This link is to the Houghton Mifflin reading series. This series has many games on it and these games can be used for extra credit. You can print off the pages you do on the web or have your parents send a note to tell me what you completed at home. A great way to gain extra credit.

Reading

READING

Theme 1:Here We Go: All Together Now

Skills:

___review letter names and sounds

___blend short a and i words (cat, hit, etc.)

___sequencing, predicting, infering, comparing, contrasting, summarizing, cause and effect and evaluating

___rhyming words

Theme 1 word wall words:

on the go too not jump here and we one find a have to who

Theme 2: Here We Go: Surprise

Skills:

___blend short o, e, and u words (hot, set, cut, etc.)

___noting details, questions, fantasy and realism, monitor and clarify

___story structure(characters, setting, problem, and solution)

___number words, opposites, days of the week

___homographs-words that sound alike and spelled alike but mean different things (can-soup, can- I can do it)

Theme 2 Word Wall 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

Theme 3: Let's Be Friends: Let's Look Around!

Skills:

___words with double final consonants(fall, will, etc,)

___plurals with s (cats, pigs, etc.)

___verb endings- s, ed, ing (jumps, jumped, jumping)

___possessives with 's (It is Tim's cat.)

___words with clusters with r (trim, brag, truck, etc.)

___topic, main idea, details, categorize and classify

___words relating to seasons, months, color and size

Theme 3 Word Wall Words

animal, bird, cold, fall, flower, full, look, of, see, all, call, eat, every, first, never, paper, shall, why, also, blue, brown, color, funny, green, like, many, some

Theme 4: Let's Be Friends: Family and Friends

Skills:

___words with clusters with l (clap, fling, glad, etc.)

___words with clusters with s (Bess, class, etc.)

___words with triple clusters (spring, scrub, etc.)

___contractions with 's (it's, he's, etc.)

___words with silent letters (know, gnat, wrap)

___family words, sensory words and question words

Theme 4 Word Wall 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

Theme 5: Surprises: Home Sweet Home

Skills:

___digraphs sh, th, wh (ship, thin, what)

___diagraphs ch, tch (much, match)

___words with final nd, ng, nk (land, ring, pink)

___contractions (don't, can't, etc.)

___blend long a and long i words (lake, like)

___antonyms (opposites)

___social studies, state and country, and weather words

Theme 5 Word Wall 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

Theme 6: Surprises: Animal Adventures

Skills:

___words with long o, u, or e (cone, flute, Pete)

___words with vowel pairs ai, ay (rain, day)

___words with final clusters ft, lk, nt (raft, milk, ant)

___words with vowel pairs ee, ea (seed, seat)

___alphabetical order

___fruit and vegetable, rhyming, parts of body words

Theme 6 Word Wall Words

by, climb, found, morning, out, shout, show, cow, door, horse, now, table, there, throught, wall, been, evening, far, forest, goes, hungry, near, soon

Theme 7: Treasures: We Can Work It Out

Skills:

___words with vowel pairs oa and ow (boat, slow)

___words with vowel pair oo(too, tooth)

___words with vowel pair oo (cook, look)

___words with vowel pairs ew, ue, ou, (blew, blue, you)

___compound words (lunchbox, homework)

___words with long i spelled ie or igh (tie, night)

___syllabication (parts to the word-for example kitten has 2 syllables)

___friendship, city and house words

Theme 7 Word Wall Words

again, both, gone, hard, or, turn, want, afraid, any, bear, follow, idea, most, tall, water, build, old, piece, shoe, start, under, very, wear

Theme 8: Treasures: Our Earth

Skills:

___base words and ending -s, -ed, ing (plays, played, playing)

___nature and science words

___homophones (no, know, four, for)

___writing a character sketch

Theme 8 Word Wall Words

about, because, draw, happy, part, teacher, tiny,, always, arms, body, eight, ready, seven, warm, butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work

Theme 9: Wonders: Special Friends

Skills:

___sounds for y (try, baby, day) ("crazy y")

___base words and endings -es, ies (foxes, bunnies)

___prefixes -un and -re (untie, redo)

___words with vowel pairs oi, oy, aw, and au (coin, boy, flaw, caught)

___suffixes -ful, -ly, -y (joyful, slowly, zesty)

___synonyms (other words that mean almost the same (friend, buddy, pal, etc.)

___pronouns (him, her, he, she, they, etc.)

Theme 9 Word Wall 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

Theme 10: Wonders: We Can Do It

Skills:

___r controlled vowels ("bossy r") (hard, herd, shirt, short, turn)

___base words and endings -er, -est (faster, fastest)

___prefixes dis- and re- (dishonest, repay)

___suffix -ly (slowly)

___math and clothing words

___ordinal number words (first, second, third, etc.)

Theme 10 Word Wall Words

began, break, divide, head, laugh, second, sure, above, against, already, begin, caught, minute, able, eye, present, thoughts