Deer Valley Unified School District



FIRST GRADE READING STREET HOMEWORKBelow you will find reading questions and focus skills/strategies for each story. Please use this information to have conversations with your child and utilize the website at home to support continued learning and reinforcement at home. child’s username will be the letters ls followed by his/her student id—no spaces and his/her password will be ls1234). Click the “To Do” near Reading Street for online videos and activities. Below these you’ll find first grade curriculum/books so your child can reread the same materials at home.Just a note/FYI… When using the Pearson website, you don’t want to click “Done”—this will take the item off the list of options for you to view and use.A good way to practice both the weekly phonics sound/pattern and high-frequency words is to use these words in sentences while practicing neatness and correct letter formation and size, conventions (beginning sentences with capital letters, using appropriate spacing, and punctuation), etc. A compiled complete list of the High-Frequency/Tested Vocabulary Words for First Grade are available at be sure to utilize the weekly Family Times to help your child practice reading skills we are learning in class while having fun! Please access the weekly Family Times at Language Arts/Reading Resources:Be sure to check out Raz-Kids reading website purchased by PTA for our school: (your child’s username is located in his/her homework folder and his/her password is your child’s student id)***membership will begin sometime in Aug./Sept. once the school year begins and continue through the summerBe sure to check out the reading Tumble Book Library website purchased by PTA for our school: (our school username is legendsprings and the school password is books)Be sure to check out the songs from Have Fun Teaching: City has games to practice spelling Select and enter your words (words following phonics pattern, Amazing Words, or High-Frequency Words).After the words are entered, click “play a game” (green button).A group of activities will come up, either FREE or PREMIUM. Your child should be able to play any of the free games. They can even take a spelling test on the computer. Some of the pages are printable too!Reading Strategies (2 pages) Reading and Writing Strategies (44 pages) Authors Purpose (see page 3) Retelling Rope (see page 1) Handwriting Practice (Scroll Down the Page until you See the Box above “Make Worksheet”) following link provides fun puzzles: The following link provides Dr. Seuss fun: following link provides access to the Pizza Hut Book It! Reading Incentive Program (additional monthly calendars may be printed from the printables found under teacher resources): Other Resources:Legend Springs First Grade Website: Springs School Website: ’14-’15 First Grade Parent Handbook: 1.R.1 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Sam (Literature 1,2,3,7,10, Language 6, Foundational Skills 3, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction is a kind of story. It is made up, but it is about things that could be real.Question of the Week: What is around us at home? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Rip Van Winkle (Literature 3,5,7,10)Genre: A folk tale is a story that people have told again and again through the years. Folk tales began as oral stories, or stories that were told. Later, they were written down. A folk tale often begins with the phrase “Long ago.” The phrase shows that the story is an old one. Sometimes the meaning of a folk tale can be connected to a reader’s personal experience.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): CharacterQuestioningWriting and Conventions (Language 1b,1c): Nouns in SentencesNouns for People, Animals, and ThingsWhat is a noun?Why are nouns an important part of a sentence?Amazing Words (Language 5c): furniture, unwind, middle, yawn, tidy, cozy, strawHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): a, see, green, I (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Participate in a DiscussionPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Initial, Medial, and Final PhonemesSegment and Blend PhonemesBlend Onset and RimesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3): Consonants m, s, t, and Short Vowel Sound of /a/Examples: mat, sat, sam, tam***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /a/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Snap! (Literature 1,3,7,10, Foundational Skills 3,4a, Writing 5)Genre: Stories that are realistic fiction happen in places that seem real.Question of the Week: Who is in our family?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Families (Informational Text 5,7, Literature 3,7)Genre: The word photo is a short way to say photography. A photo essay is made up of photographs and words. The photographs help explain the words. All the photographs and words in a photo essay are about the same topic.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): SettingPredict and Set PurposeWriting and Conventions (Language 1b,1c): Nouns in SentencesNouns for PlacesWhat is a noun?Why are nouns an important part of a sentence?Amazing Words (Language 5c): adult, depend, gallery, scurry, childhood, portrait, entertainHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3): like, the, one, we (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Following InstructionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Isolate Initial, Medial, and Final PhonemesRhyming WordsSegment and Blend PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3): Consonants c, p, n (review of previous taught consonants m, s, t and short vowel sound of /a/)Examples: can, pan, nap, man, map, tap, cat***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will continue to be represented by the short /a/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Tip and Tam (Literature 1,3,7, Language 6, Foundational Skills 3b,4c, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction tells about things that could really happen, but the stores are made up.Question of the Week: What is outside our door?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Yards (Informational Text 5,7,10, Literature 3, 5)Genre: In a photo essay, photographs and words work together to tell about one topic. A photo essay may inform or entertain the readers. Photo essays show real people, places, and events. They can be photographs from the past or from the present.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): PlotStory StructureWriting and Conventions (Language 1c,1e): Verbs in SentencesVerbsWhat is a verb?Why are verbs an important part of a sentence?Amazing Words (Language 5c): active, pavement, puddle, overflowing, lawn, newspaper, banner, patioHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): do, yellow, look, you, was (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 2):Restate InstructionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2,2c):Isolate Initial, Medial, and Final PhonemesIdentify SyllablesSegment and Blend PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b): Consonants f, b, g, and Short Vowel Sound of /i/ (review of previous taught consonants m, s, t, c, p, n and short vowel sound of /a/)Examples: big, fig, bib, gig, sit, pin, fin, pig***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /i/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Big Top (Literature 1,3,5,7, Language 6, Foundational Skills 3, Writing 5)Genre: Stories that are realistic fiction tell about events that could happen in lives of real people and animals.Question of the Week: What can we do with our neighborhood friends? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Around the Block (Literature 5, Informational Text 6,7)Genre: Some selections use words along with signs and symbols (procedural text). A sign tells you what to do. A symbol is a picture that stands for something else.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 5): Realism and FantasyQuestioningWriting and Conventions (Language 1c,1j,2b): Writing and Conventions of Simple SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): amusing, neighbor, trouble, porch, introduce, corner, deliver, squirrelHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): are, they, have, two, that (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1,1a,2):Give DirectionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2c,2d):Isolate Initial, Medial, and Final PhonemesRhyming WordsSegment and Blend PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b): Consonants d, l, h, and Short Vowel Sound of /o/ (review of previous taught consonants and vowels m, s, t, c, p, n, f, b, g, and short vowel sounds of /a/, /i/)Examples: hot, cod, lop, hop, dog, fog***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /o/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is School Day (Literature 1,2,3,7,10, Language 6, Foundational Skills 3,3g,4c, Writing 5)Genre: In realistic fiction, the people and events are made up.Question of the Week: What is around us at school? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: How Do You Get to School? (Informational Text 1,7, Foundational Skills 4c, Literature 1,3,5)Genre: The words and photographs in a photo essay tell about the same topic. The words tell and the photographs show. The photographs in a photo essay are usually memorable. The photographer wants you to feel as if you were there. Photographs help readers connect with real people, places, and events, even from different parts of the world.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): PlotMonitor and ClarifyWriting and Conventions (Language 1f): Writing and Conventions of Sentences with AdjectivesAmazing Words (Language 5c): classmate, polite, recess, applaud, success, education, principal, science, complicatedHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): he, to, is, with, three (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1c,2):Ask Questions and Follow/Restate DirectionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2,2b,2c):Initial, Medial, and Final PhonemesSegment and Blend PhonemesIdentify SyllablesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b): Consonants r, w, j, k, and Short Vowel Sound of /e/ (review of previous taught consonants and vowels m, s, t, c, p, n, f, b, g, d, l, h and short vowel sounds of /a/, /i/, /o/)Examples: red, wed, hen, men, pen, den, ten***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /e/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Farmers Market (Literature 1,3,7, Foundational Skills 3b,4a, Writing 5)Genre: Events in realistic fiction could happen in real life.Question of the Week: What can we see around our neighborhood? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: The Maid and the Milk Pail (Literature 1,2,5,7,10)Genre: A fable is a story that teaches a lesson. Characters in fables usually learn a lesson from the mistakes they make. The author wants readers to connect a fable’s lesson to their personal experience.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 5): Realism and FantasyBackground KnowledgeWriting and Conventions (Language 1j,2,2b): Writing and Conventions of Sentences and Sentences with NounsAmazing Words (Language 5c): bargain, bustling, fact, customer, browse, library, cost, scaleHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): for, me, go, where, here (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4,6):Relate an Experience in SequencePhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Isolate Initial and Medial PhonemesSegment and Blend PhonemesCount PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3): Consonants v, y, z, qu, and Short Vowel Sound of /u/ (review of previous taught consonants and vowels m, s, t, c, p, n, f, b, g, d, l, h, r, w, j, k and short vowel sounds of /a/, /i/, /o/, /e/) Examples: fun, sun, quit, cup, rug***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /u/ vowel sound.What sound do these letters represent?What are some words that begin or end with these sounds?Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Sam, Come Back! (Literature 1,2,3,6,7,10, Foundational Skills 4a, 4c, Language 4, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction tells about made-up events that could happen in real life.Question of the Week: What do pets need?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Puppy Games (Tune: Frere Jacque) (Literature 7,10)Genre: A sing-along is a song people sing together. Sometimes new words are sung to an old tune. A sing-along is a poem set to music. It has rhythm, or a regular pattern of beats. Some lines in a sing-a-long may repeat. Some words may rhyme.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): Character and SettingMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4): AccuracyWriting and Conventions (Writing 3,5, Language 2,2b): VoiceStorySentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): needs, responsibility, shelter, cuddle, tickle, faithful, fetch, heelHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): come, on, in, way, my (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1c):Ask Questions and Follow/Restate DirectionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Distinguish /a/Segment and Count PhonemesRhyming WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3a,3b, Language 2d,2e): Short Vowel Sound of /a/ Examples: can, dad, mad, at, batConsonant Pattern –ckExamples: back, sack***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /a/ vowel sound and -ck.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Zac the Rat Try the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.1.2 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Pig in a Wig (Literature 1,2,3,7,9,10, Foundational Skills 4a,4c, Language 1,1j,6, Writing 5)Genre: An animal fantasy is a story about animals that could not really happen. Question of the Week: Who helps animals? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: We Are Vets (Tune: Three Blind Mice) (Literature 1,7,10)Genre: A song people sing together is sometimes called a sing-along. New words may be sung to a well-known tune. A sing-along is a poem set to music. It has clear rhythm, and some of the words may rhyme. Kids may sing a sing-a-long during a long car ride with their family or at summer camp with other kids.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): PlotSummarizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): AccuracyWriting and Conventions (Language 1j,2, Writing 3,5): ConventionsFantasy StorySubjects of SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): career, tool, sloppy, comfort, service, scrub, exercise, searchHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): she, up, take, what (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2d):Distinguish /i/Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Count PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b, Language 2d): Consonant xShort Vowel Sound of /i/ Examples: six, wig, mix, fix, lip, sit, in, did, pin***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /i/ vowel sound.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: The Big Hit Try the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.1.3 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Big Blue Ox (Literature 1,2,3,7, Foundational Skills 4a, Language 4, Writing 5)Genre: An animal fantasy is a make-believe story with animals that act like people.Question of the Week: How do animals help people? Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: They Can Help (Informational Text 5,6,7)Genre: A photo essay is made up of photographs and words about one topic. The photographs help readers understand the words. Photographs can help readers connect with real people, places, and events. The photographs in a photo essay are usually displayed on the pages in a creative way.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3,7): Character and SettingVisualizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): RateWriting and Conventions (Language 1j, Writing 5): SentencesShort PoemPredicates of Sentences (action part of the sentence)Amazing Words (Language 5c): past, produce, danger, snuggle, powerful, present, transportation, serve, enormousHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): blue, help, from, little, get, use (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Give IntroductionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Distinguish /o/Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Count PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b, Language 2d): Plural –s/Consonant s producing the sound of /z/Examples: kids, socks, bagsShort Vowel Sound of /o/ Examples: hot, pop, lock, rock, mom, ox, got***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /o/ vowel sound and s at the end of a word.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Mox’s Shop Try the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.1.4 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is A Fox and a Kit (Informational Text 1,2,6,7, Writing 5)Genre: Literary nonfiction tells facts about the real world. It is sometimes told like a story.Question of the Week: How do wild animals take care of their babies? Science in Reading/Paired Selection: The Fox and the Grapes adapted from Aesop (Literature 3,5,9,10)Genre: A fables is a short story that teaches a lesson, or moral. The characters in a fable are often animals that speak and act like people. The author wants readers to connect a fable’s moral to their personal experiences.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Test 2): Main Idea and DetailsImportant IdeasFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Accuracy and RateWriting and Conventions (Writing 3, Language 1j,2b): VoicePersonal NarrativeDeclarative SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): observe, wild, screech, reserve, parent, canopy, million, nativeHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): eat, her, five, this, four, too (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1b):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Segment and Blend PhonemesCount SyllablesSegment and Blend Onset and RimePhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3f, Language 2d): Inflected Endings –s and -ingExamples: sits, sitting, wins, winning, naps, napping***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by adding inflected endings to CVC words.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.1.5 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Get the Egg! (Literature 1,2,3,7, Language 5a,5b, Foundational Skills 4a, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction is a made-up story that could really happen.Question of the Week: Which wild animals live in our neighborhood?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: Help the Birds (Informational Text 2,3,6)Genre: A how-to-article is procedural text that tells you how to make or do something. A how-to article is usually a set of directions. The directions in a how-to article are often numbered. They are listed in the order you should do each step, from first to last. If you follow the directions as they are written, you will be successful.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,2): Main Idea and DetailsStory StructureFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 3,5, Language 1j): OrganizationRealistic StoryInterrogative SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): habitat, survive, croak, hatch, chirp, moistHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): saw, tree, small, your (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Give DescriptionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Distinguish /e/Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Blend Onset and RimePhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b, Language 2d): Short Vowel Sound of /e/ Examples: set, smell, spell, pen, tenInitial Consonant Blends cr, fl, sm, st, br, dr, gl, fr, sp, gr, bl, tr, prExamples: flex, smell, prep, step***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /e/ vowel sound with initial consonant blends.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Peg the Hen Try the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.1.6 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Animal Park (Informational Text 1,2,5,6,7,10, Writing 5)Genre: Literary nonfiction is about real places and events told like a story.Question of the Week: What can we learn about wild animals by watching them?Poetry in Reading/Paired Selection: “My Dog Rags”, “Raccoon”, and“The Hippo” (Literature 4,10)Genre: Poetry is another word for poems. The author of a poem is called a poet. A poem tells a story or expresses the poet’s feelings about something. A poem is written in lines. Often the words of the ends of the lines rhyme. A poem usually has a rhythm, or a regular pattern of beats. Some poems have alliteration, or words close to each other with the same beginning sound.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 3,8): Cause and EffectText Structure (Plot-Beginning, Middle, End)Fluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 2, Language 1j): Focus/IdeasBrief CompositionExclamatory SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): desert, world, silent, medicine, forest, chatter, snort, poisonousHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): home, them, into, many (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1b):Give DirectionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Distinguish /u/Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Blend Onset and RimePhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b, Language 2d): Short Vowel Sound of /u/ Final Consonant Blends –st, -mp, -sk, -nt, -nd, -nk, -sk Examples: crust, must, trust, dust, lump, bump, jump, just, dusk, jump, dust, hunt, dunk, dusk***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the short /u/ vowel sound with final consonant blends.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Gus the Duck Try the following online game for CVC support: (Construct a Word)1.2.1 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is A Big Fish for Max (Literature 1,2,3,7,10, Foundational Skills 3g,4a, Writing 5)Genre: An animal fantasy is a story with animals that act like people.Question of the Week: What does a family do together?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: At Home (Informational Text 5,9,10, Foundational Skills 4a)Genre: Literary Nonfiction is narrative text that tells about real people, places, and events. It is told like a story. Literary nonfiction can be a biography, or a story about someone’s life. Literacy nonfiction can be an autobiography, or a story about someone’s life written by that person.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): SequencePredict and Set PurposeFluency (Foundational Skills 4): Accuracy and Appropriate RateWriting and Conventions (Writing 2, Language 1b): OrganizationFriendly LetterCommon Nouns (A common noun is a general name for a person, place, an animal, or a thing.)Amazing Words (Language 5c): chore, cooperation, commute, downtown, household, rule, subway, displayHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): catch, put, good, said, no, want (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Relate an Experience in SequencePhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b):Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsSegment and Blend WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3a, Language 2d): Vowel Sound in ball: a, alExamples: all, talk, hall, malt, stalk, walk, tall, mall, halt, small, saltConsonant Digraphs sh, thExamples: fish, with, shop, ship, then, rush, trash, shut, shell, thin***CVC Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the short vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the al vowel sound with consonant digraphs sh and th.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Mox’s Shop#7 Pete’s Sheep1.2.2 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Farmer in the Hat (Literature 1,2,3,6,7, Foundational Skills 4,4a,4c, Language 1h,4, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction has characters that are like real people.Question of the Week: How is a school a community?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Helping Hands at 4-H (Informational Text 1,6,7,8)Genre: Expository text is informational text that tells about real people, animals, places, or events. An expository text selection has a main idea. The main idea is the most important idea in the selection. Facts or details tell more about the main idea. An expository text selection usually has photographs that help explain the words.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 2): Cause and EffectMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Language 1,1b,1j, Writing 2): SentencesBrief CompositionProper NounsAmazing Words (Language 5c): group, share, borrow, rehearsal, respect, aquarium, lines, sootheHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): be, of, could, old, horse, paper (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2a,2b):Distinguish Between Long a and /a/Rhyming WordsSegment and Blend PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b,3c, Language 2d): Consonants c with the sound of /s/ and g with the sound of /j/Examples: race, trace, space, stage, wage, gemLong a: a_eExamples: face, name, made, take, late, cage***CVCe Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the long vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the long vowel sound of /a/ as well as the sound of /s/ spelled with a c (ce, ci) and the sound of /j/ spelled with a g (ge, gi).Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Jake’s Tale 1.2.3 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Who Works Here? (Informational Text 1,2,6,7,8, Language 4, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells about real people and events.Question of the Week: Who works to make our community a nice place?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Neighborhood Maps (Informational Text 1,7)Genre: Maps use words along with map features, including signs and symbols (procedural text). Signs and symbols on a map help you know where you are and which way you can go. A compass rose is a symbol that shows you the directions north, east, south, and west. These directions are usually abbreviated N, E, S, and W.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 2,5): Author’s PurposeImportant IdeasFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Language 1,2a, Writing 2): ConventionsExplanationSpecial TitlesAmazing Words (Language 5c): citizen, law, branch, patrol, community, leader, headquarters, earnHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): live, who, out, work, people (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1):Give AnnouncementsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2a,2c):Distinguish between Long i and /i/Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3a,3b,3c, Language 2d): Consonants Digraphs wh, ch, tch, phExamples: while, when, much, chick, catch, ditch, phase Long i: i_eExamples: like, time, white, smile, dime, shine, glide, prize***CVCe Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the long vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the long vowel sound of /i/ as well as consonant digraphs wh, ch, tch, and ph.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Jakes Tale (skill wh)#8 Sky Ride (long i and skill ch) 1.2.4 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Big Circle (Literature 1,2,3,7, Language 1,1b,2a, Foundational Skills 4c, Writing 5)Genre: Stories that are fiction are make-up stories. Question of the Week: How do animal communities work together to survive?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: We Are Safe Together (Informational Text 1,2,8,9)Genre: Literary nonfiction tells about real people, animals, places, and events. Literary nonfiction has a main idea and facts or details that tell more about the main idea. Literary nonfiction usually has some elements of a story, such as characters, plot, or setting. Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): SequenceInferringFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Accuracy and RateWriting and Conventions (Language 1,2a, Writing 3): OrganizationPoemProper Nouns: Days, Months, HolidaysAmazing Words (Language 5c): enemy, protect, holler, bluff, extinct, crater, swamp, boisterousHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): down, there, inside, together, now (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Informal ConversationsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2a,2b,2d):Distinguish Between Long o and /o/Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b,3c, Language 2d): Contractions not, am, and willExamples: can’t, couldn’t, isn’t, I’m, she’ll, you’ll, he’ll, they’llLong a: o_eExamples: home, those, stone, rode, joke***CVCe Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the long vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the long vowel sound of /o/ as well as contractions. Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Robot and Mr. Mole 1.2.5 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Life in the Forest (Informational Text 1,2,3,7,8,10, Language 4a, Foundational Skills 3,3g, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells facts about real places.Question of the Week: How are plant and animal communities important to each other?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: A Mangrove Forest (Informational Text 5,7,8,9)Genre: A magazine article is expository text that tells about a topic. The article has facts about the topic. The article may have pictures. They help us understand the topic. The article may also have a Table of Contents. The Table of Contents, including titles and page numbers, can help us locate specific information in the article.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 2,8): Author’s PurposeBackground KnowledgeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 2, Language 1b,1c): VoiceDescriptionSingular and Plural NounsAmazing Words (Language 5c): environment, thrive, slimy, capture, require, inhale, sludge, creatureHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): around, grow, find, under, food, water (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2a,2b,2c):Distinguish Between Long u and /u/Segment and Blend PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b,3c,3f, Language 2d): Examples: The –ed ending shows that someone did something in the past. The ending –ed can have one of three sounds. The word jumped has the sound /t/, the word played has the sound /d/, and the word planted has the sound /ed/.Additional examples include: rushed, printed, checked, handed, trusted, lasted, wished, sniffed, called, smelled… Long a: u_eExamples: June, tube, flute, cute, rule, hugeLong e: e_eExamples: eve, even, these, Steve, Pete***CVCe Words ~ in a consonant-vowel-consonant-silent e pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the long vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the long vowel sound of /u/, long vowel sound of /e/, as well as inflected ending –ed. Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Pete’s Sheep#10 Dune Buggy Sounds of –ed scroll down and download ’s Purpose Song and Activity Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Honey Bees (Informational Text 1,2,3,4,7, Language 1b,1c,5,5a,5d, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells facts about real people, places, animals, or things.Question of the Week: How is an insect community like a community of people?Poetry in Reading/Paired Selection: “Under a Rock” and “Night Song” (Literature 5,10)Genre: A poem is written in lines. Lines of poetry form groups of lines. These groups of lines are called stanzas. A poem often rhymes. This means words at the ends of some lines have the same middle and ending sounds. A poem often has rhythm. This means it has a regular pattern of beats that you can hear.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 3): Compare and ContrastQuestioningFluency (Foundational Skills 4b): Accuracy and Appropriate RateWriting and Conventions (Writing 2,5, Language 1c): Focus/IdeasExpository ParagraphNouns in SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): individual, special, slither, eagerly, industrious, creep, romp, wanderHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): also, other, family, some, new, their (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 2):Follow DirectionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2a,2b,2c):Distinguish Between Long e and /e/Segment and Blend WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3c,3d, Language 2d): Syllables VC/CVExamples: basket – bas/ket, into – in/to, marker – mar/ker Long e: e, eeExamples: me, we, she, see, week, green, tree, feet***CV Words ~ in a consonant-vowel pattern the vowel will usually be represented by the long vowel sound. This week’s pattern will be represented by the long vowel sound of /e/ (in a consonant-vowel pattern and as double “e” – ee). Students should recognize VC/CV patterns in words to break words into syllables and decode unknown words.Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Pete’s Sheep1.3.1 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is A Place to Play (Literature 1,2,3,7, Foundational Skills 4a,4c, Language 5, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction tells about made-up events that could happen in real life.Question of the Week: How do places change?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: My Neighborhood Then and Now (Literature 5, Informational Text 1,2)Genre: An autobiography is literary nonfiction. It is the true story of a person’s life, written by that person. An autobiography includes events and feelings from that person’s life. The author of an autobiography uses the word I to describe things that happen to him or her.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): SequenceSummarizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Accuracy and Appropriate RateWriting and Conventions (Writing 3, Language 1e): OrganizationRealistic StoryAction VerbsAmazing Words (Language 5c): growth, public, teeter, makeshift, population, shuffle, crooked, spindlyHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): always, everything, things, become, nothing, day, stays (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Relate an Experience in SequencePhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b):Segment and Blend PhonemesRhyming WordsAdd Initial PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3c, Language 2d,2e): Vowel Sounds of y (the sound of long e and the long i can be spelled with a y)Examples: muddy, dandy, rusty, why, dry, mySyllable Patterns CV (consonant-vowel) (the vowel sound is usually long)Examples: go, so, yoyo, pro, he, she, be, hi Try these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: My Family#10 Skills Video Lonely Vowels1.3.2 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Ruby in Her Own Time (Literature 1,2,3,7,9, Foundational Skills 4c, Writing 5)Genre: An animal fantasy is a story with animal characters that talk.Question of the Week: What do we learn as we grow and change?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: The Ugly Duckling (Literature 1,5,7,9)Genre: A fairy tale is a story with made-up characters that are sometimes animals. A fairy tale often begins with the phrase “Once upon a time.” This phrase means that the story happened long ago, and that it is probably a fantasy. A fairy tale often ends with the phrase “They lived happily ever after.” This phrase means that no matter what the problems the characters have during the story, things get better for them later.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 9): Compare and ContrastInferringFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 1,5, Language 1c,1e): VoiceComments About a StoryVerbs That Add -sAmazing Words (Language 5c): attempt, time line, flatter, lovely, event, famous, correct, commonHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): any, every, were, enough, own, ever, sure (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b):Segment and Blend PhonemesAdd PhonemesSegment and Blend SyllablesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Sills 3b,3e, Language 2d): Compound WordsExamples: snowflake, sunshine, rainbowConsonant Patterns ng, nkExamples: bring, rang, sang, pink, blank, trunkTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Pete’s Sheep (revisit the –ink making words activity)Inky the Octopus Compound Words: Compound Words: and Antonyms: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Class Pet (Informational Text 1,2,3,4,6,7,10, Foundational Skills 4a,4c, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells about real people, places, and animals.Question of the Week: What can we learn about animals as they change and grow?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: Belling the Cat (Literature 1,5)Genre: A fable is a short story. A fable has made-up characters that are often animals. The characters in a fable try to solve a problem. A fable often teaches a moral, or lesson. The reader can usually connect the meaning of the fable to his or her own experience.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1): Fact and OpinionMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Language 1,1e,2, Writing 2): ConventionsSummaryVerbs That Do Not Add -sAmazing Words (Language 5c): features, natural, tumble, nibble, wriggle, mature, swoop, crumple, nudgesHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): away, house, very, car, our, friends, school (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Give DescriptionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Blend SyllablesAdd PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3f, Language 2d): Vowels: r-Controlled or, ore Examples: for, core, shore, toreEndings –es; Plural -esExamples: fix, fixes, class, classes, wish, wishes, kiss, kisses, bus, bussesTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: My Horse GloryThe Following Links Provide Bossy r Practice Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Frog and Toad Together (Literature 1,2,3,7,9,10, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 1e,5d, Writing 5)Genre: In an animal fantasy, animals say and do things people might say and do.Question of the Week: What changes happen in a garden?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: Growing Plants (Informational Text 1,7,8)Genre: A how-to article tells us how to make or do something. Directions in how-to article are made up of steps that are in the order in which they should be followed. Sometimes how-to articles have pictures that help us understand what we’re supposed to do. The pictures can help us find specific information.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,3,7): Authors PurposeVisualizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Language 1e,1j, Writing2): SentencesListsVerbs for Past and for FutureAmazing Words (Language 5c): gardener, sprout, shade, destroy, nature, dim, sprinkling, humongousHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): afraid, how, again, read, few, soon (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4, Literature 10):Poetry PresentationPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2c):Isolate Final PhonemesSegment and Blend PhonemesAdd PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3f, Language 2d): Vowel: r-Controlled arExamples: car, cart, start, chart, farAdding Endings (doubling the final consonant)Examples: plan, planned, drop, dropped, hop, hoppedTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Car RaceWords in Sentences: Sort Activity for Adding Endings: Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is I’m a Caterpillar (Informational Text 1,2,3,5,7,10, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 1e,4, Literature 5, Writing 5)Genre: Literary nonfiction, is told like a story, but it’s about something that really happens.Question of the Week: What changes can be seen in nature?21st Century Skills/Paired Selection: My Computer (Informational Text 5)Computers are made up of many parts. The more you get to know each part, the easier it will be for you to use the computer. Each part has a special job. The cursor is usually an arrow. It shows where the next typed letter will appear. The keyboard is what we use to type. The monitor contains a screen we watch. The printer prints out documents or images. A CD-ROM is a compact disc that can contain text, pictures, movies, and sound. The mouse controls the cursor.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 3): Fact and OpinionText StructureFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Writing 2,5, Language 1e): Focus/IdeasCaptions and PicturesVerbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and WereAmazing Words (Language 5c): cycle, insect, flurries, fragile, develop, rearrange, emerge, vesselHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): done, visit, know, wait, push (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Isolate Medial and Final PhonemesAdd PhonemesSegment and Blend SyllablesRhyming WordsPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3, Language 2d): Contractions ‘s, ‘ve, ‘reExamples: it’s, he’s, she’s, we’ve, I’ve, they’ve, we’re, they’reVowels: r-Controlled er, ir, urExamples: her, were, first, shirt, nurse, hurtTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Surfer GirlWord Sort r-Controlled Activity Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Where Are My Animal Friends? (Literature 1,2,3,4,6,7, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 4a, Writing 5)Genre: A drama, or play, is story that is written to be acted out.Question of the Week: What do animals do when the seasons change?Poetry in Reading/Paired Selection: “This Tooth” and “Tommy” (Literature 4,5,6,10)Genre: Poems are written in lines and stanzas. Stanzas are groups of lines in a poem. Poems often have rhyme, or words with the same middle and ending sounds. They usually have rhythm, or a regular pattern of beats. Some poems had alliteration, or words close to each other with the same beginning sound.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,3): Draw ConclusionsBackground KnowledgeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting (Language 1,1j,2d, Writing 3): SentencesPlay SceneContractions with NotAmazing Words (Language 5c): hibernate, temperature, freeze, weary, migrate, autumn, bitterlyHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): before, oh, does, right, good-bye, won’t (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a,4):Give AnnouncementsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend WordsChange and Add PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3f, Language 2d): Consonant Pattern –dgeExamples: dodge, budget Comparative Endings –er, -estExamples: faster, fastest, taller, tallest, shorter, shortest, bigger, biggestTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Contractions with Not Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Mama’s Birthday Present (Literature 1,2,3,4,6,7, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 1,1f,4a, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction is a made-up story that could really happen.Question of the Week: How can a surprise be a treasure?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Limonada Recipe (Informational Text 1,2,5,7)Genre: A recipe is procedural text. It is a set of directions that tells how to make something to eat or drink. It is important to follow a recipe in the order in which it is written. A recipe may have pictures and numbers. Both help us understand what to do first, next, and last.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,3): Draw ConclusionsMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Writing 5, Language 1f,5d): OrganizationFriendly LetterAdjectivesAmazing Words (Language 5c): celebrate, grateful, rarest, genuine, cherish, delicate, lootHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): about, surprise, enjoy, worry, give, would (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4):Give DescriptionsPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Segment and Blend PhonemesRhyming WordsChange Initial PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3c, Language 1b,2d): Singular and Plural PossessivesExamples: kid’s, kids’, parent’s, parents’Vowel Digraphs ai, ayExamples: mail, afraid, train, play, way, stayTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Vowel Teams Game Nouns Quiz Conclusions Practice Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Cinderella (Literature 1,2,3,6,7,9, Foundational Skills 4c, Writing 5)Genre: A fairy tale is a story whose characters can include princess and princesses.Question of the Week: How can a story be a treasure?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Anarosa (Literature 3,5,7,9)Genre: A fairy tale is story whose characters often include kings, queens, princes, or princesses. These characters must solve a problem. A fairy tale often begins with the phrase “Once upon a time.” This phrase tells readers that the story has been told for a long time, and that it is make-believe.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3,7): ThemeVisualizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Accuracy and RateWriting and Conventions (Writing 2, Language 1f,5c, Writing 2): Word ChoiceInvitationAdjectives for ColorsAmazing Words (Language 5c): delightful, original, tangle, royal, imagination, carve, peer, sighedHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): colors, great, sign, draw, over, drew, show (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsChange Final PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3c,3f, Language 2d): Adding EndingsVowel Digraph eaExamples: please, dream, beach, treat, cleanTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.4.3 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is A Trip to Washington, D.C. (Informational Text 1,2,3,5,6,7, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells about real people, places, and events.Question of the Week: What treasures can we find in our country?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: My 4th of July (Informational Text 1,2,7)Genre: An autobiography is the story of someone’s life told by that person. The author of an autobiography uses the words I and me when talking about his or her life. An autobiography is about real people and places. The events that take place are true.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 2): Facts and DetailsImportant IdeasFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Writing 2,5, Language 1f): Focus/IdeasDescriptive PoemAdjectives for SizeAmazing Words (Language 5c): nation, tourist, splinter, harbor, symbol, abandon, sunken, statueHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): found, took, mouth, wild, once (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 4, Literature 4,10):Poetry PresentationPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Isolate Initial PhonemesCreate WordsChange PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3b,3c, Language 2d): Three-Letter Consonant BlendsVowel Digraphs oa, owExamples: boat, float, loaf, pillow, yellow, snow, blowTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.4.4 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is A Southern Ranch (Informational Text 1,2,3,4,6,7, Language 1f, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text tells about real people, places, and events.Question of the Week: Why do we treasure special places?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: On the Way to a Ranch (Informational Text 1,6,7)Genre: A sign gives us information (procedural text). It may tell us what something is, where to go and what to do, or what to watch out for. A symbol is something that stands for something else. Picture symbols give a lot of information in a small space. Warning signs are usually yellow diamonds with black symbols. This makes them easy to spot.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,2): Facts and DetailsQuestioningFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Accuracy, Rate, and ExpressionWriting and Conventions (Language 1f,1j, Writing 3): SentencesRealistic StoryAdjectives for What KindAmazing Words (Language 5c): impression, favorite, errand, familiar, memory, stampedeHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): above, moon, eight, touch, laugh (tested)Media Literacy (Speaking/Listening 1):Purpose of MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesChange PhonemesSegment and Blend SyllablesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3a,3c, Language 2d): Consonant Patterns kn, wrExamples: know, knew, knot, wren, wreath, wrinkleVowel Digraphs ie, ighExamples: tie, pie, might, bright, highTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: Roy the Zebra –igh Words Words Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Peter’s Chair (Literature 1,2,3,4,7, Language 1,1f,1h,4, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction has make-believe characters who act like real people.Question of the Week: What treasures can we share at home?21st Sills in Reading/Paired Selection: Peter’s Baby Sister (Informational Text 5, Writing 6)Genre: Using a computer and the Internet, people can send messages across long distances very quickly. These messages are called e-mails. The purpose of e-mail is to communicate quickly. E-mails are sent to people’s e-mail addresses. Writing and sending e-mail is quick and easy. Type your message, and then click SEND.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 2,3): ThemeStory StructureFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Language 1f,1h,2, Writing 1): ConventionsThank-You NoteAdjectives for How Many and ArticlesAmazing Words (Language 5c): jealous, sibling, porridge, seriousness, relatives, secret, collector, flourishHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): picture, stood, remember, thought, room (tested)Media Literacy (Informational Text 7):Purpose of MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesChange PhonemesSegment and Blend SyllablesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3e, Language 2d): Vowel Digraphs ue, ew, uiExamples: glue, blue, due, few, new, suit, fluidCompound WordsExamples: backpack, flashlight, inside, brainstorm, herself, suitcaseTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.4.6 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House (Literature 1,2,3,4,7, Foundational Skills 4a,4c, Language 1,1f,1h, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction has settings that seem real, but the stories are made up.Question of the Week: What treasures can we share with neighbors?Poetry in Reading/Paired Selection: Good Books, Good Times! (Literature 4,5,10, Foundational Skills 4a)Genre: A poem often expresses the poet’s feelings about something. A poem is written in lines and stanzas. Often a poem has rhyming words at the ends of some lines. A poem may also have alliteration, or words with the same beginning sounds. A poem usually has rhythm, or a regular pattern of beats.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): Cause and EffectPredict and Set PurposeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Writing 2, Language 1f,4b): OrganizationDirectionsAdjectives That CompareAmazing Words (Language 5c): discover, resident, admire, substantial, dwell, welcome, sadness, tremendousHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): across, only, told, because, opened, dance, shoes (tested)Media Literacy (Informational Text 7):Purposes of MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2d):Segment and Blend Two-Syllable WordsSegment and Blend PhonemesChange PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3, Language 2d,4b): Vowel Sound in moon: ooSuffixes –ly, -fulExamples: slowly, quickly, gladly, nicely, carful, useful, playful, wonderfulTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.1 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Tippy-Toe Chick, GO! (Literature 1,2,3,7,9, Language 1,1j,5d, Writing 5)Genre: The animal characters in an animal fantasy act like people.Question of the Week: When does a problem need a cleaver solution?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Little Red Hen (Literature 3,5,7,9)Genre: A folk tale is a well-known story that people have told through the years. A folk tale often has animal characters that speak and act like people. The animals have a problem they must solve. Sometimes words or actions are repeated in a folk tale. Sometimes we can connect the meaning of a folk tale to our own expriences.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 3): Character, Setting, and PlotMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Accuracy, Rate, and ExpressionWriting and Conventions (Writing 3, Language 1j):VoiceAnimal FantasyImperative SentencesAmazing Words (Language 5c): clever, predicament, exhausted, batter, intend, grumpy, furious, griddleHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): along, never, behind, pulling, eyes, toward (tested)Media Literacy (Informational Text 5):Techniques in MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesRemove PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3, Language 2d): Final Syllable –leExamples: middle, griddle, tickle, pickleDiphthongs ow, ouExamples: brown, down, crowd, clown, cloud, flour, mouse, proud, loudTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.2 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Mole and the Baby Bird (Literature 1,2,3,7, Foundational Skills 4a,4c, Language 4, Writing 5)Genre: In an animal fantasy, the animal characters talk and act like people.Question of the Week: How can we look at things in a different way?Social Studies in Reading/Paired Selection: Brave Little Cuckoo (Literature 1,3,9)Genre: A folk tale often has animal characters that speak and act like people. The main character has a problem to solve. When a folk tale begins with the phrase “Once upon a time,” it means that people have been telling it a long time. When a folk tale ends with the phrase “They lived happily ever after,” it means that things turn out all right for the characters.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 1,3): Draw ConclusionsBackground KnowledgeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Accuracy, Rate, Expression, and Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 2,5, Language 1d): VoiceLetter to a CharacterPronounsAmazing Words (Language 5c): miserable, selfish, ignore, proper, freedom, shrug, fond, scarcelyHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): door, wood, loved, should (tested)Listening and Speaking (Speaking/Listening 1a):Share Information and IdeasPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsRemove PhonemesPhonics Sounds/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3e, Language 2d): Syllables V/CV, VC/VVowel Patterns ow, ouExamples: how, chow, brown, crowd, mouth, our, ouch, foundTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.3 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Dot & Jabber (Informational Text 1,2,3,4,6,7,10, Language 4a,5a, Writing 5)Genre: Informational fiction tells a make-believe story, but it also gives facts and information.Question of the Week: How do we solve mysteries?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: Water (Informational Text 1,7)Genre: Expository text tells about real people, animals, places, or events. Expository text has a main idea. Facts or details tell more about the main idea. In expository text, photographs often help explain the words. Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 3): Compare and ContrastMonitor and ClarifyFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Language 1,1d,1j, Writing 5): Word ChoiceQuestionsPronouns I and MeAmazing Words (Language 5c): explanation, wonder, encouragingly, suspects, riddle, confused, caseHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): among, none, another, instead (tested)Media Literacy (Informational Text 7):Techniques in MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c):Isolate Medial PhonemesSegment and Blend PhonemesAdd Final PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3f, Language 2d): Adding EndingsVowel Sound in foot and pool: ooExamples: book, took, look, zoo, noon, foodTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.4 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Simple Machines (Informational Text 1,2,3,6,7, Language 4a, Writing 5)Genre: Expository text explains something.Question of the Week: How can a great idea make our lives easier?Science in Reading/Paired Selection: Roy’s Wheelchair (Informational Text 1,2,6,7)Genre: Literary nonfiction tells about real people, animals, places, or events, and often includes photographs. Literary nonfiction has a main idea and facts or details that tell more about the main idea. Literary nonfiction has some elements of a story, such as characters and setting.Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 2): Main Idea and DetailsSummarizeFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Writing 1,5, Language 1d): Focus/IdeasAdvertisementMore About PronounsAmazing Words (Language 5c): gadget, convenient, pilot, cellar, equipment, engine, steer, furnaceHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): against, kinds, goes, today, heavy (tested)Media Literacy (Speaking/Listening 2):Respond to MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesCreate WordsChange PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3, Language 2d,4b): Suffixes –er, -orDiphthongs oi, oyExamples: point, join, voice, oink, boy, toyTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.5 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is Alexander Graham Bell: A Great Inventor (Informational Text 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 1, Writing 5)Genre: A biography is nonfiction text that tells the story of a person’s life.Question of the Week: How can a great idea change the way we live?21st Skills in Reading/Paired Selection: Inventions (Informational Text 5,6,7)Genre: A Web site is a place or an address on the Internet where a World Wide Web document can be found. The purpose of a Web site is to find information about a topic. We can check different Web sites. Every Web site has text and graphics, but each Web site is organized differently. Text-Based Comprehension (Informational Text 3): SequenceText StructureFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Expression and IntonationWriting and Conventions (Language 1,1j, Writing 3): SentencesAutobiographyAdverbsAmazing Words (Language 5c): determined, technology, stalled, sketch, inventor, stable, biplane, speechHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): built, science, early, through, learn (tested)Media Literacy (Speaking/Listening 2):Techniques in MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesSegment and Blend WordsCreate WordsChange PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3e, Language 2d): Vowel Digraphs and DiphthongsVowel Sound in ball: aw, auExamples: crawl, draw, straw, AugustTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/a1.5.6 Reading Questions and Focus Skills/Strategies:In order to support your student’s learning at home, please discuss these questions/skills/strategies with your child.Reading- Our Main Selection/Story for the Week is The Stone Garden (Literature 1,2,3,4,7,9, Foundational Skills 4c, Language 1i, Writing 5)Genre: Realistic fiction takes place in a setting that seems real.Question of the Week: What can happen when someone has a new idea?Poetry in Reading/Paired Selection: “Common Language” and “Skyscraper” (Literature 4,10)Genre: A poem may tell a story, or it may express the poet’s feelings about something. Poems are written in lines and stanzas. Poems usually have rhyme and rhythm. Some poems has alliteration, or words with the same beginning sound.Text-Based Comprehension (Literature 2): ThemeInferringFluency (Foundational Skills 4b):Appropriate PhrasingWriting and Conventions (Language 1j, Writing 2): ConventionsPoemPrepositions and Prepositional PhrasesAmazing Words (Language 5c): accomplish, original, unmanned, manned, exclaim, doubt, glider, soarHigh-Frequency Words for the Week (read, spell, and use these in a sentence) (Foundational Skills 3g): answered, different, carry, poor (tested)Media Literacy (Informational Text 7):Respond to MediaPhonemic Awareness (Foundational Skills 2b,2c,2d):Segment and Blend PhonemesRhyming WordsRemove PhonemesPhonics Sound/Pattern (Foundational Skills 3,3c, Language 2d,4b): Long o: o; Long i: iPrefixes un-, re-Examples: unhappy, untie, unkind, refill, rewind, retellTry these online games to support the Phonics Sound/Pattern: n/aFIRST GRADE ARIZONA COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS ................
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