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Standard MI.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3

Phonics and Word Recognition.

Michigan State ELA Standards

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Animal Changes and the Long I Vowel Sound

Learn about the long i vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long i sound. Then, research and write about...

More Fun with Animals and the Long i Sound

Learn about the long i vowel sound and use words with the long i sound to build sentences. Then, use a nonfiction book...

Editing and Revising and the Long e Vowel Sound

Learn about the long e vowel sound and the different spelling patterns that make the long e sound. Then, write a table of...

The Reason for the Seasons

Learn about why we have seasons. Then, learn about how to how to add dialog to a story.

S'more S Blends and Writers as Revisers

Learn more about why we have seasons and work with Mrs. Spear to edit and revise her narrative story.

Giving Feedback on Our Stories

Give Mrs. Spear some feedback on her story, then learn some new high frequency words.

It Came From Outer Space

Read a story connected to space and learn new kinds of blends.

Traveling Through Space

Read a poem and search for high-frequency words in the poem.

St- for Star and More S-Blends

Learn about end blends and help Mrs. Spear solve a word mystery. Then learn about adjectives and descriptive sentences.

Rules are Important

Read a fun story about a girl who is called Mean Jean the Recess Queen. Then try a word ladder with long and...

S Blends Under the Sun

Work with words that have s blends, then look for them in a rhyme. Then connect a story map to your own writing.

Day and Night Sky

Learn how to make a story map and read a story about day and night patterns.

Up in the sky! Writing a Narrative Story

Learn some new words, read a story, and continue to think about a story about the daytime or nighttime sky.

Stories and the Sky

Work with words that have beginning blends, then look for them in a rhyme. Plus, plan out a personal story with Mrs. Spear...

People and Places in my School

Build a mystery word, then write about schools and communities.

My School Community

Learn about blends with the letter R, and learn about how a school is a community.

Talking About our Feelings and the Letter S

Learn all about the letter S, read a book about our feelings, and write a sentence.

More L Blends and a Name Poem

Learn about -gl-, -sl-, and -pl- blends and write a type of poem called an acrostic.

How Do You Shine? And L Blends

Learn about special patterns called blends for -bl-, -cl-, and -fl-. Then review the -sh-, -ch-, and -th- sounds.

Sorting -th- and Mystery Word Building

Sort words with the -th- sound and solve a word mystery.

Teach Us Your Name and -th-’s Two Sounds

Practice the -th- sound and learn about names.

School: A Place to Learn and Grow

Build words, write a sound poem and learn more about schools of the past and today.

CHop, CHip, CHin - Learning -ch-.

Learn the diagraph sound -ch- and some new high frequency words with diagraphs -ch- and -sh-.

School Days Then and Now

What did schools look like in the past, and what do schools look like now? Plus, try a word ladder to practice -sh-...

Shh…It’s time for School!

Read a book that compares what schools looked like in the past and what schools look like now, then sort sounds in words...