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Book 1: Unit 3: Creative Ideas |
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Story |
Vocabulary |
High Frequency |
Spelling |
No Excuse |
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Pearl and Wagner |
electricity
robot
trash
wad |
guess
pretty
science
shoe won
watch
village |
words w/ long e: ee, ea, y
read, feel, easy, deep, seat, party, wheel, leave, windy, sleep, teeth, team, wreath, season, eagle |
two
him
see
time |
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Dear Juno |
envelope
persimmons
photograph
smudged |
answer wash
company
faraway
parents
picture
school |
words with long o: o, oa, ow
goat, hold, show, most, bowl, float, toast, ago, open, told, toad, slow, almost, throat, hollow |
could
no
make
than |
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Anansi Goes Fishing |
delicious
justice
lazy
weave |
been
believe
caught
finally
today
tomorrow
whatever |
compound words
basketball, someone, weekend, something, birthday, riverbank, bathtub, backyard, driveway, bedtime, raindrop, mailbox, grandparent, rattlesnake, earthquake |
first
been
called
who |
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Rosa and Blanca |
chiles
luckiest
tortillas |
alone
buy
daughters
half
many
their
youngest |
long i: i, igh, y
find, child, sky, bright, wild, fly, right, flight, spider, cry, blind, myself, frighten, arrival, identify
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now
my
made
over |
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A Weed is a Flower |
agriculture
college
greenhouse
laboratory |
clothes
hours
money
neighbor
only
question
taught |
adding –er & -est
sooner, soonest, hotter, hottest, busier, busiest, happier, happiest, smaller, smallest, fatter, fattest, angrier, angriest, straighter, straightest |
down
did
only
way |
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Book 2: Unit 4: Our Changing World |
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Story |
Vocabulary |
High Frequency |
Spelling |
No Excuse |
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The Quilt Story |
blankets pretended
quilt trunks
stuffing
unpacked
wrapped |
beautiful country
friend
front
someone
somewhere |
words ending in -le
ankle, title, apple, cable, purple, able, bugle, bundle, bubble, giggle, sparkle, tickle, mumble, scramble, twinkle |
find
use
may
water |
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Life Cycle of a Pumpkin |
bumpy
fruit
harvest
root
smooth
soil vine |
everywhere
live move
machines
woman
work
world |
vowel sound in book
put, cook, stood, full, wood, July, shook, push, pull, brook, hook, hood, pudding, cushion, footprint |
long
all
very
after |
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Frogs |
crawls insects
pond
powerful
shed
skin
wonderful |
bear
build
couldn’t
father
love
straight
mother |
vowel sound in gown
around, about, gown, sound, flower, howl, ground, pound, crown, south, mouse, downtown, mountain, boundary, drowsy |
words
its
just
where |
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I Like Where I Am |
block
chuckle
fair
giant
strong
tears
trouble |
animals
early
eyes
full
water |
vowel sound in joy
joy, noise, royal, moist, broil, cowboy, spoil, joint, foil, enjoy, destroy, loyal, employee, corduroy, turquoise
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most
know
get
new |
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Helen Keller and the Big Storm |
angry
branches
clung
picnic
fingers
pressing
special |
gone
learn
often
pieces
though
together
very |
vowel sound in moon
too, new, fruit, blue, true, cool, suit, spoon, clue, juice, drew, flew, cruise, nephew, shampoo |
KEEP
PRACTICING
your NO
Excuse words |
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Book 2: Unit 5: Responsibility |
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Story |
Vocabulary |
High Frequency |
Spelling |
No Excuse |
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Firefighter! |
building burning
masks
quickly
roar
station
tightly |
break
family
heard
listen
once
pull |
suffixes –ly,-ful, -er, -or
cheerful fighter graceful hardly helper quickly sailor slowly teacher visitor weekly yearly gardener competitor extremely beautiful |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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One Dark Night |
flashes lightning
pounds
pours
rolling
storm
thunder |
certainly
either
great
laugh
second
worst
you’re |
prefixes un-,re-,pre-,dis-
disagree disappear preheat preschool regroup rerun retie rewind unlock unpack unplug unsafe prehistoric unfortunate reunion pretest |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Bad Dog, Dodger! |
chased
chewing
dripping grabbed
practice
treat
wagged |
above
ago
enough
toward
whole
word |
silent consonantskn,wr,gn,mb
climb comb gnat knee knob knock lamb sign wrap wren write wrong knuckle wrestle plumber knew |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores |
adventure
climbed
clubhouse
exploring
greatest
truest
wondered
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bought
people
pleasant probably
scared
shall
sign |
consonant /f/ ff,ph,gh
cliff phone enough stuff
laugh puff giraffe graph
tough photo rough cough dolphin physical autograph different |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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The Signmaker’s Assistant |
afternoon
blame
idea
important signmaker townspeople
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behind
brought
door
everybody
minute
promise
sorry |
vowels aw, au,augh, al
talk because August caught draw walk chalk auto
taught thaw fault
launch applause audience awkward squawk |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Book 2: Unit 6: Traditions |
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Story |
Vocabulary |
High Frequency |
Spelling |
No Excuse |
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Just Like Josh Gibson |
bases
cheers
field
plate
sailed
threw |
guess
pretty
science
shoe
village
watch
won |
contractions
we’re I’ve don’t can’t
he’d you’re won’t they’re
I’d they’d she’d we’ve
could’ve would’ve should’ve
don’t |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag |
America
birthday
flag
freedom
nicknames
stars
stripes |
answer
company
faraway
parents
picture
school
wash |
adding –ed and -ing
tried trying planned planning liked liking hiked hiking cried crying skipped skipping danced dancing replied replying luckiest |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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A Birthday Basket for Tia |
aunt
bank
basket
collects
favorite
present |
been
believe
caught
finally
today
tomorrow
whatever |
words with –tion and -ture
mixture nation section
future picture action
caution station fixture
motion nature feature furniture adventure tuition
vacation |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Cowboys |
campfire
cattle
cowboy
galloped
herd
railroad
trails
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alone
buy
daughters
half
many
their
youngest |
suffixes –ness, -less
kindness careless goodness useless fearless darkness sadness sickness helpless fitness weakness awareness eagerness wireless cheerfulness |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Jingle Dancer |
borrow
clattering
drum
jingles
silver
voice
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clothes
hours
money
neighbor
only
question
taught |
prefixes mis-, mid-
midair misplace mislead midway misprint midday midweek misbehave midyear mismatch misdeed mistake midstream midnight misbehavior midafternoon |
Continue to practice no excuse words. |
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Book 1: Unit 2: Working Together |
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Story |
Vocabulary |
High Frequency |
Spelling |
No Excuse |
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Tara and Tiree |
brave
collar
slipped |
break
family
heard
listen
once
pull |
words w/ ar, or, ore
part, hard, born,
horse, before, more,
smart, farm, porch,
corn, chore, score, morning
cardinal, therefore |
will
each
about
how |
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Ronald Morgan
Goes to Bat |
clutched
spirit
terrific |
certainly
either
great, laugh
second
worst
you’re |
contractions
I’ll, wasn’t, it’s, he’s
I’m, didn’t, who’s, she’s, we’ll, isn’t, hasn’t, hadn’t
wouldn’t, shouldn’t, where’s |
not
up
out
then |
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Turtle’s Race with Beaver |
buried
challenge
dam
embarrassed
halfway
lodge |
above
ago
enough
toward
whole
word |
words w/ er, ir, ur
her, person, nurse
dirt, turn, birth, serve,
curb, curl, skirt, purse
turtle, surface, perfect
hamburger |
she
many
some
so |
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The Bremen Town Musicians |
excitement
mill
monsters
musicians
robbers |
bought
people
pleasant
probably
scared
shall
sign |
adding -s and-es
note, notes, lunch, lunches, story, stories, tune, tunes, switch, switches, baby, babies, crumbs, supplies, holidays
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these
would
other
into |
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving |
hooves
lumbered
riverbank
Thanksgiving |
behind
brought
door
everybody
minute
promise
sorry |
long a: ai, ay
tail, main, wait,
say, away, play,
raise, brain, paint,
stay, today, tray,
holiday, daily, raisin |
has
her
more
like |
Book 1: Unit 1: Exploration |