Lesson Checklist
Lessons 1–2
Lesson 1 (Date:__________)
Lesson 2 (Date:__________)
□ Move It and Mark It
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ See and Say
□ Exercise 1: Say and Write
□ Handwriting Practice: Timed
□ Vowel Chart
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ See and Say
□ Say and Write
□ Exercise 2: Spelling Pretest 1
□ Build It
□ Memorize It
□ Build It, Bank It
□ Word Fluency 1
□ Memorize It
□ Handwriting Practice
• Identify categories to build word meanings.
• Distinguish between synonyms and antonyms.
□ Multiple Meaning Map
□ Exercise 1: Sort It: People,
• Identify subjects and direct objects.
□ Review: Multiple Functions
Unit Objectives (Lessons 1–5)
• Write the letters for the consonant sounds / g /, / d
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/, / v /, and short vowel i (/ ĭ /).
Say the sounds for consonants g, d, v, and short
vowel i (/ ĭ /).
• Read fluently and spell words composed of
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sound-spelling correspondences from this and
previous units.
Read fluently and spell the Essential Words:
from, of, they, was, were, what.
Places, and Things
of Words
□ Exercise 3: Noun or Verb
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Read fluently phrases and sentences.
Preview reading selection using text features.
Make predictions about a reading selection.
Define vocabulary using a reference source or
context-based strategies.
Identify factual information by listening to and
reading informational text.
Answer multiple choice comprehension questions.
• Answer comprehension questions beginning with
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what and who in complete sentences based on
text.
Record information on a graphic organizer.
Write base sentences using a six-step process.
Identify parts of a paragraph.
Write a topic sentence.
□ Introduce: Proper Nouns
□ Exercise 2: Find It: Proper
Nouns
□ Phrase Fluency 1
□ Phrase Fluency 1
□ Exercise 4: Sentence Morphs □ Exercise 3: Sentence Morphs
□ Decodable Text: Mini-Dialogs □ Decodable Text: Mini-Dialogs
1–4
□ Masterpiece Sentences:
Stage 1
5–8
□ Masterpiece Sentences:
Stage 1
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Lesson Checklist
Lessons 3–5
Lesson 3 (Date:_____________)
Lesson 4 (Date:_____________)
Lesson 5 (Date:_____________)
□ Consonant Chart
□ Review: Voiced and Voiceless
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ Exercise 1: Listening for Sounds
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ Content Mastery: Learning the Code
Consonant Pairs
in Words
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ Letter-Sound Fluency
□ Exercise 1: Listening for Word Parts
□ Introduce: Words Ending in v
□ Word Fluency 1
□ Exercise 2: Find It: Essential Words
□ Chain It
□ Word Fluency 2
□ Type It
□ Exercise 3: Word Relationships:
□ Exercise 2: Find It: Plural and Singular □ Multiple Meaning Map
Antonyms
□ Content Mastery: Spelling Posttest 1
□ Exercise 1: Sort It: Short Vowel
Sounds
Possessive Nouns
□ Exercise 3: Identify It: Singular,
Singular Possessive, and Plural Nouns
□ Exercise 4: Find It: Subjects
□ Instructional Text: “Africa Digs”
□ Introduce: Concrete and Abstract
□ Review: Common, Proper, Concrete,
Nouns
□ Exercise 4: Identify It: Concrete and
Abstract Nouns
□ Exercise 2: Identify It: Nouns
□ Exercise 5: Answering Multiple-
□ Paragraph Structure
and Abstract Nouns
Choice Comprehension Questions
□ Exercise 6: Take Note: Writing a Log
of Events
□ Exercise 5: Answer It: Using Signal
Words for “Africa Digs”
□ Exercise 7: Introduce: Parts of a
□ Write It: Number Topic Sentence
Paragraph
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Lesson Checklist
Lessons 6–7
Unit Objectives (Lessons 6–10)
• Write the letters for the consonant sounds / g /, / d
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/, / v /, and short vowel i (/ ĭ /).
Say the sounds for consonants g, d, v, and short
vowel i (/ ĭ /).
Say the names for consonants g, d, v, and short
vowel i (/ ĭ /).
• Read fluently and spell words composed of sound•
spelling correspondences from this and previous
units.
Read fluently the Essential Words: from, of, they,
was, were, what.
• Identify categories to build word meanings.
• Distinguish between synonyms and antonyms.
Lesson 6 (Date:__________)
Lesson 7 (Date:__________)
□ Move It and Mark It
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ See and Say
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ See and Name
□ Name and Write
□ Introduce: Syllables
□ Syllable Awareness
□ Exercise 1: Spelling Pretest 2
□ Build It, Bank It
□ Word Fluency 3
□ Introduce: Compound Words
□ Build It
□ Exercise 2: Classify It
□ More About Compound
Words
□ Exercise 1: Choose It and
Use It
□ Introduce: Direct Object
□ Exercise 2: Sentence Dictation
□ Exercise 3: Code It: Verbs and
• Identify subjects and direct objects.
Direct Objects
□ Exercise 4: Diagram It:
Subject/Verb/Direct Object
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Read fluently phrases and sentences.
Preview reading selection using text features.
Make predictions about a reading selection.
Define vocabulary using a reference source or
context-based strategies.
Identify factual information by listening to and
reading informational text.
Answer multiple choice comprehension questions.
• Answer comprehension questions beginning with
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what and who in complete sentences based on
text.
Record information on a graphic organizer.
Write base sentences using a six-step process.
Identify parts of a paragraph.
Write a topic sentence.
Write an expository (explanatory) paragraph on a
nonfiction selection.
□ Phrase Fluency 2
□ Phrase Fluency 2
□ Exercise 5: Sentence Morphs □ Exercise 3: Sentence Morphs
□ Decodable Text: Mini-Dialogs □ Decodable Text: Mini-Dialogs
9–12
□ Exercise 6: Masterpiece
Sentences: Stages 1 and 2
13–16
□ Masterpiece Sentences: Stages
1 and 2
□ Review: Paragraph Structure
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Lesson Checklist
Lessons 8–10
Lesson 8 (Date:_____________)
Lesson 9 (Date:_____________)
Lesson 10 (Date:_____________)
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ Letter-Name Fluency
□ Exercise 1: Syllable Awareness
□ Review: Vowel and Consonant Charts
□ Phonemic Awareness Drills
□ Letter-Name Fluency
□ Exercise 1: Syllable Awareness
□ Exercise 1: Listening for Sounds
□ Review: Syllables
□ Build It, Bank It
□ Word Fluency 4
□ Exercise 2: Listening for Word Parts
□ Exercise 3: Build It
□ Content Mastery: Spelling Posttest 2
□ Word Relationships: Synonyms
□ Content Mastery: Word Meanings;
□ Multiple Meaning Map
□ Define It
□ Review: Nouns
□ Exercise 4: Sentence Dictation
□ Content Mastery: Subject or
□ Exercise 5: Answering Multiple
□ Prepare to Write: Expository
in Words
Synonyms and Antonyms
□ Exercise 2: Diagram It:
Subject/Verb/Direct Object
□ Instructional Text: “Africa Digs”
Choice and Open-Ended
Comprehension Questions
□ Exercise 3: Answer It: Using Signal
Words from “Africa Digs”
□ Exercise 6: Take Note: Identify a
Sequence of Events
Direct Object
(Explanatory) Paragraph
□ Write It: Expository (Explanatory)
Paragraph
Exercises listed in the Lesson Planner are part of the activity and appear in the Interactive Text.
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