Harry the Dirty Dog

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 Overview of a Week

A closer look at the lesson plans: The lesson plans for the ENTIRE
week are found on a two page spread. This will greatly ease an
overabundant use of paper. You will be able to place the lesson
plans in a three-ring binder and lay it open flat to view your entire
week. Also, the lesson plans can be read “word-by-word.” You
will not need to retype up your lesson plans.

Along the left hand side will be your “guide” for the week. You’ll
find all your big ideas, standards, focuses, and texts there.
 Overview of a Week
Below is a quick overview of how each week will be set up. You will
notice that you might see more than you can squeeze into one
day. That is okay and what is best about Pre-K Literacy. Literacy is
made with the teacher in mind; pick and choose from the material
for what your students need.

A closer look at the additional resources: Each week you will

receive all necessary materials to teach the content. You will
have three sets of vocabulary cards to choose from. Each
week there will be the weekly poem, poem retelling pieces,
and word strips to build the poem. Any blackline masters for
independent practice will be included as well. Each week
there will also be an optional skill check and a craft for students.
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Unit 4 Overview:

Read Aloud 5 days of scripted lesson plans each week

Weekly vocabulary cards (3 sizes) Weekly Story Element Posters

Weekly Poem (4 versions) “Real Life” Vocabulary Cards

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Unit 4 Overview:

Alliteration Cards & Emergent Reader Fine Motor Dabbing

Retell Mask Fine Motor Sheets

Letter Dabbing Sheets

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Unit 4 Overview:

Independent Center Letter Writing Sheets

Assessment Craft

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Week 3 Pre-K Literacy Units
Lesson One Lesson Two
Oral Language: Recognize words from Oral Language: Expand vocabulary
Unit Big Idea: Students will the text. Use the included real life “Harry words. Use the included real life “Harry
listen and explore fiction gets a bath” vocabulary cards 1-4. gets a bath” vocabulary cards 1-4.
texts. Display the card, and ask students to Display the card, and ask students to
repeat the word. Hold up each card, assist you in finding the object in real life.
Unit 4 Standard Objective: and ask students to match it to the text. (Bring in the four items for students to
I can retell stories with many explore.)
details about characters, events,
and storylines. Phonological Awareness: Listen and Phonological Awareness: Recognize
chant the poem chorally. Introduce alliteration. Read the poem again.
Week Theme: Harry the poem and read/chant it chorally Have students search for the
2-3 times. Have students add alliteration and rhyming words in the
Main Close Read Text: expressions and hand gestures. poem. Read the highlighted version.
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Print Awareness: Understand book Print Awareness: Understand features
Zion handling. Hold up the book, Harry the of the text. Hold up the book. Ask
Dirty Dog, upside down, backwards and students to assist you in finding the title,
Literacy Skill Focus Standard: open. Ask students to determine how to author, and illustrator on the cover.
Comprehends and Responds best hold the book. Ask students to Have students play “Woof, Woof.” State
demonstrate proper holding. a part of the book you want to find.
to Books (RL.K.2) They will “woof” when you tap that part.

Essential Questions: Reader’s Workshop (Close Read): Reader’s Workshop (Close Read):
Who is the main character in Students will listen to the read aloud for Students will gain an understanding of
the text? enjoyment. Build an interest in the topic, the vocabulary used in the text. Reread
and expand their prior knowledge. the text, stopping to discuss each of the
What is the problem? words below. Have students practice
Display the book cover, and read the the action to remember the word.
title. Ask students to think about what the Display the vocabulary card or poster.
Week “I can statements”: text will be about.
* I can identify the characters bury: to cover in the ground with dirt
State the week’s essential questions for (Pretend to dig a hole, place something
within the book. in it, and cover with dirt.)
the students to ponder.

* I can state the problem. Read the text “cold” with minimal clever: having a quick and smart mind
stopping while reading. (Tap your head with your finger.)

Story Elements: Characters, After the text, add on to the character dash: to go quickly (Pretend to run in
Problem chart you created week 1. place.)

Phonological Awareness: Independent Hands-On Application:

Independent Hands-On Application:
Alliteration “Capture THIS and THAT” “Listen and Draw”
Whole-Body: Students will practice Whole-Body: Students will practice
Vocabulary:
gross motor skills by clapping, patting, fine motor skills. Choose between
bury, clever, dash etc. to the “BINGO” song. Find the fine motor cutting practice, fine
video HERE. motor tracing, or fine motor
dabbing practice.

The Arts: Students will practice the The Arts: Students will sing the “Bath
“Dog Finger Family” movement and Song.” View the song HERE.
dance song. Find the song HERE.
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Unit: 4
Week 3
Lesson Three Lesson Four Lesson Five
Oral Language: Discriminate and Oral Language: Expand vocabulary by Oral Language: Follow one and
recognize vocabulary pictures in realistic using additional context words. Use the two step directions using vocabulary.
and fiction formats. Use the included “Harry gets a bath” vocabulary cards. Give students commands on which
“Harry gets a bath” vocabulary cards 5- Ask students questions like, “Which card cards to grab. “Grab the soap and
20. Have students sort the cards in a am I thinking? We use this to brush our the comb for me.”
pocket chart. You can sort by similarity hair. We use this to clean the dirt off.”
and additional sorts. (Sort cards
included for additional sorting.)
Phonological Awareness: Recognize Phonological Awareness: Recognize Phonological Awareness:
alliteration. Read the poem again. alliteration. Read the poem. Use the Recognize alliteration. Read the
Have students state the alliteration included alliteration cards to poem. Have students complete
words. Pass out the student version generate new alliteration phrases. the alliteration emergent reader.
of the poem. Students will paste it in For example, “Dad digs and gets
their notebooks. dirty.”
Print Awareness: Understand concepts Print Awareness: Understand Print Awareness: Understand words
of print. Hold up the book Harry the Dirty concepts of using illustrations. Flip in context. Introduce students to
Dog. Turn to a page, and ask for a through the book and read the words additional words from within the text
student to point out a picture, a found in the text that assist in they might not be aware of: railroad,
sentence, a word and a letter. Point to a understanding. For example, on pages strange, flop-flipped, suddenly,
picture, and ask students to state the 4-5, the buckets read, “Tar” and the furiously, etc.
meaning of that picture. sign says, “Do not cross.”
Reader’s Workshop (Close Read): Reader’s Workshop (Close Read): Reader’s Workshop (Close Read):
Students will work on skills specific to the Students will show comprehension of
Students will work on story elements
text and make text-to-text connections. the story and learning.
from the story.
“Boys and girls, I want us to look back
1. Who is the main character? through the book and see how the 1. Who was our story about? Retell the
illustrations help us learn more about story.
2. What is the problem in the story?
Harry. Do the illustrations and pictures
3. What happened at the end of the tell the story as much as the words do?” 2. Review the vocabulary words from
story? the week. Have students show the
4. Why did the author title the book the “Today I want us to read another Harry action for each word.
way they did? book and see if we notice the same 3. Review the vocabulary in a “real-
types of features we found in this book. life” way. Ask students to apply the
Students will make text-to-text Let’s get started!” (Read an alternate words in everyday life. Ask, “What is
connections with the text. Harry book you have on hand.) another word for clever? What makes
us dash to another place?”
1. How can we connect with Harry?

2. Make connections between Harry,

Pigeon, and Olivia.

Independent Hands-On Application: Independent Hands-On Application: Assessment:

“Search and Find” “Search and Find” Weekly assessment (optional)

Whole-Body: Students will practice Whole-Body: Students will practice Whole-Body: Students will practice
balancing dog bone cookies on making transitions like Harry. Have peer-to-peer interactions. Have
their nose. You can view similar the students crawl on all floors as students turn and talk to partners
cookies HERE. they make transitions throughout the about if they like to take baths and
day. why or why not.

The Arts: Students will complete the The Arts: Students will color and The Arts: Students will act out the
Harry headband craft. Option: create their masks for tomorrow’s story using their masks and props.
Watercolor Harry. play.
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Week 3 Harry

The dirty dog likes to dig, dig, dig.

The dirty dog digs and rolls like a pig.

The dirty dog digs until he is all muddy.

The dirty dog digs until he hears Dad yell, “Harry!”

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Week 3 Harry

The dirty dog likes to dig, dig, dig.

The dirty dog digs and rolls like a pig.

The dirty dog digs until he is all muddy.

The dirty dog digs until he hears Dad yell, “Harry!”

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Week 3

The dirty dog likes to dig,

dig, dig.
Harry Poem Pieces

The dirty dog digs and

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Week 3

rolls like a pig.

The dirty dog digs until he

Harry Poem Pieces

is all muddy.

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Week 3

The dirty dog digs until he

hears Dad yell, “Harry!”

Harry Poem Pieces

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Unit: 4 Harry Alliteration Cards
Week 3

dig dog

dirty Dad
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 Harry
By: Tara West

Harry is a dog.

Harry is dirty. Harry sees Dad.

Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

bury

clever

dash

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Week 3

bury

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Week 3

dash

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Week 3

bury

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Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

clever

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Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

dash

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Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

cover in the ground with dirt

bury

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Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

quick and smart mind

clever

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Unit: 4 Harry Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

to go quickly
dash

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Unit: 4 Harry Anchor Chart Piece
Week 3

Harry

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Unit: 4 Harry Story Element Poster
Week 3

Character

Harry
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Unit: 4 Harry Solution Poster
Week 3

Solution

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Unit: 4 Harry Story Element Poster
Week 3

Problem

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Unit: 4 Harry gets a bath Vocabulary Cards
Week 3

Card #1

soap
Card #2

bathtub
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Week 3

Card #3

scrub brush
Card #4

comb
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Week 3

Card #5 Card #6

Card #7 Card #8

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Week 3

Card #9 Card #10

Card #11 Card #12

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Card #13 Card #14

Card #15 Card #16

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Card #17 Card #18

Card #19 Card #20

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Week 3

soap

bathtub

scrub brush

comb
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Week 3
Retell Mask

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Week 3
Harry Headband Craft
Ears- print on white

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Unit: 4 Name: Watercolor Craft
Week 3

B
B B
Black
B B
B
B

B B
B

B
B

B B
B
B

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Capture This and That

Week 3

Directions: Illustrate Harry before and after his bath.

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Unit: 4 Name: Capture This and That

Week 3

Directions: Illustrate Harry before and after his bath.

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Unit: 4 Name:
Capture This and That

Week 3

Directions: Illustrate Harry before and after his bath.

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Unit: 4 Name:
Listen and Draw
Week 3

Directions: Illustrate a dog burying something and dog dashing.

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Unit: 4 Name: Listen and Draw

Week 3

Directions: Illustrate a dog burying something and dog dashing.

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Listen and Draw
Week 3

Directions: Illustrate a dog burying something and dog dashing.

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Unit: 4 Name: Search and Find
Week 3

Directions: Illustrate the main characters in the text.

Characters

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Unit: 4 Name: Search and Find
Week 2

Directions: Illustrate the problem in the text.

Problem

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Assessment

Week 3
5
Which picture shows something a dog would bury?

Which picture shows a dog dashing?

Which picture shows someone who is clever?

Which picture shows a character from the story?

Which picture shows the solution in the story?

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Unit: 4 Name: Fine Motor Cutting
Week 3

Directions: Cut along the line and stop at the bone.

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Unit: 4 Name: Fine Motor Coloring
Week 3

Directions: Color along the line and stop at the bone.

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Week 3 Name:

Directions: Find all of the “u’s.”

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u u
t t
t t u
u u u
u u
t u t
u t t
u u
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Unit: 4 Name:
Week 3

Directions: Find all of the “U’s.”

U U T
T U U
U T T
U U
T T T
T T
U U
T T U
T T
T U U T
U T T U U
T U U T T
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Unit: 4 Name:
Week 3

Directions: Trace and write the letter u.

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Unit: 4 Search and Find

Week 3
Name:

Directions: Trace and write the letter U.

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Unit: 4 Name: Fine Motor Dabbing
Week 3

Directions: Use a dabber to place a dog in each house.

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a
B
b

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c
D
d

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e
F
f

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g
H
h

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i
J
j

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k
L
l

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m
N
n

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P
p

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R
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V
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Harry
Week Snapshot
Dear Family,
This week we will be reading Harry the Dirty Dog. We will be focusing on
different types of story elements, such as characters as well as they
problem and solution of the story.
Word List
bury – clever - dash
Poem Activities
Here are a few activities you
The dirty dog likes to dig, dig,
can do at home with your child
dig. The dirty dog digs and rolls this week:
like a pig. o Have your child share
places in their own
The dirty dog digs until he is all neighborhood that Harry
might have visited.
muddy. The dirty dog digs until
o Go on a scavenger hunt
he hears Dad yell, “Harry!” around the house looking
for items that are white
and those that are black.

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