First Grade Reading & Spelling

September 18-22
Our main story this week: "What Is a Pal?"

Word Wall Words: and, be, help, play, with, you
Concepts of Print: Directionality; Capitalization
Phonics: Short a / Consonants n, d, p, f (VC, CVC)
Fluency: Accuracy: Word Recognition
Beginning sounds review: m, s, c, t
Comprehension Skills: Main Idea; Summarize
Grammar: Nouns that name people and animals
Writing: Labels
Spelling words: am, at, sat, man, dad, mat, *with, *you

September 25-29
Our main story this week: "The Storm"

Word Wall Words: for, have, he, look, too, what
Concepts of Print: Match Oral Words to Printed Words
Phonics: short i / Consonants r, h, z/s, b, g, it (VC, CVC)
Fluency: Accuracy: Words Connected in Text
Beginning sounds review: n, d, p, f
Comprehension Skill: Understanding Characters; Infer/Predict
Grammar: Nouns that name people and things
Writing: Captions
Spelling words: if, is, him, rip, fit, pin, *have, *what

October 2-6
Our main story this week: "Curious George at School"

Word Wall Words: do, find, funny, sing, no, they
Concepts of Print: Capitalization; Punctuation
Phonics: Short o / Consonants l, x, inflection -s (VC, CVC)
Fluency: Phrasing: Punctuation (period)
Beginning sounds review: r, h, z/s, b, g, it
Comprehension Skill: Sequence of Events; Monitor/Clairfy
Grammar: Action Verbs
Writing: Sentences
Spelling words: log, dot, top, hot, lot, ox, *do, *they

October 9-13
Our main story this week: "Lucia's Neighborhood"

Word Wall Words: all, does, here, me, my, who
Concepts of Print: Punctuation
Phonics: short e / Consonants y, w, k, v, j, et (VC, CVC)
Fluency: Intonation
Beginning sounds review: Short o / Consonants l, x, inflection -s
Comprehension Skill: Text & Graphic Features; Question
Grammar: Adjectives for size and shape
Writing: Word Choice
Spelling words: yet, web, pen, wet, leg, hen, *here, *my

October 16-20
Our main story this week: "Gus Takes the Train"

Word Wall Words: friend, full, good, hold, many, pull
Concepts of Print: Punctuation
Phonics: short u / Consonants qu, z (VC, CVC)
Fluency: Accuracy; Self-Correct
Beginning sounds review: short e / Consonants y, w, k, v, j, et
Comprehension Skill: Story Structure; Analyze/Evaluate
Grammar: Adjectives for colors and numbers
Writing: Class Story
Spelling words: up, bug, mud, nut, hug, tub, *friend, *good