Unit 19: Animal Food

Unit 19: Animal Food

Introduction In this lesson, you will learn about foods that the Carter family animals like to eat 🐶🐱🐰. You will also learn about the schwa vowel sound 🔤 and types of pronouns 📝. Lastly, you will research your least-favorite foods 🤢🥦.

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📘 Phonics: Irregular 'Schwa'

What is the Schwa Sound? The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English, represented by the symbol /ə/. It's a weak, unstressed vowel sound that sounds like "uh" and can be spelled with any vowel letter (a, e, i, o, u).

🎥 Watch the video to learn more about the Irregular 'Schwa' Sound!

Examples: about /ə-BOUT/ - the "a" makes the schwa sound taken /TAY-kən/ - the "e" makes the schwa sound pencil /PEN-səl/ - the "i" makes the schwa sound

Download and complete the worksheet, Submit your worksheet to your teacher when you are finished.

📘 Phonics: Irregular 'Schwa'

🎮 Let’s Play: Drag the words into their correct positions to fit what you see in the pictures. Let's see how many correct answers you can get! Good Luck!

📘 Phonics: Irregular 'Schwa' Activity

Sometimes vowels can make the schwa sound in different parts of words

Why it’s interesting: The schwa sound is fun to learn because it helps us understand so many words we use every day! For example: the word BANANA has schwa sounds - buh-NAN-uh 🍌 or FAMILY becomes FAM-uh-lee 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦. When we say LEMON it sounds like LEM-uhn 🍋 or ABOUT becomes uh-BOUT 💭. The word TAKEN sounds like TAY-kuhn ✋ or PENCIL becomes PEN-suhl ✏️. Fun Fact: The schwa sound always sounds like "uh" but can be spelled with any vowel letter! 🔡 It's like having a sneaky sound that hides in different vowels! ✨📄

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📘 Spelling test: Irregular 'Schwa' words

Reading: Favorite Foods

One of the Carter family animals likes to eat wheat grass. Do you know which one? Read the story to find out. Read "Favorite Foods." Read the chapter. To turn the page just click on the right side of the book. To go to a previous page, click on the left side of the book.

Reading Comprehension

Great job finishing the story "Favorite Foods!" Now it’s time to check your understanding! You will answer 5 questions about the story. Click on the number to answer the question. Read each question carefully.Choose the best answer from the four choices (A, B, C, or D). Only pick one answer for each question.Try your best and take your time! 🧠✏️

Reading: Favorite foods

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YOU HAVE ANSWERED EVERYTHING

• Different animals have unique food preferences and eating habits

• Some foods that are safe for one animal can be harmful to another (grapes are dangerous for most dogs but Pixie can eat them safely)

• Animals can develop clever problem-solving strategies (Pixie's method of eating grapes without getting caught)

• Pets can have routines and preferences (Bobby's nightly walk to his special grass patch)

What knowledgehave you acquired?

Reading: favorite foods

Vocabulary

What you read You have read a story about the Carter family's pets and their unusual food preferences. Pixie the dog cleverly eats grapes by leaving empty skins on the vine, Bobby has a special patch of tall grass he visits nightly, Pippi the cat loves cantaloupe rind and steals dog food, and Franky enjoys wheat grass and exactly two banana chips each night. The story shows how each pet has unique tastes and clever eating habits. What you will do Learn new vocabulary words from the story. Use the new words in your own sentences.

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Sight words

This week, we have six new sight words. Read and listen your sight words.

Download the worksheet and unscramble each sight word, when done, submit it to your teacher.

Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

What are Possessive Pronouns? 👑

Watch the following video and learn more about Possessive Pronouns

Possessive pronouns are words that show ownership or that something belongs to someone! They replace nouns and tell us "whose" something is. Examples: 🎯 Instead of saying: "That is Sarah's book" 📚 We can say: "That book is hers" ✨ Instead of saying: "This is my dog's toy" 🐕 We can say: "This toy is his" 🎾 Common Possessive Pronouns: 📝 mine 🙋‍♀️ (belongs to me) yours 🙋‍♂️ (belongs to you) his 👦 (belongs to him) hers 👧 (belongs to her) ours 👥 (belongs to us) theirs 👫 (belongs to them) Quick Tip: 💡 Possessive pronouns never need an apostrophe! They already show ownership all by themselves! 🚫's Example from our story: "Pixie's favorite grapes" could become "Those grapes are hers!" 🍇

Click on the Download button to download the worksheet about Possessive Pronouns. Once you are done, please submit it to the teacher.

Writing

You are going to write about your least-favorite food, and then have a conversation with someone about why you don't like it. Brainstorm some foods that you don't like to eat, and write why you don't like them. Is it the taste? Smell? Texture?

Click the button to download the graphic organizer. Use the list to brainstorm some foods.

Well done

Unit completed!

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Vocabulary Words: Crisp 🍇 - firm and crunchy in texture Rind 🍈 - the tough outer skin or peel of a fruit Grazing 🐕 - eating grass or plants while moving around slowly Shoots 🌱 - young, tender new growth from plants Cluster 🍇 - a group of things growing or held together Chomps 😋 - bites down hard and chews noisily Nibbles 🐱 - takes small, gentle bites Compost ♻️ - a mixture of decayed organic matter used to fertilize soil

Reflect

1. What surprised you most about the schwa sound? 2. Which part was most challenging?

Activity

Click the link to download the worksheet. When done, submit the worksheet to your teacher.

Objectives

Identify and understand key vocabulary words from the story about how the Carter family's pets have unique food preferences and clever eating behaviors. Learn how each animal has developed special habits and routines around their favorite foods.

Introduction

"Today we will learn new words from the story about the Carter family's pets and their favorite foods. These words will help us talk about animal behavior, food preferences, and the unique eating habits of different pets. Let's explore their meanings together!"

Key Ideas

• Any vowel letter (a, e, i, o, u) can make the schwa sound

• The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English

Examples

A = schwa: about, banana, sofa E = schwa: taken, lemon, open I = schwa: family, pencil, circus O = schwa: button, carrot, robot U = schwa: focus, supply, album