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Week 05 · Step by Step

Wednesday

Materials, then steps
// How-to texts and steps in order
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: Materials, then steps

Riley the Raccoon rolls three pinecones across the grass.

"Let us play Pinecone Toss!" he says.

Bennie the Bear scratches his head. "How do we play?"

Riley grins and holds up a card. "The rules are a how-to text."

"Read what we need first," says Ferris.

Learn it: what you need, then what you do

Many how-to texts have two parts.

First comes what you need. These are the materials.

Then come the steps.

Ferris asks: What do we need? He looks back.

A basket and pinecones! Now he can read the steps.

Read it
How to Play Pinecone Toss
This is a Fern Hollow game for two or more friends.
You need a basket and three pinecones for each player.
First, set the basket on the grass.
Next, take three big steps back from the basket.
Then take turns tossing one pinecone at a time.
A pinecone in the basket gets one point.
When all the pinecones are tossed, count the points.
Last, pick up the pinecones and play again!
Everyone cheers for every toss.
CHECK IT: MATERIALS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What do you need to play?
How many pinecones does each player get?
How many friends can play?
CHECK IT: THE STEPS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Where do you set the basket?
How far back do you step?
When do you count the points?
How do you get one point?
PLAY PINECONE TOSS
  • Put the steps in order.
  • Tap the cards in order.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
SentenceTrue or false?
You toss all your pinecones at once.?
Players take turns.?
Everyone cheers for every toss.?
The materials come after the steps.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEYou toss one pinecone at a time. The materials come first.
Draw the Pinecone Toss game. Show the basket and the pinecones.

Word Spot: might, close

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Might: M-I-G-H-T.

Close: C-L-O-S-E.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The seed ___ sprout this week.
Please ___ the door.

Good tossing! Tomorrow Bennie gets the Story Stump ready.

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