Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
16
Main Idea and Detail
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Let’s Go to
the Moon!
Genre:
Informational Text
Question
Phonics
What do
astronauts do?
Title: Mae
Jemison
Genre: Biography
Long o
Long u
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
note
hope
go
stove
broke
robe
home
stone
hole
tone
joke
so
hose
phone woke
bone
pole
tune
use
cube
cute
tube
mule
flute
huge
I have a tube of white paint.
Who broke the stove?
Hope shows her new blue robe.
A light woke me at home.
A cute wren can sing a big tune.
(High Frequency
Words)
around
bring
show
because
carry
think
before
light
so
go
home
hole
no
rope
joke
bone
stove
poke
because
bring
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
17
Compare and Contrast
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: The Big Trip
Genre: Fantasy
Visualize
Title: Lewis and
Clark’s Big Trip
Genre: Informational
Text
Phonics
Long e (CV, CVCe)
Vowel Pairs ee, ea
Final ng, nk
-ink Family
What are some
different ways to
travel?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
she
leak
feel
these
bead
clean
keep
sleep
tree
feet
me
leap
street
bee
cheap
dream teach
dream reach
deep
leaf
pink
thing
bank
bring
link
junk
king
drink
sang
All three of us meet at the beach.
Gene will go in a green jeep.
Every week we all clean our home.
I have a bank that looks like a pink pig.
(High Frequency
Words)
about
by
car
could
don’t
maybe
sure
there
me
be
read
feet
tree
keep
eat
mean
sea
these
maybe
there
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
18
Author’s Purpose
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Where Does
Food Come From?
Genre: Informational
Text
Summarize
Phonics
Title: Jack and the
Beanstalk
Genre: Fairy Tale
Long a – ai, ay
Contractions ‘ll, ‘d
-ay, -ain
What do farmers
need to grow
food?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
clay
day
hay
rain
pail
braid
tray
nail
train
paint
ray
sail
maid
spray
brain
tail
gain
maid
we’d
he’ll
that’ll
what’d we’ll
she’ll
I’d
you’d
they’ll
you’ll
she’d
We will not sail on the water in the rain.
Those five pails are full of green paint.
I’ll wait for you to come by.
Ben said that he’d be late.
Mom and Dad said they’ll go out at five.
he’d
(High Frequency
Words)
first
food
ground
right
sometimes
these
under
your
play
grain
sail
mail
may
rain
way
day
stay
pain
these
your
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Lesson
19
Sequence of Events
Spelling
(tested story)
Monitor / Clarify
Title: Tomas Rivera
Genre: Biography
Phonics
Title: Life Then and
Now
Genre: Informational
Text
oa, ow
-ow, -oat family
Contractions with ‘ve, ‘re
Why is it
important to
learn about
people from the
past?
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
road
snow
boat
load
goat
row
crow
throw
bowl
loaf
coach tow
toad
goal
toast
coast
roast
they’ve
you’ve they’re
coat
you’re I’ve
we’re
we’ve
Row the boat when the wind doesn’t blow.
We watch the snow fall on the road.
Coach helped me make a goal.
They’re bringing a load of boats on the truck.
I’ve got a white goat in the grass.
(High Frequency
Words)
done
great
laugh
paper
soon
talk
were
work
show
row
grow
low
blow
snow
boat
coat
road
toad
work
great
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Cause and Effect
Infer / Predict
Lesson
20
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Little
Rabbit’s Tale
Genre: Folktale
Phonics
Compound Words
Title: Silly Poems
Genre: Poetry
How can you
help a friend who
feels sad?
short e in ea
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
inside
snowman
cupcake
sunshine
peanut
sailboat
raincoat
rainbow
seashell
snowflake
bluebird
mailbox
rowboat
boxcar
railroad
playpen
waterfall
backpack
head
feather
weather
thread
spread
A baseball coach is sitting in the dugout.
Get seafood at a seaside shop at sunset.
Mother put a cupcake in my lunchbox.
I spread bread with jam at breakfast.
Mother will wash the sweater instead.
dead
(High Frequency
Words)
door
more
mother
old
try
use
want
wash
bedtime
sunset
bathtub
sailboat
flagpole
backpack
playpen
raincoat
inside
himself
want
old
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Grade 1
Comprehension
Cause and Effect
Infer / Predict
Lesson
20
Spelling
(tested story)
Title: Little
Rabbit’s Tale
Genre: Folktale
Phonics
Compound Words
Title: Silly Poems
Genre: Poetry
How can you
help a friend who
feels sad?
short e in ea
Practice Words and Sentences:
Words to Know
inside
snowman
cupcake
sunshine
peanut
sailboat
raincoat
rainbow
seashell
snowflake
bluebird
mailbox
rowboat
boxcar
railroad
playpen
waterfall
backpack
head
feather
weather
thread
spread
A baseball coach is sitting in the dugout.
Get seafood at a seaside shop at sunset.
Mother put a cupcake in my lunchbox.
I spread bread with jam at breakfast.
Mother will wash the sweater instead.
dead
(High Frequency
Words)
door
more
mother
old
try
use
want
wash
so
poke
show
grow
toad
game
sail
pain
stay
tree
mean
shop
that
chip
ride
mule
sunset
backpack
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