Blue Book Lesson Overview
1
LLI: C
Lesson: 1
Guide p: 1-4
Targeted Skill(s):
1. Making voice match print
2. Following simple story and understand
the ending
Familiar reading: Level B texts
Phonemic Awareness: matching letters and sounds at the
beginning of a word
Challenge Book Orientation: The Little Red Hen
Letter/Word Work: high-frequency words: you, I can, me
2
LLI Level: C
Lesson: 2
Guide p: 7-10
Targeted Skill(s):
1. Reading with phrasing and attention to
punctuation
2. Understanding that quotation marks
mean a character is talking in the story.
Familiar reading/Running Record: The Little Red Hen
Phonemic Awareness: hearing and saying sounds to help write
words
Writing: Dictation
Independent Book practice: Things That Fly
3
LLI Level: C
Lesson: 3
Guide p: 13-16
Targeted Skill(s):
Familiar reading: Things That Fly
Phonemic Awareness: hearing and saying sounds to help write
words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Sea
Letter/Word Work: high-frequency words: the, see, and, said
4
LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 4
Guide p: 19
Targeted skill(s):
1. Listen for the first sound and write the
first letter in words.
2.Recognize and use simple phonograms
with a VC pattern.
Familiar reading/running record: The Sea
Phonemic Awareness: -at, -am letter patterns
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Tide Pool
5
LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 5
Guide p: 25
Targeted skill(s): 1. Understand cause and effect in the story.
2. Recognize and use simple phonograms with a VC pattern.
Familiar reading: The Tide Pool
Phonemic Awareness: -ad,-ag letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Down the
River
Letter/Word Work: making and finding similarities in high
frequency words
6
LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 6
Guide p: 31
Targeted skill(s):
1. Use quotation marks in writing to show
dialog.
2. Recognize and use simple phonograms
with a VC pattern.
Familiar reading/running record: Down the River
Phonemic Awareness: -ed, -en, -et letter patterns
Writing: Dictation
Independent Book Practice: Down the Path
7
LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 7
Guide p: 37
Targeted skill(s):
1. Understand that a nonfiction book has
information about a topic.
2. Recognize and use phonograms with
vowel-consonant pattern.
Familiar reading: Down the Path
Phonics: -it, -in, -ig letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
Penguins
Letter/Word Work: HF words up, under
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LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 8
Guide p:43
Targeted skill(s):
1.Say words slowly to write unknown
words by thinking about the letters and
sounds.
2. Recognize and use simple phonograms
with a VC pattern.
Familiar reading/running record: All About Penguins
Phonemic Awareness: -op, -ot, -og letter patterns
Writing: Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Police Car
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LLI Level: C
Lesson #: 9
Guide p: 49
Targeted skill(s):
1. Notice the compare-and –contrast
structure in the story
2. Recognize and use simple phonograms
with a VC pattern
Familiar reading: Police Car
Phonemic Awareness: -ig, -op, og, -an patterned words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Big Lizard,
Little Lizard
Letter/Word Work: lowercase letter formation
10
LLI Level: C
Lesson #:
10
Guide p: 55
Targeted skill(s):
1. Remember important actions or ideas
from a text and write about them.
2. Recognize and use phonograms
w/double letters
Familiar reading/running record: Big Lizard, Little Lizard
Phonemic Awareness: -all, -ill words
Writing: Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Going to School
11
LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 11
Guide pg: 63
Targeted skill(s):
1. Understand cause and effect in a story.
2. Recognize and use VCsilent e letter
patterns.
Familiar reading: Going to School
Phonemic Awareness: -ake,-ace, -ade letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Drip
Letter/Word Work: CVC HF words
12
LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 12
Guide pg: 69
Targeted skill(s):
1. Capitalize the first word in a sentence
and write with end punctuation.
2. Recognize and use phonograms with a
vowel-consonant-silent e pattern.
Familiar reading/running record: The Drip
Phonemic Awareness: -ike letter pattern
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: At the Fair
13
LLI Level: D
Lesson #:
13
Guide pg: 13
Targeted skill(s):
1. Make predictions about and understand
the ending.
2. Recognizing and using phonograms
with VCe pattern.
Familiar reading: At the Fair
Phonics: -ile, -ide letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Mitten
Letter/Word Work: Read words with similar letter patterns
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LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 14
Guide p: 81
Targeted skill(s):
1. Analyze the sounds in words in order to
write them.
2. Recognize and use short vowel sounds
in the middle of words.
Familiar reading/running record: The Mitten
Phonics: CVC words
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Ants
15
LLI Level: D
Lesson #:15
Guide p: 87
Targeted skill(s):
1.Understand the problem of a story and
its resolution.
2. Hear and identify short and long vowel
sounds in words and the letters that
represent them.
Familiar reading: The Ants
Phonics: introduce long vowel sounds POEM The Greedy Man
Challenge Book Orientation: A Picnic in the Rain
Letter/Word Work: identify long and sort vowel sounds on
word cards.
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LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 17
Guide p: 99
Targeted skill(s):
1. Understand the problem of a story and
its resolution.
2. Recognize and use short vowel sounds
in words.
Familiar reading: Tug-of-War
Phonics: Find long and short vowel sounds in POEM Apples are
Red
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): A Surprise
for Roxy
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LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 18
Guide p: 106
Targeted skill(s):
1. Understand the problem of a story and
its resolution.
2. Recognize and use short vowel sounds
in words.
Familiar reading/running record: A Surprise for Roxy
Writing: Independent writing p. 107
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LLI Level: D
Lesson #: 18
Guide p: 105
Targeted skill(s):
1. Self-monitor consistently.
2. Read and write high-frequency words
consistently. Recognize letter patterns in
words.
Familiar reading: A Surprise for Roxy
Phonics: letter boxes p.106
Independent Book Practice: Pinky the Pig
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 21
Guide p: 125
Targeted skill(s):
1.Understand that in a classic tale, the
characters sometimes learn a lesson
2. Use known word parts to read and write
new words.
Familiar reading: In My Room
Phonemic Awareness: we/went, work/works, day/may/maybe,
he/her, ever/never
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Chicken
Little
Letter/Word Work: breaking words (onsets/rimes)
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 22
Guide p: 131
Targeted skill(s):
1. Analyze a word by syllables to write it.
2. Recognize and use phonograms with a
VC pattern and with ending consonant
clusters.
Familiar reading/running record: Chicken Little
Phonemic Awareness: -ay, -ent letter patterns
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: Fishing
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 23
Guide p: 137
Targeted skill(s):
1. Infer Meli’s feelings from her actions
2. Recognize that words have letter
patterns that are connected to sounds.
Familiar reading: Fishing
Phonemic Awareness: -ay, -ee, ent, -ar letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Meli at the
Pet Shop
Letter/Word Work: -ar, -ay letter patterns in poem Star Light,
Star Bright
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 24
Guide p: 143
Targeted skill(s):
1. Compose and write sentences to
summarize an informational book.
2. Recognize and use phonograms with
ending consonant clusters
Familiar reading/running record: Meli at the Pet Shop
Phonics: -ack, -eck letter patterns
Writing: Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Fish Tank
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 25
Guide p: 149
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize another book in the Meli
series about a real dog and remember
some information previously gained.
2. Recognize and use phonograms with
ending consonant clusters
Familiar reading: Meli at the Pet Shop
Phonics: -ick, -uck letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation: Meli at the Vet
Letter/Word Work: word ladder: much/ must/just
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 26
Guide p: 155
Targeted skill(s):
1. Read with phrasing to denote meaning.
2. Write high-frequency words quickly
and easily 3. Understand and correctly add
–ing ending to words.
Familiar reading/running record: Meli at the Vet
Phonics: adding –ing to verbs
Writing: Dictation
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 27
Guide p: 161
Targeted skill(s):
1. Follow the events in a fantasy that has
some basis in scientific information
2. Recognize and use y as a vowel sound.
Familiar reading: Kittens
Phonemic Awareness: sound of y in my and very
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Little Bat
Letter/Word Work: sound of y in my and very
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 28
Guide p: 167
Targeted skill(s):
1.Write high-frequency words quickly and
easily.
2. use known words and word patterns to
learn new words
Familiar reading/running record: Little Bat
Phonemic Awareness: th- words
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Big City
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LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 28
Guide p: 167
Targeted skill(s):
1.Write high-frequency words quickly and
easily.
2. use known words and word patterns to
learn new words
Familiar reading/running record: Little Bat
Phonemic Awareness: th- words
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Big City
30
LLI Level: E
Lesson #: 30
Guide p: 170
Targeted skill(s):
1. Compose and write sentences to
summarize a narrative text.
2. Understand the concept of contractions.
Familiar reading/running record: The Trip
Phonics: common contractions
Writing: Dictation
Independent Book Practice: All About Snakes
31
LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 31
Guide p: 188
Targeted skill(s):
1. Notice how the writer uses comparison
to help readers understand the size of
sharks.
2. Recognize and use consonant clusters
that blend 2 or 3 consonant sounds.
Familiar reading: All About Snakes
Phonics: sm-, sl- clusters
Challenge Book Orientation: All About Sharks
Letter/Word Work: POEM: Jelly On the plate p.190
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 32
Guide p: 193
Targeted skill(s):
1. Self-correct consistently.
2. Compose several sentences about a
topic. 3. Recognize and use consonant
clusters that blend 2 or 3 consonant
sounds.
Familiar reading/running record: All About Sharks
Phonics: st-, sk- clusters
Writing: Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Tails
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 33
Guide p: 199
Targeted skill(s):
1. Notice a relationship between character
traits and the problem of a story.
2. Recognize and use consonant clusters
that blend two or three consonant sounds
(onsets).
Familiar reading: Tails
Phonemic Awareness: Consonant clusters (onsets)
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): A Fast Fox
Letter/Word Work: word ladders (see p. 202)
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LLI Level:
F
Lesson #: 34
Guide p: 205
Targeted skill(s):
1.Read with phrasing, intonation, and
appropriate stress on words.
2. Write high-frequency words quickly.
3. Recognize and use consonant clusters
that blend 2 or 3 consonant sounds.
Familiar reading/running record: A Fast Fox
Phonics: tr-, gr- clusters
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: Billy’s Pen
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 35
Guide p: 211
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize the story problem and the
ending as a second problem.
2. Recognize and use consonant clusters
that blend 2 or 3 consonant sounds
(onsets)
Familiar reading: Billy’s Pen
Phonemic Awareness: br-, fr- clusters
Challenge Book Orientation: The Muddy Mess
Letter/Word Work: Word Grid game w/ cluster words (p. 214)
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 36
Guide p: 217
Targeted skill(s):
1. Write sentences that summarize the story.
2. Understand how to add –ing to words,
sometimes changing the spelling of the base
word.
3. Read with phrasing, intonation, and appropriate
stress on words.
Familiar reading/running record: The Muddy Mess
Phonemic Awareness: Recognizing and using endings that add –
ing to a verb to denote the present participle.
Writing: Shared writing
Independent Book Practice: The Red Pajamas
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 37
Guide p: 223
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize another book in a nonfiction
series and remember information about
taking care of dog.
2. Recognize/use consonant clusters that
blend 2 or 3 consonant sounds (onsets)
Familiar reading: The Red Pajamas
Phonemic Awareness: sl-, cl-, fl- clusters
Challenge Book Orientation: Taking Care of Meli
Letter/Word Work: Concentration game w/ word cards
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 38
Guide p: 229
Targeted skill(s):
1. Compose and write sentences that
report information from the text.
Recognize and use consonant clusters that
blend 2 or 3 consonant sounds (onsets)
Familiar reading/running record: Taking Care of Meli
Phonemic Awareness: pl-, gl-, blWriting: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Cold
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 39
Guide p: 235
Targeted skill(s):
1. Notice and remember important
information
2. Recognize and understand simple
compound words.
Familiar reading: The Cold
Phonemic Awareness: inside, outside, anything, anywhere,
everything, everywhere, maybe, something, somewhere,
sometimes
Challenge Book (instructional level): Mother Sea Turtle
Letter/Word Work: Consonant Cluster Linking Chart
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LLI Level: F
Lesson #: 40
Guide p: 241
Targeted skill(s):
1. Compose and write sentences that
report information from the text
2. Recognize and use –ing ending with
verbs.
Familiar reading/running record: Mother Sea Turtle
Phonemic Awareness: poem: The Brook ( –ing endings)
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: The Birthday Song
41
LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 41
Guide p: 249
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize a book in a series and bring
background knowledge to the understanding of an
informational text.
2. Use consonant cluster linking chart as a tool for
thinking about words with consonant clusters.
Familiar reading: The Birthday Song
Phonics: consonant cluster linking chart
Challenge Book (instructional level): Meli at School
Letter/Word Work: high-frequency word practice
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 42
Guide p: 255
Targeted skill(s):
1. Make your voice louder when you see
the big (boldface) print. 2. Write highfrequency words quickly.
3. Recognize and use vowel patterns.
Familiar reading/running record: Meli at School
Phonics: vowel patterns: ou, ow (howl), ow (snow)
Writing: Dictation
Independent Book Practice: Pig’s New House
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 43
Guide p: 261
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize cause and effect to
understand the ending.
2. Recognize and use consonant digraphs.
Familiar reading: Pig’s New House
Phonics: shChallenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Super Fox
Letter/Word Work: see p. 264
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 44
Guide p: 267
Targeted skill(s):
1. Read with phrasing, intonation, and
appropriate word stress.
2. Compose and help to write sentences
summarizing a story.
3. Recognize and use consonant digraphs.
Familiar reading/running record: Super Fox
Phonics: chWriting: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: Andy Fox at School
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 51
Guide pg: 311
Targeted skill(s):
1. Recognize and process some literary
language. 2. Use base words and word
endings to help in reading words.
Familiar reading: Andy Fox at School
Phonemic Awareness: base words + endings –s, -ing, -ed
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Great
Big Enormous Turnip
Letter/Word Work: letter/sound associations for everyone,
great, grew, next
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 52
Guide pg: 317
Targeted skill(s):
1. Say words slowly to listen for and write
letters that represent them.
2. Use base words and word endings to
help in reading words.
`Familiar reading/running record: The Great Big Enormous
Turnip
Phonemic Awareness: base words + endings –s, -ing, -ed
Writing: Interactive writing
Independent Book Practice: Down by the Pond
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 53
Guide pg: 323
Targeted skill(s): 1. Gain information from graphics and
integrate it with text features. 2. Recognize and use endings that
add –ed to a verb to make it past tense
Familiar reading: Down by the Pond
Phonemic Awareness: -ed ending
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
Sled Dogs
Letter/Word Work: word ladder using both/bother and
other/over
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 54
Guide p: 329
Targeted skill(s): 1. Use known parts of words to write new
words.2. Recognize and use words with vowel combinations.
Familiar reading/running record: All About Sled Dogs
Phonics: ear, eat vowel combinations
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Pop, Pop, Popcorn!
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 55
Guide p: 335
Targeted skill(s): 1. Understand a book can be a mixture of
fiction and nonfiction 2. Connect words that have the same parts
or patterns
Familiar reading: Pop, Pop, Popcorn!
Phonics: about, along, again, across, around after
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Fun
Club Goes to a Dairy Farm
Letter/Word Work: GAME Concentration w/ vowel patterns
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 57
Guide p: 347
Targeted skill(s): 1. Use language structure, meaning, and visual
information to monitor reading and solve words.2. Recognize and
use letters that represent consonant digraph sounds at the end of a
word.
Familiar reading: Going Camping
Phonics: -each, -ish letter patterns
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Coyote
and the Rabbit
Letter/Word Work: add to list of compound words (p. 350)
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LLI Level: H
Lesson #: 58
Guide p: 353
Targeted skill(s): 1. Help to compose and write sentences to
summarize a story. 2. Recognize and use letters that represent
consonant digraph sounds at the end of a word.
Familiar reading/running record: The Coyote and the Rabbit
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Phonics: -atch, -ath letter patterns
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Little Wolf’s New Home
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 61
Guide p: 373
Targeted skill(s): Read and understand some technical language
that is not typically in oral language. 2. Recognize and use letter
combinations that represent long vowel sounds.
Familiar reading: Little Wolf’s New Home
Phonics: letter combinations that represent long vowel sounds.
ai, ay, ee,
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Road
Builders
Letter/Word Work: making plurals (p. 376)
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 62
Guide p: 379
Targeted skill(s): 1. Say words slowly, listen for sounds in
sequence, and write the letters that represent the sounds.
Familiar reading/running record: Road Builders
Phonics: letter combinations that represent long vowel sounds.
ea, oa,
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Perfect Picnic
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 63
Guide p: 385
Targeted skill(s): 1. Gain new information about a
topic.2.Recognize and use letter combinations that represent long
vowel sounds.
Familiar reading: The Perfect Picnic
Phonics: letter combinations that represent long vowel sounds:
ow, ie
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
Dinosaurs
Letter/Word Work: syllable work with words from text (p. 388)
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 64
Guide p: 391
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read with phrasing and fluency 2.
Recognize and use phonograms with ending consonant clusters.
3. Capitalize the first word of a sentence and write end
punctuation.
Familiar reading/running record: All About Dinosaurs
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 65
Guide p: 397
Targeted skill(s): 1. Understand the role of sequence in the
book—from mailing a letter to receiving one. 2. Understand that
some vowels go together in words and make one sound.
Familiar reading: A Party for Panda
Phonics: long vowel letter combinations: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow,
ie
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Fun
Club Goes to the Post Office
Letter/Word Work: words w/ long vowel letter combinations p.
400
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 66
Guide p:403
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read dialog with intonation. 2. Help
compose sentences to describe the sequence in the story. 3.
Understand that some vowels go together in words and make one
sound AND the sound is usually the same as the name of the first
vowel.
Familiar reading/running record: The Fun Club Goes to the
Post Office _____________________________
Phonics: long vowel letter combinations
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The New Roof
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 67
Guide p:409
Targeted skill(s): 1. Use language structure, meaning, and visual
information to self-monitor reading and solve words. 2.
Understand that two word patterns may have the same sound but
are spelled differently.
Familiar reading: The New Roof
Phonics: phonograms –ail, ale, ait. ate
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Fun
Club Goes to the Vet Clinic
Letter/Word Work: review high-frequency words
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 68
Guide p: 415
Targeted skill(s): 1. Use word parts to solve words while
reading for meaning. 2. Capitalize first word in a sentence and
write end punctuation. 3. Understand that two word patterns may
have the same sound but are spelled differently.
Familiar reading/running record: The Fun Club Goes to the
Vet Clinic
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Phonics: letter patterns: -air, -are
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Kim’s New Shoes
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 69
Guide p: 421
Targeted skill(s): 1. Infer what made the man take off his coat.
2. Understand that two word patterns may have the same sound
but are spelled differently.
Familiar reading: Kim’s New Shoes
Phonics: phonogram patterns w/vowel and r –air, -are, -ear, -ir,
-or, -er,- -or, -ur
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Wind
and the Sun
Letter/Word Work: homonyms p. 424 meat/meet, two/too,
here/hear, fair/fare, road/rode, blew/blue
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LLI Level: I
Lesson #: 70
Guide p: 427
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read split dialog with understanding,
appropriate pausing, and intonation.2, Say words slowly to listen
for sounds and write the letters that represent them. 3. Recognize
and use letter combinations that represent long vowel sounds.
Familiar reading/running record: The Wind and the Sun
____________________________
Phonics: Recognize and use letter combinations that represent
long vowel sounds. ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow, ie
Recognize and use patterns with one or two vowels and r:
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Play Date
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 71
Guide pg: 433
Targeted skill(s): compare/contrast versions of story;
understanding plot of story; consonant clusters at beginning of
words
Familiar reading: The Big Storm and My Five Senses
Phonemic Awareness: consonant clusters linking chart
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Goldie and the Three Bears
Letter/Word Work: Play Lotto
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 72
Guide pg: 439
Targeted skill(s): plot and series of events; beginning consonant
clusters
Familiar reading/running record: Goldie and the Three Bears
Phonemic Awareness: consonant cluster linking chart
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Helping Mom
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LLI Level:
G Lesson #: 73 Guide pg: 445
Targeted skill(s): story problem/resolution; consonant digraphs;
fluency—using punctuation
Familiar reading: Goldie and The Three Bears and Helping Mom
Phonemic Awareness: consonant digraphs—make chart
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Papa’s Birthday
Letter/Word Work: en pattern—pen to hen, etc…
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 74 Guide pg: 451
Targeted skill(s): Story problems and resolution: consonant
diagraphs; going from known words to unknown words.
Familiar reading: Papa’s Birthday
Phonemic Awareness: consonant diagraphs
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The Storm
Writing: Independent
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 75 Guide pg: 457
Targeted skill(s): Making predictions; problem/resolution;
consonant digraphs chart
Familiar reading: The Storm
Phonemic Awareness: consonant diagraphs chart
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Baby Bird
Letter/Word work: ate- pattern- making words
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 76 Guide pg: 463
Targeted skill(s): Accessing background knowledge;
problem/resolutions; consonant diagraphs
Familiar reading: Baby Bird
Phonemic Awareness: consonant diagraphs
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Lizzy
Writing: Dictation
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LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 77 Guide pg: 469
Targeted skill(s): problem/resolution; consonant digraphs
Familiar reading: Lizzy
Phonemic Awareness: simple compound words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The Goat in the Garden
Letter/Word Work: going from known to unknown (could to
would to should)
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LLI Level: G Lesson #: 78 Guide pg: 475
Targeted skill(s): sequencing events; consonant digraphs
Familiar reading/running record: The Goat in the Garden
Phonemic Awareness: consonant cluster linking chart
Writing: Shared writing
Dictation
Interactive writing
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: A Surprise for Mom
79
LLI Level: G
Lesson #: 79
Guide pg: 481
Targeted skill(s): using graphic organizers for understanding;
consonant digraphs
Familiar reading: A Surprise for Mom
Phonemic Awareness: same as lsn 78
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
How Frogs Grow
Letter/Word Work:
Going from known to unknown words
80
LLI Level:
G Lesson #: 80 Guide pg: 487
Targeted skill(s): series of events and resolution; inferring;
phonogram patterns
Familiar reading/running record:
How Frogs Grow
Phonemic Awareness: vowel patterns ow, ou
Writing: Shared writing
Dictation
Interactive writing
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
Brave Taco
81
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 81 Guide pg: 497
Targeted skill(s): recognizing text features (headings, etc.);
consonants clusters/blends
Familiar reading: From Milk to Ice Cream
Phonemic Awareness: consonant clusters at the end of words
(nd, nt, nk, st)
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
All About Robots
Letter/Word Work: onset/rime
82
LLI Level: 82 Lesson #: 82 Guide pg: 503
Targeted skills (s): problem/solution; consonant clusters; reading
dialogue with expression
Familiar reading/running record: TN, All About Robots
Phonemic Awareness: ending consonant clusters
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Singing Duck
83
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 83
Guide pg: 509
Targeted skill(s): making inferences; consonant digraphs
Familiar reading: The Singing Duck
Phonemic Awareness: consonant digraphs—three column chart
with ng, tch, ck
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
How Bear Lost His Tail
Letter/Word Work:
Word Grid Board Game
84
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 84
Guide p: 515
Targeted skill(s): 1. Recognize word parts to take apart or write
new words. 2. Understand that a consonant digraph consists of
two letters that represent one unique sound.
Familiar reading/running record: How Bear Lost His Tail
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Phonics: consonant digraphs at ends of words and less frequent
ones at beginnings: -sh, -ng, tch, -ph, -gh gh-, gn-, kn-, ph-, wrWriting: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Wise Blackbird
85
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 85
Guide p: 521
Targeted skill(s): 1.Understand some technical vocabulary. 2.
Notice and use the sounds of consonant clusters at the end of a
word.
Familiar reading: The Wise Blackbird
Phonics: consonant digraphs at ends of words: -ct, -ft,--sk, -lf
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
African Elephants
Letter/Word Work: practice reading tricky high-frequency
words
86
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 86
Guide p: 527
Targeted skill(s): 1. Self-monitor and self-correct consistently.
2. Say words to think about how they sound and look. 3.
Recognize silent letters in word patterns.
Familiar reading/running record: All About Elephants
Phonics: Silent consonant letters in words: knit ,know,
lamb,climb, light, sight, wrap, wrong
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Wise Blackbird
ELL: Word Skills game
87
LLI Level: K Lesson #: 87 Guide pg: 533
Targeted skill(s): infer why decisions are made; consonant
digraphs
Familiar reading: All About Redwood Trees
Phonemic Awareness: letters that represent more than one sound
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Letter/Word Work: Lotto Game
88
LLI Level: K
Lesson #: 88
Guide pg: 539
Targeted skills (s): using a glossary; finding info in non-fiction
text; multiple consonant sounds
Familiar reading/running record:
TN, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Phonemic Awareness: ltrs that represent 2 or more sounds—chart
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Cranes
89
LLI Level:
K Lesson #: 89 Guide pg: 545
Targeted skill(s): interpreting information from pictures;
consistent self-monitoring; y making a vowel sound
Familiar reading: Cranes and The City Mouse and the Country
Mouse
Phonemic Awareness: chart showing words with the y that
sounds like an e or an i
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The Fun Club Goes to the Aquarium
Letter/Word Work: same as above
90
LLI Level: K Lesson #: 90
Guide pg: 551
Targeted skills (s): inferring; problem solving; letter clusters with
different sounds
Familiar reading/running record:
The Fun Club Goes…..
Phonemic Awareness: write the word special and talk about how
the sounds do not match the spelling
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Old Jacket, New Jacket
91
LLI Level: L Lesson #: 91 Guide pg: 559
Targeted skill(s): using a glossary; sequential process; silent
consonants
Familiar reading: The Fun Club… and Old Jacket…
Phonemic Awareness: chart with silent letters k, g, w
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
From Milk to Ice Cream
Letter/Word Work:
Multisyllable words from the book
92
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 92
Guide pg: 565
Targeted skills (s): inferring; story problems/solutions; consonant
blends
Familiar reading/running record: From Milk to Ice Cream
Phonemic Awareness: consonant clusters with 2 or 3 ltrs
Writing: Shared writing
Dictation
Interactive writing
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Frog Songs
93
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 93
Guide pg: 571
Targeted skill(s): 1. Build understanding of a character over
several books 2. Recognize and use endings that show
comparison for words ending in y.
Familiar reading: Frog Songs
Phonemic Awareness: adding –er to show comparison
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Good
Friends
Letter/Word Work: deconstruct words with –ed endings
94
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 94
Guide pg: 577
Targeted skill(s): 1. Recognize an animal fantasy book and have
expectations about the content 2. Understand that some words
have a vowel with r and the vowel sound is blended.
Familiar reading/running record: Good Friends
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Phonemic Awareness: -er, -ar. –ur letter patterns
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Elephant and Tiger
95
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 95
Guide pg: 583
Targeted skill(s): 1. Recognize a Classic Tale and have
expectations about what it will be like.2. Recognize and use igh
pattern in words to help read and write them.
Familiar reading: Elephant and Tiger
Phonemic Awareness: Recognize and use –igh pattern in words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Jack and the
Beanstalk
Letter/Word Work: Word Grid game board w/ er, ar, ur letter
patterns
96
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 96
Guide pg: 589
Targeted skill(s): 1. Infer a character’s feelings at the end of a
story.2. Understand that you can connect words to help in reading
or writing them.
Familiar reading/running record: Jack and the Beanstalk
Phonemic Awareness: Connect words that have the same
pattern: light/night, running/ sitting
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Hide and Seek
97
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 97 Guide pg: 595
Targeted skills (s): compare/contrast information; contractions
Familiar reading: Hide and Seek
Phonemic Awareness: making contractions
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Little Cat, Big Cat
Letter/Word Work:
Word Grid Game Board
98
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 98 Guide pg: 601
Targeted skills (s): searching info in nonfiction text; phrasing and
fluency
Familiar reading/running record: Little Cat, Big Cat
Phonemic Awareness: chart with aw and ought
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
Into the Sea
99
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 99 Guide pg: 607
Targeted skills (s): characterization; accessing prior knowledge;
phonogram patterns with aw sound
Familiar reading:
Into the Sea and Little Cat, Big Cat
Phonemic Awareness: words that sound same but spelled
differently ( aw, ought, ost, ong)
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
A Surprise for the Big Bad Wolf
Letter/Word Work:
Letters representing the sh sound—wash, machine, special,
delicious
10
0
LLI Level: L
Lesson #: 100 Guide pg: 613
Targeted skill(s): characterization; recognizing and using
phonogram patterns
Familiar reading/running record:
A Surprise for the Big Bad Wolf
Phonemic Awareness:
Same as lesson #99
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
The Ladybug and the Cricket
10
1
LLI Level: M Lesson #: 101 Guide pg: 621
Targeted skill(s): infer a characters feelings; phonogram patterns
Familiar reading: The Ladybug and the Cricket
Phonemic Awareness: connecting and comparing words that
look the same but sound different—chart
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The Costume Party
Letter/Word Work: Word Grid Game Board
10
2
LLI Level:
M Lesson #: 102 Guide pg: 627
Targeted skills (s): infer lesson in story; taking words apart
smoothly, keeping attn. on meaning
Familiar reading/running record:
The Costume Party
Phonemic Awareness: words with oo sound as in book
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
Moosling in Winter
10
3
LLI Level:
M
Lesson #: 103 Guide pg: 633
Targeted skill(s): sequential organization; compound words;
consistent self-monitoring
Familiar reading: Moosling in Winter and The Costume Party
Phonemic Awareness: complex compound words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
The Road Runners
Letter/Word Work:
y at the end of words, having the long e sound
10
4
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 104 Guide pg: 639
Targeted skill(s): inferring; identify syllables
Familiar reading/running record: The Road runners
Phonemic Awareness: understanding the concept of syllables,
using hyphens to separate
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: March to the Park
10
5
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 105
Guide pg: 645
Targeted skill(s): 1. Notice characters’ feelings and how they
change by the end of the story. 2. Read words and identify the
syllables.
Familiar reading: March to the Park
Phonemic Awareness: one and two syllable words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): Venus; The
Flytrap Who Wouldn’t Eat Flies
Letter/Word Work: Game: LOTTO w/ one and two syllable
words
See p. 648
10
6
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 106
Guide pg: 651
Targeted skill(s): 1. Compose and write sentences to describe a
character 2. Recognize and use one or two syllables in words.
Familiar reading/running record: Venus; The Flytrap Who
Wouldn’t Eat Flies ____________________________________
Phonemic Awareness: dividing multisyllable words
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Pen Pals
10
7
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 107
Guide pg: 657
Targeted skill(s): 1. Understand the problem of the story and the
events in sequence. 2. Recognize and use one, two, and three
syllables in words.
Familiar reading: Pen Pals
Phonemic Awareness: Look at the syllable in a word to read it.
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Fox and
the Gulls
Letter/Word Work: multisyllable words
10
8
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 108 Guide pg: 663
Targeted skill(s): problem/solution; accessing background
knowledge
Familiar reading/running record:
The Fox and the Gulls
Phonemic Awareness:
Recognizing and understanding contractions
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
Puddle Play
10
9
LLI Level: M Lesson #: 109 Guide pg:669
Targeted skill(s): poetry w/i text; inferring; contractions
Familiar reading: Puddle Play
Phonemic Awareness: understanding contractions
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
A Dragon’s Lullaby
Letter/Word Work: changing the middle sound to create a new
word (ex: sheet to shirt)
11
0
LLI Level: M
Lesson #: 110 Guide pg: 675
Targeted skill(s): problem/resolution; accessing background info;
contractions
Familiar reading/running record:
A Dragon’s Lullaby
Phonemic Awareness: same as Lsn. 109
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Scream
11
1
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 111
Guide p: 683
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read with phrasing, intonation, appropriate
word stress, and pausing. 2. Recognize and use consonant
digraphs at ends of words.
Familiar reading: The Scream
Phonics: word ending digraphs –sh, -ch,-ck, -tch, -dge, -ng, -ph,
-gh
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): The Hot Day
Letter/Word Work: word ladder (p. 686)
11
2
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 112
Guide p: 689
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read with intonation, appropriate word
stress, phrasing, and pausing to notice the punctuation. 2.
Compose and write sentences describing a character’s feelings.
Familiar reading/running record: The Hot Day
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__
Phonics: connecting words that have the same pattern:
through/though/thought, tough/rough/enough/cough
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Moosling the Hero
11
3
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 113
Guide p: 695
Targeted skill(s): 1. Recognize new information as compared to
what is already known. 2. Recognize and use –ed endings to
make a verb past tense.
Familiar reading: Moosling the Hero
Phonics: adding ed to base words (double final consonant;
change y to i)
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
Astronauts
Letter/Word Work: review long vowel letter combinations p.
698)
11
4
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 114
Guide p: 701
Targeted skill(s): 1. Read with intonation, appropriate word
stress, phrasing, and pausing to notice the punctuation. 2.
Understand that word parts are added to base words to indicate
something done in the past (suffixes). 3. Write high-frequency
Familiar reading/running record: All About Astronauts
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Phonics: adding ed to base words (add d; change word)
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Too Many Teeth
11
5
LLI Level:
N
Lesson #: 115
Guide p: 707
Targeted skill(s): 1. Recognize sections and use headings to
predict categories of information.2. Recognize and use endings
that show comparison.
Familiar reading: Too Many Teeth
Phonics: base words + -er, -est
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level): All About
Volcanoes
Letter/Word Work: work w/partner to add comparative
endings (p. 710)
11
6
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 116 Guide pg: 713
Targeted skills: problem/resolution; characterization; selfmonitoring; recognizing syllables
Familiar reading/running record:
All About Volcanoes
Phonemic Awareness:
Syllables made of a consonant and le
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice:
Libby’s New Friend
11
7
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 117 Guide pg: 719
Targeted skills (s): chronological order; accessing background
information; non-fiction genre; syllabification
Familiar reading:
All About Volcanoes and Libby’s New Friend
Phonemic Awareness: chart with 2, 3, 4, or 5 syllable words
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady
Letter/Word Work:
Same as earlier activit
11
8
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 118
Guide pg: 725
Targeted skill(s): characterization; phrasing; intonation; pausing;
word stress
Familiar reading/running record:
Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady
Phonemic Awareness:
Recognizing syllables (make chart)
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: The Pirates
11
9
LLI Level: N
Lesson #: 119 Guide pg: 731
Targeted skill(s):biographies; chronological order; homophones
Familiar reading: Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady and The Pirates
Phonemic Awareness: connecting words that sound the same, but
different meanings
Challenge Book Orientation (instructional level):
Chester Greenwood’s Big Idea
Letter/Word Work: poem—A Thunderstorm
12
0
LLI Level:
N Lesson #: 120 Guide pg: 737
(last lesson in LLI set)
Targeted skill(s): compare/contrast; background knowledge;
central idea; word patterns
Familiar reading/running record:
Chester Greenwood’s Big Idea
Phonemic Awareness: poem—On Top of Spaghetti
Writing: Shared writing
Interactive writing
Dictation
Independent writing
Independent Book Practice: Animals with Wings