Week 1

Spelling and Skills

Group A

1.bag	2.his	3.dig	4.win	5.has
6.sat	7.is	8.ran	9.was	10.am
11.if	12.I	13.can	14.fix	15.did

Language

4 Types of Sentences

Declarative – a sentence that tells something

Interrogative – question

Imperative – a command

Exclamatory – shows excitement

Comprehension Skills

Check for Understanding

Cross Checking (Does it look right, does it sound right, does it make sense?)

Back up and reread

Tune into interesting words

Vocabulary Skill

Homophones – words that sound alike, but are spelled in different ways and have different meanings

mail

male

High Frequency Words

always

around

because

been

before

Key Vocabulary

balanced – even; not too much of one thing

dairy – foods made from milk or cream

diet – the usual food and drink of a person

hungry – wanting food

shopper – a person who buys

things

shopping – going to the store to buy things

vegetables – roots, leaves, stems, flowers of plants used as food

steep – rising or falling sharply