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Henry and Mudge
by: Cynthia Rylant
Unit 1 – Lesson 1
Spelling Words
1. sad 2. dig 3. jam 4. glad 5. list 6. win 7. flat 8. if 9. fix 10. rip 11. kit 12. mask 13. as (review) 14. his (review) 15. sandwich
(challenge) 16. picnic
(challenge)
Vocabulary Words
1. curly 2. straight 3. floppy 4. drooled 5. weighed 6. stood 7. collars 8. row
Vocabulary Strategy
Alphabetical Order
Comprehension Skill
Sequence of Events
Authors use sequence or time order, to describe events in a story
Look for clue words like first, next and last
Grammar Skill Subjects and Predicates
Subject: the naming part of a sentence Predicate: the action part of a sentence
when words are listed in the same order as the letters of the alphabet
High Frequency Words
1. around 2. be 3. five 4. help 5. next 6. or 7. pull 8. take 9. until 10. walked
My Family
by: George Ancona
Unit 1 – Lesson 2
Spelling Words
1. wet 2. job 3. hug 4. rest 5. spot 6. mud 7. left 8. help 9. plum 10. nut 11. net 12. hot 13. get (review) 14. not (review) 15. lunch (challenge) 16. spend
(challenge)
Vocabulary Words
1. remembered 2. porch 3. crown 4. spend 5. stuck 6. visit 7. cousin 8. piano
Vocabulary Strategy
Using a Glossary
Comprehension Skill
Compare and Contrast
When you compare you think about how things are alike. When you contrast you think about how things are different
Grammar Skill Simple Sentences
A complete simple sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate
Ex. Roger rides her bike.
a glossary is a list of unfamiliar words or specialized words with their definitions – usually at the back of a book
High Frequency Words
1. bring 2. children 3. comes 4. do 5. family 6. like 7. make 8. those 9. use 10. with
Dogs
by: Jennifer Blizin Gillis
Unit 1 – Lesson 3
Spelling Words
1. cake 2. mine 3. plate 4. size 5. ate 6. grape 7. prize 8. wipe 9. race 10. line 11. pile 12. rake 13. gave (review) 14. bike (review) 15. mistake
(challenge) 16. while (challenge)
Vocabulary Words
1. hairy 2. mammals 3. litter 4. stayed 5. canned 6. chews 7. clipped 8. coat
Vocabulary Strategy
Multiple-Meaning Words
Comprehension Skill
Author’s Purpose
Author’s write stories to entertain, inform or persuade.
Grammar Skill Types of Sentences
a multiple-meaning word is a word that has more than one meaning Example: I have a pet cat.
I like to pet my dog.
A Statement is a sentence that tells something. A question is a sentence that asks
something. A command is a sentence that gives an order. An exclamation is a sentence that shows
strong feeling.
High Frequency
Words 1. city 2. full 3. no 4. other 5. places 6. put 7. school 8. sing 9. think 10. this
Diary of a Spider
by: Doreen Cronin
Unit 1 – Lesson 4
Spelling Words
1. doze 2. nose 3. use 4. rose 5. pole 6. close 7. cute 8. woke 9. mule 10. rode 11. role 12. tune 13. home (review) 14. joke (review) 15. wrote
(challenge) 16. ice cube
(challenge)
Vocabulary Words
1. insects 2. dangerous 3. scare 4. sticky 5. rotten 6. screaming 7. breeze 8. judge
Vocabulary Strategy
Context Clues
Comprehension Skill
Cause and Effect
In stories, sometimes one event makes
another one happen. The first event is the cause and the
second event is the effect.
Grammar Skill What is a noun?
A noun is a naming word. A noun can be a person, animal, place or thing.
context clues are the words and sentences around a word that give readers clues to its meaning
High Frequency
Words 1. by 2. cheer 3. could 4. hello 5. hundred 6. mind 7. play 8. read 9. see 10. today
Teacher’s Pets
by: Dayle Ann Dodds
Unit 1 – Lesson 5
Spelling Words
1. spin 2. clap 3. grade 4. swim 5. place 6. last 7. test 8. skin 9. drag 10. glide 11. just 12. stage 13. slip (review) 14. drive (review) 15. climb (challenge) 16. price (challenge)
Vocabulary Words
1. wonderful 2. noises 3. quiet 4. sprinkled 5. share 6. noticed 7. bursting 8. suddenly
Vocabulary Strategy
Base Words and Endings –ed, -ing
Comprehension Skill
Story Structure
All Stories are made up of characters
(the people who are in the store), the
setting (where and when a story takes
place) and a plot (what happens in the
story) Grammar Skill
Singular and Plural Nouns
A singular noun names one and a plural noun names more than one. Example: singular: frog
plural: frogs
base word: a word to which endings, prefixes and suffixes can be added Ex. fold is the base word of unfolded ending: a word part attached to the end of a base word to change meaning
-ed = in the past -ing= happening now
High Frequency Words
1. both 2. cold 3. eat 4. find 5. green 6. little 7. long 8. says 9. table 10. we