CONSUMABLE Unit 9 • AMAZING CREATURES Write Gg, Ww, Xx, and Vv. Gg Ww Xx Vv Gg GgGg Xx XxXx Ww Ww Ww Vv Vv Vv Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza, New York, New York 10121. Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning. Printed in the United States of America ISBN-13: 978-0-02-206195-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MER 13 12 11 10 9 ISBN-10: 0-02-206195-9 Illustrator credits: Cvr: Marisol Sarrazin. 5: Laurence Cleyet-Merle. 7: Wallace Keller. 8: Wallace Keller. 9: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 10: Mark and Rosemary Jarman. 11: Nathan Jarvis. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 15: Brian Fujimori. 16: Brian Fujimori. 17: Ron Berg. 18: Ron Berg. 19: Dana Regan. 20: Dana Regan. 21: Nathan Jarvis. 22: Nathan Jarvis. 25: Paul Harvey. 27: Kristin Sorra. 28: Kristin Sorra. 29: Annie Lunsford. 30: Annie Lunsford. 31: Nathan Jarvis. 32: Nathan Jarvis. 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Visit our Web site at www.macmillanmh.com A By Edana Eckart Ww Gg Name she he Unit 9 • Week 1 Big Book Decodable Reader !! !!! ! Listen and ReadLetters to Know Words to Know 33 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 Mm Gg ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Gg Phonics: /g/g Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /g/ sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word. At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound. 3. 2. 1. irl ift oat ame us ate g 4 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 Name Vocabulary: Classify and Categorize Beetles Think about the selection Beetles. Cut out the pictures. Sort the animals into groups of beetles and not beetles. Name the animals in each group. At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them. 55 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Goliath beetle mouse ladybug penguin frog firefly dog water beetle Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Beetles Use the pictures on the back to help you identify the animal name. Sort them into groups of insects and not insects. At Home: Ask your child to name the animals and tell how he or she sorted them. 6 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 Name We can play. He said, “I am big”. High-Frequency Words: she, he 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. He Said, She Said ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 14 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 She said, “I am little”. What can we do? 32 Mm Ww w Phonics: /w/w 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 /w/ sound. Repeat the names aloud. At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound. Ww Name 3. 2. 1. 9 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill wig web bug wig web bug Phonics: Blending w, g Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Write the word. Then circle the picture that goes with the word. At Home: Ask your child to blend the letter sounds to read each word. 3. 2. 1. wig 10 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 [...]... Talk about how the fish are the same and different Name It has spots High-Frequency Words: has, look Read the book aloud to a partner Pick a sentence Count the words in the sentence 4 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Look! Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you Look at this fish 1 It has big 2 eyes Look at this fish 3 Name 1 Vv Vv v 2 3 Phonics: /v/v... Week 3 At Home: Ask your child to name the opposites Rex Rex has a towel High-Frequency Words: she, he, has, look Read the book aloud to a partner Pick a sentence Count the words in the sentence 4 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 Take Home Book: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Name Look at Rex! 1 He can 2 swim She is wet! 3 Name Xx 1 2 Xx x Vv 6 Vv v 3 Phonics:... does not belong and why Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 11 1 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 2 Phonics: /g/g, /w/w Say the name of each picture Then write the letter that stands for the sound you hear at the beginning of the word Repeat the names aloud 12 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 At Home: Ask your child to name each picture and its beginning letter and sound Unit 9 • Week 2 Name Letters to Know... name each picture on the page that begins with the same sound as van Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 19 vet van mix 1 She is a vet 2 This is a He can Phonics: Blending x, v Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word Read the sentence Write the word that completes the sentence Read the sentence again 20 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 At Home: Ask your child to read the sentences... not the same Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 21 1 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 2 Phonics: /ks/x, /v/v Say the name of each picture Write the letter x if its name ends with the /ks/ sound Write the letter v if its name begins with the /v/ sound 22 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 At Home: Ask your child to name each picture Then have your child name each letter he or she wrote Unit 9 • Week 3 Name Letters... Ww by Bernard Most Read-Aloud Trade Book Vv Decodable Reader Words to Know she he has look Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 23 Gg 1 Gg g Ww Ww 2 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 3 Phonics: /g/g, /w/w 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 sound Repeat the names aloud 24 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 At Home:... Letters to Know Xx Listen and Read Vv NORBERT WU Big Book Decodable Reader Words to Know has look Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 13 1 2 3 14 Xx fo x 6 si bo Phonics: /ks/x Say the name of each picture Write the letter that stands for the /ks/ sound you hear at the end of each word Elicit from children the difference between a letter and a word Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 mi o a At Home: Ask... Ask your child to name each picture and its ending or beginning letter and sound Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 29 1 wig web wig 2 six mix 3 Phonics: Blending g, w, x, v Look at each picture Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say each word Circle the word that goes with the picture Write the word 30 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill vet van At Home: Ask your child... Talk about how the fish are the same and different Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 15 mad ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill sad Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Fish Faces Think about the selection Fish Faces Look at each picture Read each label Cut out the labels and glue them below the correct fish Tell how the fish are the same and different 16 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 2 At Home: Ask your child... could and could not have really done Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 25 1 2 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 3 Vocabulary: Opposites 1 Circle the animal that is thin Draw a line under the animals that are fat 2 Circle the animal that is short Draw a line under the animals that are tall 3 Circle the animal that is big Draw a line under the animals that are small 26 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 3 At Home: . ISBN-13: 97 8-0-02-206 195 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MER 13 12 11 10 9 ISBN-10: 0-02-206 195 -9 Illustrator credits: Cvr: Marisol Sarrazin. 5: Laurence Cleyet-Merle. 7: Wallace Keller. 8: Wallace Keller. 9: . Images; (bl) Karl Weatherly/Getty Images. 29: (tl) C Squared Studios/Getty Images; (tr) Tui De Roy/Minden Pictures At Home: Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk about the theme: Amazing Creatures. Visit. Eckart Ww Gg Name she he Unit 9 • Week 1 Big Book Decodable Reader !! !!! ! Listen and ReadLetters to Know Words to Know 33 Unit 9: Amazing Creatures • Week 1 Mm Gg ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Gg Phonics: