Unit 1 Amazing Words and Story Words



|First Grade 2014 Edition - Unit 2.1: A Big Fish for Max (Genre: Animal Fantasy) |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. Max – Ruby’s little brother |1. chore – a job |

|2. Ruby - Max’s big sister who is sometimes a bit bossy |2. cooperation- working together |

|3. Grandma – helps Max and Ruby solve their problems |3. household –a home and what goes on there |

| |4. rule – a guide for how you should act |

| |5. commute – travel often between home and school or work |

| |6. subway –a train that runs under the ground |

| |7. downtown – the place in a city where offices and stores are |

| |8. display – to put things in a place where people can see them |

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| |Writing Trait: Organization |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Friendly Letter |

| |Fluency: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate |

| |Big Question: What does a family do together? |

|Phonemic Awareness: Segment and Blend Phonemes, Segment and Blend Words Create Words | |

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|Phonics: Digraphs sh, th, and Vowel Sound in ball | |

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|Comprehension: Sequence, Predict and Set Purpose | |

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|Grammar: Common Nouns | |

|Spelling Words: | then |High Frequency Words: |

|fish |thin |catch |

|rush |trash |good |

|shell |with |no |

|ship |want |put |

|shop |good |want |

|shut | |said |

|First Grade 2014 Edition The Farmer in the Hat (Genre: Realistic Fiction) |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. farmer – person who grows crops or keeps animals on a farm |1. group – a number of people or things that belong together |

|2. gerbil – small, furry animal often kept as a pet |2. respect –show that you think a lot of someone or something |

|3. MacDonald – the name of the farmer from the song “Old MacDonald’s Farm” |3. share – to let someone else have, use, or do something |

|4. squeak – a short, high sound |4. aquarium – a place where you can see fish and underwater animals |

| |5. borrow – take something to use, but you must give it back |

| |6. lines – words an actor speaks |

| |7. rehearsal- a practice |

| |8. soothe – make someone feel better |

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| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Brief Composition |

| |Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing |

| |Big Question: How do we learn together at school? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Distinguish Long/Short a | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Rhyming Words | |

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|Phonics: Long a (CVCe);c/s/ and g/j/ | |

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|Comprehension: Cause and Effect, Monitor and Clarify | |

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|Grammar: Proper Nouns | |

|Spelling Words: | make |High Frequency Words: |

|age |name |be |

|cage |safe |could |

|cake |take |horse |

|face |could |old |

|late |old |paper |

|made | |of |

|First Grade 2014 Edition - Unit 2.3: Who Works Here? (Genre: Expository Text) |

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|1. busy – having many things to do |1. citizen – person who lives in a certain location |

|2. mail – letters or packages sent through a post office and delivered to homes or businesses |2. community – town or city in which you live |

|3. neighborhood – place where people live and work together |3. law – a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do |

| |4. leader – head of a group |

| |5. headquarters - places where business or city leaders work |

| |6. patrol - to move around, watching or guarding |

| |7.branch – a smaller type of a larger bank, library, or office |

| |8. earn – paid for work you do |

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| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Explanation |

| |Big Question: Who makes our neighborhood a nice place in which to live? |

|Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short “i”, Blend and Segment Phonemes, Create Words | |

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|Phonics: Long i (CVCe) and Digraphs wh,ch,tch | |

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|Comprehension: Author’s Purpose, Important Ideas | |

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|Grammar: Special Titles | |

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|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing | |

|Spelling Words: | ride |High Frequency Words: |

|bike |smile |live |

|dime |time |out |

|hide |white |people |

|ice |who |who |

|kite |work |work |

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|First Grade 2014 Edition - Unit 2.4: The Big Circle (Genre: Fiction) |

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|1. baby – very young child or animal |1. enemy – a person or animal that wants to cause harm to another |

|2. circle - round shape, like a ring |2. extinct – no longer exists |

|3. herd – group of animals of the same kind that stay together |3. protect – to keep someone or something safe |

|4. meat – kind of food that comes from animals |4. crater – a big hole |

|5. triceratops – large, plant-eating dinosaur that had three horns |5. holler – a loud cry or shout |

| |6. swamp – an area of muddy, wet land |

| |7. bluff – try to make someone believe something that isn’t true |

| |8. boisterous – wild and noisy |

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| |Writing Trait: Organization |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Poem |

| |Big Question: How do animals work together to survive? |

|Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short “o”, Blend and Segment Phonemes, Create Words | |

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|Phonics: Long o (CVCe), Contractions n’t, ‘m, ‘ll | |

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|Comprehension: Sequence, Inferring | |

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|Grammar: Days, Months, Holidays | |

|Fluency: Accuracy and Rate | |

|Spelling Words: | rose |High Frequency Words: |

|bone |stone |down |

|home |those |inside |

|hope |woke |now |

|hose |there |there |

|joke |together |together |

|rode | | |

|First Grade 2014 Edition - Unit 2.5: Life in the Forest (Genre: Expository Text) - |

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|1. bear – large, heavy animal with thick fur |1. environment – the world around you that affects how you live and grow |

|2. forest – large area covered with trees and plants |2. require – to need or insist on having |

|3. hummingbirds – very small birds whose wings make a humming sound because they flap so quickly |3. thrive – to stay healthy and grow |

|4. leaves – flat, green parts of a plant that grow from a stem |4. inhale – to take in quickly |

|5. squirrels – small animals that have bushy tails and can climb trees |5. slimy – covered with a slippery, gooey material |

|6. woodpecker – bird with a hard, pointed bill for pecking holes in trees |6. sludge – thick, wet, slimy material |

| |7. capture – to catch |

| |8. creature – a living animal or person |

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| |Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Description |

| |Big Question: How do plants and animals live together? |

|Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Between Long u and /u/, Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

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|Phonics: Long u (CVCe), Long e (CVCe), and Inflected Endings -ed | |

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|Comprehension: Author’s Purpose, Background Knowledge | |

|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing | |

|Spelling Words: | rude |High Frequency Words: |

|cube |rule |around |

|cute |tube |find |

|flute |use |food |

|huge |water |grow |

|June |under |under |

|mule | |water |

|First Grade 2014 Edition - Unit 2.6: Honey Bees |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. cold – something that is not as warm as your body |1. individual – one person |

|2. flowers – colored part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit |2. industrious – person who works hard |

|3. honey – sweet liquid made by bees |3. special – different from or really good |

|4. nectar – sweet liquid that is made by flowers |4. creep – to move slowly and quietly |

|5. worker – person, animal, or insect that does a lot of work |5. slither - to move along by sliding |

| |6. romp – to move or play in a lively way |

| |7. eagerly – with excitement |

| |8. wander – to move from place to place without a reason |

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| |Grammar: Nouns in Sentences |

| |Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas |

| |Writing Mini-Lesson: Expository Paragraph |

| |Big Question: How is a community of insects like a community of people? |

|Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Between Long e and /e/, Segment and Blend Words | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Long e: e, ee and Syllables VCCV | |

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|Comprehension: Compare and Contrast, Questioning | |

|Fluency: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate | |

|Spelling Words: | she |High Frequency Words: |

|be |tree |also |

|feet |we |family |

|green |week |new |

|he |some |other |

|me |family |some |

|see | |their |

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