Unit 1 Amazing Words and Story Words



First Grade Reading Street

|Unit 1.1: Sam, Come Back! - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

| |1. needs – things people must have to live |

| |2. responsibility – things you are expected to do |

| |3. shelter – place you live |

| |4. cuddle – hold somebody or something for warmth or love |

| |5. tickle – touch someone lightly and make them laugh |

| |6. faithful - always there for you |

| |7. fetch - go get something |

| |8. heel – follow closely at your heels |

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| |Grammar: Sentences |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

| |Big Question: How do people take care of pets? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend & Segment Phonemes | |

|Isolate Final Sounds | |

|Identify Position of Sounds | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Short a and Final ck | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Character | |

|Monitor & Fix Up | |

|Spelling Words: |bat |High Frequency Words: |

|at |mad |in |

|can |ran |on |

|cat |sack |way |

|back |way | |

|dad |on | |

|am | | |

|Unit 1.2: Pig in a Wig - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. play – to perform on a musical instrument |1. career – an occupation or profession |

| |2. service-work done to help others |

| |3. tool – something that helps people do work |

| |4. scrub – clean by rubbing hard |

| |5. sloppy – wet or messy |

| |6. exercise - move your body to keep it in shape |

| |7. comfort- someone or something that makes you feel better |

| |8. search – look for something carefully |

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| |Grammar: Naming Parts of Sentences |

| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

| |Big Question: How can people help animals? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend & Segment Phonemes | |

|Blend Phonemes | |

|Isolate Initial & Final Sounds | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Short i and Final x | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Realism & Fantasy | |

|Summarize | |

|Spelling Words: | pin |High Frequency Words: |

|did |sit |and |

|fix |six |take |

|in |wig |up |

|it |and | |

|lip |take | |

|mix | | |

|Unit 1.3: The Big Blue Ox - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. mud – wet dirt |1. past – has already happened |

|2. town – large group of houses and buildings, smaller than a city |2. present – happening right now |

| |3. produce – make or create something |

| |4. transportation – a way of moving people or things from one place to another |

| |5. danger – something that can hurt you |

| |6. serve – to do work for or to help |

| |7. snuggle – lie close to someone and get comfortable |

| |8. enormous – very, very big |

| |9. powerful – very strong |

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| |Grammar: Action Parts of Sentences |

| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

| |Big Question: How can animals help people? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Adding Ending Phonemes/s/, /z/ | |

|Isolate Initial and Final Sounds | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Short o and-s Plurals | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Character and Setting | |

|Visualize | |

|Spelling Words: | ox |High Frequency Words: |

|got |pop |get |

|hop |pot |help |

|hot |rock |use |

|lock |help | |

|mom |use | |

|mop | | |

|Unit 1.4: A Fox and a Kit - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. animals – living things that can move around |1. observe – watch something |

|2. dinner – the main meal of the day |2. wild – something people do not care for or control |

|3. watch – to look at something |3. parent – a father or mother |

| |4. solo – alone |

| |5. dangle – swinging loosely from side to side |

| |6. nape – back part of your neck |

| |7. medicine – a drug that helps you feel better or makes you well |

| |8. poisonous – can cause sickness or death |

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| |Grammar: Introduce Word Order |

| |Writing Trait: Word Choice |

| |Big Question: What can we learn about animals by watching them? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Adding Ending Phonemes /s/, /z/ | |

|Blend and Segment Syllables | |

|Identify Position of Sounds | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Inflected Endings -s and -ing | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Main Idea | |

|Ask Questions | |

|Spelling Words: | sit |High Frequency Words: |

|fit |sits |eat |

|fits |win |her |

|hit |wins |this |

|hits |her |too |

|nap |too | |

|naps | | |

|Unit 1.5: Get the Egg! - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. bird – animal covered in feathers with wings and two legs |1. habitat – the place where an animal or a plant lives or grows |

|2. nest – a bird’s home |2. hatch – to come out of an egg |

| |3. survive – to stay alive or live through |

| |4. gentle – mild and soft |

| |5. nudge – push without much force, often with your elbow |

| |6. perch – rest or sit on something |

| |7. private – done alone or hidden from others |

| |8. moist – slightly wet or damp |

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| |Grammar: Telling Sentences |

| |Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraph |

| |Big Question: Which wild animals can we find in our own neighborhood? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Add Initial Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Syllables | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Short e and Initial Blends | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Realism and Fantasy | |

|Story Structure | |

|Spelling Words: | sled |High Frequency Words: |

|bed |step |saw |

|jet |ten |small |

|leg |wet |tree |

|men |saw |your |

|net |your | |

|red | | |

|Unit 1.6: Animal Park - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. park - land where people go to play or rest |1. desert – very dry area, usually covered with sand |

|2. zebras – black and white striped animals that look like horses |2. forest – place with many trees |

|3. hippos – a short word for hippopotamuses which are large animals with short legs, thick skin, and no |3. world – all of Earth |

|hair |4. surf – riding or moving from place to place |

|4. elephants – huge strong land animals with gray skin and long trunks |5. beneath – under |

| |6. snug – cozy and safe |

| |7. native – from a certain place |

| |8. reserve – place set aside for special use |

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| |Grammar: Questions |

| |Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas |

| |Big Question: How can we help animals around the world? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Delete Final Phonemes | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Short u and Final Blends | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Cause and Effect | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | rug |High Frequency Words: |

|bump |run |home |

|bus |sun |into |

|cut |up |many |

|jump |many |them |

|must |into | |

|nut | | |

|Unit 2.1: A Big Fish for Max - |

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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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| |Grammar: Nouns |

| |Writing Trait: Word Choice |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

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|Phonics: | |

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

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|Comprehension: | |

|Main Idea | |

|Predict | |

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

|fish |thin |catch |

|rush |trash |good |

|shell |with |no |

|ship |want |put |

|shop |good |want |

|shut | | |

|Unit 2.2 The Farmer in the Hat - |

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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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| |Grammar: Proper Nouns |

| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

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

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|Comprehension: | |

|Cause and Effect | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

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

|age |name |be |

|cage |safe |could |

|cake |take |horse |

|face |could |old |

|late |old |paper |

|made | | |

|Unit 2.3: Who Works Here? - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|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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| |Grammar: Special Titles |

| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

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|Phonics: | |

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

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|Comprehension: | |

|Author’s Purpose | |

|Ask Questions | |

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

|bike |smile |live |

|dime |time |out |

|hide |white |people |

|ice |who |who |

|kite |work |work |

|like | | |

|Unit 2.4: The Big Circle - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|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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| |Grammar: Days, Months, Holidays |

| |Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Distinguish Long/Short Vowel Sounds | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Identify and Isolate Sounds | |

|Phonics: | |

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

|Comprehension: | |

|Sequence | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

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

|bone |stone |down |

|home |those |inside |

|hope |woke |now |

|hose |there |there |

|joke |together |together |

|rode | | |

|Unit 2.5: Life in the Forest - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|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: One and More Than One |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Phonemes | |

|Add Final Phonemes /t/, /d/, /ed/ | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

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

|Comprehension: | |

|Author’s Purpose | |

|Preview the Text | |

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

|cube |rule |around |

|cute |tube |find |

|flute |use |food |

|huge |water |grow |

|June |under |under |

|mule | |water |

|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 |

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

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute short e for /e/ | |

|Blend and Segment Syllables | |

|Identify and Isolate Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

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

|Comprehension: | |

|Compare and Contrast | |

|Preview | |

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

|be |tree |also |

|feet |we |family |

|green |week |new |

|he |some |other |

|me |family |some |

|see | |their |

|Unit 3.1: An Egg Is an Egg – |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. boy – male child |1. adult – a grown-up |

|2. grew – got bigger |2. healthy – your body is strong and well |

|3. night – time between evening and morning |3. measurement – the size or amount of something |

|4. sunset – time when the sun is last seen in the evening |4. shuffle – walk slowly and drag your feet |

|5. tower – tall building or part of a building |5. teeter – walk in a wobbly way as if you are about to fall |

| |6. crooked - not straight |

| |7. bounce – spring back after hitting something |

| |8. handsome – good-looking |

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| |Grammar: Action Verbs |

| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

| |Big Question: How do we change as we grow? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment Phonemes | |

|Substitute Phonemes | |

|Segment and Blend Phonemes | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Vowel Sounds of y and Long Vowel Patterns (CV) | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Compare and Contrast | |

|Predict | |

|Spelling Words: | my |High Frequency Words: |

|any |puppy |always 7. things |

|body |silly |became |

|by |try |day |

|cry |things |everything |

|fly |always |mother |

|lucky | |stays |

|Unit 3.2: Ruby in Her Own Time – |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. beautiful – very pretty to see or hear |1. attempt – try to do something |

|2. father – man who has a child or children |2. event – something that happens |

|3. feather – one of the light, soft things that cover a bird’s body |3. time line – the order you follow to succeed at something |

|4. flew – took off and moved in the air |4. famous – well-known |

|5. mother – woman who has a child or children |5. flatter – say something very nice about someone that may not be true |

|6. precious – having great value |6. correct – to change something to make it right |

| |7. awkward – movement that is not smooth |

| |8. lovely – very pretty |

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| |Grammar: Verbs That Add -s |

| |Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs |

| |Big Question: What do we learn as we grow and change? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Onset/Rime | |

|Blend and Segment Syllables | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Final ng, nk and Compound Words | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Plot | |

|Summarize | |

|Spelling Words: | sang |High Frequency Words: |

|bank |sunk |any |

|blank |trunk |enough |

|bring |wing |ever |

|pink |every |every |

|rang |sure |own |

|rink | |sure |

| | |were |

|Unit 3.3: Jan’s New Home - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. move – to change the place where you live |1. arrive – get there |

|2. toys – things to play with |2. depart – leave |

|3. window – an opening in a wall or room that lets in fresh air and light |3. location – place where something is |

| |4. route – the way you go to get somewhere |

| |5. swoop – move down suddenly |

| |6. tumble – to roll or toss about |

| |7. crumple – crush something into wrinkles |

| |8. stampede – wild rush of animals or people |

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| |Grammar: Verbs That Do Not Add -s |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

| |Big Question: Why are changes exciting? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Add Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Onset/Rime | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

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|Phonics: | |

|Ending –es, Plural-es, and r-Controlled or, ore | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Theme | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | kiss |High Frequency Words: |

|bus |kisses |away |

|buses |wish |car |

|class |wishes |friends |

|classes |friends |house |

|fix |very |our |

|fixes | |school |

| | |very |

|Unit 3.4: Frog and Toad Together - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. ground – soil or dirt on the surface of the Earth |1. gardener – someone who grows plants |

|2. head – top part of your body or the front part of most animals’ bodies |2. nature - everything in the world that is not made by people |

|3. rain – water that falls in drops from the clouds |3. sprout – to begin to grow |

|4. shouted – called out or yelled loudly |4. dim - not bright |

|5. shouting – calling or yelling |5. shade – place that is darker than the area around it because light from the sun has been blocked |

| |6. blossom – flower of a plant |

| |7. destroy - ruin |

| |8. humongous – very, very big |

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| |Grammar: Verbs for Now and the Past |

| |Writing Trait: Word Choice |

| |Big Question: What changes happen in a garden? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Syllables | |

|Substitute Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Add Initial and Final Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Inflected Endings-ed, -ing, and r-Controlled ar | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Plot | |

|Visualize | |

|Spelling Words: | jog |High Frequency Words: |

|ask |jogged |afraid 6. soon |

|asked |plan |again |

|call |planned |few |

|called |again |how |

|help |soon |read (both pronunciations) |

|helped | | |

|Unit 3.5: I’m a Caterpillar - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. caterpillar – insect that changes into a moth or butterfly |1. cycle – series of events that always happens in the same order |

|2. chrysalis – forms from the body of a caterpillar and has a hard shell that protects the caterpillar as it changes |2. develop – grow |

|into a butterfly |3. insect – animal that has 6 legs and usually has wings |

|3. crawl – move on your hands and knees or with your body close to the ground |4. rearrange – put things in a different order |

|4. pupa – form of an insect while it is changing from a wormlike larva into an adult |5. yearly –once a year |

|5. shiver – to shake |6. emerge – to come into view |

| |7. fragile – can be easily broken |

| |8. vessel – thin tube inside your body |

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| |Grammar: Am, Is, Are, Was, and Were |

| |Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas |

| |Big Question: What changes can we observe in nature? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Onset/Rime | |

|Delete Final Phonemes | |

|Substitute Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|r-Controlled er, ir, ur and Contractions ‘s, ‘ve,’ re | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Draw Conclusions | |

|Text Structure | |

|Spelling Words: | hurt |High Frequency Words: |

|bird |shirt |done |

|burn |sir |know |

|first |were |push |

|fur |visit |visit |

|girl |done |wait |

|her | | |

|Unit 3.6: Where Are My Animal Friends? - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. goose – large bird with a long neck |1. hibernate – to spend the winter sleeping |

|2. raccoon – small animal with thick fur whose markings resemble rings |2. migrate – to move from one place to another |

|3. spring – season of the year between winter and summer, when plants begin to grow |3. season – one of the four parts of the year |

|4. warm – more hot than cold |4. temperature – how cold or hot something is |

| |5. autumn – one of the four seasons, also called fall |

| |6. freeze - turn into something hard because of the cold |

| |7. bitterly – showing sadness or pain |

| |8. weary – very tired |

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| |Grammar: Contractions with Not |

| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

| |Big Question: How does nature change during the year? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Add Phonomes /e/, /est/ | |

|Segment Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Onset/Rime | |

|Phonics: | |

|Comparative Endings and dge/j/ | |

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|Comprehension: | |

|Sequence | |

|Prior Knowledge | |

|Spelling Words: | shorter |High Frequency Words: |

|bigger |shortest |before |

|biggest |slower |does |

|faster |slowest |good-bye |

|fastest |good-bye |oh |

|sadder |before |right |

|saddest | |won’t |

|Unit 4.1: Mama’s Birthday Present - |

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|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. bunuelos – sweet pastries that are fried and covered with sugar |1. celebrate – have a party or another activity to honor a special event |

|2. confetti – tiny bits of colored paper thrown during celebrations |2. cherish – love and understand how important something is |

|3. guitar – stringed, musical instrument that is played with the fingers |3. grateful - thankful |

|4. piñata –object filled with candy, fruit, and small toys that blindfolded people swing sticks at the object in order to |4. delicate – easily hurt or broken |

|break open |5. rarest – least common |

|5. present – gift given to someone |6. loot – things that are found or stolen |

|6. tortilla – thin, flat, round cakes made with cornmeal |7. genuine - real |

|7. wonderful –marvelous, enjoyable | |

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| |Grammar: Adjectives |

| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

| |Big Question: How can a surprise be a treasure? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

|Add Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Long a: ai, ay and Possessives | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Draw Conclusions | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | rain |High Frequency Words: |

|afraid |tail |about |

|day |train |enjoy |

|gray |way |give |

|mail |about |surprise |

|may |would |worry |

|play | |would |

|Unit 4.2: The Dot - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. artist – person who makes art |1. create – make something new |

|2. experimenting – testing or trying something out |2. doodle – scribble |

|3. gold – shiny, bright yellow color |3. imagination – see things in your mind that aren’t there or think of unusual ideas |

|4. splash – cause liquid to fly around |4. carve – to make by cutting |

|5. squiggle – wiggly twist or curve |5. hobby – something people do for fun in their spare time |

|6. stared – looked at someone with your eyes wide open for a long time |6. inspiration – a sudden, bright idea |

|7. straight – without a bend, turn, or curve |7. masterpiece – great piece of work |

| |8. sculptor – artist who makes or carves things out of stone, wood, metal, or another material |

| | |

| |Grammar: Adjectives for Colors and Shapes |

| |Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs |

| |Big Question: What treasures can we create? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Phonemes | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

|Phonics: | |

|Long e: ea and Inflected Endings | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Theme | |

|Graphic Organizers | |

|Spelling Words: | please |High Frequency Words: |

|beach |sea |colors 7. sign |

|clean |team |draw |

|dream |treat |drew |

|each |colors |great |

|eat |sign |over |

|lean | |show |

|Unit 4.3: Mister Bones: Dinosaur Hunter - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. bandannas – large, colored handkerchiefs |1. excavate – to remove, uncover, or make by digging |

|2. cowboy – person who works on a ranch or rides in a rodeo |2. fossil – remains of a plant or animal that lived long ago |

|3. gigantic – very large |3. soil – top part of the ground in which plants grow |

|4. lizard – long, thin animal with dry, rough skin |4. abandon - leave behind |

|5. Montana – one of the 50 states of the United States |5. splinter – sharp, thin piece broken off from a larger piece of something |

|6. museum – building for keeping and showing interesting things |6. sunken – beneath the surface of the water |

|7. tyrant – mean, powerful ruler |7. decompose – to rot |

| |8. nourish – to provide food and other things needed for life |

| | |

| |Grammar: Adjectives for Sizes |

| |Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas |

| |Big Question: What treasures can we find in the earth? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

|Segment Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Long o: oa, ow, and Three-Letter Blends | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Author’s Purpose | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | row |High Frequency Words: |

|blow |snow |found |

|boat |soap |mouth |

|coat |yellow |once |

|loaf |once |took |

|pillow |wild |wild |

|road | | |

|Unit 4.4: The Lady in the Moon - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. festival – special celebration |1. delightful - very pleasing |

|2. lotus leaves – leaves from the lotus plant |2. festive – merry |

|3. pears – sweet fruits that are round at the end |3. symbol – something that stands for something else |

|4. poems – writing that is like a song without music |4. memory – power to remember |

|5. treasures – things that are worth a lot |5. errand – short trip to do something |

| |6. fiesta – festival or celebration |

| |7. ordinary – common or average |

| |8. refreshments – things to eat and drink |

| | |

| | |

| | |

| |Grammar: Adjectives for What Kind |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

| |Big Question: How can we share special days? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

|Blend, Segment, Count Phonemes | |

| | |

|Phonics: | |

|Long i: ie, igh, kn/n/ and wr/r/ | |

| | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Realism and Fantasy | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | pie |High Frequency Words: |

|bright |right |above |

|high |tie |eight |

|lie |tight |laugh |

|light |above |moon |

|might |laugh |touch |

|night | | |

|Unit 4.5: Peter’s Chair - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. biscuits – small treats for dogs |1. jealous – wish you had what another person has |

|2. cookie – small, flat sweet cakes |2. relatives – people who belong to the same family |

|3. cradle – small bed for a baby |3. sibling – your brother or sister |

|4. crocodile –large reptile with a long body, short legs, thick skin, and a long tail |4. secret – something you don’t tell very many people |

|5. curtain – cloth hung across a window to keep light out |5. porridge – food like oatmeal |

|6. idea –a plan |6. collector – someone who gather things together |

| |7. flourish – do something with an excited action |

| |8. seriousness - not in a joking way |

| | |

| |Grammar: Adjectives for How Many |

| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

| |Big Question: What treasures can we share at home? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Compound Words and Vowels ew, ue, ui | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Character, Setting, and Plot | |

|Story Structure | |

|Spelling Words: | inside |High Frequency Words: |

|backpack |lunchbox |picture |

|baseball |outside |remember |

|bluebird |suitcase |room |

|brainstorm |picture |stood |

|flashlight |remember |thought |

|herself | | |

|Unit 4.6: Henry & Mudge & Mrs. Hopper’s House – |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. gargoyle – stone carving in the shape of a scary animal or person |1. discover – find for the first time |

|2. heart –shape of the candy often given out on Valentine’s Day |2. dwell – to live in |

|3. shiny - bright |3. resident – person who lives in a certain place |

|4. tuxedo – formal suit for men that is usually black in color |4. welcome – let someone know you are glad to see them |

|5. Valentine’s Day – day when people send cards with hearts and small presents |5. admire – think a lot of someone |

|6. waltz – dance slowly with graceful steps |6. sadness - feeling of unhappiness |

| |7. substantial – a lot of something |

| |8. tremendous – very big or large |

| | |

| |Grammar: Adjectives That Compare |

| |Writing Trait: Word Choice |

| |Big Question: What treasures can we share with neighbors? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Suffixes -ly, -ful and Vowels in moon | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Cause and Effect | |

|Preview | |

|Spelling Words: | sadly |High Frequency Words: |

|careful |slowly |across 7. told |

|gladly |useful |because |

|nicely |wonderful |dance |

|painful |because |only |

|playful |across |opened |

|quickly | |shoes |

|Unit 5.1: Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. breath – air that goes in and out when you breathe |1. clever – have a quick mind |

|2. disagreed – had a different opinion |2. intend - plan to do something |

|3. favorite – like the best |3. predicament - a problem |

|4. potato bug – beetles that eat potato leaves |4. proudly – hold your head high and look pleased with yourself |

|5. tippy-toe – walk softly on the toes |5. plump – full and round |

| |6. scrawny – very thin |

| |7. advice – an idea about how to act or solve a problem |

| |8. wise – make good decisions |

| | |

| | |

| |Grammar: Commands |

| |Writing Trait: Voice |

| |Big Question: When does a problem need a clever solution? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

| | |

|Phonics: | |

|Diphthong ow/ou/ and Syllables | |

| | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Character, Setting, and Plot | |

|Story Structure | |

|Spelling Words: | pin |High Frequency Words: |

|did |sit |along |

|fix |six |behind |

|in |wig |eyes |

|it |eyes |never |

|lip |never |pulling |

|mix | |toward |

|Unit 5.2: Mole and Baby Bird – |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. borrowed – used something of someone else’s for a little while |1. freedom - able to move around or do things without being held back |

|2. presently - soon |2. miserable – very unhappy |

|3. usually - most often |3. selfish – think only of yourself and not of others |

| |4. dawn – early morning when it starts getting light |

| |5. scaly – covered with scales or flakes |

| |6. speckled – has small dots or patches that are more than one color |

| |7. fond – like something a lot |

| |8. proper – correct |

| |9. scarcely - hardly |

| | |

| |Grammar: Exclamations |

| |Writing Trait: Conventions |

| |Big Question: How can new ideas help us see things differently? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Isolate Phonemes | |

| | |

|Phonics: | |

|Diphthong ow/ou and Syllables | |

| | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Sequence | |

|Summarize | |

|Spelling Words: | our |High Frequency Words: |

|cloud |out |door |

|count |round |loved |

|found |shout |should |

|house |should |wood |

|mouth |loved | |

|ouch | | |

|Unit 5.3: Dot & Jabber & the Great Acorn Mystery – |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. detectives – people who try to find out things |1. explanation – tell how to do something |

|2. hey – cry used to get attention |2. riddle - question or problem that is hard to figure out |

|3. hurray – cry of happiness |3. wonder – want to know about something |

|4. meadow – land covered in grass or hay |4. rafters – long pieces of wood inside a building that hold up the roof |

|5. million – one thousand thousands |5. darling – person who is loved very much |

|6. mystery – puzzle about something |6. gorgeous – very beautiful |

|7. solve – find the answer to a mystery |7. case – set of problems that needs to be looked into to see what happened |

| |8. suspect – someone believed to be guilty of a crime |

| | |

| |Grammar: How Sentences Begin and End |

| |Writing Trait: Word Choice |

| |Big Question: Why do we want to find answers to some questions? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

|Add Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Vowel in book and Inflected Endings | |

| | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Compare and Contrast | |

|Monitor and Fix-Up | |

|Spelling Words: | noon |High Frequency Words: |

|book |pool |among |

|food |took |another |

|foot |zoo |instead |

|good |instead |none |

|look |another | |

|moon | | |

|Unit 5.4: Simple Machines - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. axles – rods that connect a pair of wheels |1. convenient – easy to use and saves time or work |

|2. inclined planes – flat surfaces that are slanted |2. equipment – pieces or parts needed to do something special |

|3. machines – things people use to help them do work |3. gadget – small tool that is used for a certain purpose |

|4. pulleys – machines made up of a small wheel and freely moving rope |4. engine – machine that is used to run another machine |

|5. surface –outer part of a thing |5. pilot – person who flies a plane |

|6. vacuum – machine that cleans by sucking up dirt |6. steer – to cause transportation to go in a certain direction |

| |7. cellar – room or rooms built underground |

| |8. furnace – used to warm buildings |

| | |

| |Grammar: Pronouns |

| |Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs |

| |Big Question: What great ideas make our lives easier? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Substitute Final Phonemes | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

|Phonics: | |

|Diphthongs oi, oy and Suffixes -er, -or | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Main Idea | |

|Summarize | |

|Spelling Words: | point |High Frequency Words: |

|boil |soil |against |

|boy |toy |goes |

|coin |voice |heavy |

|join |against |kinds |

|oil |heavy |today |

|oink | | |

|Unit 5.5: Alexander Graham Bell - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. Boston – city in Massachusetts |1. determined – having your mind made up |

|2. communicate – to exchange messages, thoughts, or information |2. inventor – person who makes something for the first time |

|3. electricity – kind of energy |3. technology – tools we use to make our lives easier |

|4. famous – well-known and important |4. stable – not likely to fall apart |

|5. piano – instrument used to make music |5. stall – stop suddenly |

|6. Scotland – country north of England |6. biplane – plane that has two sets of wings |

|7. telephone – system that uses electricity to send and receive speech |7. sketch – a quick drawing |

| |8. speech – a talk |

| | |

| | |

| |Grammar: Using I and Me |

| |Writing Trait: Focus/Ideas |

| |Big Question: How can a great idea change the way we live? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment and Count Phonemes | |

|Blend and Segment Phonemes | |

|Phonics: | |

|Vowels aw, au and Short e: ea | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Draw Conclusions | |

|Text Features | |

|Spelling Words: | paw |High Frequency Words: |

|crawl |saw |built |

|draw |straw |early |

|hawk |yawn |learn |

|jaw |through |science |

|law |science |through |

|lawn | | |

|Unit 5.6: Ben Franklin & His First Kite - |

|Taken from |

|Selection Words: |Amazing Words: |

|1. amazing – very surprising |1. contraption – a machine that may be strange |

|2. harbor – safe place for boats near the shore |2. doubt – feeling of not believing in yourself or not knowing |

|3. hasty pudding – soft food made of cornmeal |3. energy – strength |

|4. hearth – floor of a fireplace |4. glider- airplane without an engine that is kept up in the air by the wind |

|5. invention – idea or thing made for the first time |5. unmanned – when a plane does not have a pilot |

| |6. soar – fly high in the air |

| |7. curious – strange or unusual |

| |8. intelligent – bright or smart |

| | |

| | |

| |Grammar: Pronouns |

| |Writing Trait: Sentences |

| |Big Question: How can you use something familiar in a new way? |

|Phonemic Awareness: | |

|Segment and Count Syllables | |

|Substitute Initial Phonemes | |

| | |

|Phonics: | |

|Prefixes un-, re-, and Long Vowels i, o | |

| | |

|Comprehension: | |

|Theme | |

|Ask Questions | |

|Spelling Words: | undress |High Frequency Words: |

|refill |unhappy |answered |

|refund |unkind |brothers |

|reopen |untie |carry |

|repay |different |different |

|retell |carry |poor |

|undo | | |

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