Lesson 1: What is a Pal? by Nina Crews
Essential Question: What is important about being a friend?
Phonic of the week: words with short a (am, man, pat); consonants n, d, p, f
Words of the week: and, be, help, play, with, you
Comprehension: Main Idea - tell important ideas about a topic, Summarize - stop to tell important events as you read
Fluency Practice: accuracy - reading what is written without making mistakes
Vocabulary Strategies: classify and categorize- using action words, separate and group like items together
Grammar: using nouns - person, place, thing, animals
Writing: writing about yourself and using labels to identify your picture
Miss Criscuolo's spelling words of the week: and, be, help, play, you, with.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short a (examples: at, man, pat). The students will have 4 short a words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:
Phonic of the week: words with short a (am, man, pat); consonants n, d, p, f
Words of the week: and, be, help, play, with, you
Comprehension: Main Idea - tell important ideas about a topic, Summarize - stop to tell important events as you read
Fluency Practice: accuracy - reading what is written without making mistakes
Vocabulary Strategies: classify and categorize- using action words, separate and group like items together
Grammar: using nouns - person, place, thing, animals
Writing: writing about yourself and using labels to identify your picture
Miss Criscuolo's spelling words of the week: and, be, help, play, you, with.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short a (examples: at, man, pat). The students will have 4 short a words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:
- Practice spelling test_
- Word Scramble
- Test and Teach Game
- Word Search
- Spelling Test, Teach Me, Play a Game, Flash Cards
- Missing letter game
Lesson 2: The Storm by Raul Colon
Essential Question: What happens during a storm?
Phonic of the week: short i (sit, big, in), consonants b, g, r, h, z, and phonogram -it.
Words of the week: for, have, look, too, what.
Comprehension: understanding characters - tell more about characters
Fluency Practice: accuracy - reading what is written without making mistakes
Vocabulary Strategies: context clues
Grammar: using nouns - person, place, thing, and animals
Writing: narrative writing - captions
Miss Criscuolo's spelling words of the week: The spelling words of the week are: for, have, he, look, too, what.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short i (examples: sit, big, in). The students will have 4 short i words on their spelling test. Practice here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Phonic of the week: short i (sit, big, in), consonants b, g, r, h, z, and phonogram -it.
Words of the week: for, have, look, too, what.
Comprehension: understanding characters - tell more about characters
Fluency Practice: accuracy - reading what is written without making mistakes
Vocabulary Strategies: context clues
Grammar: using nouns - person, place, thing, and animals
Writing: narrative writing - captions
Miss Criscuolo's spelling words of the week: The spelling words of the week are: for, have, he, look, too, what.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short i (examples: sit, big, in). The students will have 4 short i words on their spelling test. Practice here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Lesson 3: Curious George at School by Margaret and H.A. Rey
Essential Question: Why is going to school important?
Phonic of the week: words with short o (pot, dog, shop), consonants l, x, inflection -s
Words of the week: do, find, funny, no, sing, they.
Comprehension: sequence of events - tell the order in which things happen, monitor/clarify - find ways to figure out what doesn't make sense
Fluency Practice: phrasing - putting 2 or 3 words together in a sentence, looking at a period at the end of the sentence and knowing it means to stop and take a breath.
Vocabulary Strategies:
Grammar: action verbs
Writing: narrative writing - sentences
The spelling words of the week are: do, find, funny, no, sing, they.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short o (examples: pot, dog, shop). The students will have 4 short o words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Phonic of the week: words with short o (pot, dog, shop), consonants l, x, inflection -s
Words of the week: do, find, funny, no, sing, they.
Comprehension: sequence of events - tell the order in which things happen, monitor/clarify - find ways to figure out what doesn't make sense
Fluency Practice: phrasing - putting 2 or 3 words together in a sentence, looking at a period at the end of the sentence and knowing it means to stop and take a breath.
Vocabulary Strategies:
Grammar: action verbs
Writing: narrative writing - sentences
The spelling words of the week are: do, find, funny, no, sing, they.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short o (examples: pot, dog, shop). The students will have 4 short o words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Lesson 4: Lucia's Neighborhood by George Ancona
Essential Question: Who can you meet in a neighborhood?
Phonic of the week: words with short e (pet, leg, gem), consonants y, w, k, v, j; phonogram -et.
Words of the week: all, does, here, me, my, who
Comprehension: Text and graphic features - tell how words work with photos, question - ask questions about what you are reading
Fluency Practice: intonation - rise and fall of your voice (rise when there's a question)
Vocabulary Strategies: alphabetical order
Grammar: using adjectives - words that describe shape or size
Writing: narrative writing - class story (topic, details)
Miss Criscuolo's spelling list: The spelling words of the week are: all, does, here, me, my, who.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short e (examples: pet, leg, gem). The students will have 4 short e words on their spelling test. Practice here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Phonic of the week: words with short e (pet, leg, gem), consonants y, w, k, v, j; phonogram -et.
Words of the week: all, does, here, me, my, who
Comprehension: Text and graphic features - tell how words work with photos, question - ask questions about what you are reading
Fluency Practice: intonation - rise and fall of your voice (rise when there's a question)
Vocabulary Strategies: alphabetical order
Grammar: using adjectives - words that describe shape or size
Writing: narrative writing - class story (topic, details)
Miss Criscuolo's spelling list: The spelling words of the week are: all, does, here, me, my, who.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short e (examples: pet, leg, gem). The students will have 4 short e words on their spelling test. Practice here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Lesson 5: Gus Takes the Train
Essential Question: What happens on the train?
Phonic of the week: words with short u (put, up, mug), consonants qu, z
Words of the week: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull
Comprehension: story structure - tell the setting, character, and events in a story, analyze/evaluate - tell how you feel about the text and why
Fluency Practice: self-correction - correcting a mistake that was made
Vocabulary Strategies: antonyms - words that are the opposite
Grammar: using adjectives - using color and number words
Writing: narrative writing - class story (sequence of events)
Miss Criscuolo's spelling list: The spelling words of the week are: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short u (examples: put, up, mug). The students will have 4 short u words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Phonic of the week: words with short u (put, up, mug), consonants qu, z
Words of the week: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull
Comprehension: story structure - tell the setting, character, and events in a story, analyze/evaluate - tell how you feel about the text and why
Fluency Practice: self-correction - correcting a mistake that was made
Vocabulary Strategies: antonyms - words that are the opposite
Grammar: using adjectives - using color and number words
Writing: narrative writing - class story (sequence of events)
Miss Criscuolo's spelling list: The spelling words of the week are: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull.
The phonics skill of the week are words with short u (examples: put, up, mug). The students will have 4 short u words on their spelling test. Practice Here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources: