Study Guide
Dec. 7-11, 2009
Group 2
Story: The Gardeners (4ELA--E5-7)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-1-E1-1)
Event rival solar moment unannounced
Reuse retrace unpleasant nonmetal likable
Comfortable horrible invisible loneliness requirement
Fearless cotton listen fountain orphan
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-1-E7-9)
Intrepid: acts brave because he or she has no fear.
Seasoned: has a lot of experience with that thing.
Guidance: provides help and advice
Undoubtedly: it will definitely happen
Cherish: it means a lot to you and you care for it lovingly
Hoist: raise it, often with mechanical help
Delectable: tastes very good
Pristine: it is clean and untouched
Fragile: it is easily broken or damaged
Privilege: special advantage or right that only certain people can have
Phonics Skill: review
Writing: sentence fluency (4ELA-2-E1-20(b).
Grammar: reviewing nouns
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 30-Dec. 4, 2009
Group 2
Story: Finky’s Mysterious Spots (4ELA--E5-7)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-1-E1-1)
apron button canyon certain chicken
cardigan cotton dragon even fountain
gallon horizon listen orphan pardon
Challenge Words:
pollen prison siren swollen driven
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-1-E7-9)
Hermit: person who lives alone, often far from a community.
Fascinated: very interested in it and pay close attention to it.
Occasionally: happens once in a while
Timid: shy and unsure of himself or herself
Peculiar: something that is very strange and unusual, usually not in a good
way
Drab: looks dull and lacks color
Trembling: shaking slightly
Dashed: quickly and suddenly ran away
Phonics Skill: decoding words with unaccented syllables: schwa + n (4ELA-1-
E1-1)
Writing: sentence fluency (4ELA-2-E1-20(b).
Grammar: pronouns 4ELA-3-E4-31
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 16-21, 2009
Group 2
Story: Hurricane on the Way (4ELA--E5-7)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-1-E1-1)
Likeable removable printable adorable comfortable
Durable usable invisible responsible darkness
Tidiness silliness excitement government requirement
Challenge Words:
Loneliness harmless hopeless fearless horrible
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-1-E7-9)
Treacherous: dangerous and unpredictable.
Drudgery: hard, unpleasant, boring work.
Plunge: rush into it suddenly.
Smoldering: burning slowly from the inside, without flames.
Altered: has been changed.
Scoffed: you spoke about it in a mocking or critical way.
Skeptically: express doubt about whether it is true.
Discouraged: it made you believe that things weren’t going to turn out as
you had hoped.
Phonics Skill: structural analysis: suffixes:-able,-ible,-ness,-ment,-less
(4ELA-1-E1-1)
Writing: sentence fluency (4ELA-2-E1-20(b).
Grammar: Nouns 4ELA-3-E4-31
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 9-13th, 2009
Group 2
Story: Rivers (4ELA--E5-7)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-1-E1-1)
Reuse restart retell resend replace
Uncork unstuck unannounced unpleasant unchain
Challenge Words:
Unfit nonprofit nonmetal recall nontoxic
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-1-E7-9)
Eruption: an eruption happens when something bursts through a surface.
Depths: the depths of something are its deepest parts.
Gradually: something that happens gradually happens very slowly over time.
Revealed: when something is revealed, it was hidden but can now be seen.
Contract: to contract means to get smaller by shrinking.
Constant: If something is constant, it happens without stopping.
Immediate: an immediate event is one that happens right away.
Phonics Skill: prefixes re-,un-non- (4ELA-3-E5-32)
Writing: informational paragraph (4ELA-2-E3-23(c).
Grammar: singular and plural nouns 4ELA-3-E2-28
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 2-6th, 2009
Group 2
Story: Unlikely Partners (4ELA--E5-37)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-3-E5-32)
Begin vanish bonus legal event
Moment motive native suburb mimic
Challenge Words:
Paper pilot raven rival relish
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-1-E7-9)
Predators: animals that kill and eat other animals.
Traits: particular qualities or characteristics of a person or thing.
Lure: it makes you want to go to it, even though it is dangerous or could
get you in trouble.
Avoid: keep away from that person or thing]
Mimic: you try to act or look exactly like that person or thing.
Obvious: it is so easily seen or understood that no one has to explain it.
Resembles: the two look similar to each other.
Deceptive: tries to make you believe something that is not tryue.
Phonics Skill: words with VCV (4ELA-3-E5-32)
Writing: cause and effect paragraphs (4ELA-2-E3-23(b).
Grammar: common and proper nouns 4ELA-3-E3-30
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
October 26th-30th, 2009
Group 2
Story: Star Power (4ELA--E5-7)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(4ELA-3-E5-32)
Castle handle ruffle icicle fable
soccer
Appear hollow classic college
Challenge Words:
Accent service jersey mother problem
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-2-E1-29(d))
Comprehend: to understand it
Pliable: easy to move or bend without breaking
Solitary: to be alone most of the time
Scan: look carefully over the entire area for something specific
Vulnerable: weak and unprotected and at risk of being harmed
Exuberant: full of excitement, energy and happiness
Mature: fully grown and behaves like an adult
Lumbers: moves in a slow and clumsy way
Encircle: to surround it
Nurture: care for it while it is growing and developing
Phonics Skill: review– le, VCCV (same medial consonants (4ELA-3-E5-32)
Writing: Revising text (4ELA-2-E3-23(e).
Grammar: Review –compound subject and predicate, simple sentence, run on
sentence
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Note**These lesson plans will be used for the week of Oct. 19-23, 2009 due to
last week being a 3 day week for students.
Study Guide
October 12th-16th, 2009
Group 2
Story: Chain-saw Carving: From Log to Art (4ELA-4-E5-37)
Read story aloud each night with an adult and adult and practice reading in a
fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
monster complete hundred exchange sandwich
surprise applause although conflict mattress
Challenge Words:
purchase merchant pumpkin angry Thursday
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words: (4ELA-2-E1-29(d))
Unique: the only one of its kind
Infest: there in large numbers and usually cause damage
Intervals: repeated over and over with a certain amount of time in between
Delicate: done with great care so that nothing is broken or hurt
Flexible: can bend or be bent easily
Bond: unites two or more people or groups
Inspires: makes you excited about doing something good
Preserve: keep it from being harmed or changed
Phonics Skill: words with VCCCV (1ELA-3E5-40)
Writing: Explanatory Paragraph (4ELA-2-E3-23(b).
Grammar: Sentences (clauses and Phrases; complex sentences) (4ELA-3-E3-30
(b)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Oct. 5-Oct. 9, 2009
Story: The Kings Computer
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent
manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
History number hunger company windows
Welcome blanket perhaps service subject
Challenge Words:
Thunder furnish jersey mother secret
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words:
Slick: presented in an attractive way
Nimble: he or she moves quickly, lightly and easily
Impressed: to admire that person
Cease: stop doing it
Exist: real thing that is present in the world
Fierce: angry, violent, or ready to attack
Phonics Skill:words with VCCV
Writing: writing complete sentences
Grammar: prepositional phrases
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2009
Story: Kianna and the Stubborn Cow
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent
manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words: (Be able to read on Friday—High Frequency words)
letter ladder appear lesson soccer
classic hollow supper accent pizza
Challenge Words:
officer lettuce better slipper bottom
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words:
Inspect: look at it very carefully
Lurking: waiting there quietly hidden
Reluctant: he or she does not want to do it
Resound: fills with sound
Rumpled: wrinkled or messy
Surge: feel it suddenly and very strongly
Taut: stretched or pulled very tightly
Untangle: untie knots in it or straighten it if it is twisted
Phonics Skill:words with VCCV
Writing: writing complete sentences
Grammar: simple and compound sentences
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 14th-18th, 2009
Story: Sonia’s Extra-special Dish
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent
manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
tread broad split chief season
brain throw goal scrape choice
Challenge Words:
Allow auction flaw daughter destroy
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words:
Culinary: skills or tools related to cooking
Downcast: feeling sad and has no hope
Consternation: upset or worried about what is happening
Vivid: very bright colors
Extensive: includes a large amount of things
Serenely: done in a calm and quit way
Reminiscent: brings back memories of that other time or place
Pensive: thinking deeply about something
Recruit: get him or her to join a group for a special purpose
Commenced: begun
Phonics Skill: inflections –ed, -ing
Writing: Writing complete sentence with correct punctuation
Grammar: Review of exclamatory and imperative sentences, complete and
simple subjects and predicates
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Story: Kai’s Journey to Gold Mountain
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent
manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
Counting craned seemed burned chopped cracked
Begged moving slipped sailing
Challenge Words: trimmed shopping returned watching
pushed
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Choose any of the 5 spelling words and use in a complete sentence.
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
*Be able to read these words fluently on Friday.
Robust Vocabulary Words:
Averted: look away from something instead of directly at it.
Fury: extremely strong anger
Interrogation: long period of intense questioning to get information from
someone.
Stern: very serious and strict.
Accusing: showing that you think he or she has done something wrong.
Solemnly: say it in a very serious way.
Cringed: move or flinch slightly because of discomfort or fear.
Craned: stretch to let you see or hear something better.
Phonics Skill:
Inflections: -ed, -ing
Writing: constructing a complete sentence on a given topic.
Grammar: Complete and Simple Subjects and Predicates.
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high
frequency words on Friday.