Reading and Spelling News
Unit 1
Assessments will cover High Frequency Words beginning the first semester and
throughout the year. Spelling words will be assessed weekly, but grades will be recorded
beginning second semester.
---------------------------------------------------------------Story:
Sam, Come Back!
Word Family/Skill:
short (a) and (-ck) endings
High Frequency Words: on, way, in, Sam, Jack
Word Wall Words: at, can, in, it, on
Spelling Words:
at
can
cat
back
dad
am
bat
mad
ran
sack
man
fan
in
it
on
---------------------------------------------------------------Story:
Pig in a Wig
Word Family/Skill:
short (i)
High Frequency Words: and, take, up, play
Word Wall Words: and, big, did, is, up
Spelling Words:
in
it
did
sit
six
fix
lip
mix
pin
wig
pig
and
is
up
big
---------------------------------------------------------------Story:
The Big Blue Ox
Word Family/Skill:
short (o), plurals
High Frequency Words: get, help, use, town, mud
Word Wall Words: animal, get, I, not, see
Spelling Words:
mom
hot
hop
pot
pop
ox
lock
mop
got
rock
animal
get
see
x-ray
not
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Story:
A Fox and a Kit
Word Family/Skill:
Plurals, adding (-s) and (-ing)
High Frequency Words: eat, her, this, too, animals, dinner, watch
Word Wall Words: eat, had, her, the, this
Spelling Words:
nap
naps
sit
sits
win
wins
fit
fits
hit
hits
eat
her
the
this
had
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Story:
Get the Egg!
Word Family/Skill:
short (e), beginning consonant blends
High Frequency Words: saw, small, tree, your, bird, nest
Word Wall Words: best, saw, to, when, your
Spelling Words:
bed
men
red
step
ten
net
leg
jet
sled
wet
best
saw
to
your
when
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Story:
Animal Park
Word Family/Skill:
short (u), ending blends
High Frequency Words: home, into, many, them, park, elephants,
zebras, hippos
Word Wall Words: but, fun, jump, them, us
Spelling Words:
run
cut
must
sun
up
bump
jump
bus
nut
rug
hut
fun
them
us
but
Reading and Spelling News
Unit 2
Assessments will cover High Frequency Words beginning the first semester and
throughout the year. Spelling words will be assessed weekly, but grades will be taken
beginning second semester.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Story:
A Fish For Max
Word Family/Skill:
digraphs (sh) and (th)
High Frequency Words: catch, good, know, put, want, Max, Ruby
Grandma
Word Wall Words: good, no, she, that, they
Spelling Words:
ship
fish
then
shut
with
rush
shell
shop
trash
thin
good
no
she
they
that
---------------------------------------------------------------Story:
The Farmer in the Hat
Word Family/Skill:
long (a), (c/s) sounds, (g/j) sounds
High Frequency Words: be, could, horse, old, paper, MacDonald,
squeak, farmer, gerbil
Word Wall Words: be, have, made, ate, old, make
Spelling Words:
face
shake
age
safe
take
make
cage
cake
late
name
ate
be
have
made
old
---------------------------------------------------------------Story:
Who Works Here?
Word Family/Skill:
long (i), digraphs (wh), (ch), (tch)
High Frequency Words: live, out, people, who, work, mail,
neighborhood, busy
Word Wall Words: out, people, ride,
Spelling Words:
like
ride
smile
bike
dime
hide
slide
out
people
want, who
time
ice
want
white
kite
who
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
The Big Circle
Word Family/Skill:
long (o), contractions, (n’t), (‘m), (‘ll)
High Frequency Words: down, inside, now, there, together,
triceratops, meat, herd, baby, circle
Word Wall Words: down, go, over, there, will
Spelling Words:
home
hope
rose
woke
those
bone
hose
joke
rode
stone
down
go
over
there
will
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Life in the Forest
Word Family/Skill:
long (u), long (e), ending (ed)
High Frequency Words: around, find, food, grow, under, water,
forest, leaves, squirrels, hummingbirds,
bear, woodpecker
Word Wall Words: are, for, play, said, was
Spelling Words:
huge
June
rule
tube
use
cube
cute
flute
rude
mule
are
for
said
was
play
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Honey Bees
Word Family/Skill:
long (e)
High Frequency Words: also, family, new, other, some, their,
worker, flowers, nectar, honey, cold
Word Wall Words: he, here, me, we, went
Spelling Words:
be
feet
he
see
we
green
meet
she
tree
week
could
here
me
bee
went
Reading and Spelling News
Unit 3
------------------------------------------------------------Story:
An Egg is an Egg
Word Family/Skill:
(y) as long (i) and long (e)
High Frequency Words: always, become, day, everything, nothing,
stays, things, bit, tower, grew, sunset, night
Word Wall Words: day, my, thing, very, why
Spelling Words:
my
by
try
any
body
fly
cry
lucky
silly
puppy
day
thing
very
why
egg
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Ruby in Her Own Time
Word Family/Skill:
(-ng) and (-nk) endings, compound words
High Frequency Words: any, enough, ever, every, own, sure,
were, mother, precious, father, flew, feather, beautiful
Word Wall Words: am, girl, quit, with, you
Spelling Words:
bring
trunk
pink
bank
sang
wing
rink
blank
rang
sunk
am
girl
with
you
quit
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Jan’s New Home
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-es)- (catches) and plurals (-es)-(buses)
r controlled vowels (or) and (ore)
High Frequency Words: away, car, friends, house, our, school,
very, window, toys, move
Word Wall Words: car, friend, house, of, school
Spelling Words:
fix
fixes
class
classes
wish
wishes
kiss
kisses
bus
buses
car
friend
house
of
school
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Story:
Frog and Toad Together
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-ed), (-ing) and r controlled (ar)
High Frequency Words: afraid, again, few, how, read, soon, rain,
ground, head, shouted, shouting
Word Wall Words: favorite, how, kick, look, talk
Spelling Words:
ask
asked
plan
planned
help
helped
jog
jogged
call
called
favorite
how
kick
talk
look
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
I’m a Caterpillar
Word Family/Skill:
(r) controlled vowels -(ir/ur/er)
and contractions (‘s)
High Frequency Words: done, know, push, visit, wait, caterpillar,
crawl, chrysalis, pupa, shiver
Word Wall Words: after, brother, can’t, sister, tell
Spelling Words:
her
first
bird
girl
burn
were
shirt
fur
hurt
sir
after
brother
can’t
sister
tell
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Where Are My Animal Friends?
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-er), (-est), (-dge)
High Frequency Words: before, does, good-bye, oh, right, won’t,
spring, warm, goose, raccoon
Word Wall Words: boy, do, from, night, won’t
Spelling Words:
bigger
biggest
faster
fastest
slowest
shorter
shortest sadder
boy
do
from
won’t
slower
saddest
night
Reading and Spelling News
Unit 4
Assessments will cover and be recorded on High Frequency Words and Spelling Words.
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Mama’s Birthday Present
Word Family/Skill:
long (a) as ai/ay and possessives
High Frequency Words: give, surprise, would, enjoy, worry, about,
present, wonderful, bunuelos, tortillas, guitar, piñata, confetti
Word Wall Words: children, give, off, rain, what
Spelling Words:
train
way
tail
play
day
may
rain
gray
mail
afraid
children
give
off
what
pain
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
The Dot
Word Family/Skill:
long (e) and digraphs (ea)
High Frequency Words: draw, colors, over, drew, great, sign, show,
artist, experimenting, splashed, straight, squiggle, stare, gold
Word Wall Words: all, has, him, his, new
Spelling Words:
eat
sea
each
team
please
dream
treat
beach
clean
lean
has
him
his
new
all
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Mister Bones: Dinosaur Hunter
Word Family/Skill:
long (o) digraphs – oa/ow and 3 letter blends
High Frequency Words: once, wild, found, took, mouth, gigantic,
Montana, bandanas, cowboy, lizard, tyrant, museum
Word Wall Words: come, like, little, some, zoo
Spelling Words:
boat
road
snow
row
yellow
loaf
coat
soap
blow
pillow
come
little
some
zoo
like
Story:
The Lady in the Moon
Word Family/Skill:
long (i) –ight/ie and (kn/n), (wr/r)
High Frequency Words: eight, moon, above, touch, laugh, festival,
treasures, pears, lotus leaves, poem
Word Wall Words: because, nice, pretty, teacher, where
Spelling Words:
lie
tie
high
might
right
night
bright
light
pie
tight
because
pretty
teacher
where
nice
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Peter’s Chair
Word Family/Skill:
compound words, vowels (ew), (ue), (ui)
High Frequency Words: stood, room, thought, picture, remember,
cradle, crocodile, idea, curtain, biscuits, cookies
Word Wall Words: away, find, funny, run, came
Spelling Words:
backpack
outside
baseball
herself
flashlight
bluebird
lunchbox suitcase
inside
brainstorm
away
find
funny
run
came
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper’s House
Word Family/Skill:
endings (-ly) and (-ful), (oo) as in moon
High Frequency Words: told, only, across, because, dance, opened,
shoes, Valentine’s Day, heart, tuxedo, shiny, gargoyle, waltz
Word Wall Words: into, must, now, our, please
Spelling Words:
slowly
careful
quickly
useful
painful
playful
sadly
gladly
nicely
wonderful
into
must
now
our
please
Reading and Spelling News
Unit 5
Assessments will cover and be recorded on High Frequency Words and Spelling Words.
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
Word Family/Skill:
vowel partner (ow)
High Frequency Words: along, behind, eyes, never, pulling, toward, disagreed,
breath, tippy-toe, favorite, potato bugs
Word Wall Words: ran, say, so, soon, too
Spelling Words:
how
town
down
now
brown
cow
clown
frown
crowd
growl
ran
say
so
soon
too
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Mole and Baby Bird
Word Family/Skill:
vowel partner (ou)
High Frequency Words: door, loved, should, wood, usually, presently,
borrowed
Word Wall Words: under, well, again, an, any
Spelling Words:
mouth
house
found
our
out
cloud
ouch
shout
round
count
under
well
again
an
any
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Dot and Jabber and the Great Acorn Mystery
Word Family/Skill:
short (oo) and long (oo)
High Frequency Words: among, another, instead, none, detectives,
mystery, solve, hey, meadow, million, hurray
Word Wall Words: ask, every, fly, going, just
Spelling Words:
book
moon
took
food
look
pool
zoo
noon
good
foot
ask
every
fly
going
just
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Simple Machines
Word Family/Skill:
oi/oy, suffixes (er) and (or)
High Frequency Words: against, goes, heavy, kinds, today, machines,
vacuum, pulleys, inclined planes, surface, axles
Word Wall Words: know, let, live, may, once
Spelling Words:
oil
soil
voice
point
boy
boil
coin
oink
toy
joy
know
let
live
may
once
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Alexander Graham Bell
Word Family/Skill:
au/aw, short (e) and spelled (ea)
High Frequency Words: built, early, learn, science, Boston, Scotland,
communicate, telephone, famous, electricity, piano
Word Wall Words: open, put, round, stop, take
Spelling Words:
saw
draw
crawl
straw
law
jaw
paw
lawn
yawn
hawk
open
put
round
stop
take
----------------------------------------------------------Story:
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Word Family/Skill:
prefixes re-/un-, long (i) and (o)
High Frequency Words: answered, brothers, carry, different, poor,
hearth, hasty pudding, amazing, invention, harbor
Word Wall Words: thank, then, think, walk, were
Spelling Words:
unhappy
refill
untie
undo
repay
unkind
undress
retell
reopen
refund
thank
then
think
walk
were