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Homework

 
 - Spelling words and High Frequency Reading words weekly
 - Read or be read to 10-15 mins every night
 - Book bags and Book Reports to be reviewed, completed and returned the next
   school day
 - Phonetic Readers reviewed, signed and returned the next day
 - Review daily work in math and reading
 - Check book bags for important notices

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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO FIND CURRENT UNIT WHICH IS DATED. - THANK YOU!



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Unit Six:
Week Six:June 15,2009
Spelling  Words: cannot, grandma, popcorn, outside, something
                tiptoe, school, always, boy, toy

High Frequency Words:  open,  boy,  always,  move,  school

Phonics Reader:  Roy Goes Camping

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Unit Six:
Week Five:June 8,2009

Spelling Words: pretty, little, puppy, happy, kitten, better, took,
                almost, about, round

High Frequency Words:  almost, knew, thought, took, picture

Phonics Reader:  How Hound Became Happy

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Unit Six:
Week Four:June 1,2009

Spelling Words:  clown, now, down, town, brown, how, pull, goes
                 seven, paper

High Frequency Words:  great, idea, goes, along, pull

Phonics Reader:  Funny Clowns

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Unit Six:
Week Three:May 25,2009

Spelling Words:  girl, hurt, bird, her, first, turn, which, once,
                 slowest, slower

High Frequency Words:  each, other, once, under, which

Phonics Reader:  Cowgirl Gert and the Dust Storm

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Unit Six:
Week Two:May 18,2009

Spelling Words:    born, for, short, torn, or, fork, cold, walked,
                   would, sleeping

High Frequency Words:  before, cold, full, off, would

Phonics Reader:  Fox and Stork

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Unit Six:
Week One: May 11,2009

Spelling Words:  far, car, star, dark, yard, start, work, these
                 sadly, softly

High Frequency Words:  much, shall, three, wish, work

Phonics Reader:  Stars


Unit Five:
Week Six: May 4,2009

Spelling Words:  new, grew, drew, blue, true, glue, give, put, 
                 fixes, washes

High Frequency Words:  because, better, give, people, put

Phonics Reader:  Sue Blew a Big Bubble


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Unit Five:
Week Five: April 20,2009

Spelling Words:  baby, funny, many, my, why, fly, even, most
                 without, nobody

High Frequency Words:  animals, even, heard, most, their

Phonics Reader:  My Mail


Unit Five:
Week Four:  April 13,2009

Spelling Words:  lie, pie, tie, night, light, right
                 been, found, cat's, dog's

High Frequency Words:  been, first, found, start, together

Phonics Reader:  Dad's Gift

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Unit Five:
Week Three: April 6,2009

Spelling Words:  grow, growing, float, floating, show, showing, around
                 old, coat, yellow

High Frequency:  show, her, around, new, old

Phonics Reader:  Duck Gets a New Coat

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Unit Five:
Week Two: March 30,2009

Spelling Words:  say, may, way, play, wait, rain, when, from, don't, I'm

High Frequency Words:  don't, from, hear, live, when

Phonics Reader:  Who Rang the Bell?

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Unit Five:
Week One: March 23,2009           

Spelling Words:  ask, asked, call, called, clean, cleaned, think, only,
                 teach, neat

High Frequency Words:  buy, or, only, right, think

Phonics Reader:  The Neat Green Cast

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Unit Four:
Week Six:Mar.16,2009

Spelling Words:  he, she, green, we, see, me, any, kind, anything, inside

High Frequency Words:  about, any, ask, kind, over

Phonics Skills:  Long e - Spelled ee (green, see, tree, bee, feet, beet,jeep)
                 Long e - Spelled with CV patern (be, he, me, we)

Compound Words:  anything, inside, sunflowers, cowboy, jellyfish, football,
                 scarecrow, pancakes, butterfly, airplane, 
                 cannot, honeycomb

Vocabulary:
Story 1:  moo, fly, ridles, wears
Story 2:  angry, another, answer, comb, flies, growled, hoof,
          shouted, tail

Phonics Reader:  A Pack of Seeds

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Unit Four:
Week Five: Mar.9,2009
Spelling Words:  fish, such, long, that, the, with, four, were, cute, use

High Frequency Words:  four, funny, long, watch, were

Phonics Reader:  The Dude Ranch Dudes



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Unit Four:
Week Four:Mar.2,2009

Spelling Words:  like, nice, time, ride, white, five, your, friend,
                 never, rabbit

High Frequency Words:  be, friend, pretty, soon, your

Phonics Skills:  Long i (CVCe pattern) (Magic e or silent e)
                 Practice reading the following words:
                 fine, mine, ride, hide, bite, kite, nice, rice
                 hike, bike, like, five, hive

Vocabulary:
Story 1:  old, wood, rolled, rolling, always
Story 2:  alone, favorite, hooray, lunch, owner, shining, sure

Phonics Reader:  Summer at Pine Lake
 
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Unit Four:
Week Three:Feb.16,2009

Spelling Words: rode, hope, joke, those, home, stone, has, very, shop, what

High Frequency Words:  father, going, has, thank, very

Phonics Skills:  Long o (CVCe pattern):
                 Examples:  home, dome, rope, hope, rose, doze, cone,
                            phone, bone, joke, poke, broke
                 Initial digraphs:  sh,  wh
                                    shell, shape, shack, she, ship
                                    what, whack, which, where

Vocabulary:
Story 1:  family, picnic, stories
Story 2:  aunts, cousins, idea, picture, ranch, showed, together, uncles

Phonics Reader:   Whales

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 Unit Four: 
Week of Feb.9,2009
Week Two

Spelling Words:  tap, tape, cap, cape, mad, made, of, was, check, then

High Frequency Words:  every, made, mother, of, was

Phonics Skills:  Long a CVCe pattern:  same, name, came, tame
                                       lake, bake, cake, take, rake, make

                 Initial Digraphs:  ch and th
                 Examples:  checkers, children, change, cheer, check, chin
                            cheek, church, check
                            thin, that, the, things, throat, thumb, then

Vocabulary:
Story 1:  grandpa, proud, your
Story 2:  cherry, crown, different, grandmother, great-grandmother
          lullaby, quilt

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Unit Four: 
Week One: Feb.2,2009

Spelling Words:  ate, bake, make, take, gave, as, after, helped, wanted

High Frequency Words:  after, as, call, laugh, something

Phonic Skills:  Long a (CVCe pattern) as in Nate, bake, cake, gave, ate, gate
                Magic e
                Inflected ending  __ed  (as in clean, cleaned; wash, washed;
                play, played;  walk, walked; help, helped)

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  before, nose, stone
Story 2:  catch, head, heard, lived, nose, ride, sang 
 
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Unit Three:                                     
Week Six:Jan 26,2009

Spelling Words: clap, trip, sled, spot, drop, drum, read, please, can't, it's

High Frequency Words:  again, please, read, say, word

Phonics Skills:  Review of short vowels 
                 Contractions:  can't      cannot
                                it's       it is
                                she'll     she will

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  again, read, say, word, please (same as high frequency words)
Story 2:  faster, hard, loud, page, sound, try

Grammar:  Name the days of the week and months of the year.

Writing:  Describe a fun place.  Brainstorm.  Use describing words.
          Name details that describe what things look like, smell like, feel
          like, and sound like.
          Use number, color, size, texture or shape words.

Phonics Reader:  Dogs Can't Read

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Unit Three:
Week Five:Jan.19,2009
  
Spelling Words:  and, hand, just, must, fast, best, out came, sent, next

High Frequency Words:  there, came, know, out, she

Phonics Skill:   Review of short vowels:  a, e, i, o, u
                 Final consonant blends: st, lk, mp, lp, st, nk
                 best, milk, jump, help, toast, drink

Vocabulary Words:  (Read only)
Story 1:  house, after, chat
Story 2:  asked, gave, gone, looked, moved, maybe

Phonics Reader:  Hop, Run and Jump!

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Unit Three:
Week Four:Jan.12,2009

Spelling Words:  us, bus, cut, but, rug, hug, our, bring, city, giant

High Frequency Words: (read only) bring, carry, hold, our, us

Phonics Skill:  short u
                initial c with sound of /s/
                (cent, city)
                initial g with sound of /j/
                (gem, giant)

Vocabulary Words: (Read only)
Story 1:  cement, haul, tow
Story 2:  build, healthy, homes, learn, roads, safe, save
(These are challenging words and will be more easily learned within the 
context of their reading stories this week.)

Phonics Reader:  The Tub

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Unit Three:
Week Three:Jan.5,2009

Spelling Words:  fun, run, up, cup, stuff, puff, jump, more, skip, swim

High Frequency Words:  jump, more, sleep, time, with

Phonics Skills:  Short u
                 Initial s blends (snack, slip, smell, stay, scat,
                                   skip, swim, sleep)

Vocabulary:
Story 1:  buddy, feed
Story 2:  blanket, curl, drink, hear, his, light, woof

Phonics Reader:  Ducks Have Fun!

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Unit Three:
Week Two:

Spelling Words: met, get, pet, let, ten, yes, want, good, plan, trap

High Frequency Words:  for, some, good, too, want

Phonics Skills:  Short e
                 Initial r and l blends (plan, trap)

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  hungry, please, gulls
Story 2:  chow, meow, ugh, luck, swish

Phonics Reader:  Fred Makes a Mess

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Unit Three:
Week One:

Spelling Words: red, bed, fed, well, tell, mess, said, who, fell, yell

High Frequency Words: help, now, said, so, who

Phonics Skills:  short e words (red, hen, bed, fed, pet, jet)
                 double final consonants (tell, well, fell, yell)

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  was, made, cleaned, again
Story 2:  cannot, herself, myself, next, want

Phonics Reader:  A Pet on a Jet

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Unit Two:
Week Six: November 17, 2008

Spelling Words:  hot, not, got, hop, mop, top, eat, stop, sing, sings

High Frequency Words:  by, eat, sing, stop, them

Phonics Skills:   short o
                  Inflected endings (-s, _ing)
                  Examples:   I eat.
                              She eats.
                              We are eating.

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  too, she, time
Story 2:  coming, done, everybody, sweet potatoes, there's, they're, till

Phonics Reader:  The Pots on the Top

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Unit Two:
Week Five: November 10, 2008

Spelling Words:  job, jobs, dog, dogs, log, logs, this, into, rock, frog

High Frequency Words:  does, into, he, this, water (Read for practice)

Phonics Skills: short o
                Adding s to form plurals

Vocabulary Words: 
Story 1:  around, day, night
Story 2:  body, plump, some, turn, he's, soon, tadpole

Phonics Reader:  Lon and Ron
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Unit Two:
Week Four: November 3, 2008


Spelling Words:  fix, mix, six, in, him, did, on, they, fox, box

High Frequency Words: (Practice reading only)
                       how, many, on, they, why

Phonics skills:  short i as in fix, mix, six
                 final x as in fix, six, mix
                 rhyming words:  fish, dish, wish
                 ay at the end of words as in bay, day, hay, Jay, May, pay

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  stop, top, of, about (Monday story)
Story 2:  bay, dash, happy, lost, poor, their, where's (Wednesday story)

Phonics Reader:  Will Rick Get His Wish?

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Unit Two:
Week Three:October 27, 2008

Spelling Words:  it, hit, sit, sick, pick, kick, saw, went, duck, black

High Frequency Words: (Practice reading) went, walk, did, saw, me

Phonic Skills: Short i
               final ck as in kick, pick, sick, lick, stick, trick, chick

Vocabulary Words:
Story 1:  lucky
Story 2:  animals, brown, following, looking, walking

Phonics Reader:  Kip Went Zip

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Unit Two:
Week Two:October 20, 2008
                
 

Week Two:Spelling Words:  am, sad, had, bad, fan, can, find, all, look,book
High Frequency Words: all, are, find, make, play
Phonic Skills: Short a; (consonant, vowel, consonant (CVC) pattern)
                         sad, had, bad, fan, can
               Final Consonants: s as in us, 
                                 k as in pink
                                 f as in leaf
                                 b as in web
                                 r as in star
                                 l as in snail

Vocabulary Words: (Practice reading only)
Story one:  rain, those, cloud, clouds
Story two:  friends, snack, us, with

Phonics Reader:  What Pam Can Do

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Unit Two:

Week One:October 13, 2008
                      SPELLING STARTS THIS WEEK

Spelling Words: at, cat, an, sat, ran, man, will, no, dad, mom
                Check backpacks for words 
                Test will be given on Friday

High Frequency Words:come, down, away, no, will(Practice reading these words)

Phonics: Final Consonants  n, t, d, p, g, m

Vocabulary Words:  (Practice reading)
Story one:  on
Story two:  oh, stay, are, now, new, if, find, cats

Phonics Reader:   My Cat

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Unit One:
Week Six:
High Frequency Words:  up, but, go, where, here, am
Beginning Consonant Sounds: Zz, Xx, Yy
Phonograms:  ug, ut, up
Take Home Phonics Reader: Where Is the Nut?

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Unit One:
Week Five:
High Frequency Words:  get, what, we, one, two, three
Beginning Consonant Sounds: j, w, v
Phonograms:  et, en
Take Home Phonics Reader:  Wet!

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Unit One:
Week Four:
High Frequency Words: not, you, do, like, to, that
Beginning Consonant Sounds:  h, d, k
Phonograms: ot, op
Take Home Phonics Reader: I Like to Do That!

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Unit One:
Week Three:  
High Frequency Words:  big, it, in, is, have, little
Beginning Consonant Sounds:  t, g, l
Phonograms:  ig, it
Take Home Phonics Reader:  Can It Fit?
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Unit One:
Week Two: 
High Frequency Words: can, look, at, and, the, my
Beginning Consonant Sounds: C /k/, N, P
Take Home Phonics Reader: Look, Pat and Nan

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Unit One:
Week One: 
High Frequency Words:    I, can, have, a  red, blue, yellow 
Please practice reading these words - (They are not spelling words)

Beginning Consonant Sounds: M, R, S, B, T
Take Home Phonics Reader: I See, I See
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Beginning consonants: Mm, Rr, Ss, Bb, Tt, Cc, Nn, Pp, Ff, Gg, Ll, Hh, Dd, 

Kk Jj Ww Vv Xx Zz Qu qu
Phonograms: an, ap, ig, it, ot, op, et, en, ug, ut, up
 
Please practice consonant vowel consonant (CVC) pattern words such 
as:

ban, can, Dan, fan, Jan, man, Nan, pan, ran, tan, van
cap, gap, lap, map, nap, rap, sap, tap, yap, zap

big, dig, fig, gig, jig, pig, rig, wig, zig
bit, fit, hit, kit, lit, pit, sit, wit

cot, dot, got, hot, jot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot
cop, hop, lop, mop, pop, sop, top,

bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet
Ben, den, hen, Jen, Ken, Len, men, pen, ten, yen 

Make up silly sentences for fun: I will hop with the mop.
                                 Pop is not hot.
 
READING:   Scott Foresman Reading
           
The students will be learning six high-frequency words per week for the 
first unit and five words per week for the remainder of the year. These are 
reading words not spelling words.

Unit 1:  Good Times We Share
         Week 1     Week 2   Week 3   Week 4   Week 5  Week 6
         red        can      big      not      get     up
         blue       at       it       you      what    but 
         yellow     look     is       do       we      go 
         I          the      in       like     one     where
         see        my       little   to       two     here       
         a          and      have     that     three   am  


Unit 2:   Take a Closer Look  
          Week 1   Week 2   Week 3   Week 4   Week 5   Week 6
          away     all      did      how      does     by
          come     are      me       many     he       eat       
          down     find     saw      on       into     sing 
          no       make     walk     they     this     stop
          will     play     went     why      water    them


Unit 3:   Let's Learn Together
          Week 1   Week 2   Week 3   Week 4   Week 5   Week 6
          help     for      jump     bring    came     again  
          now      good     more     carry    know     please 
          said     some     sleep    hold     out      read
          so       too      time     our      she      say
          who      want     with     us       there    word

Unit 4:   Favorite Things Old and New
          Week 1     Week 2     Week 3    Week 4    Week 5   Week 6
          after      every      father    be        four     about
          as         made       going     friend    funny    any
          call       mother     has       pretty    long     ask
          laugh      of         thank     soon      watch    kind
          something  was        very      your      were     over



Unit 5   Take Me There
         Week 1   Week 2   Week 3   Week 4    Week 5     Week 6
         buy      don't    around   been      animals    because
         only     from     her      first     even       better
         or       hear     new      found     heard      give
         right    live     old      start     most       people
         think    when     show     together  their      put



Unit 6:   Surprise Me!
          Week 1   Week 2   Week 3   Week 4   Week 5   Week 6

          much     before   each     along    almost   open 
          shall    cold     once     goes     knew     boy
          these    full     other    great    thought  always
          wish     off      under    idea     took     move
          work     would    which    pull     picture  school


	
		
	
		

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