Theme 
 We are in Unit  2- Outside My Door.   Each unit is 5 weeks long.  Each week we cover oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, fluency, grammar and writing.

Read Alouds-Hello, Hello, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Mama's Coming Home, The Little Red Hen, Johnny Appleseed, Red Eyed Tree Frog, Rap A Tap Tap, Dance at Grandpa's and If You Take A Mouse To School.

Literature Genres Discussed: Fantasy, Fiction, non-fiction and non-fiction articles, fairy tales and fables.


 
 Phonics Skills ~ 
 spelling- short o, e, and u,  digraphs sh and th, blends bl, cl and fl
inflectional endings -ed,ing ;   contraction- n't, 's,  blends, CCVC
 Comprehension~ 
 Summarize (Main Idea/details), Sequencing, Retelling, Characters and settings, Visualizing
 Text features- Diagrams, Dictionary work, Signs and Symbols
Grammar
nouns, plural nouns, Proper nouns

 
Start Smart  Words
I   can   we   like   the   go   to    have   a   play   you   he   is   she and   said   are   do   this   what   for   here   little   was   my look   has   where   with   me
 
Unit 1 Vocabulary
down, jump, not, up, it, over, too, yes, be , ride, run, come, good, on, that, very, help, use, now
Unit 2 Vocabulary
one, her, they, two, does,who, some, of, no, eat,into, many, live, out, want, put, show, under, three, make, today, way, school, late, away, why

 

BE SURE TO READ AT LEAST 5 MINUTES EVERY DAY!