Lesson 17: The Big Trip by Valeri Gorbachev
Question to think about: How are ways to travel the same and different?

Words to Know:  about, could, sure, by, don't, there, car, and maybe

Spelling Words: me, be, read, feet, tree, keep, eat, mean, sea, these, street, please, each, and between practice here

Phonics: Using long e (CV, CVCe), ee, ea, -ng, and -nk; using -ean, -ink

Comprehension: Compare and contrast and visualize; Author's craft: dialogue

Vocabulary Strategies: Classify and categorize: transportation words

Fluency Practice: Phrasing with attention to punctuation especially question marks (punctuation marks are like road signs--For example: they help you to know when to stopl)

Grammar: Kinds of sentences-Is it a statement or a question?

Writing: Writing a narrative and thinking about ideas

Web Resources

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html

Word Builder Unit 23

Long Vowel Practice Starfall

Long Vowel Sounds and Pictures

Crossword Challenge

Words that end with -ng

Make a Word: -ee  Starfall

Vowel Team TV

Long Vowels E and U

Long E Word Find

Long Vowel Words

Pete's Sheep

Making Words with ea or ee

 eWord Game Unit 23

Lesson 18: Where Does Food Come From? by Shelley Rotner and Gary Goss
Question to think about: Why do authors write nonfiction?

Words to Know: first, right, under, food, sometimes, your, ground, and these

Spelling Words: play, grain, sail, mail, may, rain, way, day, stay, pain, paint, spray, says, and say practice here

Phonics: Using ai, ay, -ain, and contractions: 'll and 'd

Comprehension: Author's purpose and summarize; Author's craft: predictable text

Vocabulary Strategies: Multiple-Meaning words

Fluency Practice: Expression

Grammar: Names of months, days, and holidays; using commas with dates

Writing: Writing a friendly letter and thinking about sentence fluency

Web Resources

eWord Game Unit 27

Crossword Challenge

Word Finds Unit 27

Word Builder Unit 27

Fly By Contractions

Days of the Week

Months of the Year

Long Vowel ai with Tom and Roy

Two Vowels Go Walking

Two Vowels Word Sort

Contraction 'll Practice

Word Families Click on ail

Ai and ay Game

Making Words with ay