Core Knowledge Language Arts
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Scope and Sequence • Skills
Strand • Kindergarten
© 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation 1
The Skills strand of the Core Knowledge Language Arts program teaches students the decoding skills
needed for (future) independent reading. Each Skills lesson begins with a warm-up, reviewing previously
taught content in reading, writing, and/or grammar. All reading times—denoted below as demonstration
stories or whole group, small group, or partner reading—consist of a story preview, presentation, and
discussion. For a unit-by-unit alignment of Skills learning objectives to the Common Core State Standards,
please visit http://www.engageny.org/resource/kindergarten-english-language-arts.
Unit 1 (10–13 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Awareness of Noises
Left/Right Discrimination
Prewriting Skills: Drawing
on a Vertical Surface
Lesson 2
Awareness of Noises
Left/Right Discrimination
Prewriting Skills: Vertical
Line*
Lesson 3
Awareness of Noises
Left/Right Discrimination
*
Prewriting Skills: Vertical
Line
Lesson 4
Awareness of Noises
Left/Right Discrimination
Blending Pretest
Prewriting Skills:
Horizontal Line*
Lesson 5
Awareness of Noises and
Words*
Left/Right Discrimination
Prewriting Skills: Circle*
Lesson 6
Awareness of Noises,
Words, and Phrases*
Writing Strokes Pretest
Prewriting Skills: Circle
Lesson 7
Awareness of Noises and
Words
Tracking Practice
Prewriting Skills:
Diagonal Line*
Lesson 8
Awareness of Words
Prewriting Skills: Square;
Vertical and Horizontal
Lines—Review
Lesson 9
Awareness of Words
*
Prewriting Skills:
Triangle; Circle and
Diagonal Line—Review
Lesson 10
Awareness of Words and
Phrases
Tracking Assessment*
Prewriting Skills
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Awareness of
Noises, Words, and
Phrases
Review: Directionality and
Tracking
Review: Prewriting Skills
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line.
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Unit 2 (10–13 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Tracking Practice
Prewriting Skills: Cup*
Lesson 2
Blending Syllables and
Sounds
Prewriting Skills: Hump*
Lesson 3
Blending Sounds into
Words
Differentiating Shapes
Prewriting Skills: Zigzag *
*
Lesson 4
Blending Sounds into
Words
Beginning/End
Recognition
Prewriting Skills: Wavy
Line*
*
Lesson 5
Blending Sounds into
Words
Prewriting Skills: Spiral
Handwriting: Own Name*
*
Lesson 6
Blending Sounds into
Words
Prewriting Skills: X, +*
Handwriting: Own Name
Lesson 7
Blending Sounds into
Words
Prewriting Skills: Loop
Handwriting: Own Name*
*
Lesson 8
Blending Sounds into
Words
Prewriting Skills: Cane*
Handwriting: Own Name
Lesson 9
Blending Sounds into
Words
Prewriting Skills: Hook*
Handwriting: Own Name
Lesson 10
Blending Sounds into
Words
Sound Blending
Assessment
*
Handwriting: Own Name
Prewriting Skills
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Syllable and
Sound Blending, Blending
Sounds into Words
Review: Tracking
Review: Prewriting Skills
Review: Handwriting—
Own Name
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line.
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Unit 3 (14–17 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /m/ Spelled ‘m’
Handwriting ‘m’: Letter
Lesson 2
Sound /a/ Spelled ‘a’
Handwriting ‘a’: Letter
Lesson 3
Sound /t/ Spelled ‘t’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
Handwriting ‘t’: Letter
Lesson 4
Sound /d/ Spelled ‘d’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
*
Handwriting ‘d’: Letter
Lesson 5
Review: Oral Blending
and Sound Spelling
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Review: Handwriting ‘m’,
‘a’, ‘t’, ‘d’—Letter
Lesson 6
Sound /o/ Spelled ‘o’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
*
Handwriting ‘o’: Letter
Handwriting ‘m’, ‘a’, ‘t’,
‘d’: Words*
Lesson 7
Sound /k/ Spelled ‘c’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
*
Handwriting ‘c’: Letter
Lesson 8
Sound /g/ Spelled ‘g’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
Handwriting ‘g’: Letter
Lesson 9
Sound /i/ Spelled ‘i’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds*
Handwriting ‘i’: Letter and
Word*
Lesson 10
Review: Oral Blending
and Sound Spelling
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Review: Handwriting ‘m’,
‘a’, ‘t’, ‘d’, ‘o’, ‘c’, ‘g’, ‘i'—
Letters and Words*
Lesson 11
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Reading Assessment
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 12
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Reading Assessment
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
t
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 13
*
Reading Assessment
*
Stomp and Spell: One-
Syllable Short Vowel VC
and CVC Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 14
Reading Assessment
*
Stomp and Spell: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Pausing
Point
Review: Oral Blending
and Sound Spelling
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Sounds
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line.
t
Chaining appears in both columns as both Chaining for Reading and Chaining for Spelling are practiced in this lesson.
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Unit 4 (15–18 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /n/ Spelled ‘n’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘n’: Letter and
Words
Lesson 2
Sound /h/ Spelled ‘h’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘h’: Letter and
Words
Lesson 3
Sound /s/ Spelled ‘s’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘s’: Letter and
Words
Lesson 4
Sound /f/ Spelled ‘f’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘f’: Letter and
Words*
Lesson 5
Practice Reading Words
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Lesson 6
Sound /v/ Spelled ‘v’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘v’: Letter and
Words*
Lesson 7
Sound /z/ Spelled ‘z’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Dictation: Sounds
Handwriting ‘z’, ‘c’, ‘a’, ‘d’,
‘g’: Letters
Lesson 8
Sound /p/ Spelled ‘p’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘p’: Letter and
Words
Lesson 9
Sound /e/ Spelled ‘e’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘e’: Letter and
Words
Lesson 10
*
Introduction to Phrases
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Dictation: Sounds
Lesson 11
Practice Reading Phrases
Reading Assessment
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Dictation: Sounds
Review: Handwriting ‘m’,
‘n’, ‘h’, ‘s’, ‘f’, ‘v’, ‘z’, ‘p’,
‘e’—Letters
Lesson 12
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading Words
Reading Assessment
Dictation: Sounds
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 13
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading Words*
Reading Assessment
Dictation: Sounds and
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 14
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Practice Reading Words
Reading Assessment
Dictation: Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 15
Practice Reading Words*
Reading Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)*
Pausing
Point
Review: Segmenting and
Sound Spelling
Practice Reading Words
and Phrases
Demonstration Story
Dictation: Sounds and
One-Syllable Short
Vowel CVC Words
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line.
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© 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation 7
Unit 5 (16–19 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /b/ Spelled ‘b’*
Sound /d/ Spelled ‘d’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘b’: Letter
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 2
Sound /l/ Spelled ‘l’*
Handwriting ‘l’: Letter and
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 3
Sound /r/ Spelled ‘r’
Handwriting ‘r’: Letter and
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 4
Sound /u/ Spelled ‘u’*
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Handwriting ‘u’: Letter
and Words*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 5
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 6
Sound /w/ Spelled ‘w’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘w’: Letter
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 7
Sound /j/ Spelled ‘j’
Handwriting ‘j’: Letter and
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 8
Sound /y/ Spelled ‘y’*
Handwriting ‘y’: Letter
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 9
Sound /x/ Spelled ‘x’
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘x’: Letter
and Words
Phrase Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Spelling Alternative for /k/
Spelled ‘k’
Practice Reading Words
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘k’: Letter
and Words
Phrase Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel VC
and CVC Words (with
Cues)
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 11
*
Dictation: Sounds
Practice Spelling Words:
Stomp and Spell
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 12
Reading Assessment
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Review: Handwriting ‘b’,
‘l’, ‘r’, ‘u’, ‘w’, ‘k’, ‘y’, ‘x’,
‘j’—Letters
Lesson 13
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading Words
Reading Assessment
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 14
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading Phrases
Reading Assessment
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 15
Demonstration Story
Reading Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Lesson 16
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading
Phrases*
Reading Assessment
Dictation: Sounds
Practice Spelling Words:
Spelling Hopscotch
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Review: Dictation—
Sounds
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVC Words (with Cues)
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line.
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Unit 6 (15–18 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Alphabet/Letter Names
Demonstration Story
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or Digraphs
Lesson 2
Alphabet/Letter Names
Demonstration Story
Chaining Dictation: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Consonant
Blends, Clusters, and/or
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Consonant
Blends, Clusters, and/or
Digraphs (with Cues)
Lesson 3
Alphabet/Letter Names*
Sound /z/ spelled ‘s’
Demonstration Story*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel VC
and CVC Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 4
Sounds /s/ and /z/
Partner Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words in which ‘s’ > /s/ or
/z/ (with Cues)*
Lesson 5
Alphabet/Letter Names
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
*
Lesson 6
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading*
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel CVC Words
Lesson 7
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel CVC, CCVC,
and CVCC Words
Lesson 8
Rhyming Words
Small Group Reading
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or Digraphs
Lesson 9
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading*
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel CVC, CVCC,
CCVC, and CCVCC
Words
Lesson 10
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
*
Practice: Tap and Spell
Lesson 11
Review: Rhyming Words
Small Group Reading
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or Digraphs
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 12
Review: Letter Names,
Rhyming Words*
Demonstration Story
Whole Group Reading*
Lesson 13
Review: Letter Names*
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC and CCVCC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 14
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel CVC, CCVC,
CVCC, and CCVCC
Words
Lesson 15
Assessment: Letter
Names, Rhyming Words
Small Group Reading
Reading Assessment
Analysis and
Interpretation Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC, CCVC, and
CCVCC Words (with
Cues)
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Letter Names, Rhyming
Words*
Demonstration Stories
Partner Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Dictation: Words and
Phrases
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC, CVCCC, and
CCVCC Words (with
Cues)
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 7 (17–20 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /ch/ Spelled ‘ch’
Handwriting ‘ch’: Letters
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CCVCC and CVCCC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 2
Sound /sh/ Spelled ‘sh’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Handwriting ‘sh’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 3
Review: Sounds /ch/
Spelled ‘ch’ and /sh/
Spelled ‘sh’*
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Lesson 4
Sound /th/ Spelled ‘th’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Handwriting ‘th’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 5
Sound /th/ Spelled ‘th’*
Handwriting ‘th’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 6
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC and CVCCC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 7
Sound /qu/ Spelled ‘qu’
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Handwriting ‘qu’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 8
Sound /ng/ Spelled ‘ng’
Handwriting ‘ng’: Letters
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC, CCVC, and
CCVCC Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 9
Practice: Segmenting into
Phonemes
Demonstration Story
*
Dictation: Sounds with
Digraph Spellings
Handwriting: Review
Lesson 10
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Short Vowel
CCVC, CVCC, and
CCVCC Words
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CCVC, CVCC, and
CCVCC Words
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 11
Practice Reading Phrases
Reading Assessment
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
*
Lesson 12
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Reading Assessment
Small Group Reading*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CCVC, CVCC, CVCCC,
and CCVCC Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 13
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Reading Assessment
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs
Lesson 14
Reading Assessment
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CCVC and CVCC Words
(with Cues)
Lesson 15
Reading Assessment
Small Group Reading*
*
Practice: Tap and Spell
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC and CCVCC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 16
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Practice Reading Words
Reading Assessment
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CVCC, CVCCC,
CCCVCC, and CCVC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 17
Practice Reading Phrases
Reading Assessment
Small Group Reading*
*
Pausing
Point
Review: Sounds Spelling
Practice Reading Words
and Phrases*
Demonstration Stories
Partner Reading*
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
CCVC, CVCC, CCVCC,
CCCVCC and CCVCCC
Words (with Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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© 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation 13
Unit 8 (20–23 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Tricky Words: the, a*
Demonstration Story
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Tricky Words*
Generative Sentence
Writing: Including Tricky
Words
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 2
Tricky Words: of, all
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Tricky Words*
Generative Sentence
Writing: Including Tricky
Words
Lesson 3
Review: Tricky Words*
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Dictation: Tricky Words
Handwriting: Words,
including Tricky Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 4
Review: Tricky Words,
Rhyming Words
Small Group Reading
Lesson 5
Tricky Words: from, one
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Tricky Words (with Cues)
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 6
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
Dictation: One Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Initial or Final Blends
and/or Clusters
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 7
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Initial or Final Blends,
Clusters, or Digraphs
Small Group Reading
Phrases Writing:
Including One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Digraphs (with Cues)
Lesson 8
Tricky Word: was*
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Dictation: Tricky Words
Handwriting: Tricky
Words
Lesson 9
Review: Rhyming Words
Practice Reading Phrases
*
Dictation: Tricky Words
Handwriting: Tricky
Words
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Double-Letter Spellings
for Consonant Sounds
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Initial or Final Blends,
Clusters, or Consonant
Digraphs
Demonstration Story*
Word Writing: One
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with a Double
Consonant Final Spelling
(with Cues)
Lesson 11
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Initial or Final Blends,
Clusters, or Consonant
Digraphs
Partner Reading
Dictation: Tricky Words
Lesson 12
Double-Letter Spellings
for Consonant Sounds*
Demonstration Story
Whole Group Reading
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 13
Practice Reading Sounds,
Words, and Sentences
Demonstration Story*
*
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 14
Practice Reading Phrases
Partner Reading*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Lesson 15
Word Recognition
Assessment
Demonstration Story
Whole Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Lesson 16
Lowercase Letter Name
Assessment
Small Group/Partner
Reading
Practice: Rhyming Words
Reading Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Lesson 17
Tricky Word Assessment
Demonstration Story
Practice Reading Phrases
Code Knowledge
Diagnostic Assessment
*
Handwriting: Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 18
Partner Reading*
Story Reading
Assessment
Code Knowledge
Diagnostic Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Lesson 19
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Lesson 20
Review: Rhyming Words
Small Group Reading
Dictation: Tricky Words
Handwriting: Tricky
Words
Pausing
Point
Review: Tricky Words,
Sound Spelling, Rhyming
Words
Partner Reading*
Dictation: Words and
Phrases
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings for Consonant
Sounds (with Cues)
Review: Handwriting—
Double-Letter Spellings
for Consonant Sounds,
Words—Tricky Words
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 9 (23–26 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Tricky Words: when,
word*
Uppercase Letters: ‘A’,
‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’
Handwriting ‘A’ ‘B’ ‘C’ ‘D’;
Tricky Words: Letters and
Words*
Lesson 2
Tricky Words: why, to
Whole Group Reading
Response to Text
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 3
Uppercase Letters: ‘E’ ‘F’
‘G’ ‘H’
Small Group Reading
Handwriting ‘E’ ‘F’ ‘G’ ‘H’;
Tricky Words: Letters and
Words*
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 4
Review: Uppercase
Letters
Small Group Reading*
Response to Text
Lesson 5
Tricky Words: where, no, I
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 6
Uppercase Letters: ‘I’ ‘J’
‘K’ ‘L’ ‘M’
Whole Group Reading
Handwriting ‘I’ ‘J’ ‘K’ ‘L’
‘M’; Tricky Words: Letters
and Words*
Response to Text
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 7
Tricky Words: what, so
Uppercase Letters: ‘N’ ‘O’
‘P’ ‘Q’ ‘R’
Handwriting ‘N’ ‘O’ ‘P’ ‘Q’
‘R’; Tricky Words: Letters
and Words*
Lesson 8
Small Group Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Consonant Blends,
Clusters, and/or
Consonant Digraphs
Dictation: Letters
Lesson 9
Review: Tricky Words
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
Lesson 10
Tricky Word: which
Uppercase Letters: ‘S’ ‘T’
‘U’ ‘V’ ‘W’
Small Group Reading*
Handwriting ‘S’ ‘T’ ‘U’ ‘V’
‘W’; Tricky Words: Letters
and Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 11
Review: Uppercase
Letters
Tricky Word: once
Small Group Reading
Response to Text
*
Lesson 12
Uppercase Letters: ‘X’ ‘Y’
‘Z’
Partner Reading*
Handwriting ‘X’ ‘Y’ ‘Z’;
Tricky Words: Letters and
Words
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
Lesson 13
Tricky Words: said, says
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: Tricky
Words
Lesson 14
Small Group Reading*
Review: Handwriting—
Capital Letters
Response to Text
Lesson 15
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Practice Reading
Sentences
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 16
Tricky Words: are, were
Partner Reading*
Response to Text
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 17
Tricky Words: here, there*
Whole Group Reading
Word Writing: Tricky
Words
Response to Text
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 18
Review: Tricky Words
Small Group Reading*
Dictation: Phrases
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 19
Small Group Reading*
Reading Assessment
Handwriting ‘?’ ‘.’ ‘!’
Response to Text
Lesson 20
Small Group Reading
Reading Assessment
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 21
Small Group Reading*
Reading Assessment
Review: Handwriting—
Capital Letters
Response to Text
Lesson 22
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Assessment
Response to Text
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 23
Partner Reading*
Reading Assessment
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
Response to Text
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Pausing
Point
Review: Tricky Words,
Uppercase Letters
Partner Reading*
Review: Spelling Dictation
Response to Text
Review: Handwriting—
Capital Letters, Tricky
Words
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 10 (29–32 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /ee/ Spelled ‘ee’
Small Group Reading
Handwriting ‘ee’: Letters
and Words
Handwriting: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 2
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One
Syllable ‘ee’ Words (with
Cues)*
Response to Text
Lesson 3
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Tricky Words: he, she, we
Small Group Reading
Lesson 4
Small Group Reading
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short and Long Vowel
CVC, CCVC, CVCC,
CVVC, and CCVCC
Words
Response to Text
Lesson 5
Tricky Words: be, me
Whole Group Reading*
Response to Text
Lesson 6
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Review: Tricky Words
Dictation: Tricky Words
Response to Text
Word Writing: Tricky
Words, Long ‘e’ Words
Lesson 7
Sound /ae/ Spelled ‘a_e’
Small Group Reading*
Handwriting ‘a_e’: Words
Writing the Spelling
Lesson 8
Tricky Words: they, their
Small Group Reading
Large Card Chaining
Response to Text
*
Lesson 9
Whole Group Reading*
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 10
Partner Reading*
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Long and
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 11
Sound /ie/ Spelled ‘i_e’
Small Group Reading*
Handwriting ‘i_e’: Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 12
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
Lesson 13
Tricky Word: my
Small Group Reading
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short and Long Vowel
Words with the Final –e
Spelling
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)*
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 14
Practice: Reading Words
with the Final –e Spelling
Small Group Reading*
Response to Text
Lesson 15
Tricky Word: by
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Partner Reading
*
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 16
Review: Tricky Words
*
Dictation: Tricky Words
Response to Text
Word Writing: Tricky
Words
Lesson 17
Sound /oe/ Spelled ‘o_e’
Small Group Reading*
Handwriting ‘o_e’: Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 18
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
Lesson 19
Review: Sound Spelling
Partner Reading*
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short and Long
Vowel Words
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 20
Small Group Reading
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Long Vowel
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 21
Small Group Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long and Short Vowel
Words
Response to Text
Lesson 22
Sound /ue/ Spelled ‘u_e’
Small Group Reading*
Handwriting ‘u_e’: Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short and Long
Vowel Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 23
Tricky Words: you, your
Small Group Reading
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words with
the Final –e Spelling
Response to Text
*
Lesson 24
Whole Group Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words with
the Final –e Spelling
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 25
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Dictation: Tricky Words
Response to Text
Word Writing: Tricky
Words
Lesson 26
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Word
Reading
Partner Reading*
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short and Long
Vowel Words (with Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 27
Whole Group Reading*
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Letter
Sounds
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Sound
Writing
Response to Text
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short and Long
Vowel Words (with Cues)
Lesson 28
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Uppercase
Letter Names
Small Group Reading*
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Letter
Sounds
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words with
the Final –e Spelling
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Writing
Lowercase Letters
Lesson 29
Small Group Reading*
End-of-the-Year
Assessment: Letter
Sounds
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short and Long Vowel
Words
Response to Text
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Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Pausing
Point
Review: Digraphs, Sound
Spelling, Tricky Words
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Partner Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words with
the Final –e Spelling
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short and Long Vowel
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Long Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text
Handwriting: Tricky
Words
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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The Skills strand of the Core Knowledge Language Arts program teaches students the decoding skills needed for
(future) independent reading. Each Skills lesson begins with a warm-up, reviewing previously taught content in
reading, writing, and/or grammar. All reading times—denoted below as demonstration stories or whole group, small
group, or partner reading—consist of a story preview, presentation, and discussion. For a unit-by-unit alignment of
Skills learning objectives to the Common Core State Standards, please visit
http://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-1-english-language-arts.
Unit 1 (32–35 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sounds /p/, /k/, /g/, /n/, /a/
Spelled ‘p’—‘P’, ‘c’—‘C’,
‘g’—‘G’, ‘n’—‘N’, ‘a’—‘A’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘a’ ‘A’ ‘p’ ‘P’
‘n’ ‘N’ ‘c’ ‘C’ ‘g’ ‘G’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 2
Sounds /i/, /o/, /t/, /d/
Spelled ‘i’—‘I’, ‘o’—‘O’,
‘t’—‘T’, ‘d’—‘D’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘i’ ‘I’ ‘o’ ‘O’ ‘t’
‘T’ ‘d’ ‘D’: Letters
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 3
Tricky Words: a, I
Identifying Nouns
Review: Handwriting—
Letters
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 4
Sounds /m/, /f/, /v/ Spelled
‘m’—‘M’, ‘f’—‘F’, ‘v’—‘V’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘m’ ‘M’ ‘f’ ‘F’
‘v’ ‘V’: Letters
Phrase Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 5
Sounds /s/, /z/, /h/ Spelled
‘s’—‘S’, ‘z’—‘Z’, ‘h’—‘H’
Tricky Words: no, so, of
Practice Reading Phrases
Large Card Chaining:
One-Syllable Short
Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘s’ ‘S’ ‘z’ ‘Z’
‘h’ ‘H’: Letters and Words
Lesson 6
Word Recognition
Assessment
Partner Reading
Lesson 7
Reading Assessment
Independent Reading
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 8
Reading Assessment
Independent Reading
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 9
Reading Assessment
Independent Reading
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 10
Reading Assessment
Independent Reading
Word Writing: Using
Letters to Make Words
Lesson 11
Sister Sounds /s/ and /z/,
/f/ and /v/*
Tricky Words: is, to
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 12
Sounds /b/, /l/, /r/ Spelled
‘b’—‘B’, ‘l’—‘L’, ‘r’—‘R’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘b’ ‘B’ ‘l’ ‘L’ ‘r’
‘R’: Letters and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel CVC
and CVCC Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 13
Sounds /w/, /e/, /u/
Spelled ‘w’—‘W’, ‘e’—‘E’,
‘u’—‘U’
Tricky Words: all, some*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘w’ ‘W’ ‘e’ ‘E’
‘u’ ‘U’: Letters
Word Writing: Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 14
Tricky Words: from, word
Reading Phrases
Identifying Nouns
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Lesson 15
Sounds /j/, /y/ Spelled ‘j’—
‘J’, ‘y’—‘Y’
Tricky Words: are, have,
were*
Reading Phrases
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Handwriting ‘j’ ‘J’ ‘y’ ‘Y’:
Letters and Words
Lesson 16
Sounds /x/, /k/ Spelled
‘x’—’X’, ‘k’—’K’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
t
Tricky Words: one, once
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
t
Handwriting ‘x’ ‘X’ ‘k’ ‘K’:
Letters and Words
Lesson 17
Sounds /ch/, /sh/ Spelled
‘ch’, ‘sh’
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Tricky Words: do, two*
Identifying Nouns
Handwriting ‘ch’ ‘sh’:
Letters and Words
Lesson 18
Sister Sounds /th/ and
/th/*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Practice Reading Phrases
and Sentences
Handwriting ‘th’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 19
Tricky Words: the, who
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 20
Sounds /ng/, /qu/ Spelled
‘ng’, ‘qu’*
Tricky Words: said, says
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Handwriting ‘ng’ ‘qu’:
Letters and Words
Response to Text:
Sentences
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 21
Review: Vowel Sounds
Demonstration Story
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 22
Review: Consonant and
Vowel Sounds
Small Group Reading*
Identifying Nouns
Lesson 23
Sounds /k/, /b/, /d/, /f/, /g/,
/l/, /m/, /s/ Spelled ‘ck’,
‘bb’, ‘dd’, ‘ff ’, ‘gg’, ‘ll’,
‘mm’, ‘ss’
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 24
Sounds /k/, /n/, /p/, /r/, /t/,
/z/ Spelled ‘cc’, ‘nn’, ‘pp’,
‘rr’, ‘tt’, ‘zz’
Sound /k/ Spelled ‘c’, ‘ck’,
‘k’, ‘cc’
Word Writing: One
Syllable Short Vowel
Words with Double-Letter
Spellings (with Cues)
Lesson 25
Sister Sounds /s/ and /z/
Tricky Words: was, when,
why
*
Lesson 26
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Identifying Nouns*
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 27
Tricky Words: where,
what, which
Review: Question Mark
Lesson 28
Partner Reading
Review: Tricky Words
*
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 29
Tricky Words: here, there
Partner Reading
Identifying Nouns
Review: Question Mark
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Lesson 30
Review: Letter Names
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words with
Double-Letter Spellings
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 31
Review: Tricky Words
Partner Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 32
Review: Tricky Words
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words, Alphabet
Partner Reading*
Practice Reading
Phrases*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Chaining
Dictation
Review: Handwriting—
Letters
Word and Phrase Writing:
One-Syllable Short Vowel
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
t
Chaining appears in both columns as both Chaining for Reading and Chaining for Spelling are practiced in this lesson.
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Unit 2 (19–22 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Vowel Digraph ‘ee’*
Demonstration Story
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Handwriting ‘ee’: Letters
and Words
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 2
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Tricky Words: he, she, be,
me, we
Demonstration Story*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Identifying Proper Nouns
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 3
Vowel Digraph ‘a_e’
Small Group Reading*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Long Vowel
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Lesson 4
Review: Vowel Digraphs
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
Lesson 5
Tricky Words: they, their*
Whole Group Reading
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 6
Vowel Digraph ‘i_e’
Partner Reading
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Long Vowel
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 7
Review: Tricky Words
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 8
Vowel Digraph ‘o_e’
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Long Vowel
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Handwriting ‘o_e’: Words
Lesson 9
Small Group Reading
Identifying Nouns
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Tricky Words: my, by
Demonstration Story
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences
*
Lesson 11
Review: Tricky Words
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
*
Identifying Nouns
Chaining: One-Syllable
Long Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 12
Vowel Digraph ‘u_e’
Demonstration Story*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Long Vowel
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 13
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Long Vowel
Digraphs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 14
Tricky Words: you, your
Small Group Reading
Lesson 15
Review: Tricky Words
Demonstration Story*
Review: Sound Spelling
Review: Identifying
Nouns
Lesson 16
Small Group Reading
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words
Review: Identifying
Nouns
Lesson 17
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words*
Review: Identifying
Nouns
Response to Text:
Sentence, Pictorial
Representation
Lesson 18
Word Recognition
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Lesson 19
Small Group Reading
Assessment: Identifying
Nouns
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words*
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Review: Identifying
Nouns
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Words with
Long Vowel Digraphs
Review: Handwriting—
Words with Vowel
Digraphs, Tricky Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with Long
Vowel Digraphs (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 3 (19–22 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /oo/ Spelled ‘oo’
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Words
Introduction: same,
green, stone, line, make,
hide, seed, they*
Handwriting ‘oo’: Letters
and Words
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 2
Tricky Word because
*
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words
Planning a Fictional
Narrative
Response to Text
Lesson 3
Review: Sound /oo/
Partner Reading
Drafting a Fictional
Narrative
Lesson 4
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Editing a Fictional
Narrative
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 5
Review: Tricky Words
Sound /oo/ Spelled ‘oo’
*
Spelling Assessment
Handwriting ‘oo’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 6
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Words
Introduction: frog, moth,
quote, wood, took,
spoon, tooth, why*
Planning and Drafting a
Book Report
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 7
Tricky Spelling ‘oo’*
Tricky Words: could,
should, would
Editing a Book Report
Word Writing: One-
Syllable ‘oo’ Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 8
Small Group Reading
Identifying Verbs
Writing a Book Report
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 9
Sound /ou/ Spelled ‘ou’
Small Group Reading
Handwriting ‘ou’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 10
Tricky Word down
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Whole Group Reading*
Identifying Verbs
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Vocabulary: Pictorial
Representations
Lesson 11
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Review: Tricky Words
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions
Spelling Words
Introduction: brook,
stood, booth, room,
south, proud, shout,
down
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 12
Sound /oi/ Spelled ‘oi’*
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Handwriting ‘oi’: Letters
and Words
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation (with
Citation)
Lesson 13
Review: Sounds
Small Group Reading
Identifying Past- and
Present-Tense Verbs
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Lesson 14
Small Group Reading
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words
Lesson 15
Sound /aw/ Spelled ‘aw’
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Spelling Assessment
Handwriting ‘aw’: Letters
and Sounds
Lesson 16
Review: Tricky Words*
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Identifying Present- and
Past-Tense Verbs
Response to Text:
Pictorial Representation
Lesson 17
Small Group/Partner
Reading*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words
Lesson 18
Review: Tricky Words
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation (with
Citation)
Lesson 19
Word Recognition
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Story Comprehension
Assessment
Story Comprehension
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words, Words with
Vowel Digraphs
Practice Reading Phrases
and Sentences
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Review: Identifying
Verbs, Identifying Nouns
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Words,
Phrases, and Sentences
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words, Tricky
Words (with Cues)
Review: Handwriting—
Words with Double-Letter
Consonant Sounds
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation (with
Citation)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 4 (28–31 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Sound /er/ Spelled ‘er’
Spelling Words
Introduction: Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday*
Lesson 2
Review: Sound /er/
Speller ‘er’*
Whole Group Reading
Contractions
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 3
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Contractions
Handwriting ‘er’: Letters
and Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 4
Medial Sounds
Sound /ar/ Spelled ‘ar’*
Whole Group Reading
Handwriting ‘ar’: Letters
and Words
Lesson 5
Review: Medial Sounds
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with /er/ and /ar/
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with /er/
and /ar/
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 6
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Contractions
Spelling Words
Introduction: sharp, fern,
start, spoil, verb, shark,
crawl, because*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 7
Minimal Pairs
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Sound /or/ Spelled ‘or’
*
Two-Syllable Words
Handwriting ‘or’: Letters
and Words
*
Lesson 8
Two-Syllable Words
Tricky Words: yesterday,
today, tomorrow
Small Group Reading*
Dictation: Tricky Words
Word Writing: Tricky
Words
Lesson 9
Two-Syllable Words
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Identifying Nouns and
Verbs
Dictation: One-Syllable
Words with Digraph
Vowel Sounds or an r-
Controlled Syllable
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with
Digraph Vowel Sounds or
an r-Controlled Syllable
Response to Text:
Sentences
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Chaining: Two-Syllable
Words
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 11
Chaining with Two-
Syllable Words
Reading: Wiggle Cards
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: barking,
carpet, zipper, perfume,
border, morning, forest,
today*
Dictation Identification:
Two-Syllable Words
(with Cues)
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 12
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Verb Identification: Present
and Past Tense
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
Response to Text: Fill-in-
the-Blank, Sentence
Lesson 13
Small Group Reading
*
Past, Present, and Future
Verb Tenses
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable, Past-Tense
Verbs (with Cues)
Lesson 14
Clapping and Reading
Two-Syllable Words
Review: Vowel Sounds
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 15
Partner Reading
Spelling Assessment
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 16
Whole Group Reading
Verb Identification
Spelling Words
Introduction: sounded,
lifted, pointed, parked,
waved, grinned, tripped,
have*
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 17
Small Group Reading
Identifying Nouns and
Verbs
*
Lesson 18
Chaining: Two-Syllable
Words with Endings –
ness and –less
t
*
Using Adjectives
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
t
Lesson 19
Partner Reading
Past-Tense Verbs
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable, Past-Tense
Verbs (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 20
Review: Sounds /ar/ and
/er/
Spelling Assessment
Descriptive Writing:
Planning
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 21
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Descriptive Writing:
Drafting*
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 22
*
Past-Tense Marker –ed
Descriptive Writing:
Planning and Research
Using Informational Text
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable, Past-Tense
Verbs
Lesson 23
Small Group Reading
*
Descriptive Writing:
Drafting
Lesson 24
Review: Word Reading
Descriptive Writing:
Editing
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable, Compound
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 25
Small Group Reading
Grammar Assessment
Dictation Assessment
Dictation Assessment
Descriptive Writing:
Review
Lesson 26
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Word Reading in Isolation
Assessment
Lesson 27
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Word Reading in Isolation
Assessment
Lesson 28
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Word Reading in Isolation
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Recognizing and
Isolating Sounds, Tricky
Words, Minimal Pairs
Reading Phrases and
Sentences
Reading Decodable
Stories*
Identifying Verbs and
Adjectives in
Phrases/Sentences
Understanding Past,
Present, and Future Tense
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Words
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences, Paragraph
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
t
Chaining appears in both columns as both Chaining for Reading and Chaining for Spelling are practiced in this lesson.
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Unit 5 (22–25 days)*
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternatives ‘p’
and ‘pp’ for /p/
Plural Nouns
Root Words
Spelling Words
Introduction: horn, porch,
short, park, barns, herd,
verb, said*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Singular and
Plural Nouns (with Cues);
Two-Syllable Words with
–ed and –ing Endings
Lesson 2
Tricky Word how
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Plural Nouns
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Singular and
Plural Nouns (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 3
Spelling Alternatives ‘b’
and ‘bb’ for /b/
Statements and
Questions
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ed
and –ing Endings (with
Cues)
Handwriting ‘?’ ‘.’: Marks
and Sentences
*
Lesson 4
Spelling Alternatives ‘c’ ‘k’
‘cc’ ‘ck’ for /k/*
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
*
Lesson 5
Spelling Alternatives ‘c’ ‘k’
‘cc’ ‘ck’ for /k/
Root Words
Statements and
Questions
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ed
and –ing Endings (with
Cues)
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Punctuation
and Capitalization
Lesson 6
Spelling Alternatives ‘ch’
and ‘tch’ for /ch/
Small Group Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: chips, much,
catch, fetch, marsh,
shine, flash, how*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 7
Spelling Alternatives ‘g’
and ‘gg’ for /g/
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
*
Statements and
Questions
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Punctuation
and Capitalization
Response to Image
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
Lesson 8
Spelling Alternatives ‘j’
‘g’ ‘ge’ for /j/
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 9
Tricky Spelling ‘g’ for /g/
and /j/
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Review: Plural Nouns*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘g’ > /g/ or /j/ (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 10
Review: Sound Spelling
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Paragraph
Lesson 11
Spelling Alternatives ‘t’ ‘tt’
‘ed’ for /t/
*
Statements, Questions,
and Exclamations
Spelling Words
Introduction: jumping,
jars, germ, gem, charged,
fringe, magic, your*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘t’, ‘tt’, or ‘ed’ > /t/ (with
Cues)
Handwriting ‘!’ ‘?’ ‘.’:
Marks and Sentences
Lesson 12
Review: Sister Sounds
Spelling Alternatives ‘d’
‘dd’ ‘ed’ for /d/
Tricky Word (stage)coach
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘d’, ‘dd’, ‘ed’ > /d/ (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 13
Spelling Alternatives ‘f’ ‘ff’
for /f/
Small Group Reading
Statements, Questions,
and Exclamations
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Handwriting ‘!’ ‘?’ ‘.’:
Marks and Sentences
Response to Text: Fill-in-
the-Blank, Sentence,
Pictorial Representation
(with Citation)
Lesson 14
Spelling Alternatives ‘v’
‘ve’ for /v/
Tricky Word picture
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Statements, Questions,
and Exclamations
Word Writing- One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentence (with Citation)
Lesson 15
Partner Reading
Spelling Assessment
Introduction to Opinion
Writing
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 16
Spelling Alternatives ‘r’ ‘rr’
‘wr’ for /r/
Spelling Words
Introduction: trucker,
kitten, parked, duck, add,
planned, offer, was*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘r’, ‘rr’, ‘wr’ > /r/ (with
Cues)
Writing an Opinion
Paragraph (Whole
Group)
Lesson 17
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Writing and Opinion
Paragraph (Independent)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
*
Lesson 18
*
Sentence Building
Editing an Opinion
Paragraph
Lesson 19
Spelling Alternatives ‘l’ ‘ll’
for /ll/
Partner Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘l’, ‘ll’
> /l/ (with Cues)
Lesson 20
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Review: Tricky Words
Partner Reading*
Review: Adjectives
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 21
Review: Two-Syllable
Words
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
*
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 22
Word Recognition
Assessment
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Grammar Assessment
Response to Text
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words, Minimal
Pairs, Sister Sounds,
Tricky Spellings
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Review: Statements,
Questions, and
Exclamations; Building
Sentences
Chaining: One- and Two-
Syllable Words
Dictation Identification:
One- and Two-Syllable
Words
Review: Handwriting—
Letters and Words
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences, Friendly
Letter (with Citation)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 6 (25–28 days)*
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternative ‘c’ for
/s/
Spelling Words
Introduction: swimming,
rotten, hidden, batter,
shredded, popping,
nodded, their*
Introduction to Personal
Narratives
Lesson 2
Tricky Spelling ‘c’ for /s/
and /k/
Planning a Personal
Narrative (Whole Group)*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Word with
‘c’ > /k/ or /s/ (with Cues)
Lesson 3
Review: Tricky Spelling ‘c’
Writing a Personal
Narrative (Whole Group)
Lesson 4
Spelling Alternatives ‘ce’
‘se’ for /s/
Planning and Writing a
Personal Narrative
(Individual)
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘ce’
or ‘se’ > /s/ (with Cues)
Lesson 5
Spelling Assessment
Editing and Publishing a
Personal Narrative
Lesson 6
Review: Tricky Spelling
‘c’, Spelling Alternatives
for /s/
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension
(with Citation)
Spelling Words
Introduction: sun, kiss,
cent, prince, jazz, pigs,
zip, here*
Response to Text:
Sentence (with Citation)
Lesson 7
Small Group Reading*
Nouns and Pronouns
Word Writing: Pronouns
Lesson 8
Review: Tricky Spelling
‘g’, Spelling Alternatives
for /j/
Small Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 9
Small Group Reading
Nouns and Pronouns
Word Writing: Pronouns,
One-Syllable Words (with
Cues)*
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 10
Spelling Alternative ‘kn’
for /n/
Small Group Reading
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Word with
‘s’, ‘ss’, or ‘c’ > /s/ (with
Cues)*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 11
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /s/ and /n/
Small Group Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: maps, mice,
hammer, trimmed,
skipped, scrub, space,
could*
Word Writing: One- or
Two-Syllable Words with
‘n’, ‘nn’, or ‘kn’ > /n/ (with
Cues), One-Syllable
Words with –ed and –ing
Endings
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 12
Review: Tricky Words
Small Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 13
Small Group Reading*
Nouns and Pronouns
Word Writing: Pronouns
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 14
Small Group Reading
Building Sentences with
Adjectives and
Prepositions
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 15
Partner Reading
Review: Plural Nouns
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Plural Nouns
(with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 16
Spelling Alternative ‘wh’
for /w/
Small Group Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: knit, kneel,
nose, center, nugget,
running, winner, which*
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 17
Partner Reading
Dictation: Consonant
Sounds
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 18
Spelling Alternative ‘n’ for
/ng/
Small Group Reading*
Lesson 19
Tricky Spelling ‘n’ for /n/
and /ng/
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘n’ >
/n/ or /ng/ (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 20
Partner Reading
Review: Pronouns
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 21
Review: Root Words and
Endings
Small Group Reading*
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ed
or –ing Endings
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 22
Small Group Reading
Dictation: Words with
Vowel Digraphs
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 23
Tricky Word cow
Small Group Reading
*
Word Writing: One- and
Two- Syllable Words
(with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 24
Word Recognition
Assessment
Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 25
Story Comprehension
Assessment
Wiggle Cards
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words
Partner Reading*
Review: Building
Sentences with Adjectives
and Prepositions,
Pronouns
Dictation Identification:
One- and Two-Syllable
Words
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Planning and Drafting
Descriptions
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 7 (20–23 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternatives for
/ae/
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Spelling Words
Introduction: fade,
knocked, knitting, pitch,
wrapper, hands, drinking,
by*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘ai’
and ‘ay’ > /ae/ (with
Cues)
Lesson 2
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Whole Group Reading
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘ai’
and ‘ay’ > /ae/ (with
Cues)*
Lesson 3
Small Group Reading
Review: Plural Nouns
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 4
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Noun-Verb Agreement
Word Writing: Nouns and
Verbs, One- and Two-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Paragraph
Lesson 5
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Small Group Reading*
Spelling Assessment
Lesson 6
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Noun-Verb Agreement
Spelling Words
Introduction: rain, hair,
explain, stay, stray,
display, escape, your*
Word Writing: Nouns and
Verbs (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 7
Partner Reading
Commas in a Series
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation),
Friendly Letter
Lesson 8
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Review: Root Words and
Endings
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ed
and –ing Endings
Sentence Writing
Response to Text:
Sentence (with Citation)
Lesson 9
Partner Reading
Review: Punctuation*
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 10
Small Group Reading
Review: Punctuation
Spelling Assessment
Lesson 11
Spelling Alternatives for
/oe/
Small Group Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: classmate,
airplane, gain,
brainstorm, railway, layer,
playground, who*
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 12
Small Group Reading
Building Sentences with
Conjunctions
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘oa’ >
/oe/ or ‘ai’, ‘ay’ > /ae/
(with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 13
Whole Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation),
Pictorial Representation
Instructional Writing:
Introduction
Lesson 14
Small Group Reading*
Instructional Writing:
Sequencing Steps
Lesson 15
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Instructional Writing:
Giving Good Oral
Instructions
Lesson 16
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Instructional Writing:
Planning and Drafting
Lesson 17
Small Group Reading
Instructional Writing:
Editing and Publishing
Lesson 18
Small Group Reading*
Noun-Verb Agreement
Commas in a Series
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 19
Silent Reading
Comprehension
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 20
Fluency Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Small Group Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 21
Word Reading in Isolation
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Pausing
Point
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Review: Quotation Marks,
Commas
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Dictation Identification:
Sounds, Words, Phrases,
and Sentences
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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The Skills strand of the Core Knowledge Language Arts program teaches students the decoding skills needed for
(future) independent reading. Each Skills lesson begins with a warm-up, reviewing previously taught content in
reading, writing, and/or grammar. All reading times—denoted below as demonstration stories or whole group, small
group, or partner reading—consist of a story preview, presentation, and discussion. For a unit-by-unit alignment of
Skills learning objectives to the Common Core State Standards, please visit
http://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-2-english-language-arts.
Unit 1 (22–25 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Basic Code Spellings for
/a/, /i/, /p/, /b/, /t/, /d/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Lesson 2
Basic Code Spellings for
/o/, /e/, /u/, /k/, /g/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Lesson 3
Basic Code Spellings for
/k/, /j/, /v/, /f/, /h/, /l/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Lesson 4
Basic Code Spellings for
/th/, /th/, /n/, /ng/, /sh/, /ch/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
Lesson 5
Basic Code Spellings for
/s/, /z/, /m/, /w/, /r/, /y/, /x/,
/qu/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Dictation: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Short Vowel
Words
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 6
Story Reading
Assessment
Word Writing: Creating
Compound Words
Lesson 7
Story Reading
Assessment
Word Reading
Assessment
Multi-Sentence
Description
Pictorial Representation
Lesson 8
Story Reading
Assessment
Word Reading
Assessment
Lesson 9
Story Reading
Assessment
Word Reading
Assessment
Pictorial Representation
Word Writing: Creating
Compound Words
Lesson 10
Word Reading
Assessment
Pictorial Representation
Multi-Sentence
Description
Lesson 11
Tricky Words: the, he, she,
we, be, me
Double Letter Spellings
‘bb’, ‘cc’, ‘ck’, ‘dd’, ‘ff ’, ‘gg’,
‘ll’
Partner Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: bandit,
shelf, sprang, munch,
picnic, think, wish, drift,
box, she*
Lesson 12
Tricky Words: was, of, a*
Double Letter Spellings
‘mm’, ‘nn’, ‘pp’, ‘rr’, ‘ss’, ‘tt’,
‘zz’;
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Order of Events
Lesson 13
Two-Syllable Words
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ing
Endings
Response to Text:
Sentence
Lesson 14
Tricky Words: do, down,
how, to
Tricky Spelling ‘g’
Small Group Reading
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘g’ > /g/ or /j/
Lesson 15
Tricky Spelling ‘c’
Small Group Reading
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘c’ > /k/ or /s/
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 16
Spelling Alternatives ‘qu’,
‘wh’, ‘wr’, ‘kn’
Whole Group Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: snacking,
mixing, smelling, running,
kissing, buzzing, hitting,
until, problem, how*
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 17
Spelling Alternatives ‘ge’,
‘ve’
Tricky Words: what,
where, why, from*
Whole Group Reading*
Lesson 18
Tricky Words: once, one
Spelling Alternatives ‘se’,
‘ce’, ‘tch’
Whole Group Reading*
Lesson 19
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Past Tense –ed
Word Writing: Two-
Syllable Words with –ed
Endings
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 20
Tricky Spelling ‘s’
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘s’ > /s/ or /z/
Lesson 21
Tricky Spelling ‘n’
Tricky Words: could,
would, should
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Spelling Words
Introduction: sand, sang,
sank, hunt, hung, hunk,
thin, thing, think, should*
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 22
Tricky Words: there, said,
says, word
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Skills Assessment
Spelling Assessment
Dictation Identification
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Chaining: One-Syllable
Short Vowel Words
Review: Sound Spelling,
Digraphs, Spelling
Alternatives, Tricky Words,
Tricky Spellings
Review: Capitalization,
Punctuation,
Past Tense –ed
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 2 (16–19 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Review: Basic Code
Spellings for /ae/ and /ie/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words with Magic ‘e’
Ending
Tricky Words: I, you, your,
street
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Words
Introduction: yelled,
yanked, slumped,
limped, plopped, smiled,
shrugged, liked, patted,
you*
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
*
Lesson 2
Review: Basic Code
Spellings for /oe/ and /ue/*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words with Magic ‘e’
Ending
Reading Two-Syllable
Words
Tricky Words: my, by,
have
Partner Reading
Lesson 3
Basic Code Spellings /ee/
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words with Magic ‘e’
Close Reading*
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Lesson 4
Tricky Words: all, who
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Quotation Marks
Handwriting: Quotations
Response to Text:
Sentences (with
Citation)*
Lesson 5
Review: Tricky Spelling
‘oo’
Tricky Words: no, go, so
Small Group Reading
Spelling Assessment
Lesson 6
Tricky Words: are, were,
some
Spelling Words
Introduction: smiling,
racing, hoping, baking,
inviting, confusing,
tasting, competing,
hopping, were*
Planning a Fictional
Narrative
*
Lesson 7
Basic Code ‘ou’ and ‘ow’
for /ou/
Drafting a Fictional
Narrative (Whole Group)
Lesson 8
Basic Code ‘oi’ and ‘oy’ for
/oy/
*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Editing a Fictional
Narrative (Whole Group)
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 9
Close Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Quotation Marks
Handwriting: Quotations
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
(with Citation)
Lesson 10
Tricky Words: they, their+
Review: Basic Code
Spellings for /er/
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Word and Sentence
Writing: Two-Syllable
Words with /er/ Endings
(with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 11
Review: Basic Code
Spellings for /or/ and /ar/
*
Quotation Marks
Spelling Words
Introduction: it’s, that’s,
she’s, isn’t, aren’t,
wasn’t, I’ll, you’ll, she’ll,
their*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Handwriting: Quotations
*
Lesson 12
Close Reading*
Planning and Drafting a
Narrative Book Report
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Lesson 13
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice,
Sequencing
Antonyms
Editing a Narrative Book
Report
Response to Text:
Sentence
Lesson 14
Antonyms
Editing and Writing a
Final Narrative Book
Report
Lesson 15
Whole Group Reading
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text: Fill-in-
the-Blank, Multi-
Sentence Description,
Pictorial Representation
Lesson 16
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Words Correct Per Minute
Assessment
Dictation Identification
Assessment
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Words, Tricky
Spelling
Reading: Wiggle Cards,
Two-Syllable Words
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions,
Multiple Choice
Independent Reading
Review: Quotation Marks
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Dictation Identification:
One-Syllable Words
Review: Fictional
Narrative Writing,
Narrative Book Report
Writing
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Sentence Writing
Response to Text:
Pictorial Representation,
Multi-Sentence
Description, Sentences
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 3 (25–28 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternatives for
/ae/
Review: Tricky Words
Whole Group Reading*
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: sister, letter,
expert, born, sports,
short, mark, started,
backyard, some*
*
Lesson 2
Spelling Alternatives for
/ae/: ‘a_e’, ‘ai’, ‘ay’*
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘ai’, ‘ay’, or ‘a_e’ > /ae/
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 3
Spelling Alternatives for
/ae/: ‘a’
Tricky Spelling ‘a’
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank
Chaining
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
/ae/ Sound Spelling (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 4
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Tricky Spelling ‘a’
Close Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank
Response to Text: Venn
Diagram
Lesson 5
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Spelling Assessment
Word and Sentence
Writing: One- and Two-
Syllable Words with
‘a_e’, ‘a’, ‘ai’, or ‘ay’ >
/ae/
Lesson 6
Spelling Alternatives for
/oe/
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions*
Spelling Words
Introduction: page, germ,
digit, gray, space, face,
cell, center, carpet, are*
Lesson 7
Spelling Alternatives for
/oe/: ‘oa’, ‘oe’*
Chaining: One-Syllable
Words
Common Nouns
Word and Sentence
Writing: One- and Two-
Syllable Words with ‘oa’,
‘oe’, or ‘o_e’ > /oe/,
Nouns
Lesson 8
Spelling Alternatives for
/oe/: ‘o’
Tricky Spelling ‘o’
Close Reading
*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘o’, ‘oa’, ‘oe’, ‘o_e’
Response to Text: Venn
Diagram*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 9
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Tricky Spelling ‘o’
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank
Word Writing: Building
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 10
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
/oe/ Sound Spelling (with
Cues)
Lesson 11
Spelling Alternatives for
/ie/
Close Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank,
Sequencing Events
Spelling Words
Introduction: knotted,
knitting, knocked,
wringing, wronged,
whipped, whined,
quitting, quacked, all*
Writing the Spelling
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 12
Spelling Alternatives for
/ie/: ‘ie’, ‘i'
Common and Proper
Nouns
Sentence Writing:
Common and Proper
Nouns
Lesson 13
Tricky Spelling ‘i'
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Small Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
/ie/ Sound Spelling (with
Cues)
*
Lesson 14
Partner Reading
Capitalization
Common and Proper
Nouns
Word and Sentence
Writing: Correcting
Grammar (with Cues)*
Lesson 15
Dictation Decoding
Assessment
Plural Nouns
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Plural
Nouns
Lesson 16
Spelling Alternatives for
/ue/
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill-in-the-Blank
Spelling Words
Introduction: under,
noise, open, brave, cute,
over, silence, close,
scared, ugly, minus, last,
foe, robber, road,
subtract, final, rival,
bandit, street*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
*
Lesson 17
Spelling Alternatives for
/ue/: ‘u’, ‘u_e’, ‘ue’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Plural Nouns
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues),
Plural Nouns
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 18
Review: Spelling
Alternatives
Close Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Word and Sentence
Writing: One-, Two-, and
Three- Syllable Words
with /ue/ Sound Spelling
(with Cues)
Response to Tex:
Adjectives
*
Lesson 19
Spelling Alternatives for
/aw/: ‘aw’, ‘au’
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Response to Text:
Sentence (with Citation)
Lesson 20
Spelling Alternatives for
/aw/: ‘augh’
Close Reading
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Adjectives
Lesson 21
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /aw/
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions*
Planning a Personal
Narrative (Whole
Group)*
*
Lesson 22
Action Verbs
Planning and Drafting a
Personal Narrative
(Whole Group)*
Lesson 23
Action Verbs
Planning and Drafting a
Personal Narrative
(Independent)
Sentence Writing*
Lesson 24
Edit and Rewrite a
Personal Narrative
(Independent)
*
Lesson 25
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Grammar Assessment
Dictation Identification
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Spelling
Alternatives, Tricky Words
Chaining: One- and Two-
Syllable Words
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank, Yes/No
Questions, Multiple Choice
Review: Nouns, Verbs,
Synonyms and
Antonyms
Chaining: One- and Two-
Syllable Words
Dictation: Long Vowel
Words
Sentence Writing (with
Cues)
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Pictorial Representation,
Sentences
Narrative Writing
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*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 4 (25–28 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternatives for
/er/: ‘er’, ‘ur’, ‘ir’
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions
Review: Tricky Words
Spelling Words
Introduction: hawk, yarn,
crawl, vault, haunted,
causes, oil, spoiled, coin,
cowboy, enjoy, destroy,
moon, spool, cartoon*
Lesson 2
Spelling Alternatives for
/er/: ‘er’, ‘ur’, ‘ir’*
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions
Whole Group Reading
Lesson 3
Spelling Alternative for /i/:
‘y’
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions Fill in
the Blank*
Partner Reading*
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 4
Spelling Alternatives for
/ie/: ‘i’ in One-Syllable
Words
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Close Reading
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Lesson 5
Spelling Alternative for /ie/:
‘igh’
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Synonyms and
Antonyms
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Synonyms
and Antonyms (with
Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentence
Lesson 6
Spelling Alternative for /ie/:
‘y’
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Changing ‘y’ to ‘i’ and
Adding –es
Partner Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: car, bar,
store, chore, nerve,
serve, stir, shirt, girl, bird,
fur, hurt, turn, purse, all*
Word Writing: Plural
Words
Lesson 7
Whole Group Reading
Singular and Plural
Nouns
Word Writing: Plural
Words
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 8
Tricky Spelling ‘o’
Spelling Alternative for
/oe/: ‘o’ in One-Syllable
Words
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Close Reading*
Action Verbs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words
Response to Text:
Summary Paragraph*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 9
Spelling Alternative for
/oe/: ‘ow’
Tricky Spelling ‘ow’
Whole Group Reading
Nouns and Action Verbs
Word Writing: One-
Syllable Words with ‘ow’
> /oe/ or /ow/
Lesson 10
Partner Reading
Regular and Irregular
Singular and Plural
Nouns
Spelling Assessment
Word and Sentence
Writing: Plural Nouns
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 11
Tricky Spelling ‘e’
Spelling Alternative for
/ee/: ‘e’
Whole Group Reading
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: below,
yellow, elbow, rainbow,
snow, sorrow, arrow,
plow, flowers, growling,
powder, shower, meow,
chow, your*
Lesson 12
*
Proper Nouns
Word and Sentence
Writing: Proper Nouns
Introduction to a
Persuasive Writing
Lesson 13
*
Proper Nouns
Word and Sentence
Writing: Proper Nouns
Planning and Drafting a
Persuasive Letter
*
Lesson 14
Introduction of to be as a
Verb
Word and Sentence
Writing: Verb ‘to be’
Writing the Spelling
Planning and Drafting a
Persuasive Letter
Lesson 15
Close Reading
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Planning and Drafting a
Persuasive Letter
Lesson 16
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Spelling Words
Introduction: eve,
complete, creek, week,
meeting, she, we, fever,
zero, pretend, squeak,
meal, wheat, seal,
people*
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, Three-Syllable
Words with /ie/ Sound
Spelling
Editing a Persuasive
Letter
Lesson 17
Tricky Spelling ‘y’
Spelling Alternatives for
/ee/: ‘y’, ‘ey’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank*
Close Reading
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)*
Response to Text: List
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 18
Tricky Spelling ‘y’
Changing ‘y’ to ‘i’ and
Adding –es
Small Group Reading
Partner Reading*
*
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words with ‘y’ (with
Cues), Nouns and Verbs
*
Lesson 19
Small Group Reading
Partner Reading
Present and Past Tense:
to be
Word and Sentence
Writing: to be
Lesson 20
Grammar Review
Spelling Assessment
Editing a Persuasive
Letter
Lesson 21
Spelling Alternative for
/aw/: ‘a’ + ‘I’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank*
Whole Group Reading
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)*
Lesson 22
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Reading: Wiggle Cards
Grammar Assessment
Response to Text
Lesson 23
Oral Reading Fluency
Assessment
Lesson 24
Oral Reading Fluency
Assessment
Word Identification and
Decoding Skills
Assessment
Lesson 25
Oral Reading Fluency
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Spelling
Independent Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank, Yes/No
Questions
Review of Synonyms and
Antonyms
Review of Singular,
Plural, Proper Nouns
Review of Action Verbs
Dictation: High-
Frequency Words
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text:
Sentences
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 5 (30–33 days)*
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternatives for
/u/: ‘o’, ‘ou’, ‘o_e’
Introducing Adjectives
Spelling Words
Introduction: quickly,
slowly, daddy, neatly,
funny, happy, ugly, angry,
pretty, jelly, empty,
grumpy, chilly, mommy,
alphabet*
Lesson 2
Spelling Alternative for
/u/: ‘o’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Whole Group Reading*
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words with
‘u’ or ‘o’ > /u/
*
Lesson 3
Spelling Alternative for
/u/: ‘o_e’, ‘ou’
Partner Reading*
Word and Sentence
Writing: Words with /u/
Sound Spelling
*
Lesson 4
Close Reading
*
Adjectives
Response to Text:
Defining well
Lesson 5
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /u/
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank, Multiple
Choice
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Words with
/u/ Sound Spelling (with
Cues)
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Lesson 6
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /u/
*
Subject and Predicate
Spelling Words
Introduction: knight, light,
nearby, might, bright,
trying, high, crying, sky,
right, pry, drying,
frightened, why,
kingdom*
Response to Text: Parts
of Speech (with
Citation), Sentence or
Story
Lesson 7
Spelling Alternatives for
Schwa /ə/: ‘a’, ‘e’
Close Reading
Response to Text: List,
Sentences
*
Lesson 8
Spelling Alternatives for
/ə/: ‘a’, ‘e’
Whole Group Reading*
Dictation: One-, Two-,
and Three-Syllable
Words with /ə/ or /u/
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words with /ə/ or /u/
Response to Text:
Sentences, Parts of
Speech
Lesson 9
Spelling Alternatives for
/ə/: ‘a’, ‘e’
Small Group Partner
Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Matching
Compound Subjects and
Predicates
Response to Text:
Summary
Writing the Spelling
*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Review: Parts of Speech
Subject and Predicate
Spelling Assessment
Sentence Writing
Lesson 11
Spelling Alternatives for
/ə/ + /l/: ‘al’, ‘il’, ‘ul’
Small Group Partner
Reading*
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: field,
achieve, niece, piece,
relief, cookies, shield,
grief, ladies, thief, yield,
babies, kitties, movie,
water*
Word Writing: Words with
the ‘ul, ‘al’, or ‘il’ Ending
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 12
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /ə/ + /l/:
‘al’, ‘il’, ‘ul’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Review
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
Sentence and Word
Writing: Correcting
Grammar
Lesson 13
Spelling Alternatives for
/ə/ + /l/: ‘el’, ‘l’*
Review: Syllable
Chunking
Whole Group Reading
Lesson 14
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /ə/ + /l/:
‘el’, ‘l
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Close Reading
Review
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
Response to Text: Parts
of Speech, Sentence or
Story
Lesson 15
Spelling Alternatives for
/sh/ /ə/ /n/: ‘tion’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Whole Group Reading
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Two- and
Three-Syllable Words
(with Cues)
Response to Text: List,
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
Lesson 16
Review: Spelling
Alternatives for /sh/ /ə/
/n/: ‘tion’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank,
Sequencing Events
Close Reading
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: yelled,
symbol, yawn, yarn,
system, sticky, yellow,
cry, lying, yes, frying,
energy, myth, satisfy,
edge*
Word Writing: Two- and
Three- Syllable Words
(with Cues)
Lesson 17
*
Changing Action Verb
Tense
Word Writing: Past
Tense Verbs
Writing a Different
Ending
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 18
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Matching
Writing a Different
Ending
Response to Text:
Sentence
Lesson 19
Changing Action Verb
Tense
Sentence Writing: Future
Tense Verbs
Writing and Editing a
New Ending
Lesson 20
Partner Reading
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing:
Alphabetizing
Response to Text:
Sentences, Parts of
Speech
Lesson 21
Tricky Spelling ‘a’*
Partner Reading
Spelling Words
Introduction: turtle, label,
education, bundle, angel,
inspection, pickle, gravel,
motion, shuffle, jewel,
question, cattle, fiction,
schwa*
Word Writing: Words with
the Tricky Spelling ‘a’
Response to Text:
Sentences, Pictorial
Representation
Lesson 22
Tricky Spelling ‘e’*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Partner Reading
Response to Text:
Sentences, Parts of
Speech
Word Writing: Words with
the Tricky Spelling ‘e’
Lesson 23
Tricky Spelling ‘o’*
Close Reading
Word Writing: Words with
the Tricky Spelling ‘o’
Response to Text: List,
Sentences
Lesson 24
Tricky Spelling ‘o_e’
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Matching
Word Writing: Words with
the Tricky Spelling ‘o_e’*
Response to Text:
Summary
Lesson 25
Tricky Spelling ‘ou’
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice,
Sequencing Events
Spelling Assessment
Word Writing: Words with
the Tricky Spelling ‘ou’
Response to Text:
Sentences
Lesson 26
Reading Assessment
Grammar Assessment
Lesson 27
Decoding Assessment
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Sequencing Events
Alphabetizing
Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences
Writing the Spelling
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 28
Individual Decoding
Assessment
Individual Sight Word
Assessment
Lesson 29
Individual Decoding
Assessment
Individual Sight Word
Assessment
Lesson 30
Individual Decoding
Assessment
Individual Sight Word
Assessment
Pausing
Point
Review: Tricky Spellings,
Sound Spelling,
Alphabetizing
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank, Yes/No
Questions, Matching
Review
Dictation
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words with Tricky
Spellings
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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Unit 6 (40–43 days)
Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 1
Spelling Alternative for /f/:
‘ph’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Review: Nouns,
Adjectives, Verbs
Spelling Words
Introduction: noise, ferret,
jolly, dolphin, night,
whistle, ginger, graph,
kneel, window, gentle,
finish, wrinkle, western,
margin, traffic, ripple,
jungle, photo, Britain*
Word Writing: Multi-
Syllabic Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 2
Whole Group Reading
Spelling Alternative for /f/:
‘ph’
Reading Comprehension:
Yes/No Questions, Fill in
the Blank*
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
*
Lesson 3
Whole Group Reading
Tricky Spelling ‘ea’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Word Writing: One- and
Two-Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 4
Whole Group Reading
Lesson 5
Tricky Words: Great
Britain, Europe, native,
Americans, signature, war
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Lesson 6
Partner Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Alternatives for
/er/
Spelling Words
Introduction: after,
birthday, burden, marker,
informer, barber, swirling,
furnace, parcel, organize,
camera, thirteen,
hamburger, ramparts,
perform, difference,
chirping, turtle, safari,
war*
Lesson 7
Whole Group Reading
Introducing Adverbs
Sentence Writing:
Adverbs
Lesson 8
Whole Group Reading*
Spelling Alternatives for
/er/: ‘ar’ and ‘or’
Adverbs
*
Lesson 9
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
True/False*
Adverbs
Response to Text:
Speech
*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 10
Complete vs. Incomplete
Sentences
Spelling Assessment
Sentence Writing
Response to Text: Parts
of Speech
Lesson 11
Tricky Words: imagine,
soldier, Washington
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
True/False, Sequencing
Events
Spelling Alternatives for
/k/: ‘ch’
Spelling Words
Introduction: revenge,
nudge, direction, option,
cottage, large, huge,
fraction, action, addition,
judge, locomotion,
change, caption, fudge,
attention, stations, range,
Europe*
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words with ‘ch’
Lesson 12
Close Reading
Run-On Sentences
Review: Adjectives,
Adverbs
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
Lesson 13
Tricky Word: iron
Whole Group Reading
Tricky Spelling ‘i'
Word Writing: Words with
Tricky Spelling ‘i'
Lesson 14
Close Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice, Fill in the
Blank*
Tricky Spelling ‘i'
Word Writing: Multi-
Syllabic Words (with
Cues)*
Lesson 15
Tricky Word: special
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Sequencing Events
Run-On Sentences
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text: Multi-
Sentence Description
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
Lesson 16
Close Reading*
Tricky Spelling ‘i'
Spelling Words
Introduction: Madison,
Washington, Dolley,
monarchy, support,
president, impressment,
merchants, navy, troops,
Congress, cannon,
paved, battle, painting,
British, death, hawks,
march, Ironsides*
Lesson 17
Tricky Word: shoe
Whole Group Reading*
Building Sentences
Response to Text: Parts
of Speech, Multi-
Sentence Description
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
Lesson 18
Small Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Building Sentences
Sentence Writing
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 19
Tricky Word: Fort
McHenry
Whole Group Reading*
Spelling Alternatives for
/ə/
Lesson 20
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation)
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentences (with Citation)
Lesson 21
Tricky Words: early,
whose, broad, bomb
Whole Group Reading*
Reading Comprehension:
True/False (with Citation),
Fill in the Blank
*
Spelling Words
Introduction: ransacked,
ship, poem, construct,
White House,
commander, anthem,
burned, harbor, rockets,
dawn, stitching, flag,
McHenry, giant, fifteen,
stripes, brave, port,
bomb*
Response to Text:
Pictorial Representation
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-Syllable
Words (with Cues)
Lesson 22
Close Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Identifying a Topic
Sentence
Sentence Writing
Word Writing: Multi-
Syllabic Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 23
Whole Group Reading*
Tricky Words: Andrew,
new
Alphabetizing to the
Second Letter
Response to Text:
Sentences
Writing Paragraphs
Lesson 24
Close Reading
Review
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
Lesson 25
Whole Group Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice (with
Citation), Fill in the Blank
Spelling Alternative for
/o/: ‘a’
Spelling Assessment
Response to Text:
Sentence
Word Writing: Words with
Initial ‘w’
Lesson 26
Close Reading*
Spelling Alternative for
/o/: ‘a’
Reading Comprehension:
Matching
Spelling Words
Introduction: general,
peace, traders, drains,
streak, mortar, treaty,
river, orphan, defend,
ragtag, soldiers, goods,
fired, hickory, knotty,
Mississippi, highways,
proud, New Orleans*
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Phonics & Reading
Grammar
Spelling
Writing
Lesson 27
Reading Comprehension
Assessment
Review: Tricky Spelling
‘a’
Review
Writing a Letter
Response to Text: Parts
of Speech, Multi-
Sentence Description
Lesson 28
Review: Tricky Spelling
‘a’
Reading Comprehension:
Fill in the Blank
Alphabetizing to the
Second Letter
Drafting a Report
Word Writing: One-,
Two-, and Three-
Syllable Words (with
Cues)
Lesson 29
Drafting a Report
Topic Sentences and
Concluding Sentences*
Lesson 30
Partner Reading
Spelling Assessment
Identifying Topic and
Irrelevant Sentences
Lesson 31
Whole Group Reading
Response to Text:
Taking Notes
Lesson 32
Whole Group Reading
Response to Text:
Taking Notes
Lesson 33
Silent Reading
Comprehension
Assessment
Drafting a Report
Lesson 34
Optional Fluency
Assessment
Drafting and Editing a
Report
Lesson 35
Optional Word Reading in
Isolation Assessment
*
Editing and Writing a
Report for Final
Publication
Lesson 36
Optional Fluency
Assessment
Optional Word Reading in
Isolation Assessment
Editing and Writing a
Report for Final
Publication
Pausing
Point
Review: Sound Spelling,
Tricky Spelling
Partner Reading
Reading Comprehension:
Multiple Choice
Review: Verbs and
Adverbs, Complete
Sentences, Run-On
Sentences
Review: Weekly Spelling
Words
Word Writing: Multi-
Syllabic Words (with
Cues)
Sentence Writing:
Correcting Grammar
Paragraph Writing
Response to Text:
Sentences
*Additional practice offered with Take-Home Material. Occasionally, Take-Home Material consists of a review of prior content not practiced
during the lesson it is correlated with. In such cases, the marker (*) appears on a blank line. Further, in all cases of reading practice, the story is
one previously read which parents are encouraged to have their children read aloud to them.
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