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Lesson 26: The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds Question to think about: How are ways to make art the same and different?

Words to Know: above, pushed, teacher, bear, studied, toward, even, and surprised

Spelling Words: mix, mixed, hop, hopped, hope, hoping, run, running, use, and used

Phonics: Using long e spelling patterns with yand ie, plus base words with -ed and -ing endings

Comprehension: Compare/contrast andmonitor/clarify; Author's craft: word choice using descriptive details

Vocabulary Strategies: Figurative language (idioms)

Fluency Practice: Accuracy and self-correcting mistakes

Grammar: Exclamations-What is an exclamation?

Writing: Writing to respond and give an opinion and thinking about voice

Decodable stories to read BearsHiding and SeekingHenry and Dad Go Camping, andSpeedy and Chase

Web Resources

eWord Game Unit 33

Word Find Unit 33

Crossword Challenge

Word Builder Unit 33

eWord Game Unit 34

Word Find Unit 34

Crossword Challenge

Word Builder Unit 34

Fish 'Em Up!

 

 

 

Lesson 27: What Can You Do? by Shelley Rotner and Sheila Kelly, Ed.D. Question to think about: How do words and photos together give information?

Words to Know: always, different, enough, happy, high, near, once, and stories

Spelling Words: hard, harder, hardest, fast faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, and sooner 

Phonics: Using base words with the inflections: -er and -est; change the y to i,and the syllable: -le

Comprehension: Text and graphic featuresand analyze/evaluate; Author's craft: word choice using comparisons

Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize-emotional words

Fluency Practice: Intonation     

Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a question or an exclamation?

Writing: Writing an opinion and thinking about sentence fluency

Decodable stories to read The Three RacesSeed SistersThe Fox and the Grapes, andJingle, Jangle, and Jiggle

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Lesson 28: "The Kitefrom Days With Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Question to think about: How does a problem make a story interesting?

Words to Know: across, ball, cried, head, heard, large, second, and should

Spelling Words: my, try, sky, fly, by, dry, pie, cried, night, and light 

Phonics: Using long i spelling patterns igh, y,and ie plus base words with the inflections: -ed, -ing, -er, -est, and -es; Using -ight and -y

Comprehension: Story structure andinfer/predict; Author's craft: word choice using emphasis

Vocabulary Strategies: Homographs

Fluency Practice: Phrasing

Grammar: Adjectives-word that describetaste, smell, sound, and texture

Writing: Writing an opinion sentence and thinking about word choice

Decodable stories to read Sally Jane and Beth AnnTy and Big GillyBird Watching, andBenches

Web Resources

Arnold Lobel Website

eWord Game Unit 29

Crossword Challenge

Word Builder Unit 29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lesson 29: A Boat Disappears by Doug Cushman Question to think about: How do some story events make other events happen?

Words to Know: almost, any, behind, gone, happened, hello, idea, leaves, and should

Spelling Words: sad, sadly, slow, slowly, dust, dusty, trick, tricky, help, and helpful

Phonics: Using suffixes -ful, -ly, and -y plus the long vowel spelling patterns

Comprehension: Cause and effect andvisualize; Author's craft: Dialogue

Vocabulary Strategies: Prefix un-

Fluency Practice: Expression

Grammar: Adverbs-adverbs for how, where, when, and how much

Writing: Writing an opinion paragraph and thinking about ideas

Decodable stories to read Quiz GameJack and the BeansRuth's Day, and Stew for Peg

 

Web Resources

Word Sort Unit 16

Word Find Unit 16

Crossword Challenge

eWord Game Unit 16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lesson 30: Winners Never Quit! by Mia Hamm Question to think about: What can you learn from story characters?

Words to Know: brothers, everyone, field, loved, most, only, people, and sorry

Spelling Words: even, open, begin, baby, tiger, music, paper, zero, table, and below

Phonics: Looking at syllables with a CV or VCCV pattern plus prefixes un- and re-

Comprehension: Understand characters andsummarize; Author's craft: onomatopoeia(words that represent the sounds they represent; For example: zip and zoom.)

Vocabulary Strategies: Suffix -ly

Fluency Practice: Reading rate-adjusting your rate of speed depending upon what it is that you are reading (For example, a fairy tale would not be read at the same reading rate as a non-fiction book about sharks.)

Grammar: Adjectives that compare-adjectives with -er and -est

Writing: Writing an opinion paragraph and thinking about organization

Decodable stories to read Amy AntJulie and JasonHome at Last, and Soccer

Web Resources

Word Sort Unit 35

Word Find Unit 35

Crossword Challenge

Word Builder Unit 35