Unit 2: Communities People in Communities week 1: What does a family do together? digraphs sh, th words with al and all HF Words: catch, food, no, put, want Spelling Words: fish, rush, shell, ship, shop, shut, then, thin, trash, with, shack, this, ball, walk, want, good week 2: How do we learn together at school? long a (CVCe) c /s/ and g /j/ HF Words: be, could, horse, old, paper Spelling Words: age, cage, cake, face, late, made, make, name, safe, take, shade, plate, race, page, could, old week 3: Who makes our neighborhood a nice place to live? long i (CVCe) digraphs wh, ch, tch HF Words: live, out, people, who, work Spelling Words: bike, dime, hide, ice, kite, like, ride, smile, time, white, fine, mine, which, pitch, who, work Communities in Nature week 4: How is a community of insects like a community of people? long o (CVCe) contractions n't, 'm, 'll HF Words: down, inside, now, there, together Spelling Words: bone, home, hope, hose, joke, rode, rose, stone, those, woke, chose, choke, broke, slope, there, together week 5: How do plants and animals live together? long u (CVCe), long e (CVCe) inflected ending -ed without spelling change HF Words: around, find, food, grow, under, water Spelling Words: cube, cute, flute, huge, June, mule, rude, rule, tube, use, these, asked, looked, added, water, under week 6: How do animals work together to survive? long e: e, ee syllables VCCV HF Words: also, family, new, other, some, their Spelling words: be, feet, green, he, me, see, she, tree, we, week, sleep, sweet, kitten, rabbits, some, family Unit 3: Changes Growing and Changing week 1: How do we change as we grow? vowel sounds of y y as a vowel: http://www.starfall.com/n/y-as-e/y-as-e/load.htm?f long vowels (CV pattern) HF Words: always, become(s), day, everything, nothing, stays, things Spelling Words: my, by, try, any, body, fly, cry, lucky, silly, puppy, buddy, happy, candy, fussy, things, always week 2: What do we learn as we grow and change? final ng, nk compound words http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=jwildecompound HF Words: any, enough, ever, every, own, sure, were Spelling Words: bring, pink, sang, rink, rang, drink, sing, trunk, bank, wing, blank, sunk, swing, sunk, swing, song, every, sure week 3: Why are changes exciting? ending -es; plural -es r-controlled or, ore HF Words: away, car, friends, house, our, school, very Spelling Words: fix, fixes, class, classes, wish, wishes, kiss, kisses, bus, buses, more, store, for, thorn, friends, very Changes in Nature week 4: How does nature change during the year? inflected endings -ed, -ing r-controlled ar http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/grade2_3/r_vowels/r_vowels.htm HF Words: afraid, again, few, how, read, soon Spelling Words: ask, asked, help, helped, plan, planned, jog, jogged, call, called, farm, star, bark, smart, again, soon week 5: What changes can we observe in nature? r-controlled er, ir, ur contractions 's, 've, 're HF Words: done, know, push, visit, wait Spelling Words: her, first, bird, girl, burn, were, shirt, fur, hurt, sir, church, you've, we're, he's, visit, done Dictation Sentence: The girl hurt her hand. Butterfly Life Cycle: http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/beal/curriculum/butterfly/cycle/index.htm week 6: What changes happen in a garden? compare endings dge /j/ HF Words: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't Spelling Words: bigger, biggest, faster, fastest, slower, slowest, shorter, shortest, sadder, saddest, ridge, bridge, judge, fudge, good-bye, before Dictation Sentence: The judge ate some fudge. letter-sound correspondences games: http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/alien/ash.html http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/games/alien2/ash2.html Unit 4: Treasures Surprising Treasures week 1: How can a surprise be a treasure? long a: ai, ay posessives HF Words: about, enjoy, give, surprise, worry, would Spelling words: afraid, gray, may, rain, train, day, mail, play, tail, way, brain, Sam's, family's, cats', about, would Dictation Sentence: You may not play in the rain. week 2: What treasures can we create? long e: ea inflected endings with spelling change: y to i HF Words: colors, draw, drew, great, show, sign Spelling Words: eat, sea, each, team, please, dream, treat, beach, clean, lean, spied, flies, cried, tries, colors, sign Dictation Sentence: He tries to eat each treat. week 3: What treasures can we find in the earth? long o: oa, ow 3-letter consonant blends HF Words: found, mouth, once, took, wild Spelling words: boat, road, snow, row, yellow, loaf, coat, soap, blow, pillow, splash, scram, scream, stripes, once, wild Dictation Sentence: The coat has yellow stripes. Treasures to Share week 4: What treasures can we share with neighbors? long i: ie, igh kn /n/ and wr/r/ HF Words: about, eight, laugh, moon, touch Spelling words: lie, pie, right, bright, might, tie, high, night, light, tight, knows, knife, wrote, wrist, above, laugh Dictation Sentence: May I have the knife to cut the pie? week 5: What treasures can we share at home? vowels ew, ue, ui compound words http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=jwildecompound HF Words: picture, remember, moon, stood, thought Spelling Words: backpack, baseball, bluebird, brainstorm, flashlight, herself, inside, lunchbox, outside, suitcase, grew, knew, glue, fruit, picture, remember Dictation Sentence: The bluebird flew over the rainbow. week 6: How can we share special days? vowels oo in moon suffixes -ly, -ful HF Words: across, because, dance, only, opened, shoes, told Spelling Words: slowly, careful, quickly, useful, painful, playful, sadly, gladly, nicely, wonderful, too, food, noon, zoomed, because, across Dictation Sentence: The playful puppy quickly ran across the room. Unit 5: Great Ideas Clever Solutions week1: When does a problem need a clever solution? diphthong ow /ou/ syllables C + le HF Words: along, behind, eyes, never, pulled(ing), toward Spelling Words: how, now, down, clown, crowd, cow, town, brown, frown, growl, little, sample, simple, dimple, eyes, never Dictation Sentence: Never frown at the town clown. week2: How can new ideas help us see things differently? diphthong ou /ou/ syllables VCV HF Words: door, loved, should, wood Spelling Words: mouth, house, found, our, out, cloud, ouch, shout, round, count, opens, robot, lemon, wagon, should, loved Dictation Sentence: should, loved Why do we want to find answers to some questions? vowels in book inflected endings -s, -es, -ed, -ing (spelling change; drop e) HF Words: among, another, instead, none Spelling Words: book, moon, took, food, look, pool, zoo, noon, good, foot, smiled, walking, fishing, showed, instead, another Dictation Sentence: I took another good look at the moon. Ideas That Changed the World week 4: How can you use something familiar in a new way? diphthongs oi, oy suffixes -er, -or HF Words: against, goes, heavy, kind(s), today Spelling Words: oil, soil, voice, point, boy, boil, coin, oink, toy, join, leader, teacher, doctor, inventor, against, heavy Dictation Sentence: The doctor checks the boy's voice. week 5: How can a great idea change the way we live? vowels aw, au short e:ea HF Words: built, early, learn, science, through Spelling Words: saw, paw, draw, lawn, crawl, jaw, law, straw, yawn, hawk, head, bread, ready, breath, through, science Dictation Sentence: I saw the dog pawing at the bread. week 6: What great ideas make our lives easier? prefixes -un, -re long vowels i, o HF Words: answered, brothers, carry, different, poor Spelling Words: unhappy, refill, untie, undo, repay, unkind, undress, retell, reopen, refund, find, child, gold, most, different, carry Dictation Sentence: Rob was unable to carry the heavy gold. Unit 1: Animals, Tame and Wild Animal Friends week 1: How do people take care of pets? short a final ck HF Words: on, way, in Spelling Words: at, can, cat, back, dad, am, bat, mad, ran, sack, way, on week 2: How can people help animals? short i final x HF Words: and, take, up Spelling Words: in, it, did, sit, six, fix, lip, mix, pin, wig, and, take week 3: How can animals help people? short o -s plurals HF Words: get, help, use Spelling Words: mom, hot, hop, pot, pop, ox, lock, mop, got, rock, help, use Wild Animals week 4: What can we learn about animals by watching them? inflected endings -s and -ing HF Words: eat, her, this, too Spelling Words: nap(s), sit(s), win(s), fit(s), hit(s), her, too week 5: Which wild animals can we find in our neighborhood? short e initial blends HF Words: saw, small, tree, your Spelling Words: bed, men, red, step, ten, net, leg, jet, sled, wet, saw, your week 6: How can we help animals around the world? short u final blends HF Words: home, into, many, them Spelling Words: run, cut, must, sun, up, bump, jump, bus, nut, rug, many, into |
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