Unit 1 / Weeks 3 and 4
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Upcoming Tests:
Friday, 9/18: week 3 spelling words test
Thursday, 9/24: vocabulary test and Help! A Story of Friendship story test
Friday, 9/25: week 4 spelling words test and reading test
During the spelling test, students will independently write each word that is read aloud and used in a sentence.
Beginning this lesson, all test scores will be placed in the gradebook including the spelling tests, reading test, vocabulary test, and story test (story that is from the blue textbook; students are permitted to use their blue textbooks during these tests).
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to orally read each high-frequency word and each vocabulary word. Students do not have to orally recite the definitions of vocabulary words but should be familiar with the meanings.
Week 3 Spelling Words (test 9/18)
1. grass 7. clap 2. trips 8. plans 3. crack 9. milk 4. still 10. belt 5. west 11. fog 6. mask 12. tub
Week 4 Spelling Words (test 9/25)
1. bag 7. bake 2. cap 8. cape 3. ham 9. made 4. back 10. rake 5. mad 11. still 6. ate 12. belt
Other skills will include:
*characters, setting, story events *key details
*context clues
*root words
*two-letter blends
*short /a/ and long /a/
*subjects and predicates
Vocabulary Words:
actions - things someone or something does
afraid - scared of something
depend -need or count on people
nervously -act in a fearful or restless way
peered -looked hard or closely at something
perfectly -done in the best possible way
rescue -save something from danger
secret -something that is private or not known by many people
Week 3 High-Frequency Words:
boy she
by small
girl want
he were
here what
Week 4 High-Frequency Words:
Another show
done too
into water
move year
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