This document provides an overview of 30 reading and language arts lessons from the Journeys Common Core curriculum. Each lesson includes targeted sight words, spelling patterns or words, grammar skills, and writing activities. The lessons progress through short vowel sounds, consonant blends, suffixes, syllables, and other foundational literacy skills.
This document provides an overview of 30 reading and language arts lessons from the Journeys Common Core curriculum. Each lesson includes targeted sight words, spelling patterns or words, grammar skills, and writing activities. The lessons progress through short vowel sounds, consonant blends, suffixes, syllables, and other foundational literacy skills.
This document provides an overview of 30 reading and language arts lessons from the Journeys Common Core curriculum. Each lesson includes targeted sight words, spelling patterns or words, grammar skills, and writing activities. The lessons progress through short vowel sounds, consonant blends, suffixes, syllables, and other foundational literacy skills.
Words to Know: these are basic sight words Spelling: Short u- up, bug, mud, nut, hug, your child will be responsible for learning tub and will be assessed on. (Your child will be Grammar: adjectives responsible for reading many other words Writing: Narrative writing, class story within each lesson). Spelling: Spelling principal and basic words Lesson 6: Jack and the Wolf Grammar: Targeted skill Words to Know: away, call, come, every, Writing: Writing mode and form hear, said Spelling: Short a- an, bad, can, had, cat, ran, Lesson 1: What is a Pal? add, pass Words to Know: and, be, help, you, play, Grammar: Complete sentences with Writing: Informative writing, sentences that Spelling: Short a- am, at, sat, man, dad, mat describe Grammar: Nouns Writing: Narrative Writing, labels Lesson 7: How Animals Communicate Words to Know: animal, how, make, of, Lesson 2: The Storm some, why Words to Know: for, what, have, he, look, Spelling: Short i- in, will, did, sit, six, big, too trip, grin Spelling: Short i-if, is, him, rip, fit, pin Grammar: Sentence Parts Grammar: Nouns Writing: Informative writing, poetry Writing: Narrative writing, captions Lesson 8: A Musical Day Lesson 3: Curious George at Schools Words to Know: her, now, our, she, today, Words to Know: do, find, funny, sing, no, would they Spelling: Short o- on, got, fox, hop, pop, Spelling: Short o- log, dot, top, hot, lot, ox not, block, clock Grammar: Action Verbs Grammar: Statements Writing: Narrative writing, sentences Writing: Informative writing, thank-you note
Lesson 4: Lucias Neighborhood Lesson 9: Dr. Seuss
Words to Know: all, does, here, me, my, who Words to Know: after, draw, pictures, read, Spelling: Short e- yet, wet, web, leg, pen, was, write hen Spelling: Short e-yes, ten, sled, let, bed, Grammar: adjectives step, red, get Writing: Narrative writing, class story Grammar: Singular and Plural nouns Writing: Informative writing, description Lesson 5: Gus Takes the Train Words to Know: friend, full, good, hold, Lesson 10: A cupcake party many, pull Words to Know: eat, give, one, put, small, take Spelling: Short u-us, fun, jump, sun, bus, must, but, run Lesson 16: Lets go to the Moon Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional Words to Know: around, because, before, Phrases bring, carry, light, show, think Writing: Informative writing, description Spelling Words: Long o- so, hold, joke, bone, go, no, poke, chose, home, rope, stove, Lesson 11: Sea Animals wrote Words to Know: blue, cold, far, little, live, Grammar: Questions their, water, where Writing: Narrative writing, sentences about Spelling: th words: that, then, this, them, yourself (main idea) with, bath, tenth, thick Grammar: Proper Nouns Lesson 17: The Big Trip Writing: Informative writing, sentences that Words to Know: about, could, sure, by, inform (adverbs) dont, there, car, maybe Spelling: Long e- me, be, read, feet, tree, Lesson 12: How Leopard Got his spots keep, eat, mean, sea, these, street, please Words to Know: been, brown, know, never, Grammar: Kinds of sentences off, out, own, very Writing: Narrative writing, sentences about Spelling: ch, tch: chin, chip, much, chop, yourself (main idea) rich, chick, match, pitch Grammar: Proper Nouns Lesson 18: Where Food Comes From Writing: Informative writing, instructions Words to Know: first, food, ground, right, sometimes, these, under, your Lesson 13: Seasons Spelling: ai, ay-play, grain, sail, mail, may, Words to Know: down, fall, goes, green, rain, way, day, stay, pain, paint, spray grow, new, open, yellow Grammar: Names of Months, Days, Holidays Spelling: sh wh ph: ship, when, shell, Writing: Narrative writing, friendly letter shop, whip, graph, which, fish Grammar: Subjects and Verbs Lesson 19: Tomas Rivera Writing: Informative writing, sentences that Words to Know: done, great, laugh, paper, inform (adverbs) soon, talk, were, work Spelling: oa, ow-show, blow, road, row, Lesson 14: The Big Race snow, toad, grow, boat, flown, low, coat, Words to Know: four, five, into, over, toast starts, three, two, watch Grammar: Future tense Spelling: Long a: came, late, waves, make, Writing: Narrative writing, personal gave, chases, brave, shape narrative Grammar: Verbs and Time Writing: Informative writing, report Lesson 20: Little Rabbits Tale Words to Know: door, old, want, more, try, Lesson 15: Animal Groups wash, mother, use Words to Know: bird, fly, those, both, long, Spelling: Compound Words-bedtime, sunset, walk, eyes, or bathtub, flagpole, backpack, playpen, Spelling Words: Long i- time, bike, stripe, raincoat, inside, himself, rowboat, like, white, mice, kite, drive homemade Grammar: The verb be Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional Writing: Informative writing, report Phrases Writing: Narrative writing, personal narrative Lesson 26: The Dot Words to Know: above, pushed, teacher, Lesson 21: The Tree bear, studied, toward, even, surprised Words to Know: better, saw, turned, night, Spelling: endings -ed, -ing- mix, mixed, hop, thought, window, pretty, told hopped, hope, hoping, run, running, use, Spelling: R controlled- far, arm, yard, art, used, writing, grabbed jar, bar, barn, bark, card, yarn, smart, chart, Grammar: exclamations Grammar: Subject pronouns Writing: Opinion writing, opinion sentence Writing: Narrative writing, story sentences (dialogues) Lesson 27: What Can You Do? Words to Know: always, different, enough, Lesson 22: Amazing Animals happy, high, near, once, stories Words to Know: baby, begins, eight, follow, Spelling: endings: -er, -est- hard, harder, learning, until, years, young hardest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, Spelling: R controlled- her, fern, girl, sir, slowest, short, shorter, shortest stir, bird, fur, hurt, turn, third, curl, first Writing: Opinion Writing, opinion sentences Grammar: Pronoun I Writing: Narrative writing, story sentences Lesson 28: Days with Frog and Toad (vivid verbs) Words to Know: across, ball, cried, head, heard, large, second, should Lesson 23: Whistle for Willie Spelling: Words with-igh, y, ie- my, fly, pie, Words to Know: again, boy, nothing, along, light, try, by, cried, myself, sky, dry, night, father, together, began, house brighter Spelling: oo- look, book, good, hook, Grammar: adjectives brook, took, foot, shook, wood, hood, Writing: Opinion writing, opinion sentences crook, hoof Grammar: Possessive Pronouns Lesson 29: Inspector Hopper Writing: Narrative writing, story summary Words to Know: almost, any, behind, gone, happened, hello, idea, leaves Lesson 24: A Butterfly Grows Spelling: Suffixes: Words ending with -ful, - Words to Know: also, anything, flower, kind, ly, -y- Sad, sadly, slow, slowly, dust, dusty, places, ready, upon, warm trick, tricky, help, helpful, quickly, hopeful Spelling: oo, ou, ew-soon, new, noon, zoo, Grammar: Adverbs boot, too, moon, blew, soup, you, grew, Writing: Opinion writing, opinion paragraph scoop Grammar: Pronouns and Verbs Lesson 30: Winners Never Quit Writing: Narrative writing, story Words to Know: brothers, everyone, field, loved, most, only, people, sorry Lesson 25: The New Friend Spelling: Syllables: (CV pattern) even, baby, Words to Know: buy, myself, school, seven, paper, below, open, tiger, zero, because, begin, city, party, family, please music, table, silent Grammar: Adjectives that Compare Spelling: ou, ow- how, cow, now, owl, Writing: Opinion writing, opinion paragraph ouch, house, found, out, gown, town, shout, power Grammar: Contractions Writing: Narrative writing, story