1st Grade:
- Handwriting Oo
- Reading the decodable book This and That with an emphasis on the digraphs th, sh, and ck, and working on building fluency and expression
- Encoding (spelling and writing) words with a ck ending, and current trick words
- Cursive review of lowercase letters
- Introduction of the -nk words (-ank/bank, -ink/pink, -onk/honk, unk/junk)
- Decoding -nk words
- Encoding (spelling and writing) -nk words
3rd Grade:
- Reading and spelling 1 syllable words with v_e.
- Charting real words with v_e
- Encoding (spelling and writing) 1, 2, and 3 syllable/closed syllable words and 1 syllable v_e words
- Cursive letter i
- Reading comprehension strategies using the passage "Dad Makes a Splash"
- Vocabulary from "Dad Makes a Splash" with the WordWeb dictionary app for iPad
- How to analyze stem and leaf plots
- Using the data in stem and leaf plots to solve multi-step problems