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FAMILY CONNECTION
FAMILY CONNECTION
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
Main Selection: Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble
Essential Question: What might a character need help solving a problem?
Target Skill: Story Structure
Characters are the people and animals in the story. The setting is where and when the story takes place. The plot is the story events and most plots involve a problem that the characters must solve.
Target Strategy: Infer and Predict
When you read, use the details from the story plus what you already know to infer people's feelings in different parts of the story. Think about what you know to predict what will happen next. As you read, check to see if you predictions are correct.
Fluency: Accuracy: Rate
When good readers read aloud, their rate should be appropriate for the text--that is, not too fast or too slow.
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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
also, fly, gone, have, horse, look, river, said, saw, something
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PHONICS/SPELLING
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Base Words with Endings -ed and -ing
When a word has one vowel followed by a single consonant, we usually double the final consonant before adding -ed or -ing.
Spelling Words:
Basic:
running, clapped, stopped, hopping, batted, selling
pinned, cutting, sitting, rubbed, missed, grabbed
Review:
mixed, going
Challenge:
wrapped, swelling
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
- received: got, was given
- account: something people keep their money in at the bank
- budget: a list of ways you plan to spend money
- disappointed: filled with a sad feeling
- chuckled: laughed gently
- staring: looking hard at something
- fund: an amount of money saved for a special purpose
- repeated: to do something again
Target Strategy: Homographs
Words that have the same spelling but different meanings.
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Homographs (Multiple Meaning Words)
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: Pronouns
A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. The naming part, or subject, or a sentence tells who or what does or did something. A noun can be replaced by a pronoun.
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LESSON 17
LESSON 17
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
Main Selection: Luke Goes to Bat
Essential Question: What words show the order of events in a story?
Target Skill: Sequence of Events
Events are things that happen in the story. Those things happen in an order or sequence of events. Signal words such as first, next, then, and finally can help readers find out the sequence of events.
Target Strategy: Visualize
When you read, put story events in order and that information can help you form a picture in your mind of what happens in the story. You can also draw pictures of important events to help you.
Fluency: Accuracy: Stress
When good readers read aloud, they don't say all the words with the same force. They say some words with more force, or stress. Stressing words gives some words more importance, slightly changing the meaning of a sentence.
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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
any, blue, carry, doing, else, room, studied, sure, teacher, turned
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PHONICS/SPELLING
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Long i: (i, igh, y)
Spelling Words:
Basic:
night, kind, spy, child, light, find
right, high, wild, July, fry, sigh
Review:
by, why
Challenge:
behind, lightning
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
Target Vocabulary:
- extra: more of something
- practice: to do an activity often to become better at it
- position: the place where something or someone is suppose to be
- hurried: did something quickly
- cheered: shouted to show happiness
- roared: shouted in a powerful voice
- final: last
- curb: the edge of a road
Target Strategy: Antonyms
Words that have opposite, or very
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GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: Subject-Verb Agreement
A verb names an action in a sentence. The subject tells who or what does the action. A pronoun can replace the subject of a sentence. It is important to use the right form of a verb when using pronouns in a sentence. When should I add -s to the end of a verb? If the pronoun he, she, or it comes before a verb that tells about now, I add -s. If the pronoun I, you, we, or they comes before a verb that tells about now, I do not add -s.
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Spaced out Subject-Verb Agreement
LESSON 18
LESSON 18
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
Main Selection: My Name is Gabriela
Essential Question: What makes a character interesting?
Target Skill: Understanding Characters
Authors tell what characters do and say and how they solve problems. Readers can use this information to determine characters' traits.
Target Strategy: Analyze and Evaluate
When you read, you can analyze a character by studying them carefully. After carefully thinking about the traits of a character readers can evaluate, or form an opinion about them.
Fluency: Expression
When good readers read aloud, they make their voices show feelings. This is called expression.
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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
always, anything, been, draw, friends, mother, soon, under, watch, words
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PHONICS/SPELLING
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Long e Spelled y
Spelling Words:
Basic:
happy, pretty, baby, very, puppy, funny
carry, lucky, only, sunny, penny, city
Review:
tiny, many
Challenge:
sorry, noisy
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
Target Vocabulary:
wonder: to think about something you are not sure about
taught: to have helped someone learn something
accepted: to have agreed with something
fluttering: waving or moving rapidly
express: to show or describe something
prize: an award
pretend: not real
grand: big or impressive
Target Strategy: Suffixes -y and -ful
The suffixes -y and -ful can be attached to the end of a base word, changing the meaning of the word by forming a new word. The suffixes -y and -ful both mean "full of."
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GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: The Verb Be
The verb be takes different forms. Is, are, and am tell about something happening now. Make sure the form of be agrees with the subject.
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LESSON 19
LESSON 19
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
Main Selection: The Signmaker's Assistant
Essential Question: What can you learn from signs in your community?
Target Skill: Text and Graphic Features
Authors use graphic features, such as pictures to make their ideas clearer. They also use text features, such as titles, headings, or special type.
Target Strategy: Question
Good readers ask themselves questions as they read. Then they read in and use pictures and other graphic features to help them answer their questions.
Fluency: Phrasing- Punctuation
When good readers read aloud, they use punctuation to help them group words that go together.
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HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
are, baby, didn't, good, I'll, is, please, sound, talk, too
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PHONICS/SPELLING
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Words with ar
Spelling Words:
Basic:
car, dark, arm, star, park, yard
party, hard, farm, start, part, spark
Review:
art, jar
Challenge:
carpet, apartment
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
Target Vocabulary:
agreed: to have said yes to something
trouble: problems
cleared: to have taken things away from someplace
failed: not succeeded
polite: respectful
assistant: someone who helps another person
tearing: damaging something by pulling it apart
wisdom: good sense of judgment
Target Strategy: Synonyms
Synonyms are words that have the same, or a similar, meaning.
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GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: Commas in Dates and Places
A comma is used between the number of the day and the year to separate them, but not between the month and the day. The year is always listed last.
A comma belongs between the name of the city or town and the name of the state. The state is always listed last.
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LESSON 20
LESSON 20
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
READING/COMPREHENSION/FLUENCY
Main Selection: Dex: The Heart of a Hero
Essential Question: How can stories be alike and different?
Target Skill: Compare and Contrast
When good readers read they can compare (to find ways that things are the same) and contrast (to find ways that things are different) many parts of the text, such as the characters.
Target Strategy: Monitor and Clarify
When you read, comparing and contrasting characters helps clarify confusing parts of the text.
Fluency: Accuracy: Intonation
When good readers read aloud, they use proper intonation to emphasize certain words and emotions. This means they change their voice so the listener can understand the mood of the story.
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
HIGH-FREQUENCY WORDS
I've, begins, being, flower, ground, laugh, ready, stood, tall, very
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PHONICS/SPELLING
PHONICS/SPELLING
Phonics: Word with or, ore
Spelling Words:
Basic:
horn, story, fork, score, store, corn
morning, shore, short, born, tore, forget
Review:
for, more
Challenge:
report, force
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VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Target Vocabulary:
gazing: looking at something fondly
hero: someone who is looked up to for doing something important or brave
sprang: jumped up quickly
exercise: activity that moves the body
sore: a feeling of pain or discomfort
studied: learned about a subject
depended: counted on; relied on
overlooked: didn’t see; not noticed; looked past
Target Strategy: Prefix over-
A prefix is a word part that is added to the beginning of a base word. The prefix adds meaning to the base word. The prefix over- means "above" or "beyond."
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GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
Grammar Focus: Commas in a Series
A series is three or more words that appear together in a sentence. Use a comma after each word in the series except for the last word.
Ex: Sparky, Rover, and Leo are dogs.
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