Spelling Words: doze, nose, use, rose, pole, close, June, woke, rule, rode, role, tune, hum, shut, frog, job, wrote, flute

Comprehension Strategies: Making Inferences, Central Idea, Author's Purpose

Questions to ask to check for mastery of R.2.2, R.2.3, and EE.3.1:

• How does the author use details to support the topic of the text? 

• Two Part Question: 

  • Part A:  What is the central idea of the text? 

  • Part B:  Select a sentence from the story that best supports your answer. 

• What is the most important information about the central idea that the author wants you to know? 

• What conclusion can you draw about the author based on the reasons he/she gave to support _____?

• What points is the author making, including reasons and evidence?

• What evidence does the author use to support the idea that _______?

Spelling Words: tap, tape, fin, fine, cut, cute, rid, ride, rob, robe, cap, cape, slid, slide, scrap, scrape, shop, wish

Comprehension Strategies: Poetry, Setting, Creating Mental Images

Questions to ask to check for mastery of R.1.1, R.1.4:

• When and where did the story take place? Students must be explicitly specific in their answers.

• How would the story be different if it had taken place at a different location or at a different time? 

• What does the poem express the importance of? 

• Identify and label the rhyme scheme for the poem.

• Produce a poem that contains the same rhyme scheme as this poem. 

Spelling Words: space, globe, grade, swim, place, last, test, skin, drag, glide, just, stove, slid, close, grape, plate, climb, bruise

Comprehension Strategies: Central Idea, Elements of Drama, Making Connections

Questions to ask to check for mastery of R.1.1, R.1.4:

• How does the author use details to support the topic of the text? 

• Two Part Question: 

  • Part A:  What is the central idea of the text? 

  • Part B:  Select a sentence from the story that best supports your answer. 

• What is the most important information about the central idea that the author wants you to know?