Here is a list of our reading skills for the entire school year. You may refer to this list if you ever want to review past reading skills or jump ahead and get a sneak peek at future skills.
Unit 1, Week 1 Phonics: short a Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -s Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Key Details
Unit 1, Week 2 Phonics: short i Structural Analysis: Double Final Consonants Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Key Details
Unit 1, Week 3 Phonics: l blends Structural Analysis: Plural Nouns Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Key Details
Unit 1, Week 4 Phonics: short o Structural Analysis: ABC Order Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Key Details
Unit 1, Week 5 Phonics: r blends and s blends Structural Analysis: Possessives Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Key Details
Unit 2, Week 1 Phonics: short e Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -ed Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Events
Unit 2, Week 2 Phonics: short u Structural Analysis: Contractions with 's Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Events
Unit 2, Week 3 Phonics: End Blends Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -ing Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Main Topic and Key Details
Unit 2, Week 4 Phonics: Words with th, sh, -ng Structural Analysis: Closed Syllables Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Events
Unit 2, Week 5 Phonics: Words with ch, -tch, wh, ph Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -es Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Main Topic and Key Details
Unit 3, Week 1 Phonics: Long a: a_e Structural Analysis: Contractions with not Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, Plot
Unit 3, Week 2 Phonics: Long i: i_e Structural Analysis: Plurals Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Plot: Sequence
Unit 3, Week 3 Phonics: Soft c, g, -dge Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings -ed, -ing Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect
Unit 3, Week 4 Phonics: Long o: o_e, Long u: u_e; CVCe Structural Analysis: CVCe syllables Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Connections Within Text: Compare and Contrast
Unit 3, Week 5 Phonics: Words with oo, u (-ook and -ood) Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings -ed, -ing Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Connections Within Text: Sequence
Unit 4, Week 1 Phonics: long a: a, ai, ay Structural Analysis: Alphabetical Order Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Plot, Sequence
Unit 4, Week 2 Phonics: long e: e, ee, ea Structural Analysis: Prefixes re-, un-, pre- Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Unit 4, Week 3 Phonics: long o: o, oa, ow, oe Structural Analysis: Open Syllables Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Unit 4, Week 4 Phonics: Long i: i, y, igh, ie Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Point of View
Unit 4, Week 5 Phonics: Long e: y, ey Structural Analysis: Compound Words Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Sequence
Unit 5, Week 1 Phonics: Words with ar Structural Analysis: Irregular Plurals Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Point of View
Unit 5, Week 2 Phonics: Words with er, ir, ur, or Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -er Comprehension Strategy: Make and Confirm Predictions Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect
Unit 5, Week 3 Phonics: Words with or, ore, oar Structural Analysis: Abbreviations Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Connections Within Text: Problem and Solution
Unit 5, Week 4 Phonics: Words with ou, ow Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings -er, -est Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Plot: Problem and Solution
Unit 5, Week 5 Phonics: Words with oi, oy Structural Analysis: Final Stable Syllables Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer Questions Comprehension Skill: Cause and Effect
Unit 6, Week 1 Phonics: Words with /u/: oo, u, u_e, ew, ue, ui, ou Structural Analysis: Suffixes -ful, -less Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Theme
Unit 6, Week 2 Phonics: Words with Variant Vowel /o/: a, aw, au, augh, al Structural Analysis: Vowel Team Syllables Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Author's Purpose
Unit 6, Week 3 Phonics: Silent Letters wr, kn, gn Structural Analysis: Compound Words Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect
Unit 6, Week 4 Phonics: Words with Three-Letter Blends Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings -ed, -ing Comprehension Strategy: Visualize Comprehension Skill: Theme
Unit 6, Week 5 Phonics: Words with air, are, ear Structural Analysis: r-controlled Vowel Syllables Comprehension Strategy: Reread Comprehension Skill: Author's Purpose