Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Journeys Spelling Words - Lesson 16 - for test on Friday, March 16 (Mrs. Hoseney's class)

Lesson 16 Words                                                     

BASIC WORDS

  1. so
  2. go
  3. home
  4. hole
  5. no
  6. rope
  7. joke
  8. poke
  9. stove
  10. bone

EXTRA CREDIT WORDS


  1. stove
  2. 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

ComprehensionConclusions 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 Knowfirst, 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

ComprehensionAuthor's purpose and summarize

Author's craft: Predictable text

Vocabulary StrategiesMultiple-Meaning words

Fluency PracticeExpression

GrammarNames 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?

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?






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
  1. feel
  2. need
  3. deep
  4. neat
  5. feed
  6. read
  7. eat
  8. sleep
  9. keep
  10. mean
Sight Words
  1. been
  2. goes
  3. never
Extra Credit Words
  1. peanut
  2. please
  3. cheese
  4. easy
  5. dream

Friday, March 2, 2018