex didn’t eat that day.

The Big CircleDay 2

Contractions with not, am, will

did notdidn’tI am I’m

we willwe’llis not isn’t

they will they’ll

can not can’t

not am will

Word Reading - Contractions

• wasn’t• he’ll• hasn’t• I’m• we’ll• I’m• isn’t• you’ll

• aren’t• didn’t• it’ll• they’ll• hadn’t• she’ll• I’ll

Poem• A Baby Dinosaur

• A big T. Rex woke up and said,

• “I’m hungry, but I won’t eat bread.

• A baby dinosaur tastes great.

• I’ll eat it up! I just can’t wait!”

• A baby heard him when he spoke.

• He knew the threat was not a joke.

• “I’m very smart,” the baby said.

• He ran home to get help instead.

• His family said, “Don’t give up hope.”

• They hid their baby on the slope.

• They drove the bully far away.

• And T. Rex didn’t eat that day.

The Big CircleDay 3

Long o and Contractions

boneyou’ll

When you come to a new word, check to see if it is a word you know. Look for a contraction. Read the base word and the ending or say the sounds to yourself and read the word.

• hadn’t• smoke• aren’t• chose

Vocabulary

• triceratops• meat• herd• baby• circle

High - Frequency Words

• inside• good• down• eat• now

• small• together• here• there• want

• Two dinosaurs we learned about tyrannosaurus and triceratops. What do we know about T. Rex and triceratops and the kinds of things they do? We’re going to read a story about a T. Rex and a herd of triceratops. We’ll find out what happens when a hungry T. Rex tries to hunt food.

Amazing Words

crater –

A crater is a big hole.

holler –

A holler is a loud cry or shout.

Amazing Words

• enemy –

An enemy is a person or animal that wants to cause harm to another.

• extinct –

If something is extinct it no longer exists.

• protect –

Protect means to keep someone or something safe.

Amazing Amazing WordsWords

swamp –

A swamp is an area of muddy, wet land.

Amazing Wordsboisterous –

When you are boisterous, you are wild and noisy.

bluff –

To bluff means to pretend. When you try to make someone believe something that isn’t true, you are bluffing.

First, T. Rex wakes up hungry.

Next,

Then

Finally,

The Big CircleDay 4

Word Reading• chase• ditch• place• that• use• her • work• out• who• safe

• pig • chip• ship• into• make• pitch• many• way• white• people

Sentences to Read Many people work to make this a safe place.

Who will go that way into the ship?

Use her white ball to pitch.

Chip will chase the pig out of the ditch.

there down inside now together

_____________ was a roar that made them frown.

In hills and mountains, up and _____________.

Animals came from far and wide.

They made a circle – small ones ____________.

______________ they stood, the time was ____________.