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• Decoding/Structural Analysis • Fluency • Vocabulary/Vocabulary Strategies • Comprehension • Writing • Take-Home Stories Annotated Teacher’s Edition B Published by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, o f McGraw-Hill Education, a division o f The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Two Penn Plaza , New York , New York 10121 . Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in an y f orm or b y an y means, or stored in a database or retrieval s y stem, without the prior written consent o f The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance l earning . Print ed in th e U nit ed S t a t es o f Am e ri ca 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 RHR 1 5 14 1 3 1 2 11 D ear Family Member or Caregiver: W elcome! This year your child will be building important reading skills. By working toget h er, you and your c h ild can become partners in learning . E ac h week your c h ild will bring h ome • a Fluency passage t h at h e or s h e will read t o y ou. • a Take-Home Story f or the two o f you to read t ogether and discuss . Using these brie f texts, you can help your child review vocabulary words and practice key reading skills taught that week. Your interest, praise, and encouragement are sure to lead to your child’s success in school. Here’s to an e xciting year of learning! Yours tru l y , © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Unit 1 Wee k 1: L esso n s 1– 5 A Bi g Jam Decodin g : S hort a, i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 S tructural Analysis: Inflectional endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 V ocabulary: Inflectional endin g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 C omprehension: C haracter, S etting, Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Writin g : Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 Pen Pa ls Decoding: Short e, o , u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 S tructural Analysis: Inflectional endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 V ocabulary: Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 C omprehension: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0 T ake-Home S tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 Writing: Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Mid-Unit Additional Instruction: Character, Setting, Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Week 3 : Lesso n s 11–1 5 Ant T ric ks Decoding: Beginning and f inal consonant blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 F luenc y : Speed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 S tructural Anal y sis: Possessives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 7 V ocabulary: Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8 C omprehension: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Writing: Sequence chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 W ee k 4: L essons 16–20 Wetlands D eco di ng: L ong a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 F luency: Timed reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 S tructural Anal y sis: C ompound words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 V ocabulary: C ontext clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Com p rehension: Com p are and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 7 W r i t i ng: I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 J a k e’s Pets D eco di n g : L on g i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 i Fl uency: Ph rase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 0 S tructural Analysis: Inflectional endin g s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 V ocabular y : S uffixes -er, -est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 t Com p rehension: Make and Confirm Predictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 W r i t i n g : I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: C om p are and C ontrast . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 E nd-of- U nit Additional Instruction: Make and C onfirm Predictions . . . . . . . 4 8 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g /Structural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Contents © Macmillan / McGraw-Hill Unit 2 W eek 1: Lessons 1–5 M iss Pope’s C l ass Puts on a Skit D eco di n g : L on g o, u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 F luency: S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 S tructural Analysis: Suffix - e r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 r V ocabular y : C ompound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3 C om p rehension: S e q uence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 W r i t i n g : I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 M om Wo l f Speak s Decodin g : Lon g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 S tructural Analysis: Multisyllable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 V ocabular y : Context clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 C omprehension: Draw C onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Writin g : Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Mid-Unit Additional Instruction: Se q uence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: Draw C onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Wee k 3 : L esso n s 11–1 5 Fl i gh t: G l iders to Jet s Decoding: Long i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 i F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7 S tructural Analysis: Inflectional endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8 V ocabulary: Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 C omprehension: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 0 T ake-Home S tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 Writing: Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 W ee k 4: L essons 16–20 Animal Hide and See k Decoding: Initial and f inal consonant blends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 F luency: Timed readin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4 S tructural Anal y sis: C ontractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 V ocabulary: Context clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Comprehension: Author’s Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 W r i t i ng: I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 A M i dd ay Feast D eco di ng: L ong a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 0 F luency: Phrase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 S tructural Anal y sis: Prefix r e- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 V ocabulary: C ontext clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3 Com p rehension: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 W r i t i ng: I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Author’s Pur p ose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 E nd-o f - U nit Additional Instruction: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g/S tructural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 0 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Unit 3 W eek 1: Lessons 1–5 B en Frank l i n D eco di n g : L on g o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 F luency: S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 S tructural Analysis: Compound words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3 V ocabular y : C ontext clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4 C om p rehension: Author’s Pur p ose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 5 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 Writin g : S equence chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 Ch et Manti s ’ s Hunt Decodin g : Consonant Di g raphs ch , tch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9 S tructural Analysis: Prefix u n - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 - V ocabular y : Context clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 C omprehension: C haracter, S ettin g , Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3 Writin g : Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 Mid-Unit Additional Instruction: Author’s Pur p ose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Mid-Unit Additional Instruction: Character, Settin g , Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6 Wee k 3 : L esso n s 11–1 5 T he Ever g lades Decoding: Consonant Digraphs th, wh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 7 h F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 S tructural Analysis: C losed syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 V ocabulary: Homographs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 C omprehension: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1 T ake-Home S tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Writing: Sequence chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 W ee k 4: L essons 16–20 T rish’s T rium ph Decoding: Consonant Digraphs ph, sh 114 h F luency: Timed readin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 S tructural Anal y sis: S uffix -ful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 l V ocabulary: Context clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Comprehension: Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Writing: Sequence chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 0 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 B rent’s Tri p Decoding: S oft consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 F luency: Phrase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 S tructural Anal y sis: S uffixes -er, -est . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 t V oca b u l ary: H omop h ones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 Com p rehension: Make Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6 W r i t i ng: I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: S e q uence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 E nd-o f - U nit Additional Instruction: Make In f erences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 30 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g/S tructural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 © Macmillan / McGraw-Hill Unit 4 W eek 1: Lessons 1–5 A Sp l endid Mea l D eco di n g : T r i p l e bl en d s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2 F luency: S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3 S tructural Analysis: Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 V ocabular y : C ontext clues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 C om p rehension: Draw C onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 W r i t i n g : I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 8 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 Weaver’s K indnes s Decodin g : Silent consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0 S tructural Analysis: Multisyllable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 V ocabular y : S y non y ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 C omprehension: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Writin g : Narration/dialo g ue chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: Draw C onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: Theme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7 Wee k 3 : L esso n s 11–1 5 B e Smart: Save Water ! Decoding: r- C ontrolled vowel / är / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8 F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 S tructural Analysis: C losed syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 0 V ocabulary: Suffixes - less, - f ul, -ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 1 C omprehension: Problem and S olution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 T ake-Home S tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3 Writing: Story map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 W ee k 4: L essons 16–20 H el p ing Hands D eco di ng: r- C ontrolled vowels / ôr / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 5 F luency: Timed readin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 S tructural Anal y sis: C ontractions with verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7 V ocabulary: Pre f ixes u n-, re-, p re-, m i s- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 8 Comprehension: Problem and Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Writing: Character web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 Th e P e rf ect F o r t D eco di ng: r- C ontrolled vowel / ûr / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2 F luency: Phrase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 S tructural Anal y sis: Multis y llable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 V ocabulary: S ynonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Com p rehension: Se q uence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7 W r i t i ng: I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 8 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Problem and S olution . . . . . . . . . . . 16 9 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Problem and S olution . . . . . . . . . . . 17 0 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Se q uence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g/S tructural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Unit 5 W eek 1: Lessons 1–5 Anima l s C h ange S h ape Decodin g : O pen syllables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 F luency: Speed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 S tructural Anal y sis: Multis y llable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 5 V oca b u l ary: H omo g rap h s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6 Com p rehension: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 W r i t i n g : I d ea we b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 9 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 H ot-Air Ba ll oons Decodin g : Variant vowel / ü / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di ng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 S tructural Analysis: Suffix - l y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 2 V ocabular y : Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 C om p rehension: Descri p tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5 Writin g : Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: Main Idea and Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 8 7 Mid - U n i t Addi t i ona l Instruct i on: D escr i pt i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8 Wee k 3 : L esso n s 11–1 5 D olores Huerta: She Took a Stand Decoding: Variant vowel /u ˙/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 u F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 S tructural Analysis: Plurals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 V ocabular y : S y non y ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 C omprehension: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Writin g : Idea web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 5 Week 4: Lesso n s 1 6 –2 0 T he Shee p Herder Decoding: Diphthong /oi/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 F luency: Timed readin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 S tructural Anal y sis: S uffix - n ess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 V ocabulary: Pre f ixes re-, un-, dis-, p re - 199 Comprehension: Draw Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 0 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1 Writing: Organization map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 B usy Beaver s Decoding: Diphthong / ou / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 F luency: Phrase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 S tructural Anal y sis: S uffix -y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5 V oca b u l ary: Di ct i onary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Comprehension: Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Writing: O rganization map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: C ause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 E nd-of- U nit Additional Instruction: Draw C onclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g/S tructural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3 © Macmillan / McGraw-Hill Unit 6 W eek 1: Lessons 1–5 Talkin g to Mrs. Dawson Decodin g : Variant vowel / ô / . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4 F luency: S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5 S tructural Analysis: Prefixes/Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 V ocabular y : Sy non y ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 C om p rehension: Make Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 8 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Writin g : O r g anizin g web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 0 Wee k 2: L esso n s 6 –1 0 H owie He l ps Out Decodin g : Consonant blends and di g raphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Fl uency: Ti me d rea di n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 2 S tructural Analysis: Inflectional endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 3 V ocabular y : Anton y ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 C omprehension: S ummarize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 T ake-Home Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6 Writin g : Or g anizin g web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: Make In f erences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8 Mid- U nit Additional Instruction: S ummarize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Wee k 3 : L esso n s 11–1 5 M ae’s D ream s Decoding: Long a , i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 30 F luenc y : S peed drill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1 S tructural Analysis: Prefixes /S uffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 V ocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 C omprehension: C ompare and C ontrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 T ake-Home S tory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5 Writing: Organizing web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 W ee k 4: L essons 16–20 J ane Goodal l D eco di ng: L ong e, o, u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 u F luency: Timed readin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 8 S tructural Anal y sis: Multis y llable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 9 V oca b u l ary: I di om . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Comprehension: Compare and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1 T ake-Home S tor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Writing: Organizing web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 W ee k 5: L essons 21–25 The Great Ice Cream Sho p Turn Around D eco di ng: V ar i ant vowe l s an d di p h t h ongs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 F luency: Phrase cues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 S tructural Anal y sis: Multis y llable words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 V oca b u l ary: Di ct i onary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Comprehension: Character, Setting, Plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8 T ake-Home Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Writing: O rganizing web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 0 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: C ompare and C ontrast . . . . . . . . . . . 251 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Com p are and Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . 252 E nd-of-Unit Additional Instruction: Character, Settin g , Plot. . . . . . . . . . . 253 E nd-of-Unit Review: Decodin g/S tructural Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Na me 1. 2. 3 . d ll p ls 4. 5. 6. ct p cn 7. 8. 9. b g p ll 10 . b t The sh ort vow el a soun d i s spe ll e d w i t h t h e l etter a . The s hort vowel i sound is spelled with the letter i i. p a n p i n Write a or i to complete each picture name. i ai 2. d f ai 5. t l ai i 8. 9. g p n h a a a G rade 3/Unit 1/Week 1 9 © Macmillan / McGraw-Hill A . As y ou read, pa y attent i on to end punctuat i on and i ntonat i on . 16 19 32 40 53 J ack is in a jam. His pals are mad. Tim is mad at Dan. Dan is ma d at T i m . Is Jack pickin g a pal? If Jack picks Tim, Dan will g et mad. If Jack picks Dan, Tim will get mad. Da d h as a t i p. “Te ll T i m an d Dan h ow you f ee l . Te ll t h em y ou w ill not p i c k one pa l .” 59 B. Read these words to y ourself. Then have y our partner time y ou. D o it two more times to see i f you can beat your score! h as will h a m pig map i f back mix s ic k f at p a l his ba t dad i t miss ask  gh  i ts a t mad pic k r ap ca t  t  R ecord Your S core s Tim e 1: Time 2: Time 3: Na me A t H ome: R erea d t h e passage an d ta lk a b out ot h er ways to h e l p pa l s qu i t b e i ng ma d. G rade 3/Unit 1/Week 1 1 0 [...]... ton/tan dog ten 16 dig dug Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 2 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 3 Go from tin to ten Name A Have a partner time you as you read the passage Record your scores below Tess has a pen pal Tess writes letters to Liz Liz writes back 13 to Tess It is fun! Liz writes Tess about her dog Bud Bud is a big dog Liz hugs 18 32 Bud Tess does not have a dog Can Tess pet Bud? 33 Liz writes Tess, “Please visit!”... pals caps fi well fit p pals’ © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 3 Meg’s dolls dress is red 4 I pat Jacks cat doll’s Jack’s 5 Jim and Don lost the pets tags p pets’ Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 27 Name objects twigs pests food smart slim A Vocabulary Words Write the missing letters to complete the words in each sentence 1 Sm a rt 2 Ants have dogs do tricks s l im legs 3 Jack can lift big ob j e c t s 4 Ants are p e s ts... twigs 28 thin things Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill quit Name As you read “Ant Tricks,” fill in the Main Idea Chart Detail Ants can get in boxes and bags of food Detail Ants can get in food left for pets Detail Ants can get on snacks and mess up a picnic Main Idea © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Ants can be big pests Sample responses are provided Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 29 Name Read the passage... sm, st, tr, nd, or nt 2 Circle the possessives in the passage 3 List two details that tell how the dog is smart He can p a sled He can sit up and beg pull p g 4 What is the main idea of the passage? © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill You can be smart even if you are not big 5 If a stick is slim, it is skinny skinny smart wood 30 Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 At Home: Reread the passage and talk with your child about... B Partners Use this chart to check your partner’s reading too slow too fast just right Paid attention to stops and pauses © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Speed never sometimes always Accuracy skipped words self-corrected read every word Read with feeling never sometimes always At Home: Reread the passage and name some wetland animals Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 4 33 Name A compound word is made by putting two smaller... p pack 1 bulldog bull dog g 2 pancake p pan cake 3 sunset sun set 4 handbag hand bag g 5 wetlands wet lands B Fill in the blanks with the compound word from Part A that makes sense Draw a line between the two smaller words in your answers 2 A pancake d bulld g dog licks Fred 3 Dad steps in mud in the 4 Meg got a b g handbag 5 Sam met Kate at 34 Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 4 l wetlands as a gift sunset ©... pants © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 5 A crane wades in a wetland p pond 6 A big crane lifts big blocks of rocks g Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 4 35 Name As you read “Wetlands,” fi in the Venn Diagram fill A frog eats bugs Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 4 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Different A snake eats frogs and fi fish 36 Alike Both swim in a pond Both move on land Sample responses are provided ... words you wrote Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 25 Name A As you read, pay attention to word accuracy An ant can be black, red, yellow, or brown It has six slim 13 legs Some ants can have wings An ant can lift big objects Its six legs can help it lift and 19 33 carry things Six legs help it run fast An ant must have a job Ants dig and help set up a nest 41 55 Another ant job is to get food 62 B Read these words... score! slim smell clock pill deck stop stick swell rack rock trap track drip mitt sunk twig flop sled band tent snack swim fl flick disk pond Record Your Scores Time 2: Time 3: © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Time 1: 26 Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 3 At Home: Reread this passage and talk about two interesting facts you learned about ants Name Add ’s to a singular noun to make it a possessive noun Add only (’) to make... end with -s, -ed, or -ing 3 Who are the characters in the story? Tad, Lin Tad hits the ball 5 To quit is to fi fix 14 stop p stop Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 1 spill At Home: Reread the passage and talk about how Lin helped Tad © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 4 What happens at the end of the story? Name © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill To help you plan your writing, fi out an idea web fill Grade 3/ Unit 1/Week 1 15 Name The . . . . 32 F luency: Timed reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 S tructural Anal y sis: C ompound words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 V ocabulary:. Na me A . Have a partner time you as you read the passa g e. Record your sco r es be l o w. 13 18 32 33 43 5 4 Tess has a p en p al. Tess writes letters to Liz. Liz writes bac k to Tess . It. . . 23 1 S tructural Analysis: Prefixes /S uffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 V ocabulary: Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 C omprehension: