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Theme 1~ Cats, All About Me, Safety	Theme 2~Surprises, Plants, living & nonliving
Week 1- at, an, bug, wet, on Short "a" practice, - at word family, animal names Week 2- hen, cut, we, too, not, jump Short "a" & "u", - an word family , school words Week 3- it, dig, find, one, who Short "i",- it & -ig word family, shape and feeling words	Week 1- pot, box, in, once, upon, what Short "o", -ot & -ox word family, number words Week 2-hen, wet, me, you, do, said Short "e", -et & -en word family, opposites, food, and rhyming words Week 3- are, he, they, away, does, live, pull, where Short "u", review -et & -en word family, -ug word family, days of the week, homographs
Theme 3~ Seasons, Environment, Habitats, Sun & Moon	Theme 4~ Family, Homes
Week 1- an, at, can, cat, had, man Challenge Words- catch, odd Short "a", -ack & -ap word family, seasons, months, plurals, double consonants Week 2- in, it, him, big, sit, did Challenge Words- dish milk Short "i", -ip & -in word family, possessives, size words, verb endings (-s, -ed, -ing) Week 3- trip, crab, drip, grin, grab, trap Challenge Words- crack, brown Clusters with "r", -ick & -ill word family, color words, positional words.	Week 1- on, not, got, box, hot, top Challenge Words- pond, doll Short "o" words, clusters with "l" (cl,sl,etc.), ghost letters, triple clusters, -ock & -op word family, family & exclamatory words. Week 2- get, ten, red, pet, men, yes Challenge Words- tent, bell Short "e" words, CVC patterns, -ell & -est word family, sensory words, words and symbols on signs. Week 3- up, us, but, fun, cut, run Challenge Words- jump, plum Short "u" words, -um & -ump word family, question and noise words, clusters with s, ghost letters, triple clusters.
Theme 5~ Maps, Homes, Weather	Theme 6 ~ Food, Animal Adventures, Frogs, Night Animals
Week 1 - she, chin, fish, shell, much, chop Challenge Words- shoe, chair "sh" or "ch" words, syllables, sh, th, wh, ch, tch, antonyms and size words, compare & contrast. Week 2 - make, came, take, name, gave, game Challenge Words- place, skate Identify a-e patterns, -ake & -ate word family, social studies, state, country names and words, soft g & c, final nd, ng, nk, compare & contrast. Week 3- like, five, ride, nine, time, kit Challenge Words- Prize, smile Identify i-e patterns, -ite &-ike word family, weather words, -ing endings, contractions, cause & effect.	Week 1- go, bone, so, nose, home, no Challenge Words- also, woke Long "o" words, -oke spelling pattern, CVCe patterns, alphabetical order, fruit and vegtable names, contractions. Week 2- me, see, mean, feet, eat, he Challenge Words- maybe, sheep Long "e" words, -eat spelling pattern, ee, ea, and eat spelling patterns, rhyming words, expressions of surprise. Week 3- day, say, play, may, way, stay Challenge Words- away, holiday Long "a" spelled ay, -ay spelling pattern, ai &ay words, parts of the body, animal action words.
Theme 7~ Sink or Float, Moon, Food Groups	Theme 8~ Birds, Turtles, Earth, the World, oceans, Caterpillar and Butterflies
Week 1- boat, slow, coat, grow, show, toad Challenge Words- coast, know Long "o" spelled ow, oa, -ow spelling pattern, categorizing, friendship words, problem solving. Week 2- look, book, took, good, foot, cook Challenge Words- hoof, crook Words with oo sound, compound words, multiple-meaning words, city words, sequencing. Week 3- zoo, food, too, moon, soon, roam Challenge Words- moose, ballon Words with oo sound, (oo, ew, ue, ou, u, u-e) trigraph "igh", syllabication, house words, fantasy and realism.	Week 1- cup, cups, frog, frogs, tree, trees Challenge Words- gloves, birds Word Endings -s, -ed, -ing. Compound and nature words. Categorize and Classify Summarize. Week 2- cow, house, out, down, now, found Challenge Words- pouch, crowded Identify letters that spell the "ou" sound. Words that rhyme with out and down. Topic, Main Idea, Details. Week 3- landed, checking, telling, missed, filled, sleeping. Challenge Words- bluffing, planted Suffixes -ed & -ing, homophones, words that name apple products, drawing comclusions, predict/infer.
Theme 9 ~ Special Friends	Theme 10 ~ Insects, Bears, Fantasy, Winter
Week 1- by, my, fly, try, cry, why Challenge Words- pry, multiply "i" spelled y. Sounds for vowel y (e,i). Sensory words, family activity words, noting details, monitor/clarify. Week 2- dishes, dresses, boxes, beaches, wishes, kisses. Challenge Words- classes, brushes -es ending. Synonyms, feeling words, fantasy and realism, evaluate. Week 3- coin, soil, boy, oil, toy, point Challenge Words- moist, destroy Words with aw, oy. Possessive pronouns, bird words, compare & contrast, question, prefixes un-, re-.	Week 1- store, corn, for more, or, morning Challenge Words- afford, before "r" controlled vowels. Math & ordinal number words. Making predictions. Week 2- car, start, arm, far, yard, dark Challenge Words- large, jar -ar words and spelling pattern. Prefixes dis-, re-, figurative language, seguencing. Week 3- newer, warmest, highest, faster, deepest, richer Challenge Words- smaller, kindest Suffixes -er & -est. Suffix -ly, clothing words, cause & effect.