Unit 1 What’s New?
Stories read in this unit:
• Ann’s First Day by Constance Keremes
• Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
• Luka’s Quilt by Georgia Guback
• Roundup at Rio Ranch by Angela Medearis
• Time for Kids: Welcome to a New Museum
Phonics skills taught:
• Short vowel sounds
• Long vowel sounds
• Long a and e
• Long o and i
Comprehension skills
• Make predictions
• Story elements
Vocabulary skills
• Inflectional endings
• Context clues
Study skills
• Parts of a book: contents page, title page
• Glossary and index
Activities:
• Pet book
• Long dog poems
• Making a class quilt
• Introduce Hawaiian items and dance
• Spanish cowboy introduction – computers
Unit 2: Just Between Us
Stories read in this unit:
• Lemonade for Sale by Stuart J. Murphy
• A Letter for Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
• The Best Friends Club by Elizabeth Winthrop
• Jamaica Tag-Along by Juanita Havill
• Time for Kids: Sharks
Phonics skills taught:
• oo,ue,ew
• ou, ow, oi, oy
• are, or, ore, ear
• ar, ir,ur,er
Comprehension skills
• Problem and solution
• Make inferences
Vocabulary skills
• Prefixes
• Compound Words
Study skills
• Read a graph
• Read a diagram
Activities:
• Making lemonade
• Writing letters
• Cat’s cradle
• More about sharks
• Best friends recipe bash
