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Reading Themes
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Theme 1 All
Together Now
(Themes are completed over 3 weeks)
PHONICS – review consonants m, s,
c, t, n, f, p, b,
r, h, g; blending short a and short i words
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS – go, the, on,
and, here, jump, not, too, we,
a, find, have, one, to, who
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 2
Surprise!
PHONICS
review consonants d,
w, l, x and blending short o words
y,k,v,
and blending short e words
q,
j, z, and blending short u words
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
five, four, in,
once, three, two, upon, what
do,
for, I, is, me, my, said, you
are,
away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 3
Let's Look Around!
PHONICS
double
final consonants, plurals with s, and blending short a and
u words verb endings -s,
-ed, -ing, blending short i words, possessives with 's
clusters with r, contractions with
's,
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
animal, bird,
cold, fall, flower, full, look of, see
all,
call, eat, every, first, paper, never, shall, why
also,
blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some
SPELLING WORDS
an, at, can, cat, had, man, catch,
add
in, it, him, big, sit, did,
dish, milk
trip, crab, drip, grin, grab,
trap, crack, brown
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Theme 4
Family and Friends
PHONICS
blending more short o words, clusters(blends) with l
clusters with s,
blending more short e words, silent letters kn, wr, gn,
triple clusters, blending more short
u words
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
children, come, family, father, love, mother, people,
picture, your
friend, girl, know, play, read, she, sing, today, write
car, down, hear, hold,
hurt, learn, their, walk, would
SPELLING WORDS
on, box, not, hot, got, top, pond,
doll
get, men, ten, yes, red,
pet, tent, bell
up, but, fun, run, us, cut, jump, plum
red = week 1 blue= week 2
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Theme 5
Home Sweet Home
PHONICS
Digraphs sh, th, wh, digraphs ch, tch
Blending long a words (CVCe)
for example: make and final endings nd, ng, nk long i (CVCe)
example: bike, and contractions
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
grow, light, long, more, other, right, room, small,
these,
could, house, how, over, own, so, world
fly, give, good, her, little, our, try, was
SPELLING WORDS
she,
fish, much, chin, shell, chop, shoe, chair
make, came, take, name,
gave, game, place, skate
five, nine, like, ride, time, kite, prize, smile
STORIES:
Moving Day,
Me on the Map,
The Kite
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3 |
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Theme 6
Animal Adventures
PHONICS
Long o (CV, CVCe)
examples: go, pole and long u (CVCe)
example: mule
and final clusters (blends) ft, lk, nt
Long e (CV, CVCe)
examples: me, Pete,
vowel pairs ee, ea
Vowel
pairs ai, ay
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
by, climb, found, morning, out, shout, show
cow, door, horse, now, table, there, through, wall
been, evening, far, forest, goes, hungry, near, soon
SPELLING WORDS
go, bone, so, nose, home, no, also, woke
eat, feet, be, me, mean,
see, maybe, see
day, may, play, say, stay, way, away, holiday
STORIES:
The Sleeping Pig,
EEk! There's a Mouse in the House,
Red-Eye Tree Frog
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 7
We Can Work It Out
PHONICS
Vowel pairs: oa and ow
(boat and snow)
oo as in foot
Vowel
pairs: oo, ew, ue,
ou, u, u_e
examples: moon, chew, blue, flu, rule
Long i: ie, igh (ex. tie, high)
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
again, both, gone, hard, or, turn, want
afraid, any, bear, follow, idea, most, tall, water
build, old, piece, shoe, start, under, very, wear
SPELLING WORDS
boat, toad, coat, slow, grow,
show, coast, know
book, cook, foot, good,
look, took, crook, hoof
food, moon, room, soon, too, zoo, balloon, moose
STORIES:
That Toad is Mine!,
Lost!,
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 8
Our Earth
PHONICS
Base Words and Endings -s, -ed, -ing
Vowel Pairs: ou, ow
(ex. shout, cow) and
Syllabication
Base
Words and Endings -ed, -ing
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
about, because, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny
always, arms, body, eight, ready, seven, warm
butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work
SPELLING WORDS
cup, cups, frog, frogs, tree,
trees, gloves, birds
cow, now, house, found,
down, out, pouch, crowded
checking, sleeping, missed, landed, filled, telling,
bluffing, planted
STORIES:
The Forest,
Butterfly,
Johnny Appleseed
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 9
Special Friends
PHONICS
Sounds for y
(ex. fly and sleepy)
Base Words and Endings -es, -ies and
Prefixes un- and re-
Vowel
Pairs: oi, oy (soil, boy)
aw, au (law, sauce)
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
around, dance, else, ever, ocean, open, talk, though
after, before, buy, done, off, pretty, school, wash
baby, edge, enough, garden, only, sharp, together,
watched
SPELLING WORDS
by, my, fly, try, cry, why, pry,
multiply
dishes, dresses, boxes,
beaches, wishes, kisses, classes, brushes
coin, soil, boy, oil, toy, point, moist, destroy
STORIES:
When I Am Old With You,
The New Friend,
The Surprise Family
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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Theme 10
We Can Do It!
PHONICS
R-Controlled Vowels: or, ore
and R-Controlled Vowels: er, ir, ur
R-Controlled Vowel: ar
Base
Words and Endings -er, -est
HIGH
FREQUENCY WORDS
began, break, divide, head, laugh, second, sure
above, against, already, begin, caught, minute
able, eye, present, thoughts
SPELLING WORDS
store, corn, for, more, or,
morning, afford, before
car, start, arm, far, yard,
dark, large, jar
newer, warmest, highest, faster, deepest, richer,
smaller, kindest
STORIES:
Two Greedy Bears,
Fireflies for Nathan
The Hat, Days With Frog and Toad
red = week 1 blue= week 2
green= week 3
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