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First Grade Reading Series

Parents,

Would you like to know what story we are reading? What are your  child's sight words and spelling words for the week? Would you like to know what skills we are working on in first grade?  If so, check out  the reading series for first grade. 

Reading: Houghton Mifflin Reading Series for first grade.
Back To School >Sight Words: I, see, my, like, a, to, and, go, is, said,
here, for, have, the, play, she, are, he

Theme One: ALL TOGETHER NOW

Story - Mac the Cat >Sight Words: go, on, the
Story - A Day at School >Sight Words: and, here, jump, not, too, we
Story - Pigs in a Rig >Sight Words: a, find, have, one, to, who
Target Skills
* Consonant Sounds m,s,c,t,n,f,p,r,h,b,g
* Blending short /a/ words
* Blending short /i/ words
* High-frequency sight words
* Sequence of Events
* Compare and Contrast
* Cause and Effect

Theme Two: SURPRISE!

Story - A Party for Bob >Sight Words: five, four, in, once, three, two, upon, what
Story - The Bunnies and the Fox > Sight Words: do, for, is, me, my, said, you, I
Story - A Surprise for Zig Bug >Sight Words: are, away, does, he, live, pull, they, where
Target Skills
* Consonant Sounds d,w,l,x,y,k,v,q,j,z
* Blending short /o/ words
* Blending short /e/ words
* Blending short /u/ words
* High-frequency sight words
* Noting Details
* Distinguishing between Fantasy and Realism
* Recognizing Story Structure (setting, character, story problem, story solution)

Theme Three: LET’S LOOK AROUND

Story - Seasons >Sight Words: animal, bird, cold, fall, flower, full, look, of, see
Spelling Words: an, had, at, man, can, cat, catch, add                                                      

Story - Miss Jill’s Ice Cream Shop>Sight Words: all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall, why
Spelling Words: big, in, did, it, him, sit, dish, milk
Story -At the Aquarium >Sight Words: also, blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some
Spelling Words: trip, grab, crab, trap, drip, grin, crack, brown
Target Skills
* Blending more short /a/ words
* Blending more short /i/ words
* Double Final Consonants
* Plurals with –s
* Verb Endings with –s, -ed, -ing
* Clusters with /r/
* Possessives with ‘s
* Contractions with ‘s
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Topic, Main Idea, Details, Summarizing
* Making Predictions
* Categorizing and Classifying
* Grammar (verbs, nouns, complete sentences)

Theme Four: FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Story - Go Away, Otto! >Sight Words: come, children, family, father, love, mother, people, picture, your
Spelling Words: on, box, not, hot, got, top, pond, doll
Story - Two Best Friends >Sight Words: play, friend, girl, she, read, sing, today, write,
know
Spelling Words: get, men, ten, yes, red, pet, tent, bell
Story - Dog School >Sight Words: car, down, walk, hear, hold, hurt, learn, their, would
Spelling Words: up, but, fun, run, us, cut, jump, plum
Target Skills
* Blending more short /o/ words
* Blending more short /e/ words
* Blending more short /u/ words
* Clusters with l, with s, and triple clusters (scr, str)
* High-frequency sight words
* Drawing Conclusions
* Compare and Contrast
* Sequence of Events
* Grammar (complete sentences, asking sentences, telling sentences)

Theme Five: HOME SWEET HOME

Story - Moving Day >Sight Words: grow, light, long, more, other, right, room, these, small
Spelling Words: she, fish, much, chin, shell, chop, shoe, chair
Story - Me on the Map>Sight Words: could, house, how, over, own, so, world
Spelling Words: make, came, take, name, gave, game, place, skate
Story - The Kite >Sight Words: give, good, her, little, try, was, fly, our
Spelling Words: five, nine, kite, ride, like, time, prize, smile
Target Skills
* Digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch, tch)
* Long /a/ words (CVCe)
* Soft c and g sound
* Long /i/ words (CVCe)
* Final Clusters (nd, nk, ng)
* Contractions
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Comparing and Contrasting
* Making Generalizations
* Cause and Effect
* Grammar (complete sentences, telling sentences, asking sentences, exclamatory sentences)

Theme Six: ANIMAL ADVENTURES

Story - The Sleeping Pig > Sight Words: morning, found, shout, by, out, show, climb
Spelling Words: go, bone, so, nose, home, no, also, woke
Story - Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House >Sight Words: cow, table, now, door, there, through, horse, wall
Spelling Words: eat, feet, he, me, mean, see, maybe, sheep
Story - Red-Eyed Tree Frog >Sight Words: been, far, forest, goes, hungry, soon, evening, near
Spelling Words: day, may, play, say, stay, way, away, holiday
Target Skills
* Long o and e (CV, CVCe) Long u (CVCe)
* Vowel Pairs (ee,ea)
* Words with ay
* Final Clusters (ft, lk, nt)
* Making Predictions
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Noting Details
* Sequence of Events
* Fantasy and Realism
* Grammar

Theme Seven: WE CAN WORK IT OUT

Story - That Toad Is Mine >Sight Words: again, both, gone, or, want, turn, hard
Spelling Words: boat, toad, coat, slow, grow, show, coast, know
Story - Lost! >Sight Words: afraid, any, bear, follow, most, tall, water, idea
Spelling Words: book, cook, foot, good, look, took, crook, hoof
Story - If You Give A Pig A Pancake > Sight Words: build, start, old, under, piece, very, shoe, wear
Spelling Words: food, moon, room, soon, too, zoo, balloon, moose
Target Skills
* Vowel Pairs (oa, ow)
* The /oo/ sound as in book
* The (oo. ew, ue, ou, u, u_e) sounds
* Long i (ie, igh)
* Compound Words
* High Frequency Words
* Problem Solving
* Sequence of Events
* Fantasy and Realism
* Grammar

Theme 8: OUR EARTH

Story - The Forest > Sight Words: about, because, draw, happy, teacher, part,
tiny
Spelling Words: cup, cups, frog, frogs, tree, trees, gloves, birds
Story - Butterfly >Sight Words: always, eight, arms, seven, warm, ready, body
Spelling Words: cow, now, house, found, down, out, pouch, crowded
Story - Johnny Appleseed >Sight Words: carry, kind, put, saw, butter, were, work,
person
Spelling Words: checking, missed, filled, sleeping, landed, telling, bluffing, planted
Target Skills
* Base Words and Endings (-s, -ed, -ing)
* Vowel Pairs (/ou/, /ow/)
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Categorize and Classify
* Topic, Main Idea, Details/Summarizing
* Drawing Conclusions
* Homophones
* Grammar (Action Words)

Theme Nine: SPECIAL FRIENDS

Story - When I Am Old With You >Sight Words: around, dance, else, open, talk, ever, though,ocean
Spelling Words: my, try, cry, why, fly, by, pry, multiply
Story - The New Friend >Sight Words: after, before, buy, pretty, school, done, off,
wash
Spelling Words: dishes, dresses, boxes, beaches, wishes, kisses, brushes
Story - The Surprise Family>Sight Words: only, together, watched, baby, edge, enough
garden, sharp
Spelling Words: coin, soil, boy, oil, toy, point, moist, destroy
Target Skills
* Sounds for /y/sounds long i / long e
* Base Words Ending in –es, -ies
* Prefixes un (not/opposite) and re (again)
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Noting Details
* Story Structure (Characters, Setting, Problem, Solution)
* Compare and Contrast
* Grammar Using is, are, was, were (Subject/Verb Agreement)
* Possessive Pronouns

Theme Ten: WE CAN DO IT!

Story - Two Greedy Bears >Sight Words: began, laugh, sure, head, divide, second, break
Spelling Words: store, more, corn, or, for, morning, afford, before
Story - Fireflies for Nathan >Sight Words: above, against, already, caught, begin, minute
Spelling Words: arm, far, car, start, dark, yard, large, yard
Story - Days With Frog and Toad >Sight Words: able, eye, present, thoughts
The Hat Spelling Words: deepest, newer, faster, richer, highest,
warmest, kindest, smaller
Target Skills
* R-Controlled Vowels Sounds or, ore, er, ir, ur, ar
* Base Words and Endings er, est
* High-frequency Sight Words
* Making Predictions
* Sequence of Events
* Cause and Effect
* Grammar (Using er and est words)
* Context Clues