Unit Four

Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
16
Main Idea and
Detail
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Let’s Go to
the Moon!
Genre:
Informational Text
Question
Phonics
What do
astronauts do?
Title: Mae Jemison
Genre: Biography
Long o
Long u
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
note
hope
go
stove
broke
robe
home
stone
hole
tone
joke
so
hose
phone
woke
bone
pole
tune
use
cube
cute
tube
mule
flute
huge
I have a tube of white paint.
Who broke the stove?
Hope shows her new blue robe.
A light woke me at home.
A cute wren can sign a big tune.
(High Frequency
Words)
around
bring
show
because
carry
think
before
light
so
go
home
hole
no
rope
joke
bone
stove
poke
chose
wrote
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
17
Compare and
Contrast
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: The Big Trip
Genre: Fantasy
Visualize
Title: Lewis and
Clark’s Big Trip
Genre: Informational
Text
Phonics
Long e (CV, CVCe)
Vowel Pairs ee, ea
Final ng, nk
-ink Family
What are some
different ways
to travel?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
she
leak
feel
these
bead
clean
keep
sleep
tree
feet
me
leap
street
bee
cheap
dream
teach
dream
reach
deep
leaf
pink
thing
bank
bring
link
junk
king
drink
sang
All three of us meet at the beach.
Gene will go in a green jeep.
Every week we all clean our home.
I have a bank that looks like a pink pig.
(High Frequency
Words)
about
by
car
could
don’t
maybe
sure
there
me
be
read
feet
tree
keep
eat
mean
sea
these
street
please
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
18
Author’s Purpose
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Where Does
Food Come From?
Genre: Informational
Text
Summarize
Phonics
Title: Jack and the
Beanstalk
Genre: Fairy Tale
Long a – ai, ay
Contractions ‘ll, ‘d
-ay, -ain
What do
farmers need
to grow food?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
clay
day
hay
rain
pail
braid
tray
nail
train
paint
ray
sail
maid
spray
brain
tail
gain
maid
we’d
he’ll
that’ll
what’d
we’ll
I’d
you’d
she’ll
they’ll
you’ll
she’d
he’d
We will not sail on the water in the rain.
Those five pails are full of green paint.
I’ll wait for you to come by.
Ben said that he’d be late.
Mom and Dad said they’ll go out at five.
(High Frequency
Words)
first
food
ground
right
sometimes
these
under
your
play
grain
sail
mail
may
rain
way
day
stay
pain
paint
spray
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
19
Sequence of Events
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Tomas Rivera
Genre: Biography
Monitor / Clarify
Title: Life Then and
Now
Genre: Informational
Text
Phonics
oa, ow
-ow, -oat family
Contractions with ‘ve, ‘re
Why is it
important to
learn about
people from
the past?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
Road
snow
boat
load
goat
Row
crow
throw
bowl
loaf
Coach
tow
toad
goal
coat
Toast
coast
roast
you’re
I’ve
They’ve
you’ve
they’re
we’re
we’ve
Row the boat when the wind doesn’t blow.
We watch the snow fall on the road.
Coach helped me make a goal.
They’re bringing a load of boats on the truck.
I’ve got a white goat in the grass.
(High Frequency
Words)
done
great
laugh
paper
soon
talk
were
work
show
row
grow
low
blow
snow
boat
coat
road
toad
flown
toast
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Cause and Effect
Infer / Predict
Phonics
Compound Words
Lesson
20
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Little Rabbit’s
Tale
Genre: Folktale
Title: Silly Poems
Genre: Poetry
How can you
help a friend
who feels sad?
short e in ea
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
inside
snowman
cupcake
sunshine
peanut
sailboat
raincoat
rainbow
seashell
snowflake
bluebird
mailbox
rowboat
boxcar
railroad
playpen
waterfall
backpack
head
feather
dead
weather
thread
spread
A baseball coach is sitting in the dugout.
Get seafood at a seaside shop at sunset.
Mother put a cupcake in my lunchbox.
I spread bread with jam at breakfast.
Mother will wash the sweater instead.
(High Frequency
Words)
door
more
mother
old
try
use
want
wash
bedtime
sunset
bathtub
sailboat
flagpole
backpack
playpen
raincoat
inside
himself
homemade
rowboat
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