Reading with Easy Readers Schedule for Topics and Skills

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1 Reading with Easy Readers Schedule for Topics and Skills Weeks Apply Activity Sheet/Creative Expression Activity (Optional) 1 Capitalization, Punctuation Descriptive Words Describe an Animal (Description) I Spy for Nouns 2 Action Words 3 Compound Sentences 4 Pronouns 5 Quotation Marks 6 Contractions Similes (Voice) Like What? (Description) Dialog (Voice) He Said/She Said (Narration) Field Trip Recollection (Organization/Recollection) Parts of a Story (Literature/Structure) Thinking About Journals (Organization) Journal Entry (Recollection) Simile Shout Out Newspaper Reporter (Narration) Imaginary Field Trip (Imagination) Movie Plot (Summarization/ Creativity) Everyday Object Journal Entry (Imagination) 7 Possession 8 Interjections Alliteration Alley Terribly-Troubled Tongue Twister Lists (Organization) Morning Routine (Organization/Explanation) What s So Funny? (Dialog) Send a Letter (Communication) 9 Review Do Pictures Tell a Story? (Descriptive/Imaginative) Draw It (Artistic) 10 Verb Tense 11 Capitalization Time to Explain Yourself (Organization/Explanation) Write Like You Talk (Summarization) Favorite Bible Story (Narration/Summarization) 12 Review What Rhymes With Orange? (Organization) Fruity Poem (Imagery/Poetry) The Tall Tale (Imagination) Verb(al) Obstacle Course Dicey Adjectives 13 Exclamatory Sentences 14 Imperatives 15 Antonyms 16 Synonyms Synonyms Grasping Grids (Visual Organization) From Grid to Story (Story Writing) Convincing Words (Persuasive Writing) Delightful Descriptions (Description) Describing Day (Description) Board Game (Building Relationships) Relating to Prepositions Lend Me Your Ears (Public Speaking) Surprise Story Starter (Imagination) 17 Contractions, Similes (Mechanics, Word Choice) 18 Homonyms Graph Guide (Visual Organization) Journal Adventure (Organization) Fantastic Journal Voyage (Imagination) Simon s Similes Scrapbook (Artistic) Reading with Easy Readers Section One 3

2 Reading with Easy Readers Schedule for Topics and Skills (cont.) Weeks Apply Activity Sheet/Creative Expression Activity (Optional) 19 Imperatives Mystery Picture (Descriptive/Imaginative) Art Critic (Artistic) 20 Simple Sentence (Sentence Fluency) 21 Homonymns Compare/Contrast (Organization) They re the Same Only Different (Description) Appreciation (Organization) Thanks a Lot! (Communication) Opposite Day/Antonyms Make a Card (Artistic) 22 Attribution (Voice) Character Building (Literature/Structure) A Character(istic) Story (Literature/Structure) Play Acting (Artistic) 23 Adverbs The Chronicles of Narrative (Narrative Writing) Invent a Product (Organization/Imagination) 24 Review Owl at Work? (Imagination) Owl s New Job (Organization) Inventory (Reflection) 25 Dialog (Sentence Fluency) Waiting for a response (Imagination) Verb Charades 26 Adjectives 27 Rewrite (Sentence Fluency) 28 Similes 29 Verbs/Adverbs 30 Review (Quotations) Telling a Tale (Summarization) Bedtime Story (Narration) Word Palette (Descriptive/Imaginative) Painting With Words (Story Writing/Imaginative) Book Review (Summarization/Persuasive) Favorite Thing to Do Give it a Try! (Persuasive) Future Shock (Organization) Where Am I? (Imagination) Telling Stories (Narration) Initial Here Post It! (Communication) Get in the Game (Physical Activity) Time Capsule (Imagination) 31 Adjectives/Adverbs I ve Got Something to Tell You (Summarization) Note to a Friend (Communication) Field Trip Post Office (Experience) 32 Various Mechanics Poem About Home (Imagery/Poetry) Poetic Breakfast (Imagery/Poetry) 33 Imperatives Visual Venn (Organization) My Friend Venn (Visual Organization) Abbreviation Flash 34 Review (Series) Brainstorm! (Imagination) All A Dream? (Descriptive/Imagination) Pickles in a Pickle (Organization/Imagination) 35 Adjectives And Then What Happened? (Organization) Free at Last! (Imagination) Make a Map (Organization/Descriptive) 36 Rewrite (Sentence Fluency) It s Show Time! (Organization) Budding Playwright (Organization/Imagination) The Show Must Go On (Artistic) 4 Section One Reading with Easy Readers

3 Language Arts 2 Week 1 Schedule Date: Day 1 1 Day 2 2 Day 3 3 Day 4 4 Day 5 5 Spelling/Phonics Spelling N 1 Rule & Write o Pre-Test o Check o Post-Test o o Write a Sentence Activity N 1 Index Cards N 1 Explode the Code 4 pp. 1 2 pp. 3 4 pp. 5 6 pp. 7 8 Handwriting Handwriting N 1 Schedules Readers The Beginner s Bible Vocabulary Development Instruction N 1 Wordly Wise A Writing "The Beginning" pp "Adam and Eve" pp "The Sneaky Snake" pp "Noah s Ark" pp Word List 1 pp. 2 3 Assignment N 1 Describe an Animal Activity Sheets N Activity Sheet 1: Copywork o Activity Sheet 1: Apply o Other Notes Activity Sheet 1: Descriptive Words o "The Tall Tower" pp I Spy 1. The N symbol means there is a note for this topic in the notes section immediately following the schedule pages. Reading with Easy Readers Section Two Week 1 Schedule

4 Week 1 Notes Spelling/Phonics Overall Directions We have found the following method extremely helpful in teaching our children how to spell. If your children are quick memorizers, don t follow our form. This just happens to be a method we have found helpful when certain words pose difficulties. If you have a better way, use it! Day 1 Read the rule, talk it through, look at the list of words. Have your children write the words on a large white- or chalkboard. (Somehow, especially in the early grades, children seem to respond well to being able to print using big strokes. Perhaps it is the freedom they feel when they are able to use their large rather than fine motor skills. Many parents have mentioned that their children also enjoy the semi- public nature of printing on a board.) Day 2 Take a pre-test. You, Mom or Dad, read the words out loud, slowly and distinctly, permitting your children enough time to write each word accurately. Have your children spell the written word back to you. If they misspell one, have your children immediately rewrite the correct spelling. At the end of the test, make sure they rewrite any misspelled words correctly five times. If your children need to copy the misspelled word(s), then permit them to do that. We are after mastery. If your children misspell a word, talk it through: is there a rule they ignored? Is there some other way they can better remember to spell the word correctly in the future? With our children, when they miss words, we ll do pop quizzes later in the day or throughout the day. Day 3 If there were any misspelled words yesterday, then make up a sentence (or sentences) in which that word (or those words) appear and have your children write the sentence(s). Again, check for accurate spelling. If the spelling words were misspelled, then have your children rewrite them again, accurately, five times each. If your children had a perfect spelling pre-test yesterday, then see if you can come up with silly sentences that include as many of the week s words as possible, and have your children write these sentences. Day 4 Do a post-test for all the words of the week. If your children have any misspellings, carry them over to the following week. These daily exercises should take about 15 minutes or so. In dictation exercises, please notice words your children misspell that you can use to reinforce or review a rule they have already learned. Day 5: Optional Have your children write any misspelled words in a sentence. Explode the Code If you own it, please note that the Sonlight phonics book, I Can Read It!, follows the same phonetic progression as the Explode the Code series. If you would like additional practice and reinforcement of the lessons in I Can Read It!, we have scheduled the Explode the Code workbooks as optional activities. In I can Read It! book 4, we provide extra word lists in lessons 35 and following that coordinate with the Explode the Code 4, 5, and 6. Handwriting Choose the program you prefer, then use this line on your weekly sheet to record what your children have done. If you would like help scheduling A Reason for Handwriting or Getty-Dubay, please go online to com/la-handwriting.html and download and print the appropriate file. A schedule for Handwriting Without Tears is provided in Teacher s Guide and is listed as Teaching Guidelines. Vocabulary Development Vocabulary Development is obviously an appropriate part of language arts instruction, but our vocabulary development program is based on and ties in with our Core programs Read-Alouds. You will find all the words for Vocabulary Development in your Core Instructor s Guide. We expect you to have your children read the words in context within the sentences where they are found. Then ask your children to explain what they think they mean (based on the context and/or any other information they may have). If they obviously understand the concepts, you 2 Week 1 Section Two Reading with Easy Readers

5 Student Activity Sheet 1 Copywork The Beginner s Bible, "The Beginning," pp. 10, 11 Next, God rolled back the waters and some dry ground appeared. God put a shining sun in the sky for daytime. Apply Unscramble these sentences: 1. empty was world beginning, the the In 2. plan But had God a Descriptive Words 1. What does the animal look like? Is it striped? Spotted? Big? Hairy? Green? Young? 2. What does the animal smell like? Does it smell good? Or bad? Stinky? Or does it not really have much of a smell at all? 3. What does the animal like to eat (describe its sense of taste)? Does it eat meat? Vegetables? Rocks? Candies? Hamburgers? Spicy food? 4. What does the animal sound like? Does it make a sound? Is it loud? Does it roar? Quack? Bark? 5. What does the animal feel like? Is it rough? Smooth? Soft? Wet? Cold? Slimy? Reading with Easy Readers Student Activity Sheet 1

6 Language Arts 2 Week 18 Schedule Date: Day 1 86 Day 2 87 Day 3 88 Day 4 89 Day 5 90 Spelling/Phonics Spelling N Rule & Write o Pre-Test o Check o Post-Test o o Write a Sentence Activity N Categorize Explode the Code 5 pp pp pp pp Handwriting Readers The Beginner s Bible Vocabulary Development "Jesus and the Children" pp "A Short Man" pp "Lazarus Lives Again" pp "A Gift for Jesus" pp "The True King" pp Wordly Wise A Writing Crossword 5 pp Assignment N Fantastic Journal Voyage Activity Sheets N Activity Sheet 18: Copywork o Activity Sheet 18: Apply o Other Notes Activity Sheet 18: Journal Adventure o Scrapbook Reading with Easy Readers Section Two Week 18 Schedule

7 Day 1 Spelling/Phonics Rule Letter combinations thr as in throne; shr as in shrink; scr as in scrub. Words scrub, throat, scratch, thrill, shrub, throw, shrimp, shrink Activity Write the spelling words into lists under the letter combination categories. (scrub, scratch; throat, thrill, throw; shrub, shrimp, shrink) Activity Sheet 18: Copywork The Beginner s Bible, Jesus Feeds Thousands, p. 361 Write: The disciples found one boy. He had five loaves of bread and two small fish. Optional Copywork Passages: The Beginner s Bible Jesus and the Children p. 411 Let the children come to me. You must become like these little children if you want to enter God s kingdom. A Gift for Jesus p. 425 That perfume cost a lot of money. Mary should have sold it and given the money to the poor. Day 2 Activity Sheet 18: Apply Your children have recently learned about antonyms and synonyms. Now it s time they learn about homonyms (also called homophones). Homonyms are words that sound alike, but are not spelled alike. Homonyms also have different meanings, so it s important not to confuse them and use the wrong word. Some examples of homonyms include four and for, hear and here, new and knew, there and their, and its and it s. Below Apply on Activity Sheet 18, have your children rewrite the copywork passage, writing a homonym for each of the bold words. (Answers: won, too). Now have them write a homonym for each of these words: aunt, ate, by, four, blew, know. (Answers: ant, eight, buy, for, blue, no.) 2 Week 18 Section Two Reading with Easy Readers Week 18 Notes Day 3 Activity Sheet 18: Journal Adventure Tomorrow, your children will write a journal entry, but with a twist. This journal entry is imaginary. No, that doesn t mean that their journal entry will not exist, but that it will be imaginative. Some of the most entertaining stories are written as journal entries or have sections where journal entries are part of the story. Characters in these stories often write about their many adventures in exotic places, different people they meet, things they do, and so on. Today your children will brainstorm ideas for their journal adventure. Who will they write as? Where will they write from? What will they write about? Will they be a person or maybe an animal on an exciting voyage? Have they recently been studying a subject they ve really enjoyed? Maybe their journal entry can relate to their favorite subject. Are they having a hard time coming up with ideas for their journal adventure? Maybe a sample will help: February 20, It s Wednesday. I ve been in this time period far too long. If only I had the right parts needed to repair my time machine! It s too bad that nuclear-powered AA batteries haven t been invented yet. Still, the early 21st century does have its finer points. Today I went to watch a movie and ate a delicious snack called popcorn. I do have an idea for fixing my time machine. If only I could harness the power of a bolt of lightning! Maybe your children will not write as time travelers, but they could. Or they might pretend they are stowaways on a ship that turns out to be the Titanic. Who knows? The point is to get their creativity going in preparation for their Fantastic Journal Voyage assignment tomorrow. Guide your children through the Journal Adventure section on Activity Sheet 18. It will help them prepare for their writing assignment tomorrow. Day 4 Writing: Fantastic Journal Voyage It s time for your children to write their Fantastic Journal Voyage. Remember, this is a short, imaginative journal entry. Tell your children to refer to their notes from yesterday in preparation for this writing assignment. They are welcome to add material to their notes or, if they are up to it, they might want to do something totally different from their notes if they have some good ideas.

8 Student Activity Sheet 18 Copywork The Beginner s Bible, "Jesus Feeds Thousands," p. 361 The disciples found one boy. He had five loaves of bread and two small fish. Apply Rewrite the copywork passage, replacing each bold word with a homonym. Journal Adventure Tomorrow you will write an imaginative journal entry. You ll get to pretend you re someone else on an exciting journey. What will you write about? Answer the questions below to help you plan for your journal adventure. 1. Where will your journal entry take place? 2. Who will you be? 3. What period in history will your journal entry take place in? The past? The present? The future? 4. List 3 or 4 unusual things you might write about in your pretend journal entry. Reading with Easy Readers Student Activity Sheet 18

9 Language Arts 2 Week 36 Schedule Date: Day Day Day Day Day Spelling/Phonics Spelling N Rule & Write o Pre-Test o Check o Post-Test o o Write a Sentence Activity N Alphabetize Explode the Code 6 pp pp pp Post Test N Handwriting Readers The Titanic Lost and Found chap. 1 pp pp chap. 3 chap. 4 Vocabulary Development Wordly Wise A Writing Crossword 10 pp Assignment N Budding Playwright Activity Sheets N Activity Sheet 36: Copywork o Activity Sheet 36: Apply o Other Notes Activity Sheet 36: It s Show Time! o The Show Must Go On You re All Done! Reading with Easy Readers Section Two Week 36 Schedule

10 Day 1 Spelling/Phonics Rule Review. Words chew, threw, glue, newsboy, wound, outlaw, thaw, fawn, count, towel Activity Alphabetize the spelling words. (chew, count, fawn, glue, newsboy, outlaw, thaw, threw, towel, wound) Explode the Code 6 Post-Test Key Correct answers for page 121: 1. frown/couch 2. field/teach 3. blest/spread 4. glide/slight 5. moist/oyster 6. churn/third 7. stoop/flew 8. shows/groans 9. world/churn 10. chain/paste 11. fault/drawn 12. fruit/gloom Read the following words twice each; your children should circle them on page 122: 1. squeaking 2. squawking 3. powerless 4. cheapen 5. frightfulness 6. withstand 7. northwards 8. peasant 9. hairpinned 10. undercooked Read the following words; your children should be able to spell them correctly for page 123: 1. a. sparkle b. fork 2. a. shorter b. worker 3. a. light b. broom 4. a. beard b. chief 5. a. coin b. mouth 6. a. yawn b. crowd Correct order of words for page 124 (left to right): 1. moonlit surf foot shark beach 2. warning outdoors lightning burning fireworks 3. worms sneakers barefoot trout threw raccoon Week 36 Notes Activity Sheet 36: Copywork The Sword in the Tree, p. 14 Write: No gold, no horse, no sword or shield, said Lionel. What a poor knight am I! Not poor at all, said Lord Weldon. You are with your own people again. Optional Copywork Passages: The Titanic Lost and Found p. 5 It is April 10, The whole world is talking about an amazing new ship. Its name is the Titanic. pp. 19, 25 They still think they are on a ship that cannot sink. And by now they know the end is near. Day 2 Activity Sheet 36: Apply Ask your children to look at the copywork passage and tell you what they see. This is a chance for them to wow you with all they ve learned this year. Don t give them any hints. Just encourage them to tell you everything they possibly can about the copywork passage. We ve covered a lot of concepts this year, so they should be able to discuss many different things, including quotations, attributions, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, punctuation, capitalization, etc. Under Apply on Activity Sheet 36, have your children rewrite Lionel s quotation from the copywork passage, making it easier to read and improving the attribution. (Answers will vary: Lionel exclaimed, What a poor knight I am! I don t have any gold, a horse, a sword, or a shield. ) Day 3 Activity Sheet 36: It s Show Time! Tomorrow, your children will write a theatrical sketch. Don t worry, they don t have to write a complete play. But a theatrical sketch is like a short play or skit. Like a play, your children s sketch will include characters, a setting, and, of course, dialogue. If your children are feeling particularly creative, they might even include stage directions for performers acting out the sketch. 2 Week 36 Section Two Reading with Easy Readers

11 Student Activity Sheet 36 Copywork The Sword in the Tree, p. 14 No gold, no horse, no sword or shield, said Lionel. What a poor knight am I! Not poor at all, said Lord Weldon. You are with your own people again. Apply Rewrite Lionel s quotation, making it easier to read and improving the attribution. It s Show Time! Tomorrow, you will write a short play called a sketch. Use the space below to make notes you can use tomorrow when you re ready to write. 1. What will your sketch be about? 2. Who will be in your sketch? List at least two characters. 3. Where will your sketch take place? 4. What will your characters talk about? Reading with Easy Readers Student Activity Sheet 36