Week 1 Story: Pearl and Wagner
Spelling words: read, deep, wheel, sleep, feet, seat, leave, teeth, easy, party, windy, learn
Reading Focus Skill: Author's Purpose, Questioning
High Frequency Words: guess, pretty, science, shoe, village, watch, won
Selection Vocabulary and definitions:
robot - a machine with moving parts, that is controlled by a computer
wad - a round lump
trash = something of little use; things to be thrown away
electricity - energy that makes light, heat, motion, or force
Language Skill - Antonyms, Verbs
Week 2 Story : Dear Juno
Spelling words: goat, most, toast, told, hold, bowl, ago, toad, show, float, open, slow
Reading Focus Skill: Draw Conclusions, Visualize
High Frequency Words: answer, company, faraway, parents, pciture, school, wash,
Selection Vocabulary and definitions:
persimmons - yellow and orange-colored sweet fruits that are like plums
smudged - smeared or marked with dirty streaks
envelope - a paper sleeve that is used to hold a letter
photograph - a picture taken with a camera
Language Skill: Prefixes, Verbs
Week 3 Story: Anansi Goes Fishing
Spelling words: basketball, weekend, birthday, bathtub, driveway, raindrop, someone, something, riverbank, backyard, bedtime, mailbox
Reading Focus Skill: Compare and Contrast, Summarize
High Frequency Words: been, believe, caught, finally, today, tomorrow, whatever
Selection Vocabulary and definitions:
lazy - not liking to work or be active
weave - to form threads into cloth, a net, or web
delicious - something that tastes really good
justice - something that is fair and right
Language Skill: Antonyms, Verbs
Week 4 Story: Rosa and Blanca
Spelling words: find, bright, right, cry, child, wild, flight, blind, sky, fly, spider, myself
Reading Focus Skill: Sequence, Predict, and Set Purpose
High Frequency Words: alone, buy, daughters, half, many, their, youngest
Selection Vocabulary and definitions:
tortillas - thin, round, pieces of bread that are served hot
luckiest - having more luck and good fortune than anyone else
chiles - hot peppers that are used as seasoning
Language Skill: Verbs
Week 5 Story: A Weed is a Flower
Spelling words: sooner, soonest, hotter, hottest, busier, busiest, happier, happiest, smaller, smallest, fatter, fattest,
Reading Focus Skill: Fact and Opinion, Inferring
High Frequency Words: clothes, neighbor, taught, hours, only, money, question
Selection vocabulary and definitions:
college - a school of learning to attend after high school
agriculture - the science or practice of farming
laboratory - a place where tests and experimients are done
greenhouse - a building with glass or plastic sides where plants are grown
Language Skill: Synoyms, Verbs