The Week of December 11, 2017

Group 1


Spelling words:in, will, did, sit, six, big
Vocabulary words: animal, of, how, some, make, why
Student will practice to blend  words with short i and  consonants r blends 
Read the story Tell Cat and answer the questions in the Write in Reader.
Practice vocabulary words flash cards.
Preview the topic Animal Communication and discuss different ways animals can communicate.Read the informational text Animals Communicate and will discuss picture of the animals that tells about the way they communicate.
Practice to use commas in series.
Group 2
Spelling words: liked, using, riding, chased, spilled, making, raked,tasted,hiking,started
vocabulary: tunnel, curled, height, direction, toward, healed, brag, tease
Model and practice  to blend and decode regularly spelled words with endings -ed, -ing
Read the story Tortoise gets a Home in write in  Reader and answer the questions in the stop think and write section.
Practice to add -s to present tense verbs.
We will discuss that traditional tales are stories that people have been telling for many years.And the characters in the story usually learn a lesson.We will read the Folk Tale How Chipmunk Got His Stripes . We will discuss how the characters speak and act like real people.

Group 3-
Spelling words: itch, wreck, knee, patch, wrap, knot, watch, scream, thrill,street Bonus:wrinkle,straight
Vocabulary words:harvest, separate,ashamed, borders, advice, borrow, patch, serious
Students will learn to Decode, read, spell multi syllable  irregularly spelled words with silent letters kn, wr.
Practice spelling and vocabulary words and their  meanings.
Read the informational text Livings Things Are Linked in Write-in Reader and answer the stop think write section.

Listen to the fluent reading Sweet berries and find the meanings of the vocabulary words used in the section.
We will discuss the different traditions that each culture has and how they have been passed down from one generation to the other.We will learn that folktales are stories that tells about a cultures customs and has a lesson to teach. We will take turns to read The Harvest Birds.Discuss the essential questions what do traditional tales tells readers about life while we read.

Practice to use commas correctly with nouns in a series.