Dear Mr. Blueberry

Dear Mr. Blueberry

(p. 68-89)

Student Sites

Documents

Letter Paper Spelling words
Letter Paper with Starter Sentence Centers
Postage Stamp  

Background: Whales

Spelling: ue/oo

Vocabulary: details, disappoint, forcibly, information, oceans, stroke (p. 66-67)

Preview, predict, picture walk, read story aloud and discuss

 

Story: Choral Read, partner read, independent read, listen to story on tape

Poetry: An Elephant is Hard to Hide (p. 66p)

Writing: Organization: Letter Writing

Word Building:  balloons

Centers

Cool Computers: Create your favorite mammal using Pixie

Awesome Artists: Draw and diagram a whale (use posters to help)

Word Wizards: Mammals/Fish sort

Rockin’ Readers: Whale books

My Imaginary Animal writing

 

Whale Tale writing paper

 

Parts of a Whale worksheet

 

Make a Wonderful Whale Book

 

Beluga whales worksheet

 

Whale Game