Study Guide
Nov. 30-Dec. 4, 2009
Group 1
Story: Mark’s Big Day 1ELA-1-E5-14
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech.”
Spelling Words: 1ELA-3-E5-40
White stripe me snake like
We spoke came hi tube
Kite be most even know because
Four
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
Approached: moved toward it.
Energetic: filled with energy
Pace: how fast you are going
Blunder: make a bad or silly mistake
Reassure: tell him or her that everything will be all right
Excel: very good at it
Phonics Skills: “Magic e” and open syllables
Writing: Writing in complete sentences
Grammar: Names of Holidays 1ELA-3-E2-33(b)
Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
November 16-21, 2009
Group 1
Story: One More Friend (1ELA-1-E6-16)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
Her fur turn bird girl first quit when name work
Challenge Words:
Harmful charms disorder
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Captured: you have caught it and are not letting it go.
Mercy: Showing kindness or forgiveness to someone who has done something wrong.
Struggling: making a great effort with your body or mind to do something.
Compatible: able to be together or get along with each other.
Amiable: good-natured and friendly.
Relax– you are not uneasy or upset about anything: you spend time resting or doing things for fun.
Phonics Skill: r-controlled vowels /ur/er,ir,ur 1ELA-1-E1-02(a))
Writing: Modeled Writing (Invitations) (1ELA-2-E6-31)
Grammar: Using He, She, It and They (1ELA-2-E5-20)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 9-13th, 2009
Group 1
Story: Tomas Rivera (1ELA-1-E6-16)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
Quit quick quiz whiz which
When arm part house put
Challenge Words:
Pressure machine notice
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Cozily: you are warm, comfortable and relaxed
Interrupted: you stopped it in the middle
Triumphantly: you say it in an excited way that shows you are proud of what you have done.
Accomplishment: you have worked hard to get something done.
Admire: If you admire someone, you think that person is very special because of the things he or she does.
Ambition: If you have an ambition, you want to do something very much.
Phonics Skill: digraphs /kw/qu,/hw/wh (1ELA-1-E1-02 (b))
Writing: personal narrative (1ELA-2-E2-27)
Grammar: Using I and me (1ELA-3-E2-33)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
November 2nd-6th, 2009
Group 1
Story: Mark’s Big Day (1ELA-1-E5-14)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
Far farm arm art part
Park chin such fly watch
Challenge Words:
Percent absence years refused ancient
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Approached: you move toward it.
Energetic: are filled with energy
Pace: how fast you are going
Blunder: make a bad or silly mistake
Reassure: tell him or her that everything will be all right
Excel: you are very good at it
Phonics Skill: r-Controlled vowel /ar/ ar (1ELA-1-E1-02 (b))
Writing: e-mails (1ELA-3-E2-33(b))
Grammar: Names of Holidays (1ELA-3-E2-34
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
October 26 -Oct. 30, 2009
Group 1
Story: A Butterfly Grows (1ELA-1-E5-14)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
Chip chin inch such catch
Match wish shop saw were
Challenge Words:
Harmful charms disorder favored remark
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Astonishing: it amazes and surprises you.
Continue: to keep doing it
Doubt: do not believe it is true
Transform: totally change it
Examine: look at it closely
Devour: eat it all up very quickly
Phonics Skill: Digraphs /ch/ ch,tch (1ELA-1-E1-02 (6))
Writing: Sequence story (1ELA-3-E2-34)
Grammar: Names of Days and Month (1ELA-3-E4-39(a))
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
October 12-Oct. 16, 2009
Group 1
Story: King Midas and His Gold (1ELA-1-E1-02)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
shop shot shut rush wish
fish for more from very
Challenge Words:
social special parachute specialty detention
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Reward: give something special or nice to that person for something he or she has done.
Handsomely: to do it in a way that is great or more than you expected.
Cruel: brings pain or makes you feel bad.
Greedy: wants a lot of something and does not want to share any of it.
Consequences: things that happen as the result of another action.
Regret: feels sorry for something he or she did.
Phonics Skill: digraph /sh/sh (1ELA-1-E1-02)
Writing: riddles (1ELA-2-E3-28(a)
Grammar: special names of places (1ELA-3-E2-33)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
October 12-Oct. 16, 2009
Group 1
Story: Land of Ice (1ELA-1-E1-02)
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)
(1ELA-3E5-40)
or for form more store
sort long bring your head
Challenge Words:
Pressure machine notice scene station
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: (1ELA-1-E1-03)
Pranced: walk in a bouncy way like a horse
Nuzzled: rubbing you with its face or nose
Raging: strong or out of control\
Inhabit: you live there
Intriguing: you are curious about it
Adapt: body parts or ways of acting that help it live there
Phonics Skill: controlled vowel/or/ or, ore (1ELA-3E5-40)
Writing: Questions (1ELA7-E4-25(c)
Grammar: special names and titles for people (1ELA-1-E4-13)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
October 5-Oct. 9, 2009
Story: Soccer Song
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)
Long song sing ring bring
Thing us must does food
Challenge Words:
Percent absence years refused ancient
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:
Athletic: active, strong and able to play sports well
Awkward: clumsy, rough way
Superb: best it can be, excellent
Soared: flew very high in the air
Mused: you were thinking about it
Ashamed: feel bad about having done something bad
Phonics Skill:words with –ng
Writing: diologue
Grammar: one or more than one
High Frequency Words:
School use every arms your head
Feet way
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2009
Story: Plants Can’t Jump
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)
Us bus club must cut cub with then don’t says
Challenge Words:
Harmful charm disordered favored remark
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:
Claimed: you say its yours
Dine: fancy way of talking about eating
Groaned: make a deep sound that shows unhappiness
Classify: put things in a group with others like it
Function: it’s use
Nutritious: healthful to eat
Phonics Skill:words with shout /u/
Writing: making lists
Grammar: nouns (animals or things)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 21st-25th, 2009
Story: On the Shore of the River
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)
circle angle cradle ladle castle
ruffle juggle ankle battle candle
Challenge Words:
Meddle drizzle speckle vehicle hurtle
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:
Reluctant: not wanting to do something
Rumpled: wrinkled or messy
Surge: feel it suddenly and strongly
Inspecting: looking at it very carefully
Taut: stretched or pulled very tightly
Untangled: untied knots in it or straightened it if it was twisted
Resounded: became filled with sound
Lurked: waited there quietly hidden, usually before doing something bad
Resent-you feel something someone else is being treated better than you
Phonics Skill:words with consonant –le
Writing: writing complete sentences
Grammar: identifying complete subjects and complete predicates
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 21st-25th, 2009
Story: Beth’s Job
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
Then them this that path
With ten get said was
Challenge Words:
Harsh research carnival particular squirrel
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:
Applauded: clap your hands to show you liked what they did
Chatty: really like to talk
Gather: you bring them together in one place
Duty-job you have to do
Envy: you want something someone else has
Resent-you feel something someone else is being treated better than you
Sight Words: new, says, water, said, was, don’t, her, line, Mr., thanks, new, day, eat, first, time, eat
Phonics Skill:/th/ th
Writing: Writing questions
Grammar: Identifying nouns in sentences
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Study Guide
Sept. 14th-18th, 2009
Story: Little Red Hen Gets Help
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
Set sent ten tell let get all call make of
Challenge Words:
Shirt learning backward border prepared
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:
Assemble: you put all of it’s pieces together
Consume: you completely use all of it up
Enthusiastic: when you really like it and are excited about it
Shoved: push hard against that person or thing
Odor: smells really bad
Chorus: group singing or saying something together
Phonics Skill:
Short vowel /e/
Writing: constructing sentences about events
Grammar: exclamations.
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Math: Comparing and Ordering whole numbers (no larger than 2 digit numbers)
Study Guide
August 31—Sept. 4th
Reading Story: All on the Map
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
all call fall wall ball tall not top much thank
Challenge Words: parts history warning declare despair
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Write a complete sentence using any 10 of the spelling words
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
Robust Vocabulary Words:
Humiliation: feeling of shame or embarrassment
Expectations: beliefs about how well others will do, or about how they should behave
Fringes: areas along its edges, far away from the center of action
Hesitating: pausing before doing something because you are feeling unsure
Sincere: being honest, and you mean what you say
Coaxed: gently talked into doing something by someone else.
Introduce vocabulary words and orally discuss meaning and use them in context daily.
High Frequency Words:
Find thank much now too here they are
Be able to read fluently by Friday (without sounding them out)
Phonic Skill: variant vowel/o/ a (all)
Writing: sentences about places
Grammar: Questions (Interrogative Sentences)
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Math: Rounding Whole Numbers
Study Guide
August 24th-28th
Reading Story: Dot and Bob
Read story aloud each night with an adult and practice reading in a fluent manner that sounds like “natural speech”.
Spelling Words:
top hop hot not dot dog back pick oh yes shop crop
chop frog apple
Monday: Write spelling words 3 times each
Tuesday: ABC order
Wednesday: Write a complete sentence using any 10 of the spelling words
Thursday: Take a pretest on spelling words
Robust Vocabulary Words:
horrible: really bad and awful
invigorated: feeling full of energy
presented: give something to someone
aid: help someone
persistent: keep trying and never give up
sweltering: very hot and uncomfortable
Introduce vocabulary words and orally discuss meaning and use them in context daily.
High Frequency Words:
oh yes help no what
Be able to read fluently by Friday (without sounding them out)
Phonic Skill: short /o/ o sound
Writing: Sentences about things
Grammar: Telling Sentences
**Students will test on reading comprehension, vocabulary, spelling and high frequency words on Friday.
Math: Begin working on 0 and 1’s multiplication facts