Annotated Teacher’s Edition • Phonemic Awareness • Phonics • High-Frequency Words • Comprehension • Take-Home Stories Dear Family Member or Caregiver: Welcome! This year your child will be building important reading skills By working together, you and your child can become partners in learning Each week your child will bring home a Take-Home Story for the two of you to read together and discuss 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 exciting year of learning! 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(Readiness) Unit Week 1: Lessons 1-5 Week 1: Lessons 1-5 Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book 17 18 19 21 22 23 Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book 25 26 27 29 30 31 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Take-Home Book Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Phonemic Awareness: Short /a/ Phonics: Short a Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Character and Setting Take-Home Book 39 40 41 42 43 Week 2: Lessons 6-10 10 11 13 14 15 Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Phonics Phonics Take-Home Book Pam Ran; Sam Can Nap 33 35 36 37 Tag; At Bat Phonemic Awareness: Short /a/ Phonics: Short a Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Sequence Take-Home Book 45 46 47 48 49 Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Can Jim Fit?; Big Max Phonemic Awareness: Short /i/ Phonics: Short i Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Sequence Take-Home Book 51 52 53 54 55 Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Clip, Clip!; Flag Can Do It Phonemic Awareness: l-Blends Phonics: l-Blends Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Plot Take-Home Book 57 58 59 60 61 Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Big Cats; Ants, Ants, Ants! Phonemic Awareness: Final Blends Phonics: Final Blends Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Author’s Purpose Take-Home Book 63 64 65 66 67 iii Unit Unit Week 1: Lessons 1-5 Week 1: Lessons 1-5 I Can Hop; My Mom Dave and Kate; Jake’s Cake 69 70 71 72 73 Phonemic Awareness: Long /a¯ / 99 Phonics: Long a (a_e) 100 Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words 101 Comprehension: Retell 102 Take-Home Book 103 Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Jen Helps Rex; On the Bed Five Ducks and a Frog; Miss Fine’s Dime Phonemic Awareness: Short /e/ Phonics: Short e Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Retell Take-Home Book 75 76 77 78 79 Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Phonemic Awareness: /ch/, /hw/ Phonics: ch, -tch; wh- Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Main Idea/Details Take-Home Book Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Pup and Cat; Big Bud Mole’s Home; June’s Flute 87 88 89 90 91 Week 5: Lessons 21-25 iv 105 106 107 108 109 Phonemic Awareness: Long /o /, /u¯ / Phonics: Long o (o_e), u (u_ u e) Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Draw Conclusions Take-Home Book 111 112 113 114 115 117 118 119 120 121 Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Sing This Song!; At the Shop Phonemic Awareness: /sh/, /th/, /ng/ Phonics: Digraphs sh, th, -ng Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Retell Take-Home Book Let’s Eat Lunch; Snakes, Snakes, Snakes! 81 82 83 84 85 Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Phonemic Awareness: Short /u/ Phonics: Short u Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Plot Take-Home Book Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Frogs, Frogs, Frogs!; Kids Can Phonemic Awareness: r-, r s-Blends Phonics: r-Blends, r s-Blends Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Main Idea/Details Take-Home Book Phonemic Awareness: Long /¯l / Phonics: Long i (i_ i e) Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Make Predictions Take-Home Book Stripes, Stripes, Stripes!; Let’s Help! 93 94 95 96 97 Phonemic Awareness: Three-Letter Blends 123 Phonics: Three-Letter Blends 124 Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words 125 Comprehension: Compare/Contrast 126 Take-Home Book 127 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Phonemic Awareness: Short /o/ Phonics: Short o Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Main Idea/Details Take-Home Book Unit Unit Week 1: Lessons 1-5 Week 1: Lessons 1-5 It Is Raining Birds’ Nests Phonemic Awareness: Long /a¯ / Phonics: Long a (ai, ay) y Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Make Predictions Take-Home Book 129 130 131 132 133 Phonemic Awareness: /ûr/ Phonics: rr-Controlled Vowels er, r ir, r ur Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Cause/Effect Take-Home Book Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Up a Tree At the Big Park Phonemic Awareness: Long /e¯ / Phonics: Long e (e, ea, ee) Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Character and Setting Take-Home Book 135 136 137 138 139 Phonemic Awareness: /âr/ Phonics: rr-Controlled Vowel ar Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Make Inferences Take-Home Book Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Week 3: Lessons 11-15 Let’s Go! Fun with Sports Phonemic Awareness: Long /o o¯ / Phonics: Long o (o, oa, ow) w Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Retell Take-Home Book 141 142 143 144 145 Phonemic Awareness: /ôr/ Phonics: rr-Controlled Vowels or, r ore Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Compare/Contrast Take-Home Book Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Week 4: Lessons 16-20 The Light Jack and the Beans Phonemic Awareness: Long /¯l / Phonics: Long i (i, igh, yy) Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Plot Take-Home Book © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 147 148 149 150 151 Phonemic Awareness: /ou/ Phonics: Diphthongs ou, ow w Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Sequence Take-Home Book Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Lilly Cleans Up Joy’s Surprise Phonemic Awareness: Long /e¯ / Phonics: Long e (-yy, -ey) y Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Retell Take-Home Book 153 154 155 156 157 Phonemic Awareness: /oi/ Phonics: Diphthongs oi, oyy Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Sequence Take-Home Book 159 160 161 162 163 165 166 167 168 169 171 172 173 174 175 177 178 179 180 181 183 184 185 186 187 v Unit Week 1: Lessons 1-5 Week 4: Lessons 16-20 Toys at Night Let’s Plant Seeds Phonemic Awareness: /u /, /ü/ Phonics: Vowel Digraphs oo, oo, ew, w ou u Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Fantasy/Reality Take-Home Book 189 190 191 192 193 Phonemic Awareness: Syllables Phonics: Open and Closed Syllables Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Make Predictions Take-Home Book 207 208 209 210 211 Phonemic Awareness: Syllables Phonics: Final Stable Syllables Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Character and Setting Take-Home Book 213 214 215 216 217 Week 2: Lessons 6-10 Week 5: Lessons 21-25 Paws and Claws Three Billy Goats Phonemic Awareness: /ô/ Phonics: Vowel Digraphs au, aw, w al Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Make Inferences Take-Home Book 195 196 197 198 199 Phonemic Awareness: Syllables Phonics: Open and Closed Syllables Vocabulary: High-Frequency Words Comprehension: Classify and Categorize Take-Home Book 201 202 203 204 205 Week 3: Lessons 11-15 © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The Seasons vi Name Say each picture name Write the letter that stands for the sound at the beginning of its name a l m © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill p t Grade 1/Get Started!/Week 1 Name Say each picture name Write the letter that stands for the sound at the beginning of its name l p a m Grade 1/Get Started!/Week © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill t I am a mouse High-Frequency Words: Circle the words I and a in the story At Home: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I am a I Am lion turtle Phonics: Circle the animals that have two syllables in their names I am a © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill panda Comprehension: Where are the animals going? I am a Name When you put things that are alike into the same group, you are classifying and categorizing As you read “The Seasons,” fill in the Classify and Categorize Chart Activities © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Season 204 Grade 1/Unit 6/Week At Home: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you Sometimes the moon is full and round Sometimes it appears to be oval Sometimes you can only see a sliver There is so much to look at in the sky High-Frequency Words: Circle the words one and full in the story © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill The Sun and the Moon Our planet has one sun We can see our sun in the day It looks big and round and yellow Phonics: Draw a line under two words that have a closed syllable The sun helps us in many ways It brings us light and warmth It helps plants grow and blossom © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Comprehension: What can you see in the sky during the day? What can you see at night? Our planet has one moon We can see the moon at night What does the moon look like? That depends on when you happen to be looking Name Say the name of each picture Listen for the short vowel sound in the first syllable Match the letter sound to the picture a e i Say the name of each picture Listen for the long vowel sound in the first syllable Match the letter sound to the picture i o © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill e Grade 1/Unit 6/Week 207 Name li/on Open Syllable pan/da p Closed Syllable Read the words Write O if the first syllable is open Write C if the first syllable is closed Then underline the letters that make the open or closed syllable kit/ten co/bra C O O bun/ny C Grade 1/Unit 6/Week spi/der p O ham/mer C © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 208 mu/sic Name A Read the words in the box Write one word on each line down after before been down after been before B Use a word from the box to finish each sentence We will dry the dog © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I brush my teeth Have you May I sit been down after before his bath I go to bed to the park? here? Grade 1/Unit 6/Week 209 Name To predict means to make a good guess about what you think will happen next in a story As you read “Let’s Plant Seeds,” fill in the Predictions Chart What Happens © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill What I Predict 210 Grade 1/Unit 6/Week 4 At Home: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you “We love you, Gram,” say Jennifer and Jason “What a splendid surprise!” says Gram High-Frequency Words: Circle the words been, before, and after in the story © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Surprise p for Gram It is Gram’s birthday The children are planning a surprise They have been preparing all week Jennifer and Mom baked a cake for the event Phonics: Draw a line under two words that have an open syllable Jason and Dad bring the party favors They take a cab to Gram’s Then they will meet Jennifer and Mom Before they go in, they finish making plans © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Comprehension: How did you think the children would surprise Gram? The children decide to put on hats After Gram opens the door, they give her gifts “I did not expect this!” says Gram Name Say the name of each picture Circle the picture in each row whose name ends in the sound //әl/ © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Grade 1/Unit 6/Week 213 Name apple p Look at each picture Write the picture name on the line Draw a line between the two syllables Then underline the letters that make the final stable syllable turtle table juggle circle candle turl tle can/dle jug/gle ta/ble cir/cle Grade 1/Unit 6/Week bee/tle © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill 214 beetle Name A Read the words in the box Write one word on each line their always around laugh their always around laugh B Use a word from the box to finish each sentence My pals love to walk © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill I laugh It is We run their dogs at Mom’s joke always around fun to go to music class the track two times Grade 1/Unit 6/Week 215 Name The characters are the people or animals in the story The setting is where the story takes place As you read “Three Billy Goats,” fill in the Character and Setting Chart © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Setting What the Characters Do There 216 Grade 1/Unit 6/Week At Home: Ask your child to read the book aloud to you Then she gave a little laugh “Are we getting a dog?” she asked “Yes,” said Dad “Maybe we can call it Pancake.” High-Frequency Words: Circle the words always and laugh in the story © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Pancake Puzzle When Gwen woke up she smelled pancakes She smiled Dad always made pancakes when something good was about to happen! Phonics: Underline all words that have a final syllable with -le “What’s up, Dad?” asked Gwen “Something little is coming,” said Dad with a giggle “Something you can cuddle.” © Macmillan/McGraw-Hill Comprehension: How you think Gwen feels when she realizes it’s a dog? Then Dad put lots of small pieces of pancake on Gwen’s plate Gwen looked at it It was like a puzzle