Unit 3 Reading – Let’s Connect


Week 1

Kate’s Game
Oral Vocabulary culture  custom
Phonics – long a ate  wave  made  plane  wake  name  safe  blame 
sale  same  tape  date
Story/Vocabulary words hello  could  walk  pull  all  oh  stuck  feet  tail
Challenge address  city  post office


Week 2

Kids Can Help
Oral Vocabulary outline  observe

Phonics – s blends spot  spell  slot  slim  smash  smell  step  still 
sniff  skip  swim  scale

Story/Vocabulary words boy  girl  people  when  care  water  together

Challenge animals  bread  brother  cook  home  leaves  Ilama 
neighborhood  recycled  river


Week 3

Short Shadows, Long Shadows
Oral Vocabulary outline  observe

Phonics – digraphs (ch  tch  wh) itch  catch  batch  pitch  check 
chick  much  lunch  chip  whip  which  inch

Story words our  again  would  your light

Challenge change  moves  Earth  shadow


Week 4

Smile, Mike!
Oral Vocabulary member  share

Phonics – long i Ike  Mike  side  wide  time  bite  fine  line  pile 
five  ripe  smile

Story/Vocabulary words call  how  more  funny  there  so

Challenge baby  bubbles  happy  hungry  grandmother  grandfather  aunt


Week 5

Gram and Me
Oral Vocabulary connection  support

Phonics – blends (scr  spl  spr  str) scrap  scrape  scrub  sprig  sprint 
spring  strap  stripe  stride  struck  splash  split

Story/Vocabulary Words say  says  about  give  read  were
Challenge grandmother  story  learn  boats  flowers  salt  cook  tree 
celebrate  relatives  parade