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Journeys Spelling Words - Lesson 16 - for test on Friday, March 16 (Mrs. Hoseney's class)
Lesson 16 Words
BASIC WORDS
- so
- go
- home
- hole
- no
- rope
- joke
- poke
- stove
- bone
EXTRA CREDIT WORDS
- stove
- poke
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 19 - Week of April 9 - 13
Lesson 19: Tomás Rivera
by Jane Medina
Question to think about: What clues help you figure out how characters feel?
Words to Know: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, and talk
Spelling Words: show, blow, road, row, snow, toad, grow, boat, coat, and low
Phonics: Using oa, ow, -oat, and contractions:'ve and 're
Comprehension: Conclusions and monitor/clarify;
Author's craft: Word choice using descriptive details
Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms
Fluency Practice: Intonation
Grammar: Future tense-using the words willand going to
by Jane Medina
Question to think about: What clues help you figure out how characters feel?
Words to Know: done, paper, were, great, soon, work, laugh, and talk
Spelling Words: show, blow, road, row, snow, toad, grow, boat, coat, and low
Phonics: Using oa, ow, -oat, and contractions:'ve and 're
Comprehension: Conclusions and monitor/clarify;
Author's craft: Word choice using descriptive details
Vocabulary Strategies: Synonyms
Fluency Practice: Intonation
Grammar: Future tense-using the words willand going to
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 18 - Week of April 3-6
Lesson 18: Where Does Food Come From?
by Shelley Rotner and Gary Goss
Question to think about: Why do authors write nonfiction?
Words to Know: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, and these
Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, may, rain, way, day, stay, and pain
Phonics: Using ai, ay, -ain, and contractions: 'll and 'd
Comprehension: Author's purpose and summarize
Author's craft: Predictable text
Vocabulary Strategies: Multiple-Meaning words
Fluency Practice: Expression
Grammar: Names of months, days, and holidays; using commas with dates
by Shelley Rotner and Gary Goss
Question to think about: Why do authors write nonfiction?
Words to Know: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, and these
Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, may, rain, way, day, stay, and pain
Phonics: Using ai, ay, -ain, and contractions: 'll and 'd
Comprehension: Author's purpose and summarize
Author's craft: Predictable text
Vocabulary Strategies: Multiple-Meaning words
Fluency Practice: Expression
Grammar: Names of months, days, and holidays; using commas with dates
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 17 - Week of March 19-23
Lesson 17: The Big Trip
by Baleri Gorbachev
Question to think about: How are ways to travel the same and different?
Words to Know: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, and maybe
Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, and these
Phonics: Using long e (CV, CVCe), ee, ea, -ng, and -nk; using -ean, -ink
Comprehension: Compare and contrast and visualize
Author's craft: Dialogue
Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize--transportation words
Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation especially question marks (punctuation marks are like road signs--For example, they help you to know when to stop!)
Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a statement or a question?
by Baleri Gorbachev
Question to think about: How are ways to travel the same and different?
Words to Know: about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, and maybe
Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, and these
Phonics: Using long e (CV, CVCe), ee, ea, -ng, and -nk; using -ean, -ink
Comprehension: Compare and contrast and visualize
Author's craft: Dialogue
Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize--transportation words
Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation especially question marks (punctuation marks are like road signs--For example, they help you to know when to stop!)
Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a statement or a question?
Journeys Pilot - Lesson 16 - Week of March 12-16
We have packed a lot of learning into our first week trying out the Journeys reading program. Below are the skills on which we have focused:
Lesson 16: Let's Go to the Moon
by Stephen R. Swinburne
Question to think about: What is important to know about the moon?
Words to Know: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, and think
Spelling Words: so, go, home, hole, no, rope, joke, poke, stove, and bone
Phonics: Using long o (CV, CVCe) and long u (CVCe)
Comprehension: Main idea and details and questions
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful
Fluency Practice: Stress (finding the right words to give emphasis while reading)
Grammar: Questions--What is a question?
Lesson 16: Let's Go to the Moon
by Stephen R. Swinburne
Question to think about: What is important to know about the moon?
Words to Know: around, because, before, bring, carry, light, show, and think
Spelling Words: so, go, home, hole, no, rope, joke, poke, stove, and bone
Phonics: Using long o (CV, CVCe) and long u (CVCe)
Comprehension: Main idea and details and questions
Vocabulary Strategies: suffixes -y, -ful
Fluency Practice: Stress (finding the right words to give emphasis while reading)
Grammar: Questions--What is a question?
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Monday, March 5, 2018
Unit 28 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, March 9
Unit 28 Spelling Words
Words with the long "e" sound
spelled using "ee" or "ea"
Basic Words
- feel
- need
- deep
- neat
- feed
- read
- eat
- sleep
- keep
- mean
- been
- goes
- never
Extra Credit Words
- peanut
- please
- cheese
- easy
- dream
Friday, March 2, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Unit 27 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, March 2
Unit 27 Spelling Words
Words with long "a" spelled with ai or ay
Basic Words
- play
- say
- sail
- may
- rain
- way
- day
- stay
- pain
Sight Words
- too
- soon
- hear
Extra Credit Words
- today
- painted
- away
- playing
- maybe
Monday, February 19, 2018
Unit 26 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, February 23
Unit 26 Spelling Words
Mixed long and short vowel words
Basic Words
- mad
- made
- hop
- hope
- pin
- pine
- bit
- bite
- hid
- hide
Sight Words
- girl
- boy
- house
Extra Credit Words
- biting
- hidden
- hiding
- homemade
- hopping
Saturday, February 17, 2018
Monday, February 12, 2018
Unit 25 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, February 16
Unit 15 Spelling Words
(Mixed long vowel words ending with silent "e")
Basic Words
- same
- line
- stone
- smile
- note
- side
- wake
- woke
- wide
- wave
Sight Words
- love
- any
- many
Extra Credit Words
- coming
- beside
- space
- grace
- smiling
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
Unit 23 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, February 9
Unit 23 Spelling Words
(words with the long "e" sound)
Basic Words
- he
- see
- she
- tree
- me
- feet
- we
- be
- green
- peek
Sight Words
- good
- back
- into
Extra Credit Words
- knee
- sweetly
- sleeping
- sweeping
- sleepy
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Monday, January 29, 2018
Unit 22 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, February 2
Unit 22 Spelling Words
Study at home for test on Friday, 2/2/18
Words with the long "o" sound
Basic Words
- go
- home
- rope
- so
- joke
- bone
- hole
- no
- stove
- poke
Sight Words
- come
- some
- done
Extra Credit Words
- hello
- alone
- told
- joker
- phone
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
Unit 21 Spelling Unit - for test on Friday, January 23
Unit 21 Spelling Test
(long "i" words with silent "e")
Basic Words
- time
- like
- kite
- bite
- white
- five
- drive
- nine
- hike
- ride
Sight Words
- could
- would
- two
Extra Credit Words
- write
- invite
- liked
- smiled
- sliding
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Unit 20 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, January 19
Unit 20 Spelling Words
(words with the long "a" sound that end with a silent "e")
Basic Words
- came
- make
- brave
- bake
- take
- name
- shape
- gave
- late
- game
Sight Words
- out
- about
- over
Extra Credit Words
- grave
- skate
- grade
- chase
- later
Friday, January 5, 2018
Unit 17 Spelling Test
The Unit 17 spelling test will be given on Monday, January 8 due to the "cold" day Friday, January 5th.
Unit 19 Spelling Words - for test on Friday, January 12
Unit 19 Spelling Words
Words containing the "th" and "wh" digraph
Test will be given on Friday, January 12
Basic Words
- that
- with
- which
- path
- when
- this
- them
- bath
- whip
- them
Sight Words
- where
- what
- who
Extra Credit Words
- whale
- month
- thin
- whisk
- thank
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