Draw a picture of you and your family.

At Home:
Use the cover of the Activity Book to talk
about vocabulary words: big, small, short, tall.

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Name Unit 1 • Week 1

Letter to Know Listen and Read

We Can
by Wiley Blevins

I Can, We Can

WASHINGTON
Mm CANADA
by Wiley Blevins illustrated by Hector Borlasca

NEW
HAMPSHIRE MAINE
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA VERMONT
MONTANA
M
IC
H
OREGON SOUTH
DAKOTA WISCONSIN
I NEW YORK
MASSACHUSETTS
Sight Word Practice
G
A

IDAHO
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA NEBRASKA OHIO
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS MARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
ARIZONA OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS

NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO
E
GEORGIA W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA Sight Word Practice
MEXICO

Big Book Pre-Decodable Readers

Word to Know

we

Unit 1: Families • Week 1 3

 Mm
Mm
WASHINGTON

OREGON
CANADA

MONTANA
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA

SOUTH
DAKOTA WISCONSIN
M
IC
H
I NEW YORK

Mm
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
VERMONTMAINE
MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

G
A
MASSACHUSETTS
IDAHO
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA OHIO CONNECTICUT
NEBRASKA NEW JERSEY
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST
VIRGINIA DELAWAREDELAWARE
ILLINOIS MARYLANDMARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON D.C. D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
ARIZONA OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
N
NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO E
E
GEORGIA S
W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA

MEXICO

m op oon
an ap
at ouse

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Phonics: /m/m At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /m/ Ask your child to name each picture and
its beginning letter and sound.
sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Repeat the names aloud.

4 Unit 1: Families • Week 1

Name

Comprehension: Make Predictions Whose Baby Am I? At Home:

Cut out the animals. Match each baby animal with the adult animal you Ask your child to tell you why he or she
matched each baby animal with the
think it will grow into.
adult animal.

Unit 1: Families • Week 1 5

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Comprehension: Make Predictions Whose Baby Am I? At Home:
Cut out the animal figures. Match each baby animal with the Ask your child to tell you why he or
she matched each baby animal with
adult animal you think it will grow into.
the adult animal.

6 Unit 1: Families • Week 1

Name

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

We can eat
.
High-Frequency Word: we
Read the book aloud to a partner.
Reread for fluency.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
We can .
sweep

4 Unit 1: Families • Week 1 1

 We can rake
. We can paint
.
2 3
Name

Phonemic Awareness: /m/ At Home:

Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
name begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of moon.
the same sound as moon.

Unit 1: Families • Week 1 9

 Mm
Mm
WASHINGTON

OREGON
CANADA

MONTANA
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA

SOUTH
DAKOTA WISCONSIN
M
IC
H
I
NEW
HAMPSHIRE
VERMONTMAINE

NEW YORK
MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

Mm
G
A
MASSACHUSETTS
IDAHO
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA OHIO CONNECTICUT
NEBRASKA NEW JERSEY
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST
VIRGINIA DELAWAREDELAWARE
ILLINOIS MARYLANDMARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON D.C. D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
ARIZONA OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
N
NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO E
E
GEORGIA S
W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA

MEXICO

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: /m/m At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Circle each picture whose name begins Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
with the same sound as monkey. Write the letter.
sound as monkey.

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Name

Comprehension: Make Predictions At Home:

Look at the top picture. Then draw a line to the picture Ask your child to tell a story about
the pictures.
below that shows what might happen next.

Unit 1: Families • Week 1 11

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Phonics: /m/m At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter below the picture if Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
its name begins with the /m/ sound.
that begins with the letter m.

12 Unit 1: Families • Week 1

Name Unit 1 • Week 2

Letter to Know Listen and Read

I Am
by Dolores Webster illustrated by Melanie Hope Greenberg

>;Ã?9D?9Ã7J
ÞFFB;Ã7HA I See the Apple
Aa by Emily Baker

Sight Word Practice

Sight Word Practice

Big Book Pre-Decodable Readers

Word to Know

the

Unit 1: Families • Week 2 13

 Aa
Mm

Aa
MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

RHODE ISLAND
CONNECTICUT
NEW JERSEY
DELAWARE
MARYLAND
WASHINGTON D.C.

S
E

a nt nchor
x pple
mbulance

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: /a/a At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter that stands for the /a/ Ask your child to name each picture
and its beginning letter and sound.
sound you hear at the beginning of the word. Repeat the names aloud.

14 Unit 1: Families • Week 2

Name

Literary Analysis: Setting The Picnic at Apple Park At Home:

Cut out the characters. Glue them on craft sticks. Use them to tell about Ask your child to tell you about a setting
in the story, The Picnic at Apple Park.
the setting in the story.

Unit 1: Families • Week 2 15

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Literary Analysis: Setting The Picnic at Apple Park At Home:
Cut out the characters. Glue them on craft sticks. Use them to tell about Ask your child to tell you about a setting
in the story, The Picnic at Apple Park.
the setting in the story.

16 Unit 1: Families • Week 2

Name

The

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

I see the dog

.
High-Frequency Word: the
Read the book aloud to a partner.
Reread for fluency.
At Home:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
I see
the baseball
.
4 Unit 1: Families • Week 2 1
 I see the bat
. I see the mitt
.
2 3
Name

Phonemic Awareness: /a/ At Home:

Look at the picture. Say the name of each item. Circle the item if its name Ask your child to point to and name all
the items in the picture that begin with
begins with the same sound you hear at the beginning of astronaut.
the same sound as astronaut.

Unit 1: Families • Week 2 19

 am
I am happy
.
I sad
.
I .

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
mad
Phonics: Blending am At Home:
Blend the sounds and say the word. Read the sentence. Write the word. Ask your child to read the
sentences aloud.
Read the sentence again.

20 Unit 1: Families • Week 2

Name

Literary Analysis: Setting At Home:

Look at each picture. Circle the picture that shows a family at home. Ask your child to tell where the
people are and what they are doing
Look at each picture. Circle the picture that shows children at school. in each picture.

Unit 1: Families • Week 2 21

 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: /a/a At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Write the letter below the picture Ask your child to name each picture
and then point out and say each word
if its name begins with the /a/ sound.
that begins with the letter a.

22 Unit 1: Families • Week 2

Name Unit 1 • Week 3

Letters to Know Listen and Read

We Can See!
by Sarah Shoemaker illustrated by Christine Jenny

Am I?
Aa WASHINGTON
Mm CANADA
by Wiley Blevins illustrated by Shirley Beckes

NEW
HAMPSHIRE MAINE
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA VERMONT
MONTANA
M
IC
H
OREGON SOUTH I NEW YORK
DAKOTA WISCONSIN MASSACHUSETTS
Sight Word Practice

G
A
IDAHO
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA
IOWA CONNECTICUT
NEVADA NEBRASKA OHIO
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
WEST DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS MARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON D.C.
COLORADO VIRGINIA
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
ARIZONA OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS

NEW SOUTH N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO
E
GEORGIA W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA
Sight Word Practice
MEXICO

Read-Aloud Pre-Decodable Readers

Trade Book

Words to Know

we the

Unit 1: Families • Week 3 23

 Mm
Mm
WASHINGTON

OREGON
CANADA

MONTANA
NORTH
DAKOTA MINNESOTA

SOUTH
DAKOTA WISCONSIN
M
IC
H
I
VERMONT
NEW
HAMPSHIRE

NEW YORK
MAINE
MAINE

MASSACHUSETTS

Mm
G
A
IDAHO MASSACHUSETTS
WYOMING RHODE ISLAND
PENNSYLVANIA
IOWA RHODE ISLAND
CONNECTICUT
NEVADA NEBRASKA OHIO
INDIANA NEW JERSEY
CONNECTICUT
WEST NEW JERSEY
DELAWARE
VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS DELAWARE MARYLAND
UTAH WASHINGTON D.C.
MARYLAND
COLORADO VIRGINIA WASHINGTON D.C.
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY
NORTH
CALIFORNIA CAROLINA
ARIZONA OKLAHOMA TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS

NEW SOUTH N N
MISSISSIPPI CAROLINA
MEXICO
E E
GEORGIA W
TEXAS ALABAMA
S S

LOUISIANA
FLORIDA

MEXICO

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: /m/m At Home:
Say the name of each picture. Circle each picture whose name begins Ask your child to name each picture
on the page that begins with the same
with the same sound as monkey. Write the letter.
sound as monkey.

24 Unit 1: Families • Week 3

Name

Comprehension: Make Predictions At Home:

Look at the top picture. Draw a line to the picture below that shows Ask your child to tell you a story about
the pictures.
what might happen next.

Unit 1: Families • Week 3 25

 ©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Vocabulary: big, small, short, tall At Home:
Circle the animal that is tall. Draw a line under the Ask your child to talk about the size
of each animal.
animals that are short. Circle the animal that is small.
Draw a line under the animals that are big.
26 Unit 1: Families • Week 3
 Can We?
Name

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill

The duck
can!
High-Frequency Words: we, the
Read the book aloud to a partner.
Reread for fluency.
Take Home Book:
Ask your child to read
the book aloud to you.
Can we?
4 Unit 1: Families • Week 3 1
 We can! Can the duck
?
2 3
Name
Aa
Aa
a

Phonics: /a/a At Home:

Say the name of each picture. Circle each picture whose name begins Ask your child to name each picture on
the page that begins with the letter a.
with the same sound as apple. Write the letter.

Unit 1: Families • Week 3 29

 am
Am I sad
?
I happy
.
I .

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: Blending am At Home:
Blend the sounds and say the word. Read the sentence. Write the word. Ask your child to read the sentences
aloud.
Write the word am and your name to complete the sentence. Read the
sentence again.
30 Unit 1: Families • Week 3
Name

Comprehension: Make Predictions At Home:

Look at the top picture. Then draw a line to the picture Ask your child to tell a story about
the pictures.
below that shows what might happen next.

Unit 1: Families • Week 3 31

 Name

©Macmillan/McGraw-Hill
Phonics: /m/m, /a/a At Home:
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