Vocabulary

• Cardinal and ordinal numbers

• Days and months

• Colors and shapes

• Classroom objects

• Language arts vocabulary

• Social studies vocabulary

• Science vocabulary

• Mathematics vocabulary

• Health and fitness vocabulary

Reading Strategies

• Introduce finding main idea and details

• Introduce identifying characters, plot,

  and setting

Grammar

• Singular and plural nouns

• Present tense of regular verbs

• The verb have

• Imperatives

• Using be and go

• Subject-Verb agreement

• Adverbs

• Pronouns

• Introduce the writing process

Selection

• “Nomads”

• “Jewel in the Sand”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

Reading Strategies

• Preview

• Draw conclusions

Grammar

• Articles

• Present tense: regular verbs

• Singular and plural nouns

• Writing a journal entry

Phonics

• Review consonants

  Short a, e

Spelling

• Spelling short a, e

• Look for spelling patterns

Selection

• The Trojan Horse”

• “Earthquakes”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Compound words

• Phrasal verbs

Reading Strategies

• Look for problems and solutions

• Look for causes and effects

Grammar

• Simple past tense: regular and irregular verbs

• Adjectives

• Writing a personal narrative

Phonics

• Short i, o, u

• Review consonants c and g

Spelling

• Short i, o, u

  Spelling patterns

Selection

• “The Bouncing Ball”

• “Roberto Clemente”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Suffix –er

• Suffix –ly

Reading Strategies

• Ask questions

• Understand chronological order

Grammar

• Information questions

• Questions in the present

• Proper nouns

• Writing a biographical narrative

Phonics

• Spelling initial and final y

• Long vowels with signal e

• y as /y/ and as vowels /e/, /i/

Spelling

• Suffix –er

• Look for spelling patterns

Selection

• “The Clever Daughter-in-Law”

• “Family Traits”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Words that tell when

• Homophones

Reading Strategies

• Predict

• Reread

Grammar

• Single possessives with apostrophes

• Plural possessives

• Adverbs

• Writing a personal letter

Phonics

• Initial, medial, final digraphs /ch/, /sh/, /th/

• X /ks/; qu /kw/

• wh /hw/

Spelling

• Initial, medial, final

• digraphs ch, sh, th

• Spelling patterns x, qu, wh

Selection

• “Early Writing”

• “The Great Minu”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Collocations

• Prefixes un–, re–

Reading Strategies

• Take notes

• Understand irony

Grammar

• Possessive pronouns

• Combining simple sentences using and

• Pronouns

• Writing a report

Phonics

• Long vowels ai, ay, eigh; ee, ea

• Long vowels ow, oa, oe; ue, ui, ew

Spelling

• Spelling patterns ai, ay, eigh; ee, ea

• Spelling patterns ow, oa, oe; ue, ui, ew

Selection

• “The Blind Men and the Elephant”

• “Animal Senses”

Vocabulary Strategies

• Key vocabulary terms

• Ordinal numbers

• Homographs

Reading

• Make inferences

• Find main ideas

Grammar

• Prepositional phrases

• Combining simple sentences using but

• Adjectives

• Writing a descriptive paragraph

Phonics

• Final –ed as /ed/, /d/, /t/

• Final -s and -es as /s/, /z/

• r-controlled vowels

Spelling

• Adding –ing, –ed, –s, and –es to base words

  Spelling patterns with ir, ire, er, ere, ar, are, ur, ure, or, ore

Selection

• “Amazing Plants”

• “Apollo and Daphne”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Regular comparatives with –er and –est

• Irregular comparatives

Reading Strategies

• Use diagrams

• Visualize

Grammar

• Positive and negative sentences

• Sentences with compound subjects

• Adjectives

• Writing a comparison

Phonics

• Final and medial –tion
• Diphthongs ow, ou; oi, oy; aw, au

Spelling

• Diphthongs ow, ou; oi, oy; aw, au

• Spelling patterns with final and medial –tion

Selection

• “Bessie Coleman, American Flyer”

• “This Big Sky”

• “Aaron’s Gift”

• “Cher Ami—World War I Hero”

Vocabulary

• Key vocabulary terms

• Nouns and verbs

• Same words in six languages

Reading Strategies

• Summarize

• Understand an author’s purpose

Grammar

• Imperatives

• Writing dates

• Dialogue

• Subject-Verb agreement: simple present

• Writing instructions

• Writing a review

• Writing a short story

Phonics

• 1–, 2–, 3–, and 4–syllable words

• Initial, medial, and final schwa

• oo in look and oo in

  food

Spelling

• Words with schwa

• Spelling Patterns: double-letter words—ll, tt, nn, mm, oo