Lesson ChecklistLessons 1–2

Unit Objectives (Lessons 1–5) Lesson 1 (Date:__________) Lesson 2 (Date:__________)

• Identify closed syllables.• Identify stressed and unstressed syllables in multisyllable words.

□ Review: Vowels□ Review: Consonants□ Syllable Awareness:

Segmentation

□ Syllable Awareness: Segmentation

□ Review: Closed Syllables□ Exercise 1: Listening for

Sounds in Words

• Spell words composed of closed syllables.• Read fluently and spell the Essential Words: gone, look, most, people, see, water.• Read fluently words composed of closed syllables and words with prefixes dis-, in-, non-, un-.

□ Exercise 1: Spelling Pretest 1□ Memorize It

□ Review: Syllables□ Exercise 2: Listening for Word

Parts□ Exercise 3: Build It□ Word Fluency 1□ Memorize It: Essential Words□ Handwriting Practice

• Identify synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and attributes for Unit Words.• Identify the meaning of prefixes in words

□ Explore It□ Expression of the Day

□ Review: Compound Words□ Exercise 4: Sort It: Compound

Words□ Compound Words: Three

Kinds□ Exercise 5: Find It: Compound

Words□ Expression of the Day

• Identify and use be as a helping verb.• Identify the noun or pronoun as subject.

□ Review: Nouns□ Exercise 2: Identify It: Nouns□ Review: Pronouns□ Exercise 3: Find It: Pronouns

□ Review: Verbs Using the Tense Timeline

□ Exercise 6: Identify It: Past, Present, and Future

• Read phrases and passages fluently.• Define vocabulary using context-based strategies or a reference source.• Preview reading selection using text features.• Identify factual information by listening to and reading informational text.

□ Exercise 4: Phrase It □ Independent Text:

“Off-the-Wall Inventions”□ Exercise 5: Find It: Closed

Syllables

□ Passage Fluency 1□ Exercise 7: Use the Clues:

Vocabulary Strategies

• Generate sentences using a six-stage process.• Answer comprehension questions beginning with use, generalize, infer, illustrate, and explain.• Write an expository paragraph.• Identify and write parts of an expository report including introductory paragraph, transition topic sentence, E’s, and concluding paragraph.

□ Masterpiece Sentences: Stages 1–4

□ Summarize It

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Lesson ChecklistLessons 3–5Lesson 3 (Date:_____________) Lesson 4 (Date:_____________) Lesson 5 (Date:_____________)

□ Syllable Awareness: Segmentation□ Exercise 1: Listening for Sounds in

Words

□ Exercise 1: Syllable Awareness: Segmentation

□ Content Mastery: Syllable Awareness

□ Review: Closed Syllables□ Exercise 2: Find It: Essential Words□ Word Fluency 1

□ Introduce: Prefixes□ Exercise 2: Find It: Prefixes□ Exercise 3: Sort It: Prefixes□ Word Fluency 2□ Type It

□ Content Mastery: Spelling Posttest 1

□ Exercise 3: Define It□ Draw It: Idioms□ Expression of the Day

□ Review: Prefixes□ Exercise 4: Match It: Using Prefixes□ Expression of the Day

□ Review: Antonyms, Synonyms, and Attributes

□ Exercise 1: Word Relationships: Antonyms, Synonyms, and Attributes

□ Draw It: Idioms□ Expression of the Day

□ Review: The Verb Be□ Exercise 4: Identify It: Be--Main Verb

or Helping Verb□ Exercise 5: Identify It: The Verb Be

□ Exercise 5: Tense Timeline □ Review: Subject and Predicate□ Masterpiece Sentences: Stages 1--3□ Masterpiece Sentences: Helping Verbs

□ Instructional Text: “It’ll Never Work”

□ Exercise 6: Use the Clues: Vocabulary Strategies

□ Report Structure □ Prepare to Write: Multiparagraph Report

□ Exercise 7: Answer It: Using Signal Words

□ Review: Write an Expository ParagraphExercise 6: Write It: Expository Paragraph

□ Review: Two-Sentence Introductory ParagraphExercise 2: Write It: Two-Sentence Introduction

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Lesson ChecklistLessons 6–7

Unit Objectives (Lessons 6–10) Lesson 6 (Date:__________) Lesson 7 (Date:__________)

• Identify stressed and unstressed syllables in multisyllable words.• Recognize the schwa in multisyllable words

□ Exercise 1: Listening for Stressed Syllables

□ Introduce: Shifting the Syllable Stress

□ Exercise 1: Listening for Stressed Syllables

□ Introduce: Schwa

• Spell words composed of closed syllables.• Read fluently and spell words composed of closed syllables and words with prefixes dis-, in-, non-, un-.• Read fluently and spell the Essential Words: gone, look, most, people, see, water.• Read and spell contractions with am and is.

□ Exercise 2: Spelling Pretest 2□ Word Fluency 3

□ Build It: Words with Schwa□ Review: Contractions□ Exercise 2: Contract It□ Review: Its and It’s□ Exercise 3: Choose It and

Use It

• Identify synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and attributes for Unit Words.• Identify the meaning of prefixes in words

□ Exercise 3: Word Relationships: Antonyms, Synonyms, and Attributes

□ Expression of the Day

□ Review: Prefixes□ Exercise 4: Match It: Using

Prefixes□ Expression of the Day

• Identify and use be as a helping verb.• Identify the noun or pronoun as subject.• Identify direct objects.

□ Review: Simple Subject and Simple Predicate

□ Review: Direct Objects□ Exercise 4: Code It: Direct

Object

□ Shifting Syllable Stress: Grammatical Implications

□ Exercise 5: Code It: Noun or Verb

• Read phrases and passages fluently.• Define vocabulary using context-based strategies or a reference source.• Preview reading selection using text features.• Identify factual information by listening to and reading informational text.

□ Exercise 5: Phrase It□ Independent Text: “Solving

Problems”Exercise 6: Use the Clues: Vocabulary Strategies

□ Passage Fluency 2□ Exercise 6: Use the Clues:

Vocabulary Strategies

• Answer comprehension questions beginning with use, generalize, infer, illustrate, and explain.• Record information in an informal (two-column) outline.• Identify and write parts of an expository report including introductory paragraph, transition topic sentence, E’s, and concluding paragraph.• Write an expository report.

□ Exercise 7: Rewrite It □ Report Structure□ Exercise 7: Write It:

Transition Topic Sentence

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Lesson ChecklistLessons 8–10Lesson 8 (Date:_____________) Lesson 9 (Date:_____________) Lesson 10 (Date:_____________)

□ Review: Stressed Syllables□ Exercise 1: Listening for Stressed

Syllables□ Review: Schwa□ Vowel Chart

□ Review: Stressed Syllables□ Review: Shifting the Syllable Stress□ Exercise 1: Listening for Stressed

Syllables

□ Exercise 1: Listening for Stressed Syllables

□ Divide It□ Word Fluency 4

□ Exercise 2: Build It □ Content Mastery: Spelling Posttest 2

□ Content Mastery: Word Relationships; Prefixes

□ Exercise 3: Find It: Compound Words and Words with Prefixes

□ Exercise 4: Sort It: Compound Words and Words with Prefixes

□ Exercise 5: Define It□ Expression of the Day

□ Explore It: Inventions□ Draw It: Idioms□ Expression of the Day

□ Diagram It□ Exercise 2: Diagram It: Subject, Verb,

and Direct Object

□ Masterpiece Sentences: Stages 1 and 2 □ Content Mastery: Helping Verbs; Nouns or Pronouns; Nouns and Pronouns as Direct Objects

□ Instructional Text: “Way to Go!”□ Exercise 3: Use the Clues: Vocabulary

Strategies

□ Prepare to Write: Expository Report □ Write It: Expository Report

□ Exercise 4: Answer It: Using Signal Words

□ Organize Information: Informal OutlineExercise 6: Create an Informal Outline for a Report

□ Check It: Draft of an Expository Report

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