readingunit9specialfriends

These are books that go along with our unit and can be checked out at the public library and read at home.
*These books the teacher has in the classroom.

.	*Teacher Theme Read Alouds	Teacher or Parent Read Alouds
Week One	Special Friends	The Best of Friends by Pirkko Vainio	Wanted: Best Friend by A.M. Monson
Week One	Special Friends	Extraordinary Friends by Fred Rogers	You and Me by Salley Mavor
Week Two	Snake and Frog	*Henry and Amy by Stephen Michael King	*Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
Week Three	Natural Habits	Two Girls Can! by Keiko Narahashi	May I Bring a Friend by Beatrice Schenk
Week Three	Natural Habits

Very Easy	Easy	On Level
Best Friends by Marcia Leonard	Aggie and Will by Larry Dane Brimmer	For Pete's Sake by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Valentine Mice! by Bethany Roberts	*Snug Bug's Play Day by Cathy E. Dubowski	A letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
My Horse by Karen Hjemboe	A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy by David McPhil	The Lunch Bunch by Margo Finch
The Secret Friend by Marcia Vaughan	Three Friends/Tres Amigos by Maria Cristina Brusca	Titch and Daisy by Pat Hatchins
	Two Cool Coyotes by Jillian Lund	The Rat and the Tiger by Keiko Kasza

I Like the Way You Are by Eve Bunting

*Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

*Jenny's Journey by Sheila White Samton

Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie

Dorothy & Mikey by Keiko Kasza

Mitchell Is Moving by Marjorie Sharmat

Friends! by Elaine Scott

Friend Frog by Alma Flor Ada

Best Friends Together Again by Aliki

Learning to Read
	Phonemic Awareness; Phonics/Decoding	*High Frequency Words	Comprehension Skills and Strategies
Week 1	*Sounds for y R1.7, R 1.9, R 1.10 Phonics Review: Base Words and Endings: -ed, -ing	butter, carry, kind, person, put, saw, were, work R1.11	*Noting Details R2.2 Drawing Conclusions, Compare and Contrast, Strategy Focus: Monitor/Clarify R2.4
Week 2	Base Words and Endings -es, -ies R 1.7, R 1.10 , R1.14 Prefixes un- and re- Phonics Review: Sounds for y R1.10, R1.17	before school, buy, pretty, after, wash, off, done R1.11	*Story Structure, R3.1 Noting Details, R1.17 Drawing Conclusions, R2.2 Strategy Focus: Evaluate R2.4
Week 3	*Vowel Pairs: oi, oy, aw, au R 1.9, R 1.10, R1.12 Phonics Review: Base Words and Endings: -es-ies; Prefixes un-, re- R1.14	together, garden, sharp, baby, edge, only, enough, watched R1.11	Compare and Contrast, R2.2 Story Structure, R3.1 Noting Details, R2.2 Strategy Focus: Question

Word Work
	*Spelling	Word Patterns/Vocabulary
Week 1	Long i Sound Spelled y, by, fly, my, try, cry, why, pry, multiply LC1.8	Words that Rhyme with my R1.11 Sensory Words, LS1.5 Family Activity Words R 1.17
Week 2	Adding -es to Naming Words, boxes, beaches, dresses, kisses, dishes wishes, classes, brushes R1.14,	Base words ending with -es R1.11 Synonyms Feeling Words LS1.5
Week 3	The Vowel Sound in coin, soil, boy, oil toy, point, moist, destroy R1.12	Words with aw, oy R1.11 Possessive Pronouns , Bird Words R1.17

Writing and Language
	Writing	Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics	Listening/Speaking/Viewing
Week 1	Independent: Journal Wl.l, Shared Writing: Writing a Solution W1.1, LC1.1 Response to Literature R2.7, R3.3 Developing Your Writing LC1.1	*Is/Are	Discussing Conflict Resolution, LS2.2 Evaluate and Assess R3.3,
Week 2	Independent: Journal W1.2, W2.1 Shared Writing: Writing a class newsletter *Writing Complete Developing Your Writing	*Using Was and Were	Having a Conversation LS1.2, LS1.2 Giving Information
Week 3	Independent: Journal W1.1, W2.1 Shared Writing: Writing another Version W1.2, W2.1 Writing a Comparison, Developing Your Writing W1.2	*Describing What We See W1.2	Visualizing LS2.4 Reader's Theater LS2.1