Unit 4 Reading – Nature Watch
These are the vocabulary words we will be studying during Unit 4. Your child
will be tested on the Words to Know at the end of each week and should
practice reading them nightly. When assigned, Reading Choice homework should
be done with the Words to Know. Please help develop your child’s vocabulary by
incorporating these as well as the Oral Vocabulary words into your daily
conversations.
Week 1 Pelican Was Hungry
WORDS TO KNOW
sparkled saw opened soon every any
floating close home pelican dolphin coconut
ORAL VOCABULARY
group behavior plead soar vivid
Week 2 June Robot Cleans Up
WORDS TO KNOW
work after old find new creation
done terrific robot cleans noise brother
ORAL VOCABULARY
recycle waste inspire resourceful structure
Week 3 Stormy Weather
WORDS TO KNOW
warm sound their extreme predict cold
know great storms blizzard thunder tornado
ORAL VOCABULARY
conditions forecast breeze commotion tranquil
Week 4 Meet Ben Franklin
WORDS TO KNOW
curious idea friends kind by far
knew house sparks lightning iron key
ORAL VOCABULARY
curious investigate career fascinating improve
Week 5 Stormy Weather
WORDS TO KNOW
before happen began told heard glared
haste falls chilly forest banana elephant
ORAL VOCABULARY
predicament solution dare humble permit
Unit 4 Spelling – Nature Watch
These are the phonics skills and spelling words we will be studying during
Unit 4. Your child will be pretested on the unit words at the beginning of the
week. If your child spells the first eight unit words correctly, I will assign
the challenge words and note it on the Weekly Overview. The assigned list
should be reviewed nightly. The spelling portion of the weekly test will be on
the assigned list only. Dictation sentences incorporate unit words, included
those previously learned, and expect application of learned punctuation skills.
Week 1 Pelican Was Hungry (long o) –oke, -ose, -ote
UNIT joke woke nose hose note vote pose tote every any
CHALLENGE spoke close wrote broke shone slope globe drove every any
Week 2 June Robot Cleans Up (long u) –use, -une, -ute, -ule
UNIT use June tune flute cute mule mute rule done after
CHALLENGE amuse prune chute yule brute used runes lutes done after
Week 3 Stormy Weather (ay, ai)
UNIT mail rain chain way play day ray pain great know
CHALLENGE gray brain delay snail trail paint spray trait great know
Week 4 Meet Ben Franklin (e, ee, ea)
UNIT me we feed keep seat beak neat she knew friends
CHALLENGE tree feel flea mean treat wheel teach speak knew friends
Week 5 Little Rabbit (-y)
UNIT bumpy penny puppy sandy funny bunny messy sunny before heard
CHALLENGE easy lucky chilly rainy grassy shady plenty crabby before
heard