treasures activity book 1

Unit 8
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PLANTS
CONSUMABLE
At Home:
Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk
about the theme: Plants.
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Unit 8 • Week 1
Listen and Read
Name
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Letter to Know
Words to Know
Decodable Reader
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
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Kk
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Kk
k
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2.
1.
Phonics: /k/k
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound you hear at the
beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name begins
with the same sound as kite. Write the letter.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
sound as kite.
Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
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Comprehension: Sequence Oak Trees
Look at the pictures. Write 1, 2, 3, and 4 to identify how an oak tree
grows. Cut out the pictures. Put them in correct order. Tell the story using
sequence words.

At Home:
Ask your child to tell you how an oak
tree grows.
Name
Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
5
small treeacorn
stemroots
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Comprehension: Sequence Oak Trees
Look at each word. Write 1, 2, 3, and 4 to identify how an oak tree grows.
Cut out each word card. Put them in correct order. Tell the story using
sequence words.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you how an oak
tree grows.
Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
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Mom said, “I see a
tree
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High-Frequency Words: little, said
Read the book aloud to a partner. Point
to each word as you say it.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
Name
4

I have a little
acorn
.
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A Little
acorn
Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
I have a little
leaf
.
I have a little
branch
.
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Phonemic Awareness: /k/
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 kite.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
the same sound as kite.
Name
Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
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Phonics: Blending ck

Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the
end of each word. Write the letters that stand for the /k/ sound. Blend the
sounds and say the word.
At Home:
Ask your child to blend the sounds to
read each word.
ki
ta
si
du
ro
so
ck
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2.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
At Home:
Ask your child to tell you what happened
first, next, and last.
Comprehension: Sequence
Look at the pictures in each row. Write 1, 2, and 3
to identify what happened first, next, and last. Use
sequence words to tell about each set of pictures.
2.
1.
Name
Unit 8: Plants
• Week 1

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Phonics: /k/k, /k/ck
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter k below the picture
if its name begins with the /k/ sound. Write the letters ck below the
picture if its name ends with the /k/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture.
Have your child tell you whether each
word begins or ends with the k sound.
1.
2.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 1
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Uu
by Tom Leonard
Name
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Unit 8 • Week 2
Listen and Read
Words to Know
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
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Phonics: /u/u
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 /u/
sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
Name
Comprehension: Retell Seed Secrets
Cut out the pictures. Work with a partner to identify where the scenes
are taking place. Use the pictures and location words to retell how and
where seeds travel.
At Home:
Ask your child to use the pictures to

retell how seeds travel in the story,
Seed Secrets.
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Comprehension: Retell Seed Secrets
Work with a partner to identify where the scenes are taking place. Use
the pictures to retell how seeds travel. Name locations where you can
plant seeds.
At Home:
Ask your child to use the pictures to
retell how seeds travel in the story,
Seed Secrets.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
High-Frequency Words: here, was
Read the book aloud to a partner. Point
to each word as you say it.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
Name
Was Kip Here?
Here is Kip!
Was Kip here?
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
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Kip was here. Was Kip here?
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Name
Phonemic Awareness: /u/
Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its
name begins with the same sound you hear in umbrella.
At Home:
Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
the same sound as umbrella.
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m
p
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r
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
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sun
nut
suncup nut
cup
Phonics: Blending u
Point to the word as you blend the sounds and say the word. Write the
word. Repeat the word.
At Home:
Ask your child to blend the sounds to
read each word.
3.
2.

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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
Name
At Home:
Ask your child to retell the story to you.
Comprehension: Retell
Look at the pictures and listen to the story. The two skunks see flowers.
They each pick a bunch of flowers. They give the flowers to their mother.
Retell the main event to a partner.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
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2.
1.
Phonics: /u/u
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter below the picture
if its name begins with the /u/ sound. Repeat the names aloud.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture that
begins with the same sound as umbrella.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 2
Uu
Kk
Name
Words to Know
little said here was
Read-Aloud

Trade Book
Unit 8 • Week 3
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Phonics: /k/k
Say the name of each picture. Identify the sound that you hear at the
beginning of each picture name. Circle each picture whose name begins
with the same sound as kite. Write the letter.
At Home:
Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
sound as kite.
3.
2.

1.
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Unit 8: Plants • Week 3
Name
Comprehension: Draw Conclusions
1. Look at the top picture. Draw a line to the picture below that identifies
the location where the dog is going.
2. Look at the top picture. Draw a line to the picture below that identifies
the location where the cat might play.
At Home:
Ask your child to tell a story about the
pictures using location words.
2.1.
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