Thursday
Thursday 2/9
Math
I can identify and show ways to make 16. I can recognize that 16 is ten and six more.
Skills Block
(81) decodable
"Fun with Gum"
Josh waddles out of his little rat hole to find some breakfast. The sun is so bright that he has to squint his little rat eyes to see the yellow school bus parked outside. The bus is empty. “The kids must be visiting the museum for a field trip,” Josh thinks. “I bet there are lots of snacks on that bus!” He scurries over to check it out.
Josh squeezes through a little crack in the bus door. He sniffs around but does not find anything. He is about to give up when something catches his eye: a shiny pink glob. “What is that?” he asks.
He picks it up with his little claw. Just as he is about to put it into his mouth, Chip climbs through an open window.
“I know you’re a rat and all, but you must be really hungry if you are going to eat somebody’s chewed-up gum!” Chip says.
“Gum?” asks Josh. “What’s that?” “It’s kind of like candy,” Chip says. “But you don’t eat it. You just chew on it.”
Josh tries to put it down, but he can’t. It is too sticky! He spreads his little claws apart, and the gum turns into sticky strings. Cats love string. So Chip cannot help it—he has to play with it! Chip starts batting the sticky strings with his paws. Josh laughs as Chip rolls around and plays with the gum.
Then they hear children’s voices outside. Chip and Josh leave the glob of gum on the floor and run out the bus door. They are still laughing about the sticky gum.
Where does Josh look for food?
What does he find on the bus?
What does the phrase "Josh waddles out of his little rat hole" mean?
What does the word scurry mean?
How do Josh and Chip know they have to leave the bus?
ELA/Knowledge
I can listen carefully to another's ideas and ask questions when I do not understand something.
I can write a focus statement that describes how animals depend on trees for food.