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PRETEST. Discuss student and parent letters. Motivate students to be the best they can be. (Skills tested: Patterns 1-3,
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adjective and adverb definitions, capitalization/punctuation, simple sentences with compound parts, compound sentences, fragments, helping
verbs, and paragraph writing.)
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STUDY SKILLS. Introduce long term goals and short term goals.
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STUDY SKILLS. Introduce getting organized, listening, planning study time, doing homework. Use Quigley stories to
discuss study skills.
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STUDY SKILLS. Introduce beginning setup plan for school, study plans for school and home, student progress chart, and
daily lesson planner.
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TEACHER RESOURCE SECTION
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GROUP A. Introduce vocabulary: encourage, synonyms, and antonyms.
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GROUP A. Introduce sentence jingle, complete sentences, and kinds of sentences. Review encourage. Give Group A
Test. (Skills tested: Kinds of sentences and synonyms/antonyms.)
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GROUP A. Introduce vocabulary: moist and journal writing. Review sentence jingle. Check Group A Test. Write in
journals.
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GROUP B. Introduce noun, verb, adverb, adjective, and article adjective jingles. Review moist and the sentence jingle.
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GROUP B. Introduce vocabulary: soothe, subject noun, verb, adjective, adverb, article, and question/answer flow.
Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group B Beginning Practice Sentences 1-8.
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GROUP B. Introduce Pattern 1, complete subject/complete predicate, and end punctuation. Review soothe and
previously taught jingles. Classify Group B Beginning Practice Sentences 9-12. Give Group B Test. (Skills tested: Pattern 1
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sentences and synonyms/antonyms.)
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GROUP B. Introduce vocabulary: urgent. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group B Beginning Practice
Sentences 9-12. Check Group B Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 1A. Introduce oral skill-builder check, finding nouns, singular/plural nouns, and parts of speech. Review
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1A Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check.
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GROUP 1A. Introduce simple subject/simple predicate and how to find one part of speech. Review urgent and previously
taught jingles. Classify Group 1A Sentences. Give Group 1A Test. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, complete subject/complete
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GROUP 1A. Introduce vocabulary: cure. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1A Sentences. Check Group
1A Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 1B. Introduce common/proper nouns and vocabulary check. Review cure and previously taught jingles.
Classify Group 1B Sentences.
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GROUP 1B. vocabulary: curb and homonyms. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1B Sentences. Give
Group 1B Test. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, complete subject/complete predicate, noun job table, naming the parts of speech, and
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GROUP 1B. No new skills. Review curb and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1B Sentences. Check Group 1B
Test. Write in journals.
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PRACTICE & IMPROVED SENTENCES. Introduce vocabulary: accidentally, practice and improved sentences, and guided
class writing activity for practice and improved sentences. Review previously taught jingles. Do teacher-guided group
work for practice and improved sentences.
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PRACTICE & IMPROVED SENTENCES. Introduce writing practice and improved sentences as a test. Review accidentally
and previously taught jingles. Do a teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 2A. Introduce vocabulary: adjust, preposition jingle and concept, object of the preposition jingle and concept,
preposition flow jingle, and prepositional phrase. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2A Sentences. Do
oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 2A. Introduce the preposition as a part of speech, adding the object of the preposition in the noun check, and
using the preposition to write practice and improved sentences. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2A
Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check.
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GROUP 2A. Introduce matching English terms and definitions. Review adjust and previously taught jingles. Classify
Group 2A Sentences. Give Group 2A Test. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, noun job table, definitions, and homonyms.) Do a
teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences.
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predicate, noun job table, naming the parts of speech, and finding one part of speech.)
finding one part of speech.)
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GROUP 2A. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 1-8 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2A Sentences.
Check Group 2A Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 2B. Introduce adding subject-verb agreement to skill builder check. Review Vocabulary Words 1-8 and
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2B Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for
practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 2B. Introduce subject-verb agreement in test format. Review and test Vocabulary Words 1-8. Review
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2B Sentences. Give Group 2B Test. Do teacher-guided test for practice and
improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, noun job table, vocabulary words, and subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 2B. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2B Sentences. Check Group 2B Test.
Write in journals.
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GROUP 3A. Introduce pronoun jingle and concept, subject pronoun jingle and concept, and understood subject pronoun.
Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3A Sentences 1-2.
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GROUP 3A. Introduce possessive pronoun jingle and concept. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3A
Sentences 1-3.
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GROUP 3A. Introduce possessive noun, recognizing pronouns in the noun check, and adding the pronoun to practice and
improved sentences. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3A Sentences 1-5. Do oral skill-builder check.
Do teacher-guided group work for practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 3A Introduce vocabulary: seal, the eight parts of speech jingle, and adding pronouns to parts of speech. Review
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3A Sentences 1-5. Give Group 3A Test. Do teacher-guided test for practice
and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, naming parts of speech, homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, and subject/verb
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agreement.)
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GROUP 3A Introduce oral definition test. Review seal and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3A Sentences 1-5.
Check Group 3A Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 3B. Introduce vocabulary: vast and adding a verb chant to skill builders. Review previously taught jingles.
Classify Group 3B Sentences. Do an oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group-work for practice and improved
sentences.
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GROUP 3B. Introduce a/an choices. Review vast and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3B Sentences. Give 3B
Test. Do independent or teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, a/an
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choices, definitions, and finding one part of speech.)
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GROUP 3B. Introduce vocabulary: cargo. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3B Sentences. Check 3B
Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 4A. Introduce helping verb jingle and concept and the question verb. Review cargo and previously taught
jingles. Classify Group 4A Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check.
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GROUP 4A. Introduce adding the helping verb to practice and improved sentences. Review previously taught jingles.
Classify Group 4A Sentences. Do teacher-guided group-work for practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 4A. Introduce vocabulary: trail. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4A Sentences. Give Group 4A
Test. Do teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, naming the parts of
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speech, homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, and subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 4A. Introduce oral definition test for new concepts. Review trail and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4A
Sentences. Check Group 4A Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 4B. Introduce vocabulary: career, the object pronoun, and the object pronoun jingle. Review previously taught
jingles. Classify Group 4B Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for practice and
improved sentences.
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GROUP 4B. No new skills. Review career and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4B Sentences. Give Group 4B
Test. Do independent or teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, a/an
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choices, definitions, and finding one part of speech.)
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GROUP 4B. Introduce vocabulary: decent. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4B Sentences. Check
Group 4B Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 5A. Introduce conjunction, interjection, adding conjunction and interjection to the parts of speech. Review
decent and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5A Sentences.
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GROUP 5A. Introduce adding the conjunction and interjection to practice and improved sentences. Review previously
taught jingles. Classify Group 5A Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for practice and
improved sentences.
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GROUP 5A. Introduce vocabulary: harvest. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5A Sentences. Give
Group 5A Test. Do teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, naming the
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GROUP 5A. Introduce oral definition test for new concepts. Review harvest and previously taught jingles. Classify
Group 5A Sentences. Check Group 5A Test. Write in journals.
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GROUP 5B. Introduce vocabulary: curiosity and writing an independent Pattern 1 sentence. Review previously taught
jingles. Classify Group 5B Sentences. Give Group 5B Test. Do oral skill-builder check. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences,
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GROUP 5B. No new skills. Review curiosity and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5B Sentences. Check Group
5B Test. Write in journals.
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WRITING. Introduce the two-point expository paragraph. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #1.
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WRITING. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #2. Share Time for Writing Assignment #2.
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 9-16 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 6 Sentences.
Give Group 6 Test. Do oral skill-builder check. Assign independent Pattern 1 sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences,
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 9-16 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 6 Sentences.
Check Group 6 Test. Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #3.
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GROUP 7. No new skills. Review and test Vocabulary Words 9-16. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 7
Sentences. Give Group 7 Test. Do oral skill-builder check. Assign independent Pattern 1 sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern
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parts of speech, homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, and subject/verb agreement.)
a/an choices, definitions, finding one part of speech.)
a/an choices, subject/verb agreement, definitions, finding one part of speech.)
1 sentences, naming the parts of speech, homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, vocabulary words, and subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 7. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 7 Sentences. Check Group 7 Test. Write in
journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #3.
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GROUPS 8A & 8B. No new skills. Review: Classify Group 8A Sentences. Give Group 8A & 8B Tests. Do oral skillbuilder check. Assign independent Pattern 1 sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 1 sentences, noun job table, a/an choices,
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homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, naming the parts of speech, subject/verb agreement, and finding one part of speech.)
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GROUPS 8A & 8B. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 8A Sentences. Check Group 8A &
Group 8B Tests.
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WRITING. Introduce how to change plural categories to singular points in a three-point paragraph. Give Expository
Paragraph Writing Assignment #4. Share Time for Writing Assignment #4.
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WRITING. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #5. Share Time for Writing Assignment #5.
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Unit 2
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GROUP 1. Introduce direct object jingle and concept, transitive verb, Pattern 2, and the direct object in the noun check.
Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Write in journals.
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Give Group 1 Test. (Skills
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tested: Pattern 2 sentences, noun job table, complete subject/complete predicate, a/an choices, homonyms, synonym/antonyms, and
subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Check Group 1 Test. Writing:
Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #6.
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GROUP 2. Introduce vocabulary: exaggerate, how to unscramble a scrambled sentence, and adding the direct object to
practice and improved sentences. Review: Classify Group 2 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided
group work for practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 2. Introduce capitalization/punctuation. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences.
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review exaggerate and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Give Group 2
Test. Do teacher-guided test for practice and improved sentences. (Skills tested: Pattern 2 sentences, scrambled sentence,
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homonyms, synonyms/antonyms, subject/verb agreement, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Check Group 2 Test. Write in
journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #6.
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GROUP 3. Introduce vocabulary: conceal and writing an independent Pattern 2 Sentence. Review: Classify Group 3
Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for an independent Pattern 2 Sentence.
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GROUP 3. Introduce how to write rule numbers for capitalization and punctuation of a friendly letter. Review: conceal.
Classify Group 3 Sentences. Give Group 3 Test. Assign independent Pattern 2 Sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 2 sentences
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and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 3. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3 Sentences. Check Group 3 Test. Writing:
Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #7.
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GROUP 4. Introduce vocabulary: orderly and capitalization and punctuation of a friendly letter using corrections only.
Review: Classify Group 4 Sentences. Give Group 4 Test. Do oral skill-builder check. Assign independent Pattern 2
Sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 2 sentences, a/an choices, synonyms/antonyms, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 4. No new skills. Review orderly and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4 Sentences. Check Group 4
Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #7.
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GROUP 5. Introduce vocabulary: brilliant and capitalization/punctuation of a business letter using rule numbers. Review:
Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 5 Test. Assign independent Pattern 2 Sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 2 sentences
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and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 5. No new skills. Review brilliant and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5 Sentences. Check Group 5
Test. Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #8.
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GROUP 6. Introduce vocabulary: notify and capitalization/punctuation of a business letter using corrections only. Review:
Classify Group 6 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 6 Test. Assign independent Pattern 2 Sentence.
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(Skills tested: Pattern 2 sentences and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review notify and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 6 Sentences. Check Group 6 Test.
Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #8.
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GROUP 7. Introduce vocabulary: prowl and mixed patterns 1-2, and making nouns possessive. Review: Classify Group
7 Sentences. Give Group 7 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-2, possessive forms of nouns, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 7. No new skills. Review prowl and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 7 Sentences. Check Group 7 Test.
Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #9.
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 17-22 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 8 Sentences.
Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 8 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-2 sentences, possessive forms of nouns, and
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capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 17-22 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 8 Sentences.
Check Group 8 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #9.
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GROUPS 9A & 9B. No new skills. Review and test Vocabulary Words 17-22. Classify Group 9A Sentences. Do oral
skill-builder check. Give Group 9A Test and Group 9B Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-2, capitalization/punctuation,
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vocabulary words, synonyms/antonyms, homonyms, a/an choices, subject/verb agreement, possessive forms of nouns and definitions.)
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GROUPS 9A & 9B. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 9A Sentences. Check Group 9A &
9B Tests. Write in journals.
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WRITING. Introduce the three-point expository paragraph. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #10.
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WRITING. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #11. Share Time for Writing Assignment #11.
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GROUP 1. Introduce indirect object jingle and concept, Pattern 3, and the indirect object in the noun check. Review
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Write in journals.
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GROUP 1. Introduce unscrambling a sentence with an indirect object. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group
1 Sentences. Give Group 1 Test. (Skills tested: Pattern 3 sentences, scrambled sentences, noun job table, a/an choices, possessive
nouns, and subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Check Group 1 Test. Writing:
Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #12.
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GROUP 2. Introduce vocabulary: aware and using the indirect object to write practice and improved sentences. Review
previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Do teacher-guided group work for
practice and improved sentences.
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GROUP 2. Introduce fragments, simple sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, and run-on sentences.
Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Write in journals.
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review aware and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Give Group 2 Test.
Practice identifying fragments and simple sentences with compound parts. (Skills tested: Pattern 3 sentences, scrambled
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Check Group 2 Test. Write in
journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #12.
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GROUP 3. Introduce vocabulary: demolish. and writing an independent Pattern 3 sentence. Review: Classify Group 3
Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 3 Test. Assign independent Pattern 3 Sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 3
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sentences, fragments, simple sentences, simple sentences with compound parts.)
sentences, fragments, simple sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 3. No new skills. Review demolish and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3 Sentences. Check Group 3
Test. Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #13.
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GROUP 4. Introduce vocabulary: amused, compound sentences, comma splice, and run-on sentences. Review:
Classify Group 4 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 4 Test. Assign independent Pattern 3 Sentence.
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(Skills tested: Pattern 3 sentences, fragments, run-on sentences, simple sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, compound
sentences, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 4. No new skills. Review amused and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4 Sentences. Check Group 4
Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #13.
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GROUP 5. Introduce vocabulary: protest. Review: Classify Group 5 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group
5 Test. Assign an independent Pattern 3 sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 3 sentences, fragments, run-on sentences, simple
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sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, compound sentences, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 5. No new skills. Review protest and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5 Sentences. Check Group 5
Test. Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #14.
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GROUP 6. Introduce vocabulary: blend. Review: Classify Group 6 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 6
Test. Assign independent Pattern 3 sentence. (Skills tested: Pattern 3 sentences, run-on sentences, fragments, simple sentences,
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simple sentences with compound parts, compound sentences, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review blend and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 6 Sentences. Check Group 6 Test.
Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #14.
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GROUP 7. Introduce vocabulary: earnest, mixed patterns 1-3, and double negatives. Review: Classify Group 7
Sentences. Give Group 7 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, run-on sentences, fragments, simple sentences, simple sentences
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GROUP 7. No new skills. Review earnest and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 7 Sentences. Check Group 7
Test. Writing: Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #15.
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 23-28 and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 8 Sentences.
Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group 8A & 8B Tests. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, run-on sentences, fragments, simple
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with compound parts, compound sentences, and double negatives.)
sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, compound sentences, double negatives, vocabulary words, homonyms,
synonyms/antonyms, a/an choices, subject/verb agreement, possessive nouns, and capitalization/punctuation.)
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review: Classify Group 8A Sentences. Check Group 8A & 8B Tests. Write in journals.
Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #15.
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WRITING. Introduce persuasive writing and persuasive paragraphs. Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #16
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WRITING. Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #17. Share Time for Writing Assignment #17.
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WRITING. Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #18. Share Time for Writing Assignment #18.
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check.
Give Group 1 Test. Write in journals. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, scrambled sentence, noun job table, fragment, simple
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Classify Group 1 Sentences. Check Group 1 Test. Writing:
Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #19.
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GROUP 2. Introduce vocabulary: treaty and regular/irregular verbs. Review: Classify Group 2 Sentences. Give Group 2
Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, scrambled sentence, regular/irregular verbs, and possessive forms of nouns.)
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review: treaty and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 2 Sentences. Check Group 2
Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #19.
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GROUP 3. Introduce vocabulary: solemn, simple verb tenses, and tenses of helping verbs. Review: Classify Group 3
Sentences. Give Group 3 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, fragment, simple sentence,
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GROUP 3. No new skills. Review solemn and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 3 Sentences. Check Group 3
Test. Writing: Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #20.
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GROUP 4. Introduce vocabulary: massive and changing present tense verbs to past tense verbs in a written paragraph.
Review: Classify Group 4 Sentences. Give Group 4 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses,
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sentence, simple sentence with compound parts, compound sentences, double negatives, and capitalization/punctuation.)
simple sentence with compound parts, and compound sentences.)
tenses of helping verbs, and changing verb tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUP 4. No new skills. Review massive and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 4 Sentences. Check Group 4
Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #20.
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GROUP 5. Introduce vocabulary: husky and changing past tense verbs to present tense verbs in a paragraph. Review:
Classify Group 5 Sentences. Give Group 5 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, tenses of
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helping verbs, and changing verb tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUP 5. No new skills. Review husky and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 5 Sentences. Check Group 5 Test.
Writing: Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #21.
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GROUP 6. Introduce vocabulary: patient. Review: Classify Group 6 Sentences. Do oral skill-builder check. Give Group
6 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, tenses of helping verbs, changing verb tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review patient and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 6 Sentences. Check Group 6
Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #21.
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GROUP 7. Introduce vocabulary: withhold and pronouns and their antecedents. Review: Classify Group 7 Sentences.
Give Group 7 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, pronouns and antecedents, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, and changing verb
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GROUP 7. No new skills. Review withhold and previously taught jingles. Classify Group 7 Sentences. Check Group 7
Test. Writing: Give Persuasive Paragraph Writing Assignment #22.
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GROUP 8. Introduce changing mixed tenses into present tense or past tense verbs in a paragraph. Review Vocabulary
Words 29-34 and previously taught jingles. Give Group 8 Test. (Skills tested: Mixed patterns 1-3, pronouns and antecedents,
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tenses in a paragraph.)
double negatives, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, changing verb tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review Vocabulary Words 29-34 and previously taught jingles. Check Group 8 Test. Write in
journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #22.
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GROUPS 9A & 9B. No new skills. Review and test Vocabulary Words 29-34. Give Group 9A Test and Group 9B Test.
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(Skills tested: Fragments, simple sentences, simple sentences with compound parts, compound sentences, double negatives, pronouns and
antecedents, vocabulary words, tenses of helping verbs, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, changing verb tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUPS 9A & 9B. No new skills. Review previously taught jingles. Check Group 9A & 9B Tests. Write in journals.
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Give posttest. Check posttest.
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GROUP 10. WRITING. Introduce the editing checklist and editing an expository paragraph. Give Group 10 Editing Test.
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WRITING. Introduce editing partners. Give Expository Paragraph Writing Assignment #23.
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GROUP 11. WRITING: Introduce descriptive writing and editing a descriptive paragraph. Give Group 11 Editing Test.
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WRITING. Give Descriptive Paragraph Writing Assignment #24. Edit Writing Assignment #24.
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WRITING. Give Descriptive Paragraph Writing Assignment #25. Edit Writing Assignment #25.
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GROUP 1. Introduce vocabulary: investigate and beginning quotations. Review: Give Group 1 Test. (Skills tested:
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Capitalization/punctuation of quotations, double negatives, and possessive nouns.)
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GROUP 1. No new skills. Review investigate. Check Group 1 Test. Writing: Give Descriptive Paragraph Writing
Assignment #26.
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GROUP 2. Introduce vocabulary: multiple, end quotations, and other quotation rules. Review: Give Group 2 Test. (Skills
tested: Capitalization/punctuation of quotations, fragment, simple sentence, simple sentence with compound parts, compound sentences,
and subject/verb agreement.)
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GROUP 2. No new skills. Review multiple. Check Group 2 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing
Assignment #26.
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GROUP 3. Introduce vocabulary: influence and linking verbs. Review: Give Group 3 Test. (Skills tested: Linking verbs,
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predicate nouns, predicate adjectives, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 3. No new skills. Review influence. Check Group 3 Test. Writing: Give Descriptive Paragraph Writing
Assignment #27.
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GROUP 4. Introduce vocabulary: permanent. Review: Give Group 4 Test. (Skills tested: Linking verbs, predicate nouns,
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predicate adjectives, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 4. No new skills. Review permanent. Check Group 4 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing
Assignment #27.
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GROUP 5. Introduce vocabulary: approve. Review: Give Group 5 Test. (Skills tested: Linking verbs, predicate nouns, predicate
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adjectives, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 5. No new skills. Review approve. Check Group 5 Test. Writing: Give Descriptive Paragraph Writing
Assignment #28.
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GROUP 6. Introduce vocabulary: hostile. Review: Give Group 6 Test. (Skills tested: Linking verbs, predicate nouns, predicate
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adjectives, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review hostile. Check Group 6 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing
Assignment #28.
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GROUPS 7A & 7B. No new skills. Review and test Vocabulary Words 35-40. Give Group 7A Test and Group 7B Test.
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(Skills tested: Linking verbs, predicate nouns, predicate adjectives, capitalization/punctuation, quotations, fragments, simple sentences with
compound parts, compound sentences, vocabulary words, pronouns and antecedents, regular/irregular verbs, verb tenses, changing verb
tenses in a paragraph.)
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GROUPS 7A & 7B. No new skills. Review: Check Group 7A & 7B Tests. Write in journals.
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GROUP 8. WRITING. Introduce narrative writing and editing a narrative. Give Group 8 Editing Test.
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GROUP 8. WRITING. Introduce narrative with dialogue. Check Group 8 Editing Test. Give Narrative Writing Assignment
#29.
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WRITING. Edit Writing Assignment #29. Share Time for Writing Assignment #29.
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145
WRITING. Give Narrative Writing Assignment #30. Edit Writing Assignment #30.
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WRITING. Share Time for Writing Assignment #30.
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FRIENDLY LETTER. Introduce vocabulary: defend and precious, the friendly letter and envelope. Group work for a friendly
letter.
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GROUPS 1A & 1B. Introduce unscrambling the parts of a friendly letter and envelope and tall tales. Review defend and
precious. Give Group 1A Test and Group 1B Test. Writing: Give Tall Tale Writing Assignment #31. (Skills tested: Friendly
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GROUP 2. Introduce vocabulary: wholesome and generous. Review: Check Group 1A Test and Group 1B Test. Give
Group 2 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment #31. (Skills tested: Friendly letter, envelope,
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GROUP 3. No new skills. Review wholesome and generous. Check Group 2 Test. Give Group 3 Test. Write in journals.
letter and envelope.)
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capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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(Skills tested: Friendly letter, envelope, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 3. Introduce vocabulary: mystery and autumn. Review: Check Group 3 Test. Write a friendly letter and
address an envelope. Write in journals. (Skills tested: Friendly letter, envelope, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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BUSINESS LETTER. Introduce the four types of business letters and the parts of a business letter. Review mystery and
autumn. Group work for a business letter.
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GROUPS 4A & 4B. Introduce unscrambling the parts of a business letter and envelope. Review Vocabulary Words 4146. Give Group 4A Test and Group 4B Test. (Skills tested: Business letter, envelope, vocabulary words, capitalization/punctuation,
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and quotations.)
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GROUP 5. No new skills. Review: Check Group 4A Test and Group 4B Test. Give Group 5 Test. Write in journals.
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(Skills tested: Business letter, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review: Check Group 5 Test. Give Group 6 Test. Write in journals. (Skills tested: Business
429
letter, capitalization/punctuation, and quotations.)
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GROUP 6. No new skills. Review: Check Group 6 Test. Write a business letter and address an envelope.
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THANK-YOU NOTE. Introduce the thank-you note. Write a thank-you note. Writing: Give Narrative Writing Assignment
#32.
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GROUP 7. Introduce contractions. Review: Give Group 7 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing
Assignment #32. (Skills tested: Contractions and possessive pronouns.)
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review: Check Group 7 Test. Give Group 8 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Give Narrative
Writing Assignment #33. (Skills tested: Contractions and possessive pronouns.)
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GROUP 8. No new skills. Review: Check Group 8 Test. Write in journals. Writing: Share Time for Writing Assignment
#33.
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Lesson
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Unit 7
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GROUP 1. Introduce dictionary skills: alphabetizing and guide words. Give Group 1 Test. Check Group 1 Test. (Skills
440
tested: Alphabetizing and guide words.)
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GROUP 2. Introduce dictionary skills: entry words. Give Group 2 Test. Check Group 2 Test. (Skills tested: Entry words and
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guide words.)
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GROUP 3. Introduce the main parts of a library, how to find books in the library, and the card catalog. Give Group 3 Test.
Check Group 3 Test. (Skills tested: Parts of a library, how to find books in the library, and the card catalog.)
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164
GROUP 4. Introduce the parts of a book: title page, table of contents, copyright page, index, bibliography, preface,
appendix, glossary, and body. Give Group 4 Test. Check Group 4 Test. (Skills tested: Parts of a book.)
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GROUP 5. Introduce table of contents and index. Give Group 5 Test. Check Group 5 Test. (Skills tested: Table of contents
451
and index.)
166
GROUP 6. Introduce reading purposes, reading speeds, skimming, and scanning. Give Group 6 Test. Check Group 6
Test. (Skills tested: Skimming and scanning.)
Ideas for Creative Writing
Unit 8
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I.
A Sensational Person - Me
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II.
Descriptive Writing
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III.
Creative Titles
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IV.
Tall Tales
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V.
Poetry
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VI.
Pick a Story Card
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