HMH Curriculum:
Semester 1
Module 1:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: mat, sat, bat, Sam, am, at
Sight Words: go, is, like, see, the, this, to, we
Focus: m, s, t, b, short /a/
Week 2:
Spelling Words: an, bad, can, nap, cat, pan, am, at, sat, bat, trap, lamp
Sight Words: a, good, he, my, first, had, I, was
Focus: n, d, p. c. short /a/
Week 3:
Spelling Words: it, him, is, sip, fit, pin, pan, an, nap, cat, rich, spin
Sight Words: and, for, many, she, find, just, one, then
Focus: r, f, s, short /i/
Module 2:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: big, did, dig, in, pig, sit, fit, it, pin, sip, fish, ship
Sight Words: are, little, too, will, buy, said, up, you
Focus: g, k, short /a/ & /i/
Week 2:
Spelling Words: log, not, top, hot, hop, on, big, sit, pig, dig, shop, block
Sight Words: do, of, wants, with, live, our, what, your
Focus: l, h, short /o/
Week 3:
Spelling Words: up, bug, mud, nut, hug, tub, log, hop, hot, not, puppy, bathtub
Sight Words: about, how, out, takes, eat, make, put, who
Focus: w, y, v, short /u/
Module 3:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: yet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen, nut, tub, mud, bug, messy, went
Sight Words: day, every, fly, have, look, made, they, write
Focus: letter pair qu, x, z, short /e/, short vowel review
Week 2:
Spelling Words: will, egg, grass, tell, miss, well, wet, yet, leg, web, game, these
Sight Words: all, down, four, from, her, now, saw, went
Focus: double final consonants
Week 3:
Spelling Words: ship, shop, wish, rush, fish, dash, grass, miss, will, tell, shape, shoe
Sight Words: by, could, some, were, call, know, there, would
Focus: /sh/ words
Module 4:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: chin, chop, much, chip, rich, chick, shop, wish, rush, ship, girl, boy
Sight Words: be, here, me, play, started, today, we, very
Focus: digraph ch & sh
Week 2:
Spelling Words: that, with, this, then, whip, which, much, chick, rich, chin, think, wheel
Sight Words: jump, right, say, their, walk, way, where, why
Focus: th, wh, -tch, -s, -es
Week 3:
Spelling Words: stop, step, strap, spit, slid, this, whip, which, stick, slide
Sight Words: after, before, does, don’t, grow, into, no, wash
Focus: s blends (st, sl, sp)
Module 5:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: flap, club, flag, slam, clap, sled, stop, step, spit, slid, tube, flower
Sight Words: around, came, come, found, other, people, two, worked
Focus: l-blends
Module 5:
Week 2:
Spelling Words: drip, trap, drum, trip, grin, scrub, flap, clap, sled, club, try, branch
Sight Words: again, away, because, cold, fall, full, or, pretty
Focus: r-blends, compound words
Semester 2
Week 3:
Spelling Words: jump, lamp, went, fast, must, ant, trap, drum, trip, grin, pants, jumped
Sight Words: any, done, laugh, long, more, pull, teacher, think
Focus: ending blends
Module 6:
Week 1
Spelling Words: so, go, no, me, where, who, what, when, why, how, fast, lamp, jump, went, helpful, dry
Sight Words: another, gave, house, over, own, read, water, white
Focus: long vowels /e/, /i/, /o/, possessives with ‘s
Week 2
Spelling Words: came, make, brave, late, gave, shape, plate, flake, map, had, what, when, where, who, grade, glide
Sight Words: always, began, better, gives, hurt, shall, should, things
Focus: long /a/, soft c
Week 3
Spelling Words: like, white, drive, time, bike, kite, joke, stove, home, poke, flake, late, shape, plate, write, invite
Sight Words: carry, draw, eight, even, goes, may, seven, shows
Focus: long /i/ & /o/, silent letters (kn, wr, etc.)
Module 7:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: flute, cute, Luke, tube, use, woke, wake, hike, bake, game, white, drive, joke, home, beside, space
Sight Words: animals, heads, keep, let’s, point, something, voice, won’t
Focus: long /u/, soft g, magic e ending
Week 2:
Spelling Words: team, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, see, she, flute, tube, woke, game, peanut, bridge
Sight Words: below, far, hear, hold, old, only, open, round
Focus: long /e/
Week 3:
Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, may, rain, way, day, stay, pain, see, read, mean, tree, today, afraid
Sight Words: air, different, drink, enough, never, small, through, under
Focus: long /a/, contractions
Module 8:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: show, row, grow, low, blow, snow, boat, coat, road, toad, play, grain, mail, stay, yellow, shadow
Sight Words: along, answer, children, going, mother, talk, upon, woman
Focus: long /o/ spelled oa, ow
Week 2:
Spelling Words: my, try, sky, fly, by, dry, pie, tie, night, light, show, grow, blow, snow, type, myself
Sight Words: bring, family, move, together, eyes, girl, warm
Focus: long /i/ as ight, ie, y
Week 3:
Spelling Words: farm, arm, yard, art, jar, bar, barn, bark, card, yarn, try, at, night, pie, started, yawn
Sight Words: brown, few, funny, myself, new, once, thank, words
Focus: r-controlled vowel a, two-syllable words
Module 9:
Week 1:
Spelling Words: horn, fork, corn, short, born, door, more, shore, story, score, barn, jar, art, yarn, force, report
Sight Words: almost, also, between, ever, food, really, sing, three
Focus: r-controlled vowels -or, -ore
Week 2:
Spelling Words: her, fern, girl, sir, stir, bird, fur, hurt, turn, third, horn, fork, story, score, about, town
Sight Words: boy, door, father, maybe, nearest, says, shouted, until
Focus: r-controlled vowels -er, -ir, -ur
Week 3:
Spelling Words: thing, think, long, thank, pitch, pitches, cent, cents, catch, catches, third, turn, her, stir, boxes, leaves
Sight Words: above, blue, knew, number, push, sure, took, watch
Focus: final blends -nk & -ng, inflections -s & -es
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