Reading Skills part 1
UNIT 1
Lesson 1 Reading
See Home Letter and Lesson Spelling attached below
Target Vocabulary: principal, strolled, proud, worried, soared, announced, certainly, fine
Vocab Strategy: Context Clues
Comprehension Skill & Strategy: Story Structure- character, setting, and plot/ Summarize
Writing Focus: How Writers Work
Grammar: Simple Sentences- Complete Subject, Complete Predicate, Sentence Fragment
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Spelling Lessons 1-5 (below)
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Lesson 2 Reading
See Home Letter and Lesson Spelling below
Target Vocabulary: trial, jury, convinced, guilty, pointed, honest, murmur, stand
Vocab Strategy: Dictionary/Glossary
Comprehension Skill & Strategy: Conclusions, Author's Word Choice/ Infer and Predict
Writing Focus: How Writers Work
Grammar: Kinds of Sentences- Statement, Question, Command, Exclamation
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Lesson 3 Reading
See Home Letter and Lesson Spelling below
Target Vocabulary: afford, customers, contacted, raise, earn, figure, block, spreading
Vocab Strategy: Antonyms
Comprehension Skill & Strategy: Understanding Characters, Story Message/ Analyze, Evaluate
Writing Focus: How Writers Work
Grammar: Compound Sentences
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Lesson 4 Reading
See Home Letter and Lesson Spelling below
Target Vocabulary: balancing, tide, crew, disappears, foggy, stretch, excitement, cling
Vocab Strategy: Word Families
Comprehension Skill & Strategy: Compare and Contrast; Infer and Predict
Writing Focus:
Grammar: common and proper nouns
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Lesson 5 Reading
See Home Letter and Lesson Spelling below
Target Vocabulary: stands, score, fans, league, slammed, pronounced, style, polish
Vocab Strategy: Prefix mis-
Comprehension Skill & Strategy: Cause and Effect; Use details to Visualize while reading
Writing Focus:
Grammar: Plural Nouns w/ -s and -es
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Lesson 6 Reading
Home Letter Lesson 6
Grammar: Action Verbs and Being Verbs
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Spelling Lesson 6-10 (below)
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Lesson 7 Reading
Home Letter Lesson 7
Spelling Lesson 7
Grammar: Present, Past, and Future Tense Verbs
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Lesson 8 Reading
Home Letter Lesson 8
Spelling Lesson 8
Grammar: Commas in a series of nouns or verbs
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