USA Sunshine Classics Skills Chart Grade 1

Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Level D I’m Brave of Contractions – fuzzy, buzzy What makes you feel feelings I’m Brave Sometimes it’s the little I’m, I am, don’t, do rhymes, discuss scared? page 8 How things we are scared of. not meaning would you say the word in speech bubble? Why? Is girl still feeling Story by Pauline Cartwright Illustrations by Susan Moxley brave? Come and Play, Sarah with, yes List the words from Blend sounds Note other games you games Come and Play, Sarah School children offer to the story that would to make pl-ay, would invite a new or play with a new girl called ÀWLQWRDJDPHV j-ump blind person to join. Sarah, who is blind. category From the illustrations, how would you describe Story by Karen Anderson Illustrations by Jon Davis Sarah? Who will Win the Race? will, who, Sort the animals into Blend sounds How does Tortoise animal Who Will Win the Race? Guess which animal will too, all fast and slow. Say to make sl-ow, manage to win the traditional win the race. why the words are in f-a-s-t race? Retell the story to story bold in the story. show understanding of central message Story by Ann Wilson Illustrations by Val Biro What Would You Like? what, like, Would – make -ike word Make sentences food What Would You Like? Would you like to eat a no, yes make family (like, Using capital, period, worm, a mouse or peanut sh-ould, bike, hike) question mark butter? c-ould Rhyming with no words – no, Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic go, toe, show The Speed Boat went, out Meaning of words in -er, -or, verb to Retell the story in water The Speed Boat See what happens when a bold print – what did noun order. sports speedboat driver forgets to driver need to look row, rower; sail, look out. out for? sailor; dive, diver; swim, Story by Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Jennifer Cooper swimmer Going to the Vet how, her, I’d, I had Verb tenses – Use illustrations to pets Going to the Vet What do you think is the going (contraction) take, took, had identify who is telling best way to take a pet to taken the story on each page. the vet?

Story by Jennifer Beck Illustrations by Kako Sato The Gingerbread Men them, What word on page 8 Consonant Retell the steps of baking The Gingerbread Men Children make and eat give, take, tells you they enjoyed digraph /th/ making and eating yummy cookies. put, then the cookies? How two letters make cookies in order of the would you say it? one sound – story. Why? (bold print and the, them, then Story by Judy Ling Illustrations by Mosquito exclamation mark)

1 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Who is the Tallest? of, all Meaning of question -er, -est, In groups of three, act measurement Who is the Tallest? The animals measure word who? comparisons, out who is tall, taller, themselves to see who is tall, taller, tallest the tallest. tallest

Story by Ann Wilson Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic I Like Worms like, good, Adjectives – Rhyming words Insert punctuation in a food/ I Like Worms The hen enjoys a diet of all color words – pies/fries; jug/ list – commas page 4 animals sorts of worms. mug; tea/me Read the list with pauses and without to hear the difference in Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic meaning Bread of, some Understand question Make words Make sentences using being Bread The twins share bread on word where? Notice with blend br- end punctuation . ! ? helpful the way home. rhyme with here, br-ead, br-own, Find clues in pictures there br-eak, br-other of where bread is going next. Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Val Biro Rosie, the Nosy Goat Rosie, our, ate, Opposites – Ending –y Possessive apostrophe’ animals the Nosy Goat Rosie tries to eat eat go away, come here (long e) What did Rosie eat of everything, even a bucket! Rosie, nosy, Mom’s and Dad’s? laundry

Story by Doreen Douglas Illustrations by Ulrike Haseloff The Bulldozer again Opposites, – Match singular Retell the order of machinery The Bulldozer See how a bulldozer moves on, off; up, down and plural nouns the story showing the logs to verbs, logs go, process needed for a bulldozer goes bulldozer to move logs.

Story by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Kelvin Hawley In the Snow (NF) again, Read the words on Blend sl-ed, Identify the main seasons In the Snow Children have fun in the walk page 8 using bold sl-ide, sl-ow; topic and retell the key snow on sleds. print and ! Compare sn-ow, sn-ap, details of the text. to The Speedboat sn-ug

Text by Jillian Cutting Tools Can Help (NF) with, out, Understand use of Break ham/mer, What kind of text science Tools Can Help You will be surprised at will, are, can in title and as a scis/sors, screw/ is this? How do you the tools we use often. our question word in text dri/ver into know? How do the syllables pictures on page 8 help NB each syllable you understand the Text by John Sheridan has a vowel sentence? Dinosaur Times (NF) were, live Past tense verb – Make words Use illustrations history Dinosaur Times See how animals today are live, lived ending with and details in text to different to long ago –and – l-and, describe key ideas – b-and, s-and dinosaur times vs today

Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Geoffrey Cox My Black Cat (NF) my, likes, Singular noun with Letter blend / Retell all the things the pets My Black Cat A girl looks after her cat. to, eat, matching verb form – bl/ black, blue, cat likes to do. black, cat/likes blink Brainstorm important play, with, cat/loves Word family things to know when in, on, me, –ack back, sack, looking after a pet. Text by Jillian Cutting the tack

2 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words

Trucks Trucks (NF) some, do, Meaning of carry; Make words Distinguish shades of heavy There are many different what logging trucks carry with blend tr- intensity in adjectives transport types of trucks logs; garbage trucks tr-uck, tr-am, of size, big, huge, vehicles carry garbage tr-ain, tr-ip enormous

Text by Jillian Cutting Moving (NF) put, our, movers, moving Make words Identify the main family Moving A family moves house new ending in -ing topic and retell the key details of the text.

Text by Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Bryan Pollard Level E Goldilocks open, Questions – Contractions – Retell and act out the fairy tales Goldilocks $OLWWOHJLUOVÀQGVDKRXVH were, just, Who’s? who’s/who has; story in order. Discuss with an open door. then, of Opposites – she’s/she is; whether Goldilocks did big/little; soft/hard; it’s/it is the right thing. hot/cold Retold by Ruth Corrin Illustrations by Jennifer Lautusi The Hare and the let, by, win, won, winning Word ending Retell the story in order fables The Hare and the Tortoise Tortoise just, good -ing – WRFRQÀUPZK\DVORZ Who would you expect to winning, tortoise won the race. win the race? plodding, running

Illustrations by Rita Parkinson Discuss meaning of each word Hello, Hello, Hello some, Meaning of Hello – Digraph sh-, Read the speech greetings Hello, Hello, Hello How many ways can you how, when why does hello have shake, (Rhymes bubbles on each page. say Hello? speech marks around with make) she, Why are there none on it on some pages and shoe page 4-5? What other not on others? greetings do you know? Story by Jan McPherson Illustrations by Kiki Ketchum-Neumann y Pony Minnie My Pony M has, an, Number words Final -e long Shaped, underlined, ponies Minnie A girl describes her pony. black, Adjectives/nouns vowel – bold text helps meaning white (soft/hay) pon-y, Minn-ie

Story by Elizabeth Taylor Illustrations by Rachel Conner Don’t You Laugh at Me! stop, him, Contractions – gh sounds like Retell the story in humor Don’t You Laugh at Me! Each animal can’t stop her can’t /cannot; don’t /f/ – order and discuss the laughing, so the next /do not; I’ll /I will laugh, laughing humorous ending. animal eats it. Discuss the use of contractions Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Rodney McRae Going to Lucy’s House over, Contraction don’t – Possessive Retell the story imagination Going to Lucy’s House Hannah imagines all the walk, just, do not opposite of do apostrophe – naming all the things ways she could get to has, of Lucy’s in Hannah’s thought Lucy’s house. Capital letters bubbles. for names –

Story by Jane Buxton Illustrations by Carla Shale Hannah, Lucy, Mom

3 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Me and My Dog has, over, Prepositions – Letter blend Bold type and shaped movement Me and My Dog A girl describes the things just, me, opposites (under/ cl-climb, clown, words for emphasis, she can do with her dog. of over; into/out) clock act out

Story by Pauline Cartwright Illustrations by Pucci Violi The Wind Blows Strong too Match the verb Make words Onomatopoeia – sound The Wind Blows Strong A girl listens to the noises make/s with the with letter blend listen to and say the words made by a strong wind. correct singular or cr- words that sound like plural noun – creak, crash, the actual sound, ting, the windmill makes, crackle ting sounds like a bell Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Vicki Smillie-McHoull leaves make ringing. Look for the words in the pictures. What causes all these sounds? Building Things (NF) too Plurals – Sound the word Identify the main topic science Building Things Animals and people are bird/s, beaver/s, b-est. and relate story to builders. ant/s Make words that things you have built or rhyme with nest seen built.

Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Robert Morton Is it Floating? (NF) has, yes Look at the word /HWWHUEOHQGÁ What kind of text science Is it Floating? Find out what things will sunk (past tense of float, floating, is this? How do you ÁRDW sink) floats, floated, know? Read the speech Discuss meaning of fly bubbles and captions. sinking, sinker How do you know if Text by Fred and Jeanne Biddulph Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic VRPHWKLQJZLOOÁRDW" Engines (NF) an, has, Discuss meaning of Make words Distinguish shades of transport Engines Different engines help us this, have and then break into with blend sm- intensity in adjectives move. syllables – small describing engines – engine, electric, very big, small, fast, modern strong

Text by Steve Pattrick Food (NF) from, Use commas to Letter blend gr- Notice and discuss non- food Food Where does our food come give, of, separate single words grow, grown, ÀFWLRQWH[WIHDWXUHVRI from? some in a series page 3 grass, green contents page, headings, labels, captions

Text by Barbara Armstrong Summer (NF) by, what, Page 4 meaning Digraph ch- What kind of text seasons Summer What can you do in they, do of fountain from children, watch, is this? How do you summer? sentence context and branches know? Relate to things picture. Rhymes with Blend squ-irt, you can do in summer mountain. squ-eeze, Text by Jillian Cutting squ-ash What’s Inside? (NF) an, from, Contraction – Make words Discuss text feature science What’s Inside? Look inside buildings and live what’s, what is? with blend cr- of labels. Notice both vehicles cr-ew (rhymes the submarine and with new), oil tanker have labels cr-owd, cr-eam, for crew. What is the Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Colin King cr-eek meaning of crew?

4 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Bigger or Smaller? (NF) an, of, Big, bigger, biggest – Letter blend bl- Practice asking and science Bigger or Smaller? Can you tell which is how, yes meaning of each. blue, black, answering questions bigger or smaller? In groups of three, blink see who is tall, taller, tallest

Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting What Do You Think I know, Discuss meaning Letter blends – 8VHQRQÀFWLRQWH[W science WhatW Do YouY ThinTThinkkIk I Am?Am? Am? (NF) live, of and break into sl- slither, slide, features – Table of Guess the animal from the think, of, syllables – sw- swing, swim Contents, captions, small part revealed. DQÁ\ jun/gle labels, headings and Index. Discuss how Textxt by BBrianrian and Jillian CCuttinguttintting IlIllustratIllustrationsions bbyy DDavidavid AstinAstiin they help to know what the book is about DQGWRÀQGVSHFLÀF information. Level F Aunty Maria and the Cat her, when Past tense – Make words Read pages 10-15 bold families/ Aunty Maria and the Cat Aunty Maria doesn’t like look, looked; take, from word print (emphasis) and pets cats. took; get, got; yell, family –at pause at ellipsis for yelled Contractions expectation. don’t/do not Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Mary Davy Speak Up! ask, there Contractions –what’s/ Letter blend sp- Retell the story in animals Speak Up! The animals help the what is; can’t/cannot speak, spider, order. Notice size of spider get closer to the Why do we have spot, spin print, exclamation giraffe. contractions? points and bold print. How does this help Story by John Lockyer Illustrations by Jan van der Voo with understanding the story? Scit, Scat, Scaredy Cat! ROGÁ\ Alliteration – Letter blend sc- Retell the story in animals Scit, Scat, Scaredy Cat! The animals are all scared black, in title scit, scat, order. Mime a snake of something. brown page 6 big brown scared, scarf, slithering, Hear the bear; page 10 crick, scary, scaredy, repetition of vowel crock crocodile scowl sounds (assonance) Story by Lloydene Cook Illustrations by Celia Canning Find rhyming rumble, jungle; scowl words cat/scat; brown owl scowl/owl Come for a Swim! put, her, Past tense – Make words Page 12: What did families Come for a Swim! The children get Dad and were, yelled, called, from word Mom mean when she Mom to come for a swim. over, after, laughed, tipped, got family -ad said “You wait, I’ll get then, had, you”? him Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Philip Webb Carrots, Peas and Beans them, Discuss why there are Long e sound ea Sequence – humor Carrots, Peas, and Beans The children play a trick when, put, commas in title. How eat, peas, beans tell the story in order on their father. his, her do we read a comma? (pause)

Story by John Lockyer Illustrations by Lynn Breeze

5 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Just Right! just, were, Distinguish shades of Silent gh – Discuss similes size Just Right! A girl concludes that as, them, size – right, night, comparisons – she is the right size for open tiny, big, too big, tight, sight as small as a… everything she needs to do. small, too small, Make a sentence a smaller, bigger, simile Story by Richard Gunther Illustrations by Amanda Wood enormous, just right The Cooking Pot thank, Rhyming words – Sound the words Make a question food The Cooking Pot The children enjoy eating have, will spot, pot, got, hot, c-or-n, sp-o-t, sentence using structure different food. a lot h-a-ve, c-oo-k. from the story – What Capital letter for Digraph /th/ else…? Is it….? names Mrs. Spot thanks, thought, Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Lynn Breeze Abbreviation Mrs. through Dad’s Headache had, him, Contractions – Break words Retell all the ideas in families Dad’s Headache When Dad gets a let, walk, who’s/who is; into syllables the story and especially headache, the some, stop that’s/that is bet/ter, din/ner, the one that worked. children try to make him fun/ny, break/ Discuss why it worked feel better. fast, head/ache and why most of the Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Terry Burton ch sounds like ideas didn’t make Dad /k/ feel better. Eat Up! eat, say, Future tense will – Break words What kind of text food/ Eat Up! The family give Dad will, get, will get, will turn into syllables – is this? How do you families reasons to eat his dinner. into, so, into, will be able to Grand/ma, know? What is the what, will, sis/ter, main idea? like broth/er, Story by Jane Buxton Illustrations by Samuel Taylor din/ner, spin/ach, car/rots A Name Garden (NF) then, Need – Letter blend sl- Retell the story in seeds A Name Garden Use seeds to plant your every, Discuss meaning and slices, slip, slop order to show the steps name. some, of what is needed. Why Word family needed. What kind of are they in a box? -ame text is this? How do you name, game, know? Text by Diana Noonan Illustrations by Toni Goffe fame Animal Inventions (NF) let, as, Per-i-scope Letter blend fr- 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ adaptation Animal Inventions People imitate what under Say the word and frog, fright, text features – Table animals do. discuss meaning. fridge of Contents, headings Match the animal and Index. Discuss with the submarine. how they help to know Text by Diana Noonan what the book is about DQGWRÀQGVSHFLÀF information. How Spiders Live (NF) how, by, Discuss meaning and Find words that What kind of text spiders How Spiders Live Find out ways spiders after, blend syllables – end in –ell – is this? How do you ÀQGIRRGDQGSURWHFW them, live, cam/ou/flage well, bell, sell, know? What is the themselves. some, of, fell, shell main idea? from

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What Comes What Comes From a from, Present tense – Word family 8VHQRQÀFWLRQWH[W animals from a Cow? Cow? (NF) give, eat, comes, put -eat features – Table of We like to eat food from every, put eat, treat, meat, Contents, insets, labels, a cow. seat, feat headings and Index. Discuss how they help Text by Brian Birchall to know what the book LVDERXWDQGWRÀQG VSHFLÀFLQIRUPDWLRQ 6 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Are You a Ladybug? ZDONÁ\ Contractions and Letter blends sn- 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ gardens Are You a Ladybug? (NF) opposites – snail, snip, snap text features – Table of The ladybug is different to can, can’t, cannot; pr- Contents and Index the other insects. have, don’t have, do pretty, praying Discuss how they help not have mantis, present to know what the book Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Alan Male LVDERXWDQGWRÀQG VSHFLÀFLQIRUPDWLRQ The Sweater (NF) put, then, Contractions – Digraph sh- Retell the steps from a wool The Sweater The story of where a by, has, doesn’t/does not; Meaning of base sheep to a sweater. sweater comes from. from, hasn’t/has not word shear – thank, shorn, shearing, every, of shearer

Text by Ruth Corrin Make a “Talking” Card open, put, Future tense will – Long a vowel Retell the steps to make craft Make a “Talking” Card (NF) of, from, will need, will move, sound – a card. Why is it called Follow the instructions to again will open shape, make, a talking card? What make a card. way, paper kind of text is this? How do you know? Text by Jane Buxton Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic Level G Duck and Hen were, Discuss meaning Letter blends – What things could the kindness Duck and Hen Good friends do most over, let, of most things, scr- scratch, two friends do and not things together. how, then, everything spl- spluttered, do together? Relate to of, ask splash what you do with your friends. Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Tony Stoddard

Red Socks Red Socks and Yellow had, them Past tense – Make words 5HWHOOWKHVWRU\ÀQG humor and Socks wash/ed, wear/wore, with letter blend out why they couldn’t Yellow Socks The characters have great hang/hung sw- match their socks. GLIÀFXOW\VRUWLQJRXWD problem with their socks. Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Jan van der Voo Night Noises every, Alliteration – Make words Read the sound words sounds Night Noises A boy tells of the noises he them, him Title – Night noises, using letter in the pictures. Relate hears at night. page 12 blend sn- to sounds you hear at Bold print – read night. Compare to The aloud – Wind Blows Strong Story by Pauline Cartwright Illustrations by Ann Skelly Is the boy scared? Why? Old Malolo Had a Farm old, had, Match the animals Make words Sing the words of the fairy story Old Malolo Had a Farm Based on Old MacDonald some with their sounds – with ar sound – story to the tune of song. parrot squawks Make farm, car, barn Old McDonald. How is the sound words old Malolo different? (Female farmer in a Retold by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Mary Davy VRXWK3DFLÀF,VODQG Quiet in the Library! just, of, Meaning of clapped Make words Read the bold print humor “Quiet in the Library!” Who is making a noise in came, was and cheered. Why with letter blend sound words for all the the library? did the animals say sl- different animals. Feel Quiet? the rhythm and rhyme and the sound the Story by Wendy Evans Illustrations by Peter Stevenson animals make.

7 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Jack and the Beanstalk live, had, Meaning of beanstalk Soft /g/ – How did Jack save the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk Jack plants some magic him, her, and Fee fi fo fum! giant, cage hen? Retell the story. beans and saves a golden when, Blend the hen. from, let, sounds in cage, his, some, save, then Retold by Ruth Corrin Illustrations by Lynn Breeze of The Gingerbread Man once, Discuss meaning of climb What kind of text fairy tale The Silent b – Gingerbread Man A cheeky fox tricked the him, then, after, across. Practice Don’t/do not is this? How do you Gingerbread Man. open, saying the rhyme on Possessive fox’s know? stop, after, page 6 Run, run, as – belongs to fox his, of, as fast as… Retold by Ruth Corrin Illustrations by Neil Bond

achievement You Did It! You Did It! were, Meaning of learning, Past tense – Retell the story in order In life we practice things walk, trying, learned, back keep/kept, of the achievements until we can do them. then, put, to front, inside out. learn/learned, year by year. every, We learn from our dress/dressed when mistakes. Story by Jan McPherson Illustrations by Rachel Conner

Trash when, Contractions – Short a vowel Notice the metaphors science Trash Find out how the animals how, you’re/ you are; sound – used with each animal, À[HGWKHWUDVKSUREOHPDW think, we’ve/we have; it’s/ trash, mad, giraffe – pain in the the zoo. know, it is; don’t/do not; back, camel, neck some can’t/cannot; you’re/ matter Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic you are Earth and Moon (NF) round, Make words from Digraph wh- 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ science Earth and Moon Find out why the sky is live, has, base word light – what, why text features – Table of blue on Earth and other of daylight, moonlight, Contents, headings and interesting facts. Index – Discuss how they help Text by Fred and Jeanne Biddulph to know what the book LVDERXWDQGWRÀQG VSHFLÀFLQIRUPDWLRQ What Makes Light? (NF) from, Discuss meaning and Verbs – 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ science What Makes Light? Learn all about light and when, any, blend syllables – make/s, light/s, text features of an where it comes form. how el/ec/tric/i/ty use/s, come/s index. Discuss how it KHOSVWRÀQGVSHFLÀF information.

Text by Fred and Jeanne Biddulph The Hermit Crab (NF) live, has, Discuss meaning Word families – 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ rock pools The Hermit Crab 7KHKHUPLWFUDEPXVWÀQG some, of hermit, safe and -ay, may, way, text features – Table a new shell. may, empty in relation to day, say; of Contents, headings them, just a new shell/home for -ight, tight, and glossary. Discuss the hermit crab on right, night how they help to know Text by Brian and Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Ian McCausland page 14. what the book is about DQGWRÀQGVSHFLÀF information. Magnets (NF) them, Every syllable must Making What kind of text science Magnets Magnets are used some, have a vowel. Break adjectives – is this? How do you everywhere. has, stop, words into syllables – north, northern; know? from, of mag/net, spe/cial, a/ south, southern; way, with/out, met/al magnet, Text by Judith Cowan magnetic; visible, invisible (opposites)

8 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Camouflage (NF) just, what, What does Make words Which animals are the adaptation Camouflage Different animals use color do, they camouflage mean? from word best at hiding in their and shape to hide. family -ee surroundings? Why?

Text by Ruth J. Luhrs Animals Near Our House them, live, Make plurals – Say the word Identify the main topic science, Animals Near Our House (NF) E\DVÁ\ berry/berries; fence. Notice of the story and retell animals Do these animals live near snail/s; insect/s; the c has an /s/ the key details. your house? sparrow/s; sound. hedgehog/s Say the word Text by Jillian Cutting Illustrations by Alan Male Match the animals crumbs. Notice with the places they the silent b. live – rat/tree; snail/ Say the word under hedge; spider/ sil/ver/y. Notice web on fence how it sounds smooth like the snail’s silver night trail. Make and blend words from word family -ail; sn-ail, tr-ail, t-ail, p-ail, r-ail, h-ail, n-ail, s-ail, t-ail Why Cry? (NF) when, Word family Letter blends Discuss all the different eyes Why Cry? We cry for many reasons. over, -ink blink, wink cr- cry, cries, things that make people What makes you cry? some, of, Discuss the difference crying cry, – happy, sad, hurt, how in meaning between dr- drain, dry, worry. blink and wink. drip, drop Relate to times you Text by Diana Noonan Illustrations by Jacqui Thomas have cried. Level H Just This Once Just This Once take, just, Discuss meaning of Ow vowel Retell all the things families A girl bullies her once, ignore and break into sound – hippo did “Just this parents into letting her them, ask syllables (rhymes howled, down, once”. hippopotamus join in. with store) town, owl

Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Elizabeth Fuller Ratty-tatty could, put, Match opposites – Short i sound – Identify the author and humor Ratty-tatty A clever rat always escapes some, her, could/couldn’t, did/ sniffed, big, is, illustrator and their being caught. had didn’t, do/don’t, if, didn’t, will roles. Retell how Ratty- good/no good Assonance in WDWW\VWROHWKHHJJÀVK rhyme title – and cheese. Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic Ratty-tatty The Green Dragon put, some, Meaning of knight – Make words Sequence the sun safety The Green Dragon The dragon doesn’t take him, his silent k – know, with letter blend suggestions in the story. any notice of suggestions kneel, knit dr- Note words in bold about covering up. print.

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9 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words Richie, the Greedy his, soon, Break into syllables Rhyming words Retell the story in order food Richie, the Mouse what, and discuss meaning treat/eat, of what Richie eats. Greedy Mouse Richie is very greedy and good of vanished famished/ Discuss the ending. he eats so much he gets fat! famished, greedy vanished, nose/ What does greedy rows mean? Story by Barbara Armstrong Illustrations by Mosquito Birthdays brown, Blend syllables – Read the Predict what each colors Birthdays Everyone in the story gets new hap/py birth/day repetition present will be from the a present on birthdays. min/ute, pup/py, and rhyming shape, then retell the jack/et words If you… story. minute… in it Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations Astrid Matijasevic Tails Á\KLP Word ending -ing – Make words Why are some words in animals Tails Different animals tell what coming, helping, with letter bold text? Read them they use their tails for. swimming, balancing, blends sw-, cl- with emphasis. showing

Story by Jane Buxton Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic Old Grizzly old, by, Find rhyming words Why is the Retell the order of humor Old Grizzly Old Grizzly refuses just, his, in story: say, away; story called Old the story. What made invitations to play and so give bear, fair Grizzly? Make Grizzly Bear happy? ÀQGVKLPVHOIDORQHXQWLO words with letter Distinguish shades of two dogs come along. blend gr- meaning – mumbles, Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Jan van der Voo grumbles, grizzles, grumpy sigh Jim’s Trumpet his, then, Possessive apostrophe Contractions – People sometimes fantasy Jim’s Trumpet 6RPHSHRSOHÀQG-LP·V stop, – I’ll/I will, isn’t/ change their minds like trumpet playing annoying. just, live, Jim’s trumpet, sister’s is not the two big people in could, place the story. Have you had were, a similar situation? Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by John Bennett when, every, once The Roller Coaster let, stop, Notice changes in Make words Retell the story in order at the The Roller Coaster Mom and Scott have came, placement and type with letter recalling all the reasons funfair different ideas about the what, will of font and how it EOHQGVÁVO why Mom didn’t want roller coaster. helps meaning of to go on the roller words like fast, roller coaster. See who loved

Story by John Lockyer Illustrations by Ruth Paul coaster. it in the end and who felt sick. Little Puppy Rap $ÀQJHU were, Rhyming words to Words from –all Read and learn the numbers, Little Puppy Rap play and an interesting way old, just, match numbers – five, word family – ÀQJHUSOD\LQVWUXFWLRQV counting for Mama to get the settee could, an jive mall, call, hall, Read the rap and do the down cleared. ball ÀQJHUSOD\DWWKHVDPH time. Story by Alan Trussell-Cullen Illustrations by Astrid Matijasevic Letters for Mr. James any, ask, Discuss opposites Capitals for Retell the story in order kindness Letters for Mr. James The children send letters to her, them, and their proper nouns WRÀQGRXWZKRGRHVWKH Mr James to cheer him up. call, from meanings – Mr. James and act of kindness. Can never/always, fat/ Mr. has period you think of anyone thin, big/little, (abbreviation for who might appreciate a Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Eric Kincaid mailwoman/mailman Mister) letter from you?

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11 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words The Giant’s Stew some, Why were the Digraph ch- Find the rhyming words fantasy The Giant’s Stew The animals thought they as, them, animals happy that chop in the song the giant might be put in the stew. put, had, the giant only ate Blend and break sang hot/pot. Practice could, ask vegetables? What syllables in chanting the song with words did they use to squir/rel, sprin/ rhythm. Story by Diana Noonan Illustrations by Johanna Voss describe the giant’s kle carrot stew? The Trouble with him, Discuss meaning of Make words What type of text pets The Trouble with Heathrow Heathrow when, his, and syllables in: sup/ from letter blend is this? How do you Heathrow is a beloved pet, then, as posed, Heath/row, tr- know? Retell the but he is naughty. Scoo/ter, an/y/way. VWRU\WRÀQGRXWDOO Notice capital letters the naughty things Story and Illustrations by Rodney McRae for proper nouns Heathrow likes to do. Heathrow, Scooter My Sloppy Tiger his, put, Make a list of words Make words Use illustrations and humor My Sloppy Tiger A little girl encounters take, or phrases that tell from letter blend details in the text to problems when she decides think, that the tiger is untidy scr- describe the characters to take her sloppy tiger to over, him, – sloppy in the story. town. has, old, Story by Joy Cowley Illustrations by Peter Stevenson of

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12 Book High- Vocab/Grammar Phonics Comprehension Themes frequency words How Do Fish Live? (NF) live, how, Read pages 20/21. Comparatives – Use illustrations to ÀVK How Do Fish Live? Fish are cold-blooded some, Describe the warmer, explain the key ideas. animals. Find out how they them, connection between smaller, bigger Write a paragraph breathe, how they swim, after, put, the two pages of Superlatives – to explain some how they see and how they from, information. largest differences between Text by Heather Jenkins Illustrations by Graeme Biddle hear. by, take, SHRSOHDQGÀVK ZKHQÁ\ then Seeds and Plants (NF) just, from, Break these words Make words What type of text science Seeds and Plants Find out how seeds them, an into syllables – with letter blend is this? How do you become plants. av/o/ca/do, pl- plants know? Use the non- co/co/nut, ÀFWLRQWH[WIHDWXUHV wat/er/mel/on – Table of Contents, Text by Colin Walker headings and index. Discuss how they help WRÀQGDQGXQGHUVWDQG VSHFLÀFLQIRUPDWLRQ Exploring Space (NF) how, Blend and break into Digraph ph- 8VHWKHQRQÀFWLRQ space, Exploring Space Discover what’s in space. walk, has, syllables – photograph, text features – Table science live, from as/tro/naut, space, phone of Contents, index and plan/et, ven/us, labels. Discuss how sta/tion WKH\KHOSWRÀQGDQG

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