Wonders READING/WRITING COMPANION 1.6

NEW EDITION

NEW EDITION

Grade 1 • Unit 6

McGraw Hill

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READING/WRITING COMPANION

CYAN MAG YELO BLACK HEX.GREEN

ISBN: 978-981-4923-66-8

PHX MAC #1448240 03/02/18

READING/WRITING COMPANION 1.6

UNIT 6

NEW EDITION

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Unit 6

Together We Can!

The Big Idea

Weekly Concept.................................................................................. 4 Phonics: oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, ou .............................................6 Words to Know

Shared Read

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Shared Read Super Tools.............................................................. 12 Respond to Reading........................................................................22 Genre Study: Fantasy .....................................................................23 Comprehension Skill: Theme .....................................................24 Words to Know

Paired Read

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Paired Read Be a Volunteer!.....................................................29 Grammar: Pronouns.........................................................................32 Make Connections ...........................................................................33 Research and Inquiry ....................................................................34 Write About the Text....................................................................36

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Week 1 • Taking Action

SOCIA

How does teamwork help us? .....................................................2

SOCIA

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Week 2 • My Team Weekly Concept................................................................................38 Phonics: a, aw, au, augh, al ...................................................... 40 Words to Know

Shared Read

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Shared Read All Kinds of Helpers......................................... 46 Respond to Reading........................................................................56 Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose...............................58 Words to Know

Paired Read

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Paired Read Happy Mail...............................................................63 Grammar: Possessive Pronouns .................................................66 Make Connections ...........................................................................67

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Genre Study: Nonfiction ...............................................................57

Research and Inquiry ....................................................................68 Write About the Text....................................................................70

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Weekly Concept................................................................................72 Phonics: Silent Letters wr, kn, gn ........................................... 74 Words to Know

Shared Read

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Shared Read Wrapped in Ice...................................................80 Respond to Reading........................................................................90 Genre Study: Realistic Fiction .................................................... 91 Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect...............................92 Words to Know

Paired Read

............................................................... 94

Paired Read Rainy Weather ......................................................97 Grammar: Special Pronouns .....................................................100 Make Connections ...........................................................................101 Research and Inquiry .................................................................. 102 Write About the Text..................................................................104

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Week 3 • Weather Together

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Week 4 • Sharing Traditions Weekly Concept.............................................................................. 106 Phonics: Three-Letter Blends ................................................... 108 Words to Know

Shared Read

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Shared Read A Spring Birthday............................................. 114 Respond to Reading...................................................................... 124 Genre Study: Realistic Fiction ................................................. 125 Comprehension Skill: Theme ................................................... 126 Words to Know

Paired Read

.............................................................. 128

Paired Read Making Paper Shapes ......................................131 Grammar: Subjective and Objective Pronouns ............. 134 Make Connections ......................................................................... 135 Research and Inquiry .................................................................. 136 Write About the Text.................................................................. 138

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Weekly Concept..............................................................................140 Phonics: air, are, ear..................................................................... 142 Words to Know

Shared Read

..............................................................144

Shared Read A Special Time to Share .............................148 Respond to Reading...................................................................... 158 Genre Study: Nonfiction ............................................................. 159 Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose............................. 160 Words to Know

Paired Read

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Paired Read Harvest Festivals Around the World..... 165 Grammar: Adverbs That Tell How ........................................ 168 Make Connections ......................................................................... 169 Research and Inquiry .................................................................. 170

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Write About the Text...................................................................172

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Week 5 • Celebrate Holidays!

My Sound-Spellings....................................................................... 174

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Handwriting Models ..................................................................... 176

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Unit 6

2 Unit 6 • Week 1

Talk about the photo. What are the children doing? Do you think they work better together?

Circle how the children work together.

Talk about a time you did something better by working with others.

The Idea

Big

How does teamwork help us?

Together Taking We Action Can!

3

Weekly Concept Taking Action

01

Essential Question How can we work together to make our lives better?

CO L

LABORATE

Talk About It What are these people working on together?

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Unit 6 • Week 1

Talk about how we can work with others to make our lives better.

Use the photos and words to help you.

paint walls

clean up streets

cook meals

wash dishes

Write about ways you can work with your family and friends. (bkgd) Jim West/Alamy; (l to r) Blend/Image Source; Hill Street Studios/Eric Raptosh/Blend Images LLC; George Rudy/Shutterstock; Brand X Pictures/Alamy

Working Together

Talk about your ideas.

Taking Action

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Phonics

02

oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, ou The letters oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, and ou can make the sound you hear in the middle of cool, truth, flute, news, clues, suit, and soup.

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moon

June

student

flew

true

fruit

you

room

July

rude

group

chewing

Shared Read

Lucy and a group of friends sat by the pool.

Lucy, Sue, and Drew ate fruit.

LABORA CCOOLL L A B O R A TTEE

Your Turn

Look for these words with oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, and ou in ”Super Tools.”

super

tools

Lucy’s

few

new

cool

Lucy

used

useless

rude

school

soon

juice

drew

blue

you

room

useful Taking Action

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Words to Know

03

answer I know the answer.

How do you feel when you know the answer to a problem?

HFW

brought We all brought food for the picnic. (t to b) Tom Wang/Shutterstock; Fernanda Flugel/Shutterstock; Peshkova/Shutterstock

Who brought something yellow?

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HFW

door This room has a white door.

What color is the door to your house?

HFW

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Shared Read

Mike was nice enough to share his lunch.

Who was nice enough to help you when you needed help?

HFW

eyes My eyes are blue.

What color are your eyes?

HFW

agreed Dad agreed with my idea.

Make your own sentence. “ agreed with my idea.”

demand We demand you stop using plastic.

What do your parents demand you NOT do?

Taking Action

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enough

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Words to Know emergency

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The firefighters had an emergency meeting.

When might people have an emergency meeting?

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exclaimed They exclaimed in joy.

If someone exclaimed, did they make a loud or quiet sound?

gasped Kate gasped when she saw the big shark!

Make your own sentence. “I gasped when I .”

hung She hung the ball on the tree.

Tell about something you hung in your room.

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Shared Read remind The list will remind me of things to do.

How do you remind yourself of things to do?

rude It’s rude to call during a movie.

Name some other rude actions people do sometimes.

The umbrella is useless in this weather.

Do you own anything that used to be useful, but is useless now?

LABORA CCOOLL L A B O R A TTEE

Your Turn Say the sentence for each word.

Then make up another sentence.

Taking Action

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useless

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Read

Shared Read Find Text Evidence

Read to find out how a group of tools works together.

Point to each word in the title as you read it.

Circle and read aloud the word spelled with oo as in cool.

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Essential Question

04

How can we work together to make our lives better?

r e p Su s l o To

Fantasy

Taking Action

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Read

Shared Read Find Text Evidence

Underline and read aloud the word brought.

Circle and read aloud the words spelled with ew as in flew.

Comprehension 1 When did Lucy use

the computer?

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A few weeks ago, Lucy’s mom and dad brought a new computer home.

“This is so cool!” exclaimed Lucy.

Lucy used the computer all the time.

But not everyone was happy about the new computer.

Fantasy Find Text Evidence

Comprehension 1 Look at the picture.

Lucy didn’t know it, but her writing tools felt sad and useless. One day while she was at school, they had an emergency meeting.

“Lucy hasn’t used us in weeks!” cried the markers. “Can we demand to be used?” asked the crayons.

“No, that would be rude. But, we can remind her how great we are,” said the pencils. “Yes!” they all agreed. “Let’s remind her.”

Who felt sad and useless?

Circle the answer in the picture.

2 What will the

writing tools remind Lucy about?

Taking Action

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Read

Shared Read Find Text Evidence

Underline and read aloud the words door and enough.

Circle and read aloud the word spelled with ui as in fruit.

Comprehension 1 What was Lucy’s

report about?

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After school, as soon as Lucy came through the door, she grabbed a glass of juice and went right to her computer. She had to write a report about birds.

The writing tools watched and waited. When Lucy was done, she printed her report.

Fantasy Find Text Evidence

Comprehension 1 What did the writing

tools make together?

2 What did the pencils

That night the writing tools got busy. They worked together to make a picture for Lucy.

The pencils made a sketch. The markers drew the bird in the tree.

The crayons drew the sun in a blue sky. The picture was good enough to frame.

make?

3 Look at the picture.

What did the markers draw?

Circle the answer in the picture.

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Read

Shared Read Find Text Evidence

Underline and read aloud the words eyes and answer.

Circle and read aloud the words spelled with ew as in flew.

Comprehension 1 What made Lucy

gasp?

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The next day was Saturday. Lucy woke up late. Then she went to get her report. Lucy gasped. She couldn’t believe her eyes! “Who drew this great picture?” she asked.

“Did you draw this?” Lucy asked Mom and Dad. “You know the answer to that!” they laughed. “Stop joking!

YOU drew that great picture.”

That made Lucy wish she had drawn it. “It’s fun to draw,” she said.

Fantasy Find Text Evidence

Comprehension 1 Who thinks that

Lucy drew the picture?

2 What did Lucy wish

she had done?

3 Look at the picture.

Who said it’s fun to draw?

Circle the answer in the picture.

Taking Action

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Read

Shared Read Find Text Evidence

Circle and read aloud the words spelled with oo as in cool.

Comprehension 1 Where did Lucy

hang the picture?

2 What will Lucy do

for the report?

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Lucy hung the picture in her room.

Then she took out her pencils, crayons, and markers. “I’ll draw my own picture for my report,” she said.

Lucy and her pencils, crayons, and markers worked together. They drew a super picture.

From that day on, Lucy kept drawing. And the writing tools felt happy and useful again!

Fantasy Find Text Evidence

Comprehension 1 Look at the picture.

Who drew a super picture?

Circle the answer in the picture.

2 Who felt happy and

useful again?

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Respond to Reading

Reread

Shared Read

Circle and write the words that answer the questions about “Super Tools.” Write the page numbers.

Questions

Answers

1 How did the writing tools feel in the beginning of the story?

The writing tools felt unhappy and in the beginning of the story.

2 What did Lucy do to draw her own picture?

Lucy her writing tools to draw her own picture.

useless

hung

3 How did the writing tools feel at the end of the story?

Text Evidence Page(s):

great Page(s):

took out

The writing tools felt happy and at the end of the story. surprised useful

Page(s):

Work with a partner to ask and answer the questions above.

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Genre Study

Reread

Shared Read

A fantasy story has made-up characters or events that could not happen in real life. It often has a problem and solution.

Reread to find out what the problems in the story are and how they are solved.

Talk about the problems and solutions.

Write two problems and their solutions from the story.

What is the problem?

What is the solution?

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Comprehension Skill The theme of a story is the big idea or message that an author wants to share.

Reread “Super Tools.”

Talk about the clues in the story that help you understand the author’s message.

Find Text Evidence

Find clues that help you understand the theme. page 17

That night the writing tools got busy. They worked together to make a picture for Lucy.

The pencils made a sketch. The markers drew the bird in the tree. The crayons drew the sun in a blue sky. The picture was good enough to frame.

Write about the clues and the theme of the story.

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Reread

Shared Read

Clue

The pencils

anno

.

Clue

The markers

in the tree.

Clue

The crayons

in a blue sky.

Theme

The writing tools happy and useful again.

to be

Talk about other clues that help us understand the theme of the story.

Retell “Super Tools” using your own words.

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Words to Know

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belong The boat does not belong in the forest.

Where does a boat belong?

bushes There are bushes in front of that house.

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How are bushes different from trees?

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collect They collect the trash every day.

Why do these people collect the trash?

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Paired Read equipment Some workers need this special equipment.

Name some sports equipment you have at home.

for free

What can you try for free at the grocery store?

important Wearing a seatbelt is an important rule.

Name an important rule. Why is it important?

Taking Action

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You can try these samples for free.

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Words to Know improve I study to improve my English.

What do you want to improve?

remove We remove the snow near our house.

Remove one thing from on top of your desk.

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volunteer

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A volunteer is someone who works for free.

How would you help others as a volunteer?

LABORA CCOOLL L A B O R A TTEE

Your Turn Say the sentence for each word.

Then make up another sentence.

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Paired Read

06

Be a Volunteer!

Read to find out about people who help others.

Do you want to help people improve their lives? You can become a volunteer! Volunteers are people who work for free.

Circle the words that tell what volunteers mean.

Volunteering is an important way to help others! Volunteers can help people and animals.

They can help our planet. There are many different ways to volunteer.

Talk about clues that show how the author feels about volunteering.

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Underline the words that tell what volunteers do.

These volunteers work at a food drive.

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Paired Read Let’s read how volunteers can clean up a lake! When spring comes, a lake needs to be ready so that everyone can enjoy it in the summer. Volunteers can plant flowers and bushes. They can also collect plastic bottles and cans to recycle.

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Volunteers can help remove items that don’t belong in the water.

They use special equipment to pick up the items. A clean lake is better for people and animals!

People of all ages can be volunteers.

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Underline three sentences that tell what volunteers can do to clean up a lake.

Circle the words in the caption that tell who can be volunteers.

Talk about what the author wants readers to do. Talk about the clues you used to answer.

Which task would you do as a volunteer at the lake?

Talk about what the text says about how volunteers can clean up a lake.

Write about the ways they can help.

Why does the author give examples on each page of how volunteers can help? Share your ideas.

Write a text about something important that you think people should volunteer to do.

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Grammar A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. The pronouns I, he, she, and it refer to one noun. The pronouns we and they refer to more than one noun. A pronoun is used to refer to a noun that was already talked about.

Find Text Evidence

Circle one more pronoun in the second sentence. Underline the words it takes the place of in the first sentence.

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Lucy didn’t know it, but her writing tools felt sad and useless. One day while she was at school, they had an emergency meeting.

A. Circle the pronouns. Underline the words the pronouns replace.

1.

Mike and I are pals. We love playing together.

2.

Look at my new bike. It is cool!

B. Add a pronoun and other words to complete the sentence.

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at school.

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Integrate

Make Connections

Talk about how the children in the photo are working together.

You can compare the children and the writing tools using these sentence starters: • The children in the photo . . .

• The writing tools in “Super Tools” . . .

Compare the children in the photo and the writing tools in “Super Tools.”

Answer the Essential Question. Use what you learned this week.

How can we work together to make our lives better?

Taking Action

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Both

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Integrate

Research and Inquiry

Let’s Take Action Together!

Step 1

Write a question about how you can help make your school a better place.

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Example

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What can we do together to help improve our school?

Step 2

Decide how many classmates you will poll. Write the number on the line.

Step 3

List five things you can do with your classmates to help improve your school. Use the photos and words to help you.

Examples

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sort recycling

clean windows

grow a garden

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Ways to Help

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Number of Classmates

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Step 4

Ask your classmates your question from Step 1 . Draw a circle beside the ways to help improve your school. Use the chart in Step 3 .

Step 5

Write about the results of your poll. What did you learn about your classmates?

Most classmates want to

.

Few classmates want to

.

Step 6

Present your work.

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Write About the Text I responded to the prompt: Write a letter from the computer to the tools. Tell how Lucy can use all of them.

Billy

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Vary Sentence Length Short and long sentences make my letter interesting.

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Details I included details from the story.

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Student Model: Narrative

Dear Writing Tools, Lucy is excited to use me. I am new, and she thinks I’m cool! She can use me to type a letter to Gran.

I am great for reports, too. She can use me to type it up and print it out.

Reread

Shared Read

Grammar

She can add to the report by drawing a beautiful picture. She needs you for that!

I am new, but I think Lucy will use all of us from now on. We can all work together!

Your pal, Your Computer

Your Turn

She is a pronoun.

CO L

L ABOR ATE

Write a letter from the writing tools to Lucy. Tell what they explained to her in their drawing.

Taking Action

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NEW EDITION

NEW EDITION

Grade 1 • Unit 6

McGraw Hill

9 789814 923668

READING/WRITING COMPANION

CYAN MAG YELO BLACK HEX.GREEN

ISBN: 978-981-4923-66-8

PHX MAC #1448240 03/02/18

READING/WRITING COMPANION 1.6

UNIT 6

NEW EDITION

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