Do you want your learner to develop their vocabulary skills and improve their reading fluency?  In this ongoing class, your child will learn word attack skills (phonics) and boost their vocabulary skills using a top-rated vocabulary curriculum.  They will learn to sound out words and determine their level of understanding of that word.  (don't know the word, heard the word but don't know meaning, or can define the word) Then they will be exposed to the word in context to help determine the meaning of the word.  Other clues to the word meaning such as  affixes, word roots, part of speech and language of origin will be used to help learners discover the meaning.  Dictionary skills will then be used to confirm and/or clarify the meaning/s of the word. Each lesson will consist of 10 words that students will discuss  and practice spelling.  Reading fluency will be developed as students read a passage that focuses on the vocabulary words for that week. Following the passage the students will have opportunity to check their comprehension of the passage. The students will also be given a chance to review the words in a variety of simple games.  
 STUDENTS are REQUIRED to purchase Book 3 Wordly Wise 3000 Fourth Edition for this class. ISBN 978-0-8388-7702-9

Lesson 1
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
            cylinder, examine, fatal, feature, grasp, jet, marine, scar, tentacle, vessel
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Monsters of the Deep

Lesson 2
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
            attract, crew, dangle, drift, event, launch, opposite, reverse, signal, steer
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Up, Up, and Away

Lesson 3
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
            ambition, auction, coast, current, frail, intelligent, novel, resident, starve, volunteer
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Roundup Time in Virginia

Lesson 4
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
            average, border, cocoon, flutter, moisture, nectar, process, span, suitable, timber
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
           Monarchs of the Air

Lesson 5
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           amaze, arctic, court, elect, interval, league, limit, milestone, recreation, tackle
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Hoop, Hoop, Hurray!

Lesson 6
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           chasm, continent, credit, enable, foul, gust, ordeal, plateau, rig, schedule
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
           Doing It the Hard Way

Lesson 7
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           act, additional, advice, crumple, fan, memorize, mystify, pause, transparent, vanish
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
          Abracadabra!

Lesson 8
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           contain, digest, finicky, habit, hinge, marsh, nursery, rely, spine, thrive
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Danger: Hungry Plants

Lesson 9
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
         attitude, confess, defend, gradual, hint, individual, malce, misery, solution, survey
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Bully Solutions

Lesson 10
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           cable, cathedral, convey, device, freight, landmark, method, rod, shaft, structure
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
           Life's Ups and Downs

Lesson 11
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           diagram, frustrate, graduate, prank, primary, risk, stress, urge, vacant, vigorous
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Meet a Firefighter

Lesson 12
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           adopt, arouse, arrange, cell, infection, influence,injure, pattern, series, vision
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
            Reading with the Fingertips

Lesson 13
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           calendar, carnival, experience, govern, gulf, haste, nation, scatter, surrender, thrill
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
             Viva Cinco de Mayo

Lesson 14
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
          bold, cunning, deed, doze, jagged, positive, respect, responsible, smuggle, version
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
           Jason and the Golden Fleece

Lesson 15
Day 1:  Introduce vocabulary words/practice exercises
           division, mental, outcome, pastime, promote, rate, regret, talent, theory, tournament
Day 2:  Fluency reading passage/comprehension check/vocab review game
           Sixty-Four Squares and Sixteen Pieces