Lesson 16: Let's Go to the Moon by Stephen R. Swinburne
Essential Question: What do astronauts do?
Phonic of the week: long o, and long u (with bossy e)
Words of the week: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, think. Practice here
Comprehension: main idea and details - tell important ideas and details about a topic. Question - ask questions about what you are reading.
Fluency Practice: stress
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful.
Grammar: questions - what is a question?
Writing: narrative writing - sentences about yourself
The spelling words of the week are: before, bring, carry, light, show, think
Challenge word: around, because
The phonics skill of the week are words with long o using the bossy e (examples: home, rose, bone) The students will have 4 long o words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Phonic of the week: long o, and long u (with bossy e)
Words of the week: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, think. Practice here
Comprehension: main idea and details - tell important ideas and details about a topic. Question - ask questions about what you are reading.
Fluency Practice: stress
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful.
Grammar: questions - what is a question?
Writing: narrative writing - sentences about yourself
The spelling words of the week are: before, bring, carry, light, show, think
Challenge word: around, because
The phonics skill of the week are words with long o using the bossy e (examples: home, rose, bone) The students will have 4 long o words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Lesson 17: The Big Trip by Baleri Gorbachev
Essential Question: What are some different ways to travel?
Phonic of the week: long e, vowel pairs ee, ea; final ng, nk; phonogram -ink.
Words of the week: about, by, car, could, don't, maybe, sure, there. Practice here
Comprehension: compare and contrast - tell how two things are alike or not, comprehension strategy - visualize - picture what is happening as you read.
Fluency Practice: phrasing with attention to the punctuation especially question marks
Vocabulary Strategies: define words
Grammar: kinds of sentences - is it a statement or question?
Writing: narrative writing - sentences about yourself
The spelling words of the week are: about, don’t maybe, sure, there
Challenge word: could
The phonics skill of the week are words with long e using double e (examples: meet, need, heel, deer) The students will have 5 long e words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Phonic of the week: long e, vowel pairs ee, ea; final ng, nk; phonogram -ink.
Words of the week: about, by, car, could, don't, maybe, sure, there. Practice here
Comprehension: compare and contrast - tell how two things are alike or not, comprehension strategy - visualize - picture what is happening as you read.
Fluency Practice: phrasing with attention to the punctuation especially question marks
Vocabulary Strategies: define words
Grammar: kinds of sentences - is it a statement or question?
Writing: narrative writing - sentences about yourself
The spelling words of the week are: about, don’t maybe, sure, there
Challenge word: could
The phonics skill of the week are words with long e using double e (examples: meet, need, heel, deer) The students will have 5 long e words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Lesson 18: Where Does Food Come From? by Shelley Rotner and Gary Goss
Essential Question: What do farmers need to grow food?
Phonic of the week: vowel pairs ai, ay; contractions 'll, 'd; phonograms -ay, ain.
Words of the week: first, food, ground, right, sometimes, these, under, your. Practice here
Comprehension: author's purpose - tell why an author writes a book, summarize - stop to tell important ideas as you read.
Fluency Practice: expression
Vocabulary Strategies: multiple-meaning words
Grammar: names of months, days, holiday - using comma with dates
Writing: narrative writing - friendly letter
The spelling words of the week are: first, food, right, these, under, your
Challenge word: sometimes, ground
The phonics skill of the week are words with long a using ai and ay (examples: rain, sail, say, pay) The students will have 4 long a words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Phonic of the week: vowel pairs ai, ay; contractions 'll, 'd; phonograms -ay, ain.
Words of the week: first, food, ground, right, sometimes, these, under, your. Practice here
Comprehension: author's purpose - tell why an author writes a book, summarize - stop to tell important ideas as you read.
Fluency Practice: expression
Vocabulary Strategies: multiple-meaning words
Grammar: names of months, days, holiday - using comma with dates
Writing: narrative writing - friendly letter
The spelling words of the week are: first, food, right, these, under, your
Challenge word: sometimes, ground
The phonics skill of the week are words with long a using ai and ay (examples: rain, sail, say, pay) The students will have 4 long a words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Lesson 19: Tomas Rivera by Jane Medina
Essential Question: Why is it important to learn about people from the past?
Phonic of the week: vowel pairs oa, ow; contractions 've, 're: phonograms - ow, -oat.
Words of the week: done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, work. Practice here
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: intonation
Vocabulary Strategies: synonym
Grammar: future tense - using the words will and going to
Writing: narrative writing - personal narrative
The spelling words of the week are: done, great, soon, talk, were, work
Challenge word: laugh, paper
The phonics skill of the week are words with long o using oa and ow (examples: boat, soak, cow, owl) The students will have 4 long o words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Phonic of the week: vowel pairs oa, ow; contractions 've, 're: phonograms - ow, -oat.
Words of the week: done, great, laugh, paper, soon, talk, were, work. Practice here
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: intonation
Vocabulary Strategies: synonym
Grammar: future tense - using the words will and going to
Writing: narrative writing - personal narrative
The spelling words of the week are: done, great, soon, talk, were, work
Challenge word: laugh, paper
The phonics skill of the week are words with long o using oa and ow (examples: boat, soak, cow, owl) The students will have 4 long o words on their spelling test. Practice here
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Lesson 20: Little Rabbit's Tale by Wong Herbert Yee
Essential Question: How can you help a friend who feels sad?
Phonic of the week: compound words; short vowels ea as in bear.
Words of the week: door, more, mother, old, try, use, want, wash. Practice here
Comprehension: cause and effect - tell what happens and why. Infer/predict - use clues to figure out more about story parts.
Fluency Practice: reading rate
Vocabulary Strategies: compound words
Grammar: prepositions and prepositional phrases - prepositional words that tell where and when
Writing: narrative writing - personal narrative
The spelling words of the week are: door, more, old, want, wash, use
Challenge word: mother
The phonics skill of the week are words with long e using ea (examples: bear, seat, leap) The students will have 4 long e words on their spelling test. Practice here
Spelling Word Practice:Web Resources:
Phonic of the week: compound words; short vowels ea as in bear.
Words of the week: door, more, mother, old, try, use, want, wash. Practice here
Comprehension: cause and effect - tell what happens and why. Infer/predict - use clues to figure out more about story parts.
Fluency Practice: reading rate
Vocabulary Strategies: compound words
Grammar: prepositions and prepositional phrases - prepositional words that tell where and when
Writing: narrative writing - personal narrative
The spelling words of the week are: door, more, old, want, wash, use
Challenge word: mother
The phonics skill of the week are words with long e using ea (examples: bear, seat, leap) The students will have 4 long e words on their spelling test. Practice here
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