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 spelling test on these vocabulary words.  Each week is a new set of words that are independent of the previous words and students can take class whenever they wish. However, due to copywrite agreement STUDENTS are REQUIRED to purchase Wordly Wise 3000 4th Edition for this class. 
ISBN 978-0-8388-7705-0

***** Each section of this class may be on different weeks at any given time because not all sections started on the same date.  For that reason, be sure to check on the class page to see what lesson that section is currently doing.  You can join at any point and continue until you have completed all 15 weeks of classes because each week is independent of the others. 

Lesson 1
Topic:  Bailey Finds a New Home
Day 1: Word Study
           calf, claw, couple, cushion, flap, groom, share, shelter, yard, zero
Day 2: Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
            Bailey Finds a New Home
Lesson 2
Topic:  Fast Food on the Fly
Day 1: Word Study
          accident, acrobat, alarm, bounce, enormous, gap, scoop, support, tangle, weigh
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
            Fast Food on the Fly
Lesson  3
Topic: Greetings From Mars
Day 1:  Word Study
            antena, balance, boulder, cliff, joint, machine, motor, muscle, planet, slope
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
             Greetings From Mars
Lesson  4
Topic:  Sa-so Says Hello
Day 1:  Word Study
            ape, brain, branch, cavern, chimney, dozen, flame, net, spear, torch
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
             Sa-so Says Hello
Lesson  5 
Topic: The Talking Tree
Day 1:  Word Study
            absorb, anchor, brush, bud, center, core, factory, hive, sapling, trunk
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           The Talking Tree

Lesson 6
Topic: What's It Like to be 300 Million Years Old
Day 1:  Word Study
           cone, cube, Earth, fern, fuel, grain, lizard, miner, present, seam
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
         What's It Like to be 300 Million Years Old

Lesson 7
Topic: Wave to Me, and I'll Wave Back
Day 1:  Word Study
           badge, banner, corner, design, display, fold, parade, rectangle, salute, tread 
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
         Wave to Me, and I'll Wave Back

Lesson 8
Topic: Get Close to Mother Nature
Day 1:  Word Study
          aquarium, cage, club, faucet, flood, gif, icicle, imiate, pearl, valley
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
         Get  Closer to Mother Nature
 
Lesson 9
Topic: Going Around in Circles
Day 1:  Word Study
           aboard, blast, career, cautious, girder, invent, rotate, story, strand, tower
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Going Around in Circles

Lesson  10
Topic: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Day 1:  Word Study
           astronomy, besides, crater, degree, diameter, gaze, gravity, reflect, telescope, universe
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Lesson  11
Topic: Watch Out for Dragons
Day 1:  Word Study
           atlas, aware, boar, equator, fang, fierce, hoof, journey, local, rare
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Watch Out for Dragons

Lesson  12
Topic: Castles of Sand
Day 1:  Word Study
           arch, attention, award, collapse, demolish, excess, outline, sculpture, spade, utensil
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Castles of Sand

Lesson 13
Topic: The Lost City of the Incas
Day 1:  Word Study
           bustle, channel, connect, empire, mention, peak, scholar, selfie, vehicle, zigzag
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
            The Lost City of the Incas

Lesson  14
Topic:  Elephant Country
Day 1:  Word Study
          adult, clump, curious, gratitude, herd, newcomer, plain, stalk, tusk, wealthy
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Elephant Country

Lesson  15
Topic: Music of the Island
Day 1:  Word Study
           bass, din, discard, dome, gallon, instrument, luxury, mallet, skill, slight
Day 2:  Fluency Passage and Spelling Test
           Music of the Island