activity book unit 2 friends

Unit 2
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FRIENDS
CONSUMABLE
Ss
Pp
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Ss
Ss
Ss
Pp
Pp
Pp
Write Ss and Pp.
At Home:
Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk
about the unit theme: Friends.
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ISBN-10: 0-02-206188-6
Illustrator credits: Cvr: Betsy Snyder. 5: Michael Grejniec. 6: Steve Henry. 7: Mircea Catusanu. 9: Viviana Garofoli.
10: Margeaux Lucas. 11: Nathan Jarvis. 12: Nathan Jarvis. 19: Esther Szegedy. 20: Esther Szegedy. 21: Nathan Jarvis.
22: Nathan Jarvis. 25: Margeaux Lucas. 26: Margeaux Lucas. 27: David Clar. 28: David Clar. 29: Sachiko Yoshikawa.
30: Sachiko Yoshikawa. 31: Nathan Jarvis. 32: Nathan Jarvis.
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Ss
Unit 2 • Week 1
Name
Letter to Know Listen and Read
Word to Know
Big Book
like
Pre-Decodable Readers
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Ss
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Ss
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ad
s
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
Phonics: /s/s
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for
the /s/ sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Elicit from
children the difference between a letter and a word.
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Name
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you what the
characters enjoy doing in the story,
What Do You Like?
Comprehension: Character What Do You Like?
Look at the picture and point to each character. Who are they? What
are the characters doing that is the same? What about the characters is
different?
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Vocabulary: Color Words
Listen to the following directions. Name the color. Color each picture to
match the color of the crayon.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each color.
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Name
I like
alligators
.
I like
soup
.
I Like
High-Frequency Word: like
Point to the title page first. Then,
read the book aloud to a partner.
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Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
Unit 2: Friends • Week 1
I like
socks
. I like
milk
.
2 3
Name
Phonemic Awareness: /s/
Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its
name begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of sun.
At Home:

Ask your child to point to and name the
items in the picture that begin with the
same sound as sun.
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Sam
We like .
I like .
I am .
Sam
Phonics: Blending s
Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Read the
sentence. Write the word. Read the sentence again.
At Home:
Ask your child to read the sentences
aloud.
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Name
Comprehension: Character
Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows the boy being a friend.
Look at the pictures. Circle the picture that shows the girl being helpful.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you what the
children are doing in each picture.
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Phonics: /s/s

Say the name of each picture. Write the letter below the picture
if its name begins with the /s/ sound.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
that begins with the letter s.
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Pp
Unit 2 • Week 2
Name
Listen and Read
Word to Know
Letter to Know
Big Book
a
Pre-Decodable Readers
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Pp

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Pp
Phonics: /p/p
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the
/p/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
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p
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Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Friends All Around
Think about Friends All Around. Describe what the friends are doing in
each picture. What are the friends doing that is the same? What are the
friends doing that is different?
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you what is
happening in each picture.
Name
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Comprehension: Compare and Contrast Friends All Around

Describe what you see in each picture. Tell what the friends are doing.
Draw a picture of something you like to do with a friend. Tell how it is
the same or different from the picture shown.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you ways he or
she and a friend are alike and different
from the characters in the story.
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I Am
Name
I am a
frog
.
I am a
bird
.
High-Frequency Word: a
Point to the title page first. Then, read the
book aloud to a partner.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
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I am a
chick
. I am a

rose
.
2 3
Name
Phonemic Awareness: /p/
Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its name
begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of pineapple.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and name
the items in the picture that begin with
the same sound as pineapple.
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Pam
sap
map
sapPam map
Pam
Phonics: Blending p
Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Write the
word. Circle the picture that goes with the word. Say the word again.
At Home:
Ask your child to blend the sounds
to read each word.
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Name
Comprehension: Compare and Contrast
Look at the pictures. Circle the two pairs that are the same.

Tell why they are the same. Point to the pair that is different.
Tell why it is different.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you why the
pairs are the same or different.
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Phonics: /p/p
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter below the
picture if its name begins with the /p/ sound.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
that begins with the letter p.
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Pp
Ss
Name
Letters to Know Listen and Read
Unit 2 • Week 3
Words to Know
like a
Read-Aloud
Trade Book
Pre-Decodable Readers
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Ss
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s
S
Phonics: /s/s
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at
the beginning of each picture name. Write the letter that stands for the
/s/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
Ss
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Name
Comprehension: Character Simon and Molly plus Hester
Name the characters in the story. Cut out the pictures. Glue the pictures
that show what the friends enjoy doing together at the end of the story
in the boxes above.
At Home:
Ask your child to name the characters in
the story, Simon and Molly plus Hester,
and tell what they liked to do together.
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