Module 7

The Big Outdoors

HELLO, FAMILY!
Over the next three weeks, our class will be learning about nature,
and we will investigate how things in nature can change.
We will read about different environments and observe the beauty of
nature. Children will learn about interesting changes that occur, such
as how the Grand Canyon formed and how the water cycle works.
They will also write a poem about things they like in nature.

BRING IT HOME! Learning fun for the whole family!

Big Idea Words Let’s Read Together Word Play
Reinforce these important topic Make a special time and place to Play with words to help develop
words when you read or talk with read with your child every day. skills that are important for reading.
your child:
During this module about the • Week 1: A Cut Is Not Cute!
cycle natural world, try these activities Write and say the word cut. Add
evaporation during your reading time together: -e, changing cut to cute. Stress
liquid the long u vowel sound. Repeat
• Imitate animal sounds and other
with tub/tube and cub/cube.
Try to incorporate questions like sounds from nature when you
these into everyday conversations: read about them in books. • Week 2: I Spy ea Words
Play I Spy while reading a book.
• What can you tell me about the • Read about recycling and start a
Look for words with the short e
life cycle of a butterfly? recycling project. Collect paper
sound spelled ea, such as head
or plastics to recycle at home or
• How does the sun’s heat cause and bread. Read the words,
to donate at a recycling center.
evaporation in a puddle of noting that the two vowels make
water? • Talk about how water is one sound.
important to our environment.
• What kinds of liquids do you like • Week 3: Vowel Team
Read articles about water and
to drink? Challenge: ai or ay
think of ways to use less water.
See who can write the most
words with the vowel team ai or
ay. Examples include stay, day,
player, and sail, snail, rain. Read
aloud your word lists.

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 High-Frequency
Words
Name

Words to Know
Knowing how to read and write these words can make
you a better reader and writer.

Word Bank

animal heads keep Let’s

point something voice won’t

u Write a word from the box to complete each sentence.

1. I tell Tom, “ play in

the grass.”

2. I see in the grass.

3. I to it so Tom can
see it, too.

4. What kind of is this?

5. The animal to
the tree.
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 Name Letter Cards

✂
A A B B C C D D
E E F F GG H H
I I J J K K L L
MM N NOO P P
QQ R R S S T T
U U V V WW X X
Y Y Z Z
✂

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 Name Letter Cards

a a a b b b c c c
✂

d d d e e e f f f
g g g h h h i i i
j j j k k k l l l
m m m n n n o o o
p p p q q q r r r
s s s t t t u u u
v v v w w w x x x
y y y z z z ’ ’ ’
✂

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Name Manuscript
Ss

Handwriting Model
u Trace and write the letters.

SSS

sss

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Name Manuscript
Uu

Handwriting Model
u Trace and write the letters.

UUU

uuu

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High-Frequency Decodable Spelling Words

Words High-Frequency
Words

Basic Review
✂ ✂
animal five flute white

heads these cute drive

keep use Luke joke

let’s those tube home

point write use

something must woke

voice wake

won’t hike

Challenge

bake beside

game space

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Name

Long u; VCe Pattern

You can spell the long u sound with the Spelling Words
u-consonant-e pattern, as in flute. You can spell
some long-vowel words by thinking about the Basic

vowel-consonant-e (VCe) pattern, as in woke. flute

u Write each Basic and Review Spelling Word in cute

the correct column. Luke
tube
Words Words Words Words
use
with with with with
long u long a long i long o woke
wake
hike
bake
game

Review

white
drive
joke
home

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 IDEAS and SUPPORT
When authors write to persuade,
they want readers to do or believe something.

I think...
OPINION I believe...

What does the author I feel...

think or feel?
__ is the best __.
REASONS
What reasons support the
opinion? Look for facts, or
things that can be proved.
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EXAMPLES
What examples or
details tell more about
the reasons?
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Ideas and Support

Title

Author’s Opinion

Supporting Reason

Supporting Reason

Supporting Reason

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Persuade

Reason Reason

Topic

Reason Reason

Words and Phrases to Persuade

have to must

reason because

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Name Grammar
3.4.1

Future Tense

You can write sentences that tell what may happen in

the future. Use will or is going to to write sentences
about the future.
Marisol will sing. Marisol is going to sing.

Rewrite each sentence to tell about the future.

1. Jacob jumps high.

2. Rita went to the movies.

Circle the sentences below that tell about the future.

3. Dana will ride her bike. 6. He is going to play baseball.

4. Sage can read well. 7. Mikel painted a picture.

5. Avery ate an apple. 8. Yoshi will take the test.

Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make

sure future-tense verbs are used correctly.

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Name

Long u, e (VCe)
When a word has a vowel-consonant-e pattern, the first vowel
stands for a long sound, and the final e is silent. The name
June has a long u vowel sound. The name Pete has a long
e vowel sound.

u Choose and write the word that names the picture.

tub tube scent scene

mute mule Eve Steve

flat flute cubes cubs

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Text Organization
Description
Informational texts have a structure,
or type of organization, that fits the topic
and the author’s purpose.
Description is one kind of structure or
organization. Authors choose description
to tell details about what something is like.

It smells
like...
It looks It sounds
like... like...

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It feels It acts
like... like...
Examples
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Text Organization
Description

Title

Description Description

Description Description

Description Description

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 Focal Text
Name

Class Poem
Write a copy of the class poem below. Use your best
handwriting and leave spaces between words and
sentences.

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3.4.2

Future Using Will

You can write sentences that tell about something that

is going to happen. Use will to write sentences about
the future.

Circle the sentences that tell about the future.

1. I run each day. 3. Danny will clean his room.

2. My mom will help me skate. 4. She reads a letter.

Rewrite each sentence to tell about the future. Use the

word will.

5. Uma spelled her name.

6. Brice collects action figures.

7. We arrived late.

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Make Inferences
When you make inferences, you use
clues to make a smart guess about
something the author doesn’t tell you.

CLUES FROM CLUES FROM

THE TEXT WHAT I
AND PICTURES ALREADY KNOW

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Make Inferences

Title

Clues in the Text What I Know

Inference

Clues in the Text What I Know

Inference

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Name

Long u; VCe Pattern

You can spell the long u sound with the Spelling Words
u-consonant-e pattern, as in tube. You can spell
some long-vowel words by thinking about the Basic

vowel-consonant-e (VCe) pattern, as in wake. flute

u Write the Spelling Word that names each picture. cute

Luke
1. 2. tube
use
woke
wake
hike
bake
3. 4. game

Review

white
drive
joke
5. 6. home

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Elements of Poetry
Message Stanza
tells about a a group of lines
thing or place

Sound Patterns Sensory Words

alliteration: sight, sound, smell,
big brown bear touch, and taste
rhyme: hop, stop, drop
rhythm: one, two,
buckle my shoe
onomatopoeia:
crash, bang, boom

Message
u i n e a p i g ,
s a l it t l eg
Stanza There w little, was not big;
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g
Who bein chubby cheeks,
Sensory Tiny feet, and tiny squeaks.
,
Word Curly hair t e ,
’s a p p et i
t i n y f e l l o w d n i g ht ;
Sound Th i s i g , d a ya n
y s b
Pattern Was alwa
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3.4.3

Future Using Going to

You can write sentences that tell about something that will
happen. Use going to to write sentences about the future.

Circle the sentences that tell about the future.

1. They are going to skate. 3. Gina has a dog.

2. Kendrick has a pet lizard. 4. He is going to feed the fish.

Rewrite each sentence to tell about the future. Use the

words going to.

5. We planted flowers.

6. Mom played a game.

7. Julian fixes a snack.

Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to make

sure future-tense verbs are used correctly.
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Phonics Review
• When a word has a vowel-consonant-e pattern, the first
vowel stands for a long sound, and the final e is silent.
Tune has a long u vowel sound, and these has a long e
vowel sound.
• When consonant g is followed by e or i, it often stands for
the j sound. The words gem and cage have the j sound
for consonant g. The letters dge also stand for the j
sound, as in badge.

u Choose and write the word that completes the sentence.

Word Bank

cute huge judge These

1. dogs are my pets.

2. The black dog is Zeke.

3. The small dog is Eve.

4. The gave each pet a badge

or prize.
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Name

Power Words: Match

Word Bank

mission spectacular break problem direction landed

u Write the Power Word from Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
that best fits each item.

1. Which word tells what an

airplane did at the end of
a trip?

2. Which word names something

that might make you worry?

3. Which word means the

opposite of dull or boring?

4. This word tells something you

might need if you're very tired.

5. Which word would you use to

tell about important work?

6. People use this word when

they describe which way to
walk, such as left or right.
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Vocabulary
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Words About Feelings and Beliefs

Adjectives are words that describe people, places, or things.
• Some adjectives describe how a person feels.
 ome adjectives describe what a person thinks or believes
• S
about something.

u Write an adjective from the box to finish each sentence. Use

a dictionary to find the meanings of any words you don’t know.

Word Bank

great afraid proud lonely clever

1. Lou was that he won the race.

2. My sister solved the problem!

3. I was to go into the dark cave.

4. That was a movie!

5. The puppy sat by itself.

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W HO t e lls
The narrator is the person t h e s to r y?
who tells a story.
Readers see the story
events through the
narrator's point of view.
THIRD-PERSON FIRST-PERSON
NARRATOR NARRATOR
A person who is NOT A person who is in
in the book is telling it. the book is telling it.
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Point of View

Title

Point of View

Who is the story’s narrator?

Evidence Evidence Evidence

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 Comprehension
Name

Point of View
When authors choose a narrator for a story, they decide how
readers will experience the story and who will tell the story. In a
story told from the first-person point of view, a character in
the story is the narrator. The narrator uses the words I, my, or
me. If a story is told from the third-person point of view, the
narrator is not a character in the story. An outside narrator
uses the words he, she, or they.

Answer the questions about Sam & Dave Dig a Hole.

▲

Pages 12–13 Is the narrator a character in the story?

How do you know?

Page 18 Is the narrator of the story a first-person or

a third-person narrator? How do you know?

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Annotate
a Text

Prepare to Read
Fantasy stories have made-up
GENRE STUDY

events that could not really happen.

Preview Ron and Tron. Ron

MAKE A PREDICT ION

and Tron live on different planets. Think

about how fantasy stories have make-believe
events. What do you think will happen?

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Read to find out what Ron and
SET A PURPOSE

Tron do and to see if your prediction is right.

If not, think about what a fantasy story is
like and make a new prediction.

1
 Ron and Tron
READ Does a narrator outside the story or a character in
the story tell the very beginning? How do you know? Who
writes the letter? Underline words that help you know who
is telling this part of the story.

Ron and Tron live far away from each Close Reading Tip
Is your prediction
other. They write to keep in touch. right so far? If
not, think about
the genre and
Hi Tron, make a new
Last week, I was digging deep under prediction.
the sea on my planet. I found red and
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green gems! They glow and sparkle. You

like to dig for gems too, so come visit me!
Your friend,
Ron

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 READ Who tells the part of the story at the top of the
page? Underline words that help you know. Does a
narrator outside the story or a character in the story tell
the end? Underline words that help you figure it out.

Hi Ron!
You are right! I DO like to dig and explore.
Close Reading Tip But do you want to come visit me first? We
Did your can help each other look for gems in the
prediction match deep, dark caves on my planet.
what happened in
this story? What Your pal,
were you right Tron
about? What was
different?
Ron went to Tron’s planet. They looked in
the caves. No gems! But they found lots of
bats and had a good time anyway.

CHECK MY UNDERSTANDING

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Ron and Tron found bats because

3
 Cite Text
Evidence
WRITE ABOUT IT How can you tell that Ron and
Tron are friends? Write sentences. Use details from
the story to explain why.
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 Focal Text
Name

Word Bank
Listen to Ask Me. Write down interesting nature and
action words you hear.

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Name

Poetry Challenge
Write the short poem your group created below. Print
neatly, with finger spaces between the words and
after the end punctuation of the sentences.

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Name Grammar
6.1.4

Review Spelling
Some words can be misspelled easily. Check to be sure
you spell words correctly.
Short Vowel Words: bed, pin, pan
Long Vowel Words: stone, date
High-Frequency Words: what, some, know

Circle the word that is spelled correctly in each

sentence.
1. Roxy wanted a new (pet, pete).
2. Her mom (tolked, talked) about a dog.
3. They went to the (shellter, shelter).
4. They were not sure (howe, how) to choose.
5. The puppies (barkeed, barked).
6. (Sum, Some) licked her fingers.
7. They saw a (cut, cute), brown pup.
8. They (asked, aksed) to adopt her.
9. Roxy and her mom took the puppy (homm, home).
10. Roxy will (walk, wolk) the pup each day.
Revisit a piece of your writing. Edit the draft to
make sure all words are spelled correctly.
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Blend Phonemes You can blend sounds to say

words.

u Blend the sounds to say each word. Color the

picture of each word you say.

1. 2.

Manipulate Phonemes: Change; Segment

Phonemes You can change sounds in words to say new
words. You can also break words into their sounds.

u Change a sound in each word. Color the picture of

the new word you say. Then say all of the sounds.

3. 4.

Identify, Produce Rhyme You can tell when words

rhyme, or have the same end sounds. You can say a
word that rhymes with another word.

u Say the words. Color the pictures of the words that

rhyme. In the box, draw a picture of another word
that rhymes.

5.

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Strategy
Name

Shades of Meaning
Synonyms are words that mean the same, or almost the
same, thing. Small differences in the meanings of words are
called shades of meaning.

u Read each group of synonyms. Then read the labels on the

lines and write the words in order.

1. gobble   eat   nibble

slower faster

2. toss   pitch   throw

slower faster

3. giggle   roar   grin

softer louder

4. amazing   great   super

good better

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4
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2
Ask questions to research.
1
Make a research plan.
 Research
Name

Gather Information
You can make a research plan to gather information about a
topic. First, brainstorm a list of questions to answer. Next,
think of sources like books, websites, or people. When you
have a list of sources, decide which ones will help you answer
your questions. Then look for the answers!

u Look at the research plan below. Then answer the

questions about it.

My Research Plan
Topic: Day and Night

Questions Sources

What makes day Look at the Stars!

Look at the Stars!

change into night?
Look at the Stars!

Night
Day into
Why does the moon Day into
Night

change shape? Day into

Night

How far away are

the stars?

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 Research
Name

1. What is the topic of the research plan?

2. Draw a line from each question in the research

plan to the source you think will help you answer
each question.

3. What is another question you could ask about day

and night?

4. What source could you use to answer your question?

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 Prewriting
Name

My Topics
Think of a few things you like in nature. Write them
in the boxes.

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Name

My Goals
In this module, you will write a poem about things you
like in nature.

Think about your past writing. What did you do well?

What do you want to do better? Read these goals
carefully and write #1 next to the one you most want
to improve.

I will…

Choose an interesting topic about nature.

Write in free verse or use rhyme.

Use nature nouns and action verbs.

Use onomatopoeia or rhythm.

Use correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

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Name Grammar
3.4.5

Connect to Writing:
Using the Future Tense
Read the selection and choose the best answer
to each question.

Gabi wrote a passage about learning to swim. Read her

paragraph and look for any revisions she should make.
Then answer the questions that follow.

(1) I want to learn how to swim. (2) The swimming lessons are
fun. (3) I will practice a lot. (4) I will learn to float. (5) I am
going to practice holding my breath under water. (6) I am
going to learn proper arm strokes. (7) I enjoy learning to swim.
1. Which two sentences contain future-tense verbs?
A. Sentences 1 and 2 B. Sentences 2 and 3
C. Sentences 3 and 7 D. Sentences 4 and 5

2. Which sentence does NOT contain a future-tense verb?

A. Sentence 2 B. Sentence 3
C. Sentence 5 D. Sentence 6

What activity would you like to learn how to do? Write

two or three sentences about your plans. Use will and
going to to write about the future.
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