Reading Enrichment Levels I-L/Spring

This is the second semester of an ongoing class that learners can subscribe to and attend as much as desired.  It will be offered every Monday and Wednesday for the spring semester (Jan - June).  The class will give learners the opportunity to meet with other learners and have meaningful interaction with them while practicing basic beginning phonics, reading and language arts skills. Classes always begin with a few moments of greeting each other and encouraging expressive language skills and interaction with classmates. Then we will use paper/pencil or small dry erase boards to practice phonics skills and language skill for the week.   The leveled stories used in this class are used with permission from K5learning.com. Parents will have access to these stories through this website and are encouraged to print them for their learner to use during class and to practice reading again with them after class.  This class will begin with level K stories and work our way through Level L by the end of the school year. Each week we will have a special Wonder Word to help expand vocabulary in addition to the vocabulary words listed for each story. Come join this class, reinforce ELA skills learned in second grade and make some new friends. 

Level K Stories
Week of Jan 20
1. Phonics Sounds: long a sound in ea, eigh, ay, aigh, ai
2. Reading Skills: Allen's Ghost, Not Just an Empty Can
3. Spelling/Sight words:spraying, steak, straight, trail, wait, weighed
4.  Grammar: Thank you notes
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Allen's Ghost/haunted, project, environmental, ghost, litter, plastic
                                           Not Just an Empty Can/recycling, weighing, furnace, machine, factory, melted
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  investigate

Week of Jan 28
1. Phonics Sounds: long i spelled with y or igh
2. Reading Skills: Megan's Discovery, What is on the Moon
3. Spelling/Sight words:  deny, firelight, fright, invited, lullaby, multiply
4.  Grammar: time/order words....after, before, next
5.  Reading Vocabulary: Megan's Discovery/restaurant, balanced, menu, sandwich, waiter, diet
                                         What is on the Moon/disappear, science, earth, revolving, craters, moon
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  suppose

Week of Feb 3
1. Phonics Sounds: long i spelled y or igh
2. Reading Skills: Second Grade Substitute, A Trip to the CN Tower
3. Spelling/Sight words:  occupy, overnight, polite, rhyme, satisfy, slight
4.  Grammar: time/order words...earlier, later, afterwards
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Second Grade Substitute/substitute, sighed, scary, muscles, tattoo, scars
                                           A Trip to the CN Tower/tower, revolves, observation, guide, elevator, structure
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  record

Week of Feb 10
1. Phonics Sounds: oo spelled oo, ove, ue, ou, ui, ew
2. Reading Skills: Noodle Dinner, Dragons
3. Spelling/Sight words:  afternoon, approve, choose, clue, coupon, grapefruit, group juice, moved, 
                                            screw
4.  Grammar: time/order words...during, while, finally
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Noodle Dinner/neighbors, grocery, noodles, package, potluck, bulk
                                           Dragons/villages, stories, dragon, breathe, culture, beat
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  community

Week of Feb 17
1. Phonics Sounds: oo spelled oo, ove, ue, ou, ui, ew 
2. Reading Skills: On the Right Track, Man, Pumpkin and Walnuts
3. Spelling/Sight words:  threw, value, mood, shoes, school, food, two, shampoo, loose
4.  Grammar: time/order words...since, eventually, following
5.  Reading Vocabulary: On the Right Track/cabin, steam, comfortable, train, engine, transport
                                          Man, Pumpkin and Walnuts/traveling, walnuts, dream, pumpkins, admire, king
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  connection

Week of Feb 24
1. Phonics Sounds: long e spelled y, ie, ey, ea, ee
2. Reading Skills: The Snowman Problem, Games Around the World
3. Spelling/Sight words:  actually, believe, chimney, creatures, energy, greenhouse, monkey, mystery, teenager, thieves
4.  Grammar: Types of sentences/Simple
5.  Reading Vocabulary: The Snowman Problem/ground, snowman, disappointed, lying, rolling, determined
                                          Games Around the World/world, shadow, handkerchief, high, climb, sardines
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  culture

Week of March 10
1. Phonics Sounds: long e spelled y, ie, ey, ea, ee
2. Reading Skills: Lola's Costumes, Bell and the Telephone
3. Spelling/Sight words:  turkey, weasel, weird, dreams, steal, speak, sleep,  finally, week, weak  
4.  Grammar: Types of sentences/compound
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Lola's Costume/fashion, scarves, notebook, design, drawing, costume
                                           Bell and the Telephone/machine, speaking, communication, wires, accident, telephone
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  communicate

Week of March 17
1. Phonics Sounds: le, el and al words
2. Reading Skills: The Baseball Team, Black Sand
3. Spelling/Sight words:  barrell, double, flannel, gentle, hospital, journal, label
4.  Grammar: Types of sentences/compound
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  The Baseball Team/tryout, fielding, championship, foul, pitches, baseball
                                           Black Sand/coral, desert, seaside, sand, shells, erosion
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  necessary

Week of March 24
1. Phonics Sounds:  le, el and al words
2. Reading Skills: Black  Sand, The Cup Noodles Museum
3. Spelling/Sight words:  label, metal, model, personal, principal, royal
4.  Grammar: classification
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Black Sand/ coral desert, seaside, sand, shells, erosion
                                           The Cup of Noodles Museum/flavor, creator, impressed, frying, instant, recipes
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  invention

Week of March  31
1. Phonics Sounds: Silent Letters
2. Reading Skills: Sweet Medicine, A Friend is a Bounce Away
3. Spelling/Sight words:  answer, castle, knees, knife, knight, knocked
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Sweet Medicine/invent, medicine, lengthwise, menu, banana, pharmacy
                                          A Friend is a Bounce Away/skates, bounce, trampoline, shy, higher, skateboard
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  friendly

Week of April 7
1. Phonics Sounds: Silent Letters
2. Reading Skills: The Night Artist, Martin Luther King Jr. Day
3. Spelling/Sight words:  knotted, listen, sword, unwrap, wrinkled, writing
4.  Grammar: adverbs
5.  Reading Vocabulary: The Night Artist/perfectly, sketch, quiet, beautiful, night, deer
                                          Martin Luther King Jr. Day/social, peace, inspirational, honor, civil, rights
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  inspire

Week of April 14
1. Phonics Sounds: words with ank, ink
2. Reading Skills: Megan's Babysitting Lesson, How Do They Get the Chocolate In
3. Spelling/Sight words:  bank, blink, junk, links, monkey, pink
4.  Grammar: adverbs of manner....how
5.  Reading Vocabulary: Megan's Babysitting Lesson/babysitting, homework, cleaning, downstairs, behavior, upstairs
                                         How Do They Get Chocolate In?/chute, liquid, chocolate, mold, trays, machine
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  suppose

Week of March 21
1. Phonics Sounds:  words with ank, ink
2. Reading Skills: A Hairy Problem, Big Kid Cup
3. Spelling/Sight words:  rank, rink, sink, sprinkled, trunk, twinkled
4.  Grammar: adverbs of degree...how much
5.  Reading Vocabulary: A Hairy Problem/electric, scissors, hairdresser, barber, floating, clippings
                                         Big Kid Cup/regular, plastic, announced, edge, floating, doubtful
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  insist

Week of April 28
1. Phonics Sounds: f spelled ph, gh
2. Reading Skills: Who Invented School, Our Day at the Animal Shelter
3. Spelling/Sight words:  alphabet, cough, dolphin, elephant, enough, gopher
4.  Grammar: adverbs of frequency....how often
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Who Invented School/Roman, soldiers, speeches, Greek, leaders, education
                                          Our Day at the Animal Shelter/lonely, adopted, immediately, shelter, kennel, volunteer
6. Weekly Wonder Word:  shelter

Remember: No classes this week!

Week of May 5
1. Phonics Sounds:  f spelled ph, gh
2. Reading Skills: Niagara Falls, What Ben  Accomplished
3. Spelling/Sight words: graphic, laughs, nephew, orphan, telephone, tough
4.  Grammar: adverbs of place...where
5.  Reading Vocabulary: Niagara Falls/tightrope, awesome, dangerous, barrel, nickname, daredevils
                                          What Ben Accomplished/hiking, summit, embarrass, quit, charity, mountain
6.  Weekly Wonder Word: accomplish

Week of May 12
1. Phonics Sounds: unstressed syllales -uh
2. Reading Skills: The Worst Day Ever, Who are the Inuit
3. Spelling/Sight words:  alone, abandon, appreciate, arrived, because, delayed
4.  Grammar: adverbs of time...when
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Worst Day Ever/library, magazine, disappointing, worst, annoying, discovery
                                           Who Are the Inuit/inuit, vehicles, snowmobiles, igloo, modern, traditions
Weekly Wonder Word:  tradition

Week of May 19
1. Phonics Sounds:  unstressed syllales -uh
2. Reading Skills: Spelunking with Mom, Interesting Earthworms
3. Spelling/Sight words:  divided, parrots, pretened, salads, seven, zebras
4.  Grammar: Writing process
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Spelunking with Mom/quiet, entrance, spelunking, cave, nervous, flashlight
                                           Interesting Earthworms/fungi, moist, earthworm, lungs, crawl, weight
6. Weekly Wonder Word: classify

Week of May 26
1. Phonics Sounds: contractions
2. Reading Skills: The Amazing Life of Jane Goodall, International Mud Day
3. Spelling/Sight words:  doesn't, don't, here's, I'm, isn't, let's
4.  Grammar: brainstorming
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Amazing Life of Jane Goodall/Africa, termites, chimpanzee, tools, humans, discovery
                                          International Mud Day/squishy, celebrate, international, knees, glorious, whiteboard
6. Weekly Wonder Word: discover, discovery

Week of June 2
1. Phonics Sounds:  contractions
2. Reading Skills: Agatha Christie, Queen of Mystery  and Robby's Kite 
3. Spelling/Sight word:  she'll, that's, there's, we've, would've, you've
4.  Grammar: topic sentence
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Agatha Christie/jewels, mystery, detective, writer, famous, precious
                                          Robby's Kite/slippery, pebbles, tumbling, patient, groaned, strength
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  patients, patience

Week of June 9
1. Phonics Sounds: homophones
2. Reading Skills: Nature's Helicopters, Mikey Mails It
3. Spelling/Sight words: beat, beet, break, brake, flour, flower, knew, new, not, knot, pare, pair
4.  Grammar: topic sentence/supporting details
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  Nature's Helicopters/wings, squirrel, helicopter, seed, nature, faraway
                                          Mikey Mails It/mailbox, envelope, Post Office, mailman, sidewalk, policeman
6.  Weekly Wonder Word:  avoid

Week of June 16
1. Phonics Sounds: homophones
2. Reading Skills: How to Catch a Cookie, Giving
3. Spelling/Sight words: pour, poor, right, write, threw, through, week, weak, whole, hole, would, wood
4.  Grammar: conclusions
5.  Reading Vocabulary:  How to Catch a Cookie/
                                           Giving/