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Unit Themes & Story Titles
High Frequency Words to Practice
Weekly Focus/Target Skills
Our ELA (English Language Arts) curriculum is a Scott Foresman Basal that consists of: Weekly Stories, Phonemix Awareness, Phonics, Spelling, High Frequency Words, Comprehension, Fluency, Vocabulary, Writing, Grammar, and Speaking, Listening, Viewing.
Unit Themes & Stories
| Unit #, Story # | Story Title |
| Unit 1: Animals, Tame and Wild | |
| 1.1 | Sam Come Back! |
| 1.2 | Pig in a Wig |
| 1.3 | The Big Blue Ox |
| 1.4 | A Fox and a Kit |
| 1.5 | Get the Egg |
| 1.6 | Animal Park |
| Unit 2: Communities | |
| 2.1 | Max & Ruby: A Big Fish for Max |
| 2.2 | The Farmer in the Hat |
| 2.3 | Who Works Here? |
| 2.4 | The Big Circle |
| 2.5 | Life in the Forest |
| 2.6 | Honey Bees |
| Unit 3: Changes | |
| 3.1 | An Egg is an Egg |
| 3.2 | Ruby in Her Own Time |
| 3.3 | Jan's New Home |
| 3.4 | Frog & Toad Together |
| 3.5 | I'm a Caterpillar |
| 3.6 | Where are my Animal Friends? |
| Unit 4: Treasures | |
| 4.1 | Mama's Birthday Present |
| 4.2 | The Dot |
| 4.3 | Mister Bones: Dinosaur Hunter |
| 4.4 | The Lady in the Moon |
| 4.5 | Peter's Chair |
| 4.6 | Henry & Mudge & Mrs. Hopper's House |
| Unit 5: Great Ideas | |
| 5.1 | Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! |
| 5.2 | Mole and Baby Bird |
| 5.3 | Dot & Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery |
| 5.4 | Simple Machines |
| 5.5 | Alexander Graham Bell |
| 5.6 | Ben Franklin and His First Kite |
HIGH FREQUENCY WORDS TO PRACTICE & KNOW
Unit 1:
in, on, way
and, take, up, play
get, help, use, mud, town
eat, her, this, too
saw, small, tree, your
home, into, many, them
Unit 2:
catch, good, no, put, want
be, could, horse, old, paper
live, out, people, who, work
down, inside, now, together, there
around, find, food, grow, water, under
also, family, new, other, some, their
Unit 3:
always, become, day, everything. nothing, stays, things
any, enough, ever, every, own, sure, were
away, car, friends, house, our, school, very
afraid, again, few, how, read (both pronunciations), soon
done, know, push, visit, wait
before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won't
Unit 4:
about, enjoy, gives, surprise, worry, would
colors, draw, drew, great, over, show, sign
found, mouth, once, took, wild
above, eight, laugh, moon, touch
picture, remember, room, stood, thought
across, because, dance, only, opened, shoes, told
Unit 5:
along, behind, eyes, never, pulled, toward
door, loved, should, wood
among, another, instead, none
against, goes, heavy, kinds, today
built, early, learn, science, through
answered, brothers, carry, different, poor
Weekly Focus/ Target Skills
Week- April 24th - April 29th
Story Title: Henry & Mudge
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Phonics: Suffixes- -ly, ful : Vowels in moon
Comprehension Skill: Cause & effect
Comprehension Strategy: Preview