Amazing Whales Literature Unit--Journeys Companion

This unit accompanies the book Amazing Whales! By Sarah Thomson

This unit stemmed from a book utilized in Journeys Common Core but can also be a stand-alone literature unit focusing on nonfiction. This is great for an end of the year first grade unit or beginning of the year second grade unit.

Included in the unit are Kagan as well as CAFE strategies but the PowerPoint can be adjusted to fit your need.

Skills included:
-Digraphs
-Glued sounds
-CVCe
-Vowel teams
-Compound words
-Suffixes –ed, -ing, -er, -est
-Multisyllabic words
-Vocabulary
-Compare and Contrast
-Nonfiction text features
-Main idea and details
-Cause and Effect
-Opinion Writing
-Informational Writing

Incorporated each day:
-Vocabulary boost
-Sight Words
-Comprehension Focus
-Phonemic Awareness/Phonics Focus
-Varied application activity (phonics, comprehension, or writing)


Since the PowerPoint is completely editable, you will need to download the font Back to School from dafont.com

http://www.dafont.com/back-to-school3.font