Unit 1 Amazing Words and Story Words



First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

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

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. Max – Ruby’s little brother |fish |

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

|3. Grandma – helps Max and Ruby solve their problems |shell |

| |ship |

|Amazing Words: |shop |

|1. chore – a job |shut |

|2. cooperation- working together |then |

|3. household –a home and what goes on there |thin |

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

|5. commute – travel often between home and school or work |10. with |

|6. subway –a train that runs under the ground |11. want |

|7. downtown – the place in a city where offices and stores are |12. good |

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

| |High Frequency Words: |

|Comprehension: Sequence, Predict and Set Purpose |want |

|Fluency: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate |good |

|Writing: Organization, Friendly Letter |catch |

|Grammar: Common Nouns |no |

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

|Phonics: Vowel Sound in ball |said |

|Spelling: Digraphs sh, th | |

|Listening and Speaking: Relate an Experience in Sequence | |

First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

|2014 Edition – 2.2: The Farmer in the Hat (Genre: Realistic Fiction) |

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. farmer – person who grows crops or keeps animals on a farm |age |

|2. gerbil – small, furry animal often kept as a pet |cage |

|3. MacDonald – the name of the farmer from the song “Old MacDonald’s Farm” |cake |

|4. squeak – a short, high sound |face |

| |late |

|Amazing Words: |made |

|1. group – a number of people or things that belong together |make |

|2. respect –show that you think a lot of someone or something |name |

|3. share – to let someone else have, use, or do something |safe |

|4. aquarium – a place where you can see fish and underwater animals |10. take |

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

|6. lines – words an actor speaks |High Frequency Words: |

|7. rehearsal- a practice |could |

|8. soothe – make someone feel better |old |

| |be |

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

|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing |paper |

|Writing: Sentences, Brief Composition |of |

|Grammar: Proper Nouns | |

|Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Long/Short a, Blend and Segment Phonemes, | |

|Rhyming Words | |

|Phonics: Long a (CVCe); | |

|Spelling: Consonant Patterns c/s/ and g/j/ | |

|Listening and Speaking: Share Information and Ideas | |

First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

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

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. busy – having many things to do |bike |

|2. mail – letters or packages sent through a post office and delivered to homes or businesses |dime |

|3. neighborhood – place where people live and work together |hide |

| |ice |

|Amazing Words: |kite |

|1. citizen – person who lives in a certain location |like |

|2. community – town or city in which you live |ride |

|3. law – a rule that tells people what they can and cannot do |smile |

|4. leader – head of a group |time |

|5. headquarters - places where business or city leaders work |10. white |

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

|7. branch – a smaller type of a larger bank, library, or office |High Frequency Words: |

|8. earn – paid for work you do |who |

| |work |

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

|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing |out |

|Writing: Conventions, Explanation |people |

|Grammar: Special Titles | |

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

|Phonics: Consonant Digraphs wh, ch, tch, ph | |

|Spelling: Long i: i_e | |

|Listening and Speaking: Give Announcements | |

First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

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

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. baby – very young child or animal |bone |

|2. circle - round shape, like a ring |home |

|3. herd – group of animals of the same kind that stay together |hope |

|4. meat – kind of food that comes from animals |hose |

|5. triceratops – large, plant-eating dinosaur that had three horns |joke |

| |rode |

|Amazing Words: |rose |

|1. enemy – a person or animal that wants to cause harm to another |stone |

|2. extinct – no longer exists |those |

|3. protect – to keep someone or something safe |10. woke |

|4. crater – a big hole | |

|5. holler – a loud cry or shout |High Frequency Words: |

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

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

|8. boisterous – wild and noisy |down |

| |inside |

|Comprehension: Sequence, Inferring |now |

|Fluency: Accuracy and Rate | |

|Writing: Organization, Poem | |

|Grammar: Proper Nouns: Days, Months, Holidays | |

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

|Phonics: Contractions | |

|Spelling: Long o: o_e | |

|Listening and Speaking: Informal Conversations | |

First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

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

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. bear – large, heavy animal with thick fur |cube |

|2. forest – large area covered with trees and plants |cute |

|3. hummingbirds – very small birds whose wings make a humming sound because they flap so quickly |flute |

|4. leaves – flat, green parts of a plant that grow from a stem |huge |

|5. squirrels – small animals that have bushy tails and can climb trees |June |

|6. woodpecker – bird with a hard, pointed bill for pecking holes in trees |mule |

| |rude |

|Amazing Words: |rule |

|1. environment – the world around you that affects how you live and grow |tube |

|2. require – to need or insist on having |10. use |

|3. thrive – to stay healthy and grow | |

|4. inhale – to take in quickly |High Frequency Words: |

|5. slimy – covered with a slippery, gooey material |water |

|6. sludge – thick, wet, slimy material |under |

|7. capture – to catch |around |

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

| |food |

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

|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing | |

|Writing: Voice, Description | |

|Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns | |

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

|Phonics: Inflected Ending -ed | |

|Spelling: Long u: u_e; Long e:e_e | |

|Listening and Speaking: Share Information and Ideas | |

First Grade Reading Street (Taken from )

|2014 Edition - Unit 2.6: Honey Bees (Genre: Expository Text) |

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

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. cold – something that is not as warm as your body |feet |

|2. flowers – colored part of a plant that makes seeds or fruit |he |

|3. honey – sweet liquid made by bees |see |

|4. nectar – sweet liquid that is made by flowers |we |

|5. worker – person, animal, or insect that does a lot of work |green |

| |me |

|Amazing Words: |she |

|1. individual – one person |tree |

|2. industrious – person who works hard |week |

|3. special – different from or really good |10. be |

|4. creep – to move slowly and quietly | |

|5. slither - to move along by sliding |High Frequency Words: |

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

|7. eagerly – with excitement |family |

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

| |new |

|Comprehension: Compare and Contrast, Questioning |other |

|Fluency: Accuracy and Appropriate Rate |their |

|Writing: Focus/Ideas, Expository Paragraph | |

|Grammar: Nouns in Sentences | |

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

|Phonics: Syllables VC/CV | |

|Spelling: Long e: e, ee | |

|Listening and Speaking: Follow Directions | |

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