The entire district uses the Harcourt Reading Series, "Trophies". The series is divided up into 6 themes throughout the year. Each theme takes approximately 5 weeks to complete. Below you will find the spelling words, vocabulary, story titles, and grammar skill for our first unit beginning the week of September 11th.
Unit 1- "Look Inside"
THEME #1 WEEK #1
Reading Selection: "The Hot and Cold Summer"
Focus Skill: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Focus Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions
Grammar Skill: Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
Spelling Skill: Words with Short Vowels
Reading Selection: "Sees Behind Trees"
Focus Skill: Narrative Elements
Focus Strategy: Create Mental Images
Grammar Skill: Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences
Spelling Skill: Words with Long a, e and i
Reading Selection: "Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family"
Focus Skill: Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Focus Strategy: Self-Question
Grammar Skill: Complete and Simple Subjects
Spelling Skill: Words with Long o and u
Reading Selection: "Dear Mrs. Parks"
Focus Skill: Make Judgments
Focus Strategy: Use Text Structure and Format
Grammar Skill: Complete and Simple Predicates
Spelling Skill: Vowels Before r
Reading Selection: "Elena"
Focus Skill: Narrative Elements
Focus Strategy: Read Ahead
Grammar Skill: Compound Subjects and Predicates
Spelling Skill: Words with /s/, /z/, and /sh/
** Please feel free to visit the Harcourt Leaning site for more info. @ www.harcourtschool.com.
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