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Unit 1
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Big Idea: What makes you special?
Unit 1, Week 1: "At School"
- Essential Question: What do you do at your school?
- Comprehension Focus: Visualize, Key Details
- Word Work: Short a (like apple), Inflectional Ending -s
- Grammar: Sentences
- Spelling Words:
- man
- can
- nap
- tap
- cat
- hat
- not
- does
- High Frequency Words:
- does
- not
- school
- what
Unit 1, Week 2: "Where I Live"
- Essential Question: What is it like where you live?
- Comprehension Focus: Visualize, Key Details
- Word Work: Short i (like insect), Initial Sound alliteration, double final consonants
- Grammar: Word Order
- Spelling Words:
- pin
- win
- hit
- sit
- miss
- kiss
- nap
- can
- out
- up
- High Frequency Words:
- out
- down
- up
- very
Unit 1, Week 3: "Our Pets"
- Essential Question: What makes a pet special?
- Comprehension Focus: Visualize, Key Details
- Word Work: Contrast vowel sounds, L-blends, Plural nouns
- Grammar: Statements
- Spelling Words:
- clip
- flip
- slip
- flag
- black
- plan
- win
- sit
- be
- pull
- High Frequency Words:
- be
- come
- good
- pull
Unit 1, Week 4: "Let's Be Friends"
- Essential Question: What do friends do together?
- Comprehension Focus: Ask and Answer Questions, Key Details
- Word Work: Short o (like in octopus), ABC order
- Grammar: Questions and Exclamations
- Spelling Words:
- hop
- top
- log
- hog
- hot
- lot
- flip
- black
- they
- too
- High Frequency Words:
- fun
- make
- they
- too
Unit 1, Week 5: "Let's Move!"
- Essential Question: How does your body move?
- Comprehension Focus: Ask and Answer Questions, Key Details
- Word Work: R- and S- blends, Possessives
- Grammar: Writing Sentences
- Spelling Words:
- spill
- spin
- grab
- grass
- drop
- drip
- hop
- lot
- two
- move
- High Frequency Words:
- jump
- move
- run
- two
Unit 1, Week 6: "Unit 1 Review"
- Essential Question: What we are learning!
- Please look back to the previous weeks for skills
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