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Theme 7: We Can Work It Out (People and animals find solutions to their problems.

) Week One Main Selection Poetry Link


Genre of Main Selection: Realistic Fiction

(Examples of Realistic Fiction)

Two boys share everything happily until they find a toad.

Genre: Poetry

A story that could happen, but uses made-up characters.

Comprehension Strategy
Summarize

Comprehension Skill
Problem Solving

character

problem solution

This is when you retell the story in your own words.

Characters in a story have a problem to solve. Characters try to find the best possible solution.

Phonics
Vowel Pairs /oa/ and /ow/

High Frequency Words


again both gone hard or turn want

oa

toast coal road loan soap

ow
low show mow blow grow

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Spelling Words
boat toad coat float slow grow show flow blow know oat load

Vocabulary Words
agree book(s) food hoptoad

candy bars lemonade crayons fault share toys

Writing Skill:
Writing Clearly with Naming Words
Writing clearly means writing exactly what one means. We use specific naming words for people, animals, things, and places to give readers clear information.

Friendship Words
nice share play helpful work together happy

Example: We play with it. (not clear) We play with the ball. (clear)

Vocabulary Skills: Categorizing


Words are organized into groups of items that have something in common. Toys bike game crayon Food lemonade candy bars cake

Grammar Skill:
Proper Nouns for People and Animals
A proper noun names a specific person or animal. A proper noun begins with a capital letter.

Examples: Buzzy the bee flew to his hive. The teacher told Mary to raise her hand.

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Theme 7: We Can Work It Out (People and animals find solutions to their problems.) Week Two Main Selection Social Studies Link
Genre of Main Selection: Fantasy

(Examples of Fantasy)

A boy helps a bear who is lost in the city find his way back to the forest.

Genre: Nonfiction

A story with make believe characters. These characters may be talking animals.

Comprehension Strategy
Monitor and Clarify

Comprehension Skill
Sequence of Events

First
In order to understand the story you can either look at the pictures, re-read, or keep reading.

Next

Last

A story follows a specific order. We use the words first, next, last to tell about this order.

Phonics
The /oo/ sound for oo Compound Words cook + book = cookbook bird + seed = birdseed mail + box = mailbox

High Frequency Words


afraid any bear follow idea most tall water

look wood brook

oo

shook hoof took

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Spelling Words
book hoof stood cookbook cook hood notebook good foot wood food crook

Vocabulary Words
building(s)
disappears friendly park worry city elevator library scare

Writing Skill:
Writing a Message
A message is a note that gives someone information. A message includes whom the message is for, the actual message, and who wrote the message.

City Words
buildings taxis subway truck bridge skyscraper

Example:
Dad, I am going to the park to play volleyball with my friends. John

Vocabulary Skills: Multiple Meaning Words


These are words that are spelled the same and have more than one meaning. Example: We will go to the park after school. The man had to park his car.

Grammar Skill:
Proper Nouns for Places and Things
A proper noun names a specific place or thing. A proper noun begins with a capital letter.

Examples: Buzzy the bee flew to Oak Street. We went to Barnes and Nobles.

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Theme 7: We Can Work It Out (People and animals find solutions to their problems.) Week Three Main Selection Health Link
Genre of Main Selection: Fantasy/Realism

(Examples of Fantasy/Realism) A girl has her hands full when she offers a high-energy pig a pancake! A story with make believe characters and settings. The events can happen in real life.

Genre: Recipe

Comprehension Strategy
Question

Comprehension Skill
Fantasy and Realism

Ask yourself different questions as you read the story and then see if you find the answer as you keep reading.

Stories have elements that cannot happen in real life and elements that can happen in real life. The characters and settings are made-up, but the circumstances can happen.

Phonics
The ew, ue, ou, u, u_e, u-e for /oo/. The ie, igh sound for /i/.

High Frequency Words


build wear piece under

ew
threw tube

ue
blue Julie

ou
through

ie
pie fries

igh
thigh tight

shoe very old start

u_e u

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Spelling Words
food moon room soon too zoo balloon moose might flight night tie pie sigh high

Vocabulary Words
born piano drop bubbles probably stir closet remind music maple syrup flip sift crack favorite

Writing Skill:
Writing a Summary
A summary is written to re-tell a story using your own words. It is a shortened form of the actual story. This story is about a pig who wanted a pancake. After she had the pancake, there were many other silly things that she needed as the story went on. Each event caused something else to happen. The story ended with the author reminding us what to think of if a pig wanted a pancake.

House Words
roof house porch window home rooms door apartment kitchen

Example:

Vocabulary Skills: Syllabication


Words are made up of parts. When we say the word, we can clap it out to hear the different parts. Example: house: 1 part bee: 1 part magic: 2 parts apple: 2 parts

Grammar Skill:
Pronouns
Pronouns are words that are used to replace a regular noun. Pronouns are used as a generalization, they are not specific.

Examples: Mary saw the bee buzzing outside. She saw the bee buzzing outside.
John, Michael, and Jean are ready for story time.

They are ready for story time.

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