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Houghton/Mifflin Reading

Theme 1: Silly Stories

Stories with silly characters and funny situations

make us laugh!

Launching the Theme PowerPoint

Story 1: Dragon Gets By

By: Dav Pilkey

Genre: Fantasy

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills:Story Structure	Phonics Skills: Short a,i; base words, -s,-ed,-ing endings	Phonics Review:	Grammar Skill:What is a sentence?	Vocabulary Skill:homophones, new words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Cinderella Interactive	Spelling City	Dolch List Practice	Parts of a Sentence PowerPoint	Play E Word Game	Meet the Author, Dav Pilkey
Test Tutor	Printable Starfall Phonics Puzzle Activities	Starfall Books (1-5)	Word Wheelies Game	Vocabulary Pinball	Nutrition Blast-Off Game
Binky's Story Scramble	Short Vowel Matching	Word Magnets: Short a		Homophones Pinball	Clifford's Interactive Storybook
	Word Sort Short "a" and "i"	Name the Picture		Homophones PowerPoint	Tumblebooks
	Kids Lab Short A Practice	Short I Practice		Stingray Chaser	Dav Pilkey Book Review
	Adding s to Nouns	"Vowels Save the Day" Movie
	Adding ed, ing	Word Magnets: Short a
	Make-A-Word:_at family	Word Magnets: Short i
	Make-A-Word: _an family	Make-A-Word: _ig

Story 2: Julius

By: Angela Johnson

Genre: Fantasy

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills: Fantasy/Realism	Phonics Skills: Short Vowels o,u,e and VCCV Pattern	Phonics Review:Short a and i	Grammar Skill:Naming Part of a sentence	Vocabulary Skill:Synonyms, New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Fact or Fantasy Quiz	Spelling Word Sort	See 'n' Spell Short Vowels	Parts of a Sentence PowerPoint	Play E Word Game
Dav Pilkey Summary	Spelling City	Starfall Books (1-5)	Compound Subjects Choose Unit 10/5	Quia Synonyms
Spelling City Week 2	Word Magnets: Short u	Printable Starfall Phonics Puzzle Activities		Synonyms Column Matching
Synonyms Matching	Make-A-Word _et family	Word Sort Short "a" and "i"		Stingray Chaser
Word Magnets: Short e	Word Magnets: Short o	Word Magnets: Short a
Tumblebooks	Spelling PowerPoint	Word Magnets: Short i
Make-A-Word:_og family	Make-A-Word:_ug family

Story 3: Mrs. Brown Goes to Town

by Herbert Wong Yee

Genre: Fantasy

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills:Fantasy/Realism Cause & Effect Predict/Infer	Phonics Skills: Long vowels CVCe; a,i	Phonics Review:Short Vowels e, o, u	Grammar Skill: Action parts of a sentence	Vocabulary Skill:Multiple Meaning words/New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Fantasy or Realism: Tina's World	Spelling Word Sort	Short Vowel Letter Fall	PowerPoint: Action Parts of Sentences	Play E-Word Game	Tumblebooks
Realistic Story Elements	Web Word Find	Short Vowels Puzzle	A Carousel of Verbs	Vocabulary Pinball	Meet the Author: Wong Herbert Yee
Fact or Fiction	Spelling City Games	Short Vowels Audio Match	Go For the Gold: Parts of a Sentence	Stingray Chaser	National Geographic Kids: Farm Animals
Flippy's Adventures: Cause and Effect	Long A Story	Short Vowel ABC Order	Verb Dog Video-Unit 3-12	Kids Lab:Multiple Meaning Words	KidsFarm
Quia: Cause and Effect	The Amazing Silent E Show	Short Vowels Matching	Word Finder: Verbs-Unit 3-13	Multiple Meaning Words Jeopardy	Davis Family Farm Adventures
Making Predictions With Digger	Long A Picture Hunt	Make-A-Word _ot		Vocabulary Matching	KBears Farm
Making Inferences with Mr. Duck Von Fly	Make-A-Word: Long I, Silent E	Make-A-Word _en			Crossword Challenge
	Make-A-Word: Long A, Silent E	Make-A-Word _ug

Houghton/Mifflin Reading

Theme 2: Nature Walk

Theme Introduction

Nature can be observed and enjoyed, wherever you are.

Story 1: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

By Cynthia Rylant

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills/Strategy Focus: Compare and Contrast	Phonics Skills: Long vowels CVCe; o,u,e; two sounds for g	PhonicsReview: CVCe,a,i	Grammar Skill:Telling sentences and questions	Vocabulary Skill: Compound Words/New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Reading Skills Rocket: Compare/Contrast	Spelling Word Sort	Make-A-Word: Long I, Silent E	Grammar Gold: Statements and Questions	Play E-Word Game	Tumblebooks
Compare/Contrast Tips and Practice	Web Word Find	Make-A-Word: Long A, Silent E	Sentence Clubhouse	War of the Words Game	Meet the Author: Cynthia Rylant
Contrasting Characters	Long Vowel Matching	Long A Story	Planting Sentences	Stingray Chaser	Letter From Cynthia Rylant
	Long O Words	The Amazing Silent E Show	Grammar Blast: The Sentence	Compound Word Elephants	Go Camping America!
	Robot and Mr. Mole Song	Long A Picture Hunt		Compound Matching	Virtual Telescope
	Long O Picture Hunt	Long Vowel Picture Match		Compound Drag and Drop	Web Word Find (Spelling)
	Make Long U Words	Name the Long Vowel Game		Vocabulary Pinball	Meet the Illustrator: Sucie Stevenson
	Dune Buggy Song	Ice Cream Cake (a_e)		Vocabulary Matching	See the Big Dipper

Story 2: Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett

By Alice K. Flanagan

Genre: Nonfiction

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills/Strategy Focus:Fact and Opinion	Phonics Skills:Consonant Clusters r,l,s and 2 sounds for c	Phonics Review:	Grammar Skill:Commands	Vocabulary Skill:Antonyms and New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Fact and Opinion Lesson	Word Sort (2 Sounds of c)		Grammar Gold	E-Word Game	Smokey's Kids
Fact/Opinion Quiz	Word Sort (Consonant clusters)			War of the Words	Polar Bear Fact/Opinion WebQuest
Fact/Opinion Sort Choose Unit 18/8	Meet the C's (hard and soft sounds of c)			Antonyms Matching
Binky's Fact and Opinions Game	Hard and Soft C Practice			Quia: Antonyms Matching
	Interactive Gameboard (Initial Consonant Blends)			Word Frogs (Choose Antonyms)
				Stingray Chaser
				Vocabulary Pinball
				Vocabulary Hangman
				Antonym Practice

Story 3: Around the Pond: Who's Been Here?

By Lindsay Barrett George

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills/Strategy Focus:Categorize and Classify	Phonics Skills:Double Consonants and VCV Pattern	Phonics Review:	Grammar Skill:Exclamations	Vocabulary Skill:Multiple Meaning Words, New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Nina and Naming Newt Game	Word Sort (Double Consonants)	High Frequency Words Game	Quia: Commands and Exclamations	Play E-Word Game	Meet the Author: Lindsay Barrett George
Between the Lions: Flood!	Word Sort (ck)		Grammar Gold: Exclamations and Commands	Class Tools Vocabulary Games	Exploring Pond Habitats
Quia: Battleship	Spelling City (Week 1)			Max Found Two Sticks (Multiple-Meaning Words)	More About Ponds and Lakes
Quia: Rags to Riches	Spelling City (Week 2)			Max Found Two Sticks (Test Tutor)	Virtual Pond Dip
Categories Column	Matching Game (Spelling)			Multiple-Meaning Words Jeopardy	Virtual Lab: Design a Park
Categories Column (Harder)				Vocabulary Hangman	Sing Along at Ribbett Pond
Quia: Rags to Riches 2				Quia: Matching	Ranger Rick Magazine
Rags to Riches 3				Stingray Chaser
Quia: Jeopardy				Vocabulary Pinball

Houghton/Mifflin Reading

Theme 3: Around Town: Neighborhood and Community

People work hard to make their neighborhood a good place to live.

Story 1: Chinatown by William Low

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Skills Focus

Strategy Focus: Summarize

Comprehension Skills: Making Judgments, Summarize	Phonics Skills: Consonant digraphs (th,wh,sh,ch,tch); base words with –er, -est endings	Phonics Review:Double Consonants	Grammar Skills:Common Nouns	Vocabulary Skills: ABC order (Dictionary)new words	Social Studies/Just for Fun
Quia: Comprehension Game	Word Sort	High Frequency Words Game	Rats: Common and Proper Nouns	E-Word Game	Meet the Author
Summarizing Activity	Spelling City Week 1	Word Sort: Double Consonants	Noun Dunk	ClassTools Games	Read a Review of the Story
Summarizing Lesson	Spelling City Week 1 Challenge	Word Builder	Nouns Lesson	Quia:Vocabulary Matching	Virtual Tour of Chinatown
	Digraphs Activity 1	Crossword Challenge	Nouns: Fill in the Blanks	Quia: Animal ABC Order	Play Mahjong Solitaire
	Digraphs Activity 2			Bitesize Games: ABC Order	Spelling Wordsearch
	Starfall: sh			Stingray Chaser List 1	Starfall: Chinese Fables
	Starfall: wh			Stingray Chaser List 2	Vocabulary Scramble List 1
	Starfall: th			Vocabulary Pinball List 1	Vocabulary Scramble List 2
	Starfall: ch			Vocabulary Pinball List 2

Story 2: A Trip to the Firehouse by Wendy Lewison

Genre: Nonfiction

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills:Topic/Main Idea/Supporting Details	Phonics Skills:Vowel pairs ai,ay, Compound words	Phonics Review: Consonant Digraphs,or,ore; Prefixes un,re	Grammar Skill:Proper Nouns	Vocabulary Skills: Beg, Mid, End in dictionary,new words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Main Idea	Spelling City Week 1	Word Sort: sh,th,ch,wh	Noun Basketball	Vocabulary Word Scramble	Virtual Field Trip to the Firehouse
Main Idea Poster	Spelling City Challenge Week 1	"Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?" Game	Rats: Common and Proper Nouns	E-Word Game	Fire Safety for Kids
What's the Big Idea?	Starfall: Vowel Teams	Digraphs Interactive Board Game	Grammar Gold: Proper Nouns	War of the Words Vocabulary Game	Sparky the Fire Dog
What's the Big Idea? 1	Vowel Pairs ai and ay	or, ore Word Sort		Vocabulary Pinball	Mt. Airy Fire Department Kids' Place
What's the Big Idea? 2	Spelling Word Builder	Starfall: "or" Words		Vocabulary Matching	Firefighter's Protective Clothing Tour
KidsLab Main Idea Quizzes	Divide the Compound Words	Word Sort: Prefixes un, re		Vocabulary PowerPoint	Fire Engine Tour
PBS: Main Idea Game	Quia Matching Compounds			Stingray Chaser	Fire Safety WebQuest
	Kidsport Compound Words Game			Vocabulary Word Find	Fire Safety WebQuest 2
	Compound Words				Web Word Find
	Animal Compounds Matching

Story 3: Big, Bushy Mustache by Gary Soto

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Skills Focus

Strategy Focus: Predict/Infer

Comprehension Skills: Problem Solving, Cause and Effect, Predict/Infer	Phonics Skills:Vowel pairs ow,ou; suffixes –ly, -ful	Phonics Review:Vowel Pairs ai, ay	Grammar Skills: Plural Nouns	Vocabulary Skills:Using Context Clues; New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Cause and Effect	Word Sort for -ly and -ful	Word Sort ai, ay	Plural Girls	Toon University Words in Context	Meet the Author: Gary Soto
Quia: Cause and Effect Matching	Word Sort for ow, ou	Starfall: Make-a-Word	Fact Monster	E-Word Game	Build a Neighborhood
Flippy's Cause and Effect Adventure	Web Word Find	Starfall: Word Sort	Grammar Gold	Stingray Chaser	Vocabulary Scramble
Cause and Effect Mini Lesson	Word Builder	Video: Vowel Teams	Roy the Zebra Games	Vocabulary Pinball
Inference Battleship			Quia: Plurals Matching

Story 4: Jamaica Louise James by Amy Hest

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Skills Focus

Comprehension Skills: Making inferences; Sequence of Events	Phonics Skills:Vowel pairs ee,ea; common syllables –tion, -ture	Phonics Review:	Grammar Skills: Irregular Plurals	Vocabulary Skills:Dictionary guide words; New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Inference Battleship	Spelling City		Quia: Rags to Riches	E-Word Game	Web Word Find
Sequencing Fun (Lots of Activities!)	Crossword Challenge		The Plural Girls	Stingray Chaser	Meet the Author: Amy Hest
Sequence of Events Lesson	Word Sort		Irregular Plurals Matching	Vocabulary Pinball	Vocabulary Scramble
Binky's Story Scramble	Word Builder		Quia: Matching Plurals		New York City Subways (PBS Kids)
Practice Sequencing	Starfall: Make Words with Vowel Teams		JigWords Plurals		National Gallery of Art for Kids
Test Tutor Sequencing	Starfall: Word Sort with Vowel Teams
	Starfall: Read "Pete's Sheep"
	Starfall: Vowel Teams Video

Houghton/Mifflin Reading

Theme 4: Amazing Animals

These animals do everything from the incredible to the hilarious!

Story 1: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman

Genre: Fantasy

Skills Focus

Strategy Focus: Monitor/Clarify

Comprehension Skills: Fantasy/Realism Cause and Effect	Phonics Skills: r-controlled vowels ar, or, ore	Phonics Review:Syllables: -tion, -ture	Grammar Skill:Pronouns	Vocabulary: Dictionary Entry Words, New Words	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Rags to Riches Comprehension Quiz	Word Sort (ar)	Quia: Syllable Matching	Grammar Gold	Vocabulary PowerPoint	Reader's Theater Script
Story Sequence of Events	Word Sort (or, ore)		Quia: Pronouns	Vocabulary in Context	More About Author Peggy Rathman
Tina's World: Fantasy or Realism?	Spelling City			E-Word Game	Extraordinary Dogs
Realistic Story Elements Lesson	Starfall: Make-A-Word (or)			Vocabulary Pinball	Internet Safety Tips
Fact Vs. Fiction	Picture Hunt (or)			Stingray Chasers	Watch a Video of the Story
	Read "My Horse Glory"			Vocabulary Hangman	Vocabulary Word Scramble
	Make-A-Word (ar)			Quia: Vocabulary Matching	Vocabulary Word Search
	Read "Car Race"

Story 2: Ant by Rebecca Stefoff

Genre: Nonfiction

Skills Focus

Strategy Focus: Question

Comprehension Skills: Cause & Effect Fact & Opinion	Phonics Skills: Words with nd, nt, mp, ng, nk; base words and ending	Phonics Review:or, ar, ore	Grammar Skills: Singular Possessive Nouns	Vocabulary Skills:Using a thesaurus	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Cause and Effect	Word Sort	Word Sort (ar)	Possessive Nouns Lesson	E-Word Game	Meet the Author
Flippy's Adventures	Word Builder	Word Sort (or, ore)	Exploring for Possessives Game	Stingray Chasers List 1	Vocabulary Word Search List 1
Flippy's Adventures 2	Word Find	Starfall: Make-A-Word (or)	Find the Correct Possessive Form	Stingray Chasers List 2	Vocabulary Word Search List 2
Quia Matching Games 1	Spelling City	Picture Hunt (or)		Vocabulary Hangman List 1	Vocabulary Word Scramble List 1
Quia Matching Games 2		Read "My Horse Glory"		Vocabulary Hangman List 2	Vocabulary Word Scramble List 2
		Make-A-Word (ar)		Vocabulary Pinball List 1	PestWorld for Kids: All About Ants
		Read "Car Race"		Vocabulary Pinball List 2	Trap-Jaw Ants
				ClassTools Games

Story 3: The Great Ball Game by Joseph Bruchac

Genre: Folktale

Skills Focus

Strategy Focus: Summarize

Comprehension Skill: Cause & Effect Compare/Contrast	Phonics Skill: Vowel pairs oa, ow	Phonics Review: Words with nd, nt, mp, ng, nk; base words and ending	Grammar Skill: Plural Possessive Nouns	Vocabulary Skill/New Words:	Science/Social Studies/Just for Fun
Cause/Effect Test Tutor	Word Sort	Word Sort	Grammar Gold	E-Word Game	Critter Corner
Quia: C/E Columns	Word Builder	Word Builder		ClassTools Games	St. Louis Zoo
	Crossword Challenge	Word Find		Stingray Chaser	Vocabulary Word Find
	Word Find	Spelling City		Vocabulary Pinball	Vocabulary Hangman
	Spelling City			Vocabulary Battleship	Starfall: Folktales
New Cell	Quia: Matching	New Cell	New Cell	Word Scramble	New Cell
New Cell	Soap Boat	New Cell	New Cell		New Cell
New Cell	Word Sort	New Cell	New Cell		New Cell