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Week 1
Friends Help Friends
How do friends depend on each other?
Spelling
rule:
Short a and i
Vowel sounds
Words
has
wag
bad
six
will
sat
had
fix
him
if
can
hit
why
for
help
Unit 1
Week 2
Families around the world
How are families around the world the same and different?
Spelling
rule:
Short e, o, u
Vowel sounds
Words
went
tell
pet
job
fog
not
tug
hut
tub
bun
fix
has
one
or
see
Unit 1
Week 3
Pets are our Friends
How can a pet be an important friend?
Spelling
rule:
two letter
blends
Words
grass
trips
crack
still
west
mask
clap
plans
milk
belt
fog
tub
by
he
she
Unit 1
Week 4
Animals need our care
How do we care for animals?
Spelling
rule:
Short a/ long a
Vowel sounds
Words
bag
cap
ham
bake
ate
mad
back
cape
made
rake
still
belt
into
done
your
Unit 1
Week 5
Families Working Together
What happens when families work together?
Spelling
rule:
Short i/ long i
Vowel sounds
Words
did
fin
pick
line
pipe
tip
mix
five
side
hike
cape
made
all
any
says
Unit 2
Week 1
Animals and Nature
How do animals survive?
Spelling
rule:
Short o/ long o
Vowel sounds
Vocabulary words for the week:
Words
box
fox
dog
lock
pot
cone
home
nose
poke
rope
side
line
have
off
took
Unit 2
Week 2
Animals in stories
What can animals in stories teach us?
Spelling
rule:
Short u/ long u
Vowel sounds
Words
mule
fuse
plum
use
dug
cub
hum
huge
must
fun
rope
nose
look
yes
their
Unit 2
Week 3
Animal Habitats
What are the features of different animal homes?
Spelling
rule:
Words
place
barge
trace
ice
budge
badge
space
range
mice
cape
mule
huge
out
wash
saw
Unit 2
Week 4
Baby Animals
How are offspring like their parents?
Spelling
rule:
Words
chop
catch
shape
trash
phone
that
sting
thin
bring
while
place
badge
seven
isnt
early
Unit 2
Week 5
Animals in Poems
What do we love about animals?
Spelling
rule:
Three letter
blends
scr, spr, str, thr,
spl, shr
Words
scratch
scrape
spring
throne
stripe
strange
shred
shrub
splash
split
catch
sting
far
flower
until
Unit 3
Week 1
The Earths Forces
How do the Earths forces affect us?
Spelling
rule:
Words with long
A:
ai, ay, ea, eigh,
ey, ei
Words
nail
train
main
hay
stay
break
steak
weigh
sleigh
prey
scrape
strange
good
often
two
Unit 3
Week 2
Look at the Sky
What can we see in the sky?
Spelling
rule:
Words with long
I:
y, igh, ie, i
Words
light
sight
mind
cry
tie
high
wild
dry
try
lie
hay
steak
begin
those
apart
Unit 3
Week 3
Ways People Help
How can people help out their community?
Spelling
rule:
Words with long
O:
o, oa, ow, oe
Words
told
most
float
coat
toast
grow
mow
show
Joe
toe
light
mind
only
our
who
Unit 3
Week 4
Weather Alert!
How does weather affect us?
Spelling
rule:
Words with long
E:
ee, ey, ea, ie, y
Words
we
bee
need
queen
mean
leaf
thief
chief
pony
keys
grow
toe
after
every
special
Unit 3
Week 5
Express Yourself
How do you express yourself?
Spelling
rule:
Words with long
U:
u-e, ew, ue, u
Words
cute
cube
fumes
music
unit
menu
few
pew
fuel
cues
pony
queen
began
come
give
Unit 4
Week 1
Different Places
What makes different parts of the world different?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
silent letters:
wr, kn, gn, mb,
sc
Words
comb
crumb
scene
scent
gnat
sign
knife
know
wrist
writing
cube
music
dont
eat
very
Unit 4
Week 2
Earth Changes
How does the earth change?
Spelling
rule:
Words with rcontrolled:
ir, er, or, ur
Words
clerk
herd
first
skirt
stir
churn
hurt
burst
work
worse
know
wrist
found
from
today
Unit 4
Week 3
Our Culture Makes us Special
How are kids around the world different?
Spelling
rule:
Words with rcontrolled:
or, oar, ar,
Words
port
north
more
store
oar
roar
board
part
start
park
first
hurt
ago
carry
people
Unit 4
Week 4
Folktales About Nature
How can we understand nature?
Spelling
rule:
Words
deer
cheers
steer
here
jeer
near
ear
dear
clear
spear
store
north
again
house
inside
Unit 4
Week 5
Poems about Nature
What excites us about nature?
Spelling
rule:
Words with rcontrolled:
are, air, ear, ere
Words
dare
stare
fare
hair
pair
chair
bear
pear
where
there
dear
cheers
knew
never
talk
Unit 5
Week 1
Being a Good Citizen
What do good citizens do?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
diphthongs
ou and ow
Words
sound
mound
cloud
shout
pound
clown
brown
crown
howl
growl
chair
where
been
myself
pushed
Unit 5
Week 2
Cooperation Works
How do people get along?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
diphthongs
oy and oi
Words
soil
broil
moist
point
toil
oil
toy
joy
coin
noise
crown
mound
Ill
laugh
maybe
Unit 5
Week 3
Our Heroes
What do heroes do?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
tricky vowels
Words
flu
room
June
new
glue
fruit
crook
could
full
push
point
coin
along
ever
strong
Unit 5
Week 4
Preserving Our Earth
How can we protect Earth?
Spelling
rule:
Words with a
variant vowel
Words
ball
small
paw
jaw
pause
sauce
taught
chalk
walk
sought
new
fruit
city
own
read
Unit 5
Week 5
Rights and Rules
Why are rule important?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
short vowel
digraphs
Words
dead
ahead
lead
thread
bread
breath
touch
trouble
gym
myth
small
chalk
instead
whole
words
Unit 6
Week 1
Plant Myths and Flowers
What do myths help us understand?
Spelling
rule:
Words
pencil
magnet
publish
supper
letter
lady
gravy
solo
open
odor
lead
touch
door
front
someone
Unit 6
Week 2
We Need Energy
How do we use energy?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
CVCe syllables
Words
state
replace
nine
ninety
side
sidewalk
face
outside
these
tadpole
letter
magnet
alone
beside
round
Unit 6
Week 3
Team Up to Explore
Why is teamwork important?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
Consonant plus
(le) Syllables
Words
lit
little
set
settle
rip
ripple
pad
paddle
middle
bubble
outside
replace
follow
listen
something
Unit 6
Week 4
Money Matters
How do we use money?
Spelling
rule:
Words with
Variant team
syllables
Vocabulary words for the week:
Words
way
away
root
balloon
play
display
reach
enjoy
explain
meadow
little
middle
complete
enough
river
Unit 6
Week 5
How on Earth?
Spelling
rule:
Words with rcontrolled vowel
syllables
Words
jumper
higher
star
starry
garden
better
dinner
doctor
market
hairy
enjoy
display
afternoon
anyone
everythin
g