1st Grade

McGraw-Hill
Reading Wonders

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 Unit 1 Week 1 At School
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
does common man
not learn can
school object nap
what recognize tap
subjects cat
Genre: Realistic Fiction hat
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize not
Comprehension Skill: Key Details does

Grammar: Sentences
Mechanics: Sentence Capitalization
Phonics: Short a
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings –s
Phonological Awareness: Identify Rhyme, Phoneme Isolation,
Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 1 Week 2 Where I Live
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
down bored pin
out city win
up country hit
very feast sit
scurried miss
Genre: Fantasy kiss
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize nap
Comprehension Skill: Key Details can
out
up
Grammar: Word Order
Mechanics: Sentence Punctuation (periods)
Phonics: Short i
Structural Analysis: Double Final Consonants
Phonological Awareness: Alliteration, Phoneme Categorization,
Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 1 Week 3 Our Pets
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
be care clip
come companion flip
good groom slip
pull popular flag
train black
Genre: Fantasy plan
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize win
Comprehension Skill: Key Details sit
be
pull
Grammar: Statements
Mechanics: Capitalization and Punctuation
Phonics: L blends
Structural Analysis: Plural Nouns
Phonological Awareness: Contrast Vowel Sounds, Phoneme
Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 1 Week 4 Let’s Be Friends
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
fun chore hop
make collect top
they cooperate log
too deliver hog
relationship hot
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction lot
Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer flip
Questions black
Comprehension Skill: Key Details they
too
Grammar: Questions and Exclamations
Mechanics: Question and Exclamation Marks
Phonics: Short o
Structural Analysis: Alphabetical Order
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme
Segmentation, Phoneme Deletion, Rhyme, Phoneme Blending
 Unit 1 Week 5 Let’s Move
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
jump agree spill
move difficult spin
run exercise grab
two exhausted grass
physical drop
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction drip
Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer hop
Questions lot
Comprehension Skill: Key Details two
move
Grammar: Writing Sentences
Mechanics: Capitalization and Punctuation
Phonics: r-blends and s-blends
Structural Analysis: Possessives
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme
Segmentation, Phoneme Deletion, Phoneme Blending
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 Unit 2 Week 1 Jobs Around Town
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
again astonishing leg
help community beg
new equipment men
there fortunately hen
use occupation head
Genre: Realistic Fiction bread
Comprehension Strategy: Make and grass
Confirm Predictions spin
Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting,
Events
there
again
Grammar: Nouns
Mechanics: Commas in Sentences
Phonics: Short e
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings –ed
Phonological Awareness: Phonemic Awareness, Phoneme
Blending, Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 2 Week 2 Buildings All Around
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
could collapsed run
live furious fun
one materials nut
then refused cut
three shelter bug
Genre: Fantasy rug
Comprehension Strategy: Make and men
Confirm Predictions head
Comprehension Skill: Character, could
Setting, Events
one
Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns
Mechanics: Apostrophes with Contractions
Phonics: Short u
Structural Analysis: Contractions with –’s
Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Phoneme Identity, Phoneme
Blending, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 2 Week 3 A Community in Nature
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
eat depend lend
no habitat send
of hibernate fast
under tolerate past
who tranquil sink
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction wink
Comprehension Strategy: Reread run
Comprehension Skill: Main Topic and bug
Key Details of
who
Grammar: Possessive Nouns
Mechanics: Apostrophes and Possessive Nouns
Phonics: End Blends
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -ing
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization, Phoneme
Blending, Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 2 Week 4 Let’s Help
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
all admire fish
call connections shop
day enjoy ship
her leadership with
want rely thing
Genre: Fantasy sang
Comprehension Strategy: Reread fast
Comprehension Skill: Character, wink
Setting, Events want
call
Grammar: Common and Proper Nouns
Mechanics: Capitalize Proper Nouns
Phonics: Consonant Digraphs th, sh, -ng
Structural Analysis: Closed Syllables
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Isolation, Phoneme
Categorization, Phoneme Blending, Segmentation
 Unit 2 Week 5 Follow the Map
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
around height whip
by locate whale
many model catch
place route match
walk separate chin
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction graph
Comprehension Strategy: Reread shop
Comprehension Skill: Main Topic and with
Key Details many
around
Grammar: Irregular Plural Nouns
Mechanics: Capital Letters and Periods
Phonics: Digraphs ch, -tch, wh, ph
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -es
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme
Addition, Phoneme Blending
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 Unit 3 Week 1 What Time Is It?
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary Spelling
away calendar make
now immediately take
some occasion came
today schedule game
way weekend
why
gate
late
Genre: Fantasy
Comprehension Strategy: Make and chin
Confirm Predictions graph
Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, some
Plot today
Grammar: Verbs
Mechanics: Commas in a Series
Phonics: Long a: a_e
Structural Analysis: Contractions with not
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Identity, Phoneme Addition,
Phoneme Substitution, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 3 Week 2 Watch It Grow!
Spelling
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary like
green assist
spike
grow bloom
pretty grasped ride
should spied hide
together sprout bike
water mine
Genre: Play make
Comprehension Strategy: Make and came
Confirm Predictions water
Comprehension Skill: Sequence should
Grammar: Present-Tense Verbs
Mechanics: Capitalize and Underline Titles of Plays
Phonics: Long i: i_e
Structural Analysis: Plurals
Phonological Awareness: Alliteration, Phoneme Deletion,
Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme Blending
 Unit 3 Week 3 Tales Over Time Spelling
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary rice
any eventually
from foolish
nice
happy hero page
once tale age
so timid wedge
upon ledge
Genre: Folktale like
Comprehension Strategy: Make and ride
Confirm Predictions from
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and
Effect
once
Grammar: Past- and Future-Tense Verbs
Mechanics: Apostrophes and Possessive Nouns
Phonics: Soft c, Soft g, dge
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending –ed, -ing
Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Phoneme Blending, Phoneme
Segmentation
 Unit 3 Week 4 Now and Then
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary Spelling
ago century hope
boy entertainment nose
girl future note
how past
present
rope
old
people cute
cube
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction nice
Comprehension Strategy: Reread
ledge
Comprehension Skill: Connections Within
Text: Compare and Contrast ago
people
Grammar: Is and Are
Mechanics: Commas in Dates
Phonics: Long o: o_e; Long u: u_e; Long e: e_e
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending –ed, -ing
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme
Isolation, Phoneme Blending
 Unit 3 Week 5 From Farm to Table
High-Frequency Words Oral Vocabulary
Spelling
after delicious book
buy delighted look
done enormous cook
every nutritious took
soon responsibility hood
work
wood
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction nose
Comprehension Strategy: Reread cute
Comprehension Skill: Connections Within buy
Text: Sequence
done
Grammar: Contractions with Not
Mechanics: Apostrophes in Contractions
Phonics: /ů/: oo, u
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending –ed, -ing
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Segmentation, Phoneme
Blending, Phoneme Deletion
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 Unit 4 Week 1 Animal Features
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
about appearance mail
animal determined rain
carry feature
chain
eight predicament
give relief way
our special play
splendid day
Genre: Folktale took
Comprehension Strategy: Ask/Answer our
Questions hood
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Sequence carry
Grammar: Was and Were
Mechanics: Apostrophes with Contractions
Phonics: Long a
Structural Analysis: Alphabetical Order
Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Phoneme Categorization/
Blending/ Segmentation
 Unit 4 Week 2 Animals Together
Spelling
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary
because behavior me
blue beneficial feed
into dominant we
or endangered beak
other instinct keep
small danger
seat
partner
play
Genre: Informational Text
rain
Comprehension Strategy: Ask/ Answer
Questions because
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details other
Grammar: Has and Have
Mechanics: Capitalization and End Punctuation
Phonics: Long e
Structural Analysis: Prefixes re-, un-, pre-
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Identity, Phoneme
Segmentation, Rhyme, Phoneme Blending
 Unit 4 Week 3 In the Wild Spelling
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary
find communicate
low
food provide toe
more superior boat
over survive we
start wilderness no
warm search keep
seek
row
Genre: Informational Text over
Comprehension Strategy: Ask and Answer
Questions oat
Comprehension Skill: Main Idea and Key Details more
Grammar: Go and Do
Mechanics: Capitalize Proper Nouns
Phonics: Long o
Structural Analysis: Open Syllables
Phonological Awareness: Phonemic Categorization, Phoneme
Blending, Contrast Sounds, Phoneme Segmentation
 Unit 4 Week 4 Insects!
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
caught different find
flew flutter pie
know imitate night
laugh resemble
protect
boat
listen
were beautiful by
fancy no
kind
Genre: Fantasy caught
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Comprehension Skill: Point of View
right
listen
Grammar: See and Saw
Mechanics: Underline Titles of Books
Phonics: Long i
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization/ Identity/
Segmentation/ Substitution
 Unit 4 Week 5 Working with Animals
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
found advice key
hard career sandy
near remarkable bumpy
woman soothe
would trust
my
write clever puppy
signal night
Genre: Informational Text/ Nonfiction funny
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize wash
Comprehension Skill: Connections Within penny
Text: Sequence would
Grammar: Contractions with Not
Mechanics: Apostrophes in Contractions
Phonics: Long e
Structural Analysis: Compound Words
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization/ Deletion/
Blending/ Addition
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 Unit 5 Week 1 See It, Sort It
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
four classify cart
none distinguish harm
only entire
barn
large organize
put startled happy
round trouble arm
whole key
Genre: Fantasy art
Comprehension Strategy: Make/ Confirm four
Predictions yarn
Comprehension Skill: Point of View none
Grammar: Was and Were
Mechanics: Apostrophes with Contractions
Phonics: Words with /är/ ar
Structural Analysis: Irregular Plurals
Phonological Awareness: Contrast Sounds, Phoneme
Categorization/ Blending/ Segmentation
 Unit 5 Week 2 Up In The Sky
Spelling
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary
another certain her
climb observe work
full remained bird
great thoughtful barn
poor vast Fur
through leaped
arm
stretched
fern
Genre: Fantasy
climb
Comprehension Strategy: Make/ Confirm
Predictions dirt
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect through
Grammar: Adjectives
Mechanics: Capitalization and End Punctuation
Phonics: Words with/ûr/
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Ending -er
Phonological Awareness: Rhyme, Phoneme Substitution/
Blending/ Deletion/ Segmentation
 Unit 5 Week 3 Great Inventions Spelling
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary
began complicated
born
better curious soar
guess device corn
learn imagine her
right improve core
sure idea dirt
unusual
more
Genre: Nonfiction/ Biography
Comprehension Strategy: Ask/ Answer Questions
learn
Comprehension Skill: Connections Within Text: roar
Problem and Solution sure
Grammar: Adjectives That Compare
Mechanics: Capitalize Proper Nouns
Phonics: Words with /ôr/
Structural Analysis: Abbreviations
Phonological Awareness: Phonemic Categorization/
Substitution/ Blending/ Addition
 Unit 5 Week 4 Sounds All Around
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
color distract cow
early nervous mouth
instead senses town
nothing squeaky
volume
born
oh
thought scrambled mouse
suddenly roar
Genre: Realistic Fiction how
Comprehension Strategy: Ask/ Answer nothing
Questions out
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Problem and Solution early
Grammar: Other Adjectives
Mechanics: Capitalize/ Underline Book Titles
Phonics: Diphthongs ou, ow
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings –er, -est
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Substitution/ Isolation/
Blending/Segmentation
 Unit 5 Week 5 Build It
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
above contented spoil
build intend boy
fall marvelous coin
knew project
money structure
town
toward balance join
section mouse
Genre: Informational Text joy
Comprehension Strategy: Ask/Answer Questions build
Comprehension Skill: Connections Within Text: toy
Cause and Effect fall
Grammar: Prepositions/ Prepositional Phrases
Mechanics: Abbreviations
Phonics: Diphthongs oi, oy
Structural Analysis: Final Stable Syllables
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Blending/ Segmentation/
Categorization
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 Unit 6 Week 1 Taking Action
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
answer argument moon
brought conflict soup
busy fair
tune
door risk
enough shift toy
eyes demand flew
emergency coin
Genre: Fantasy blue
Comprehension Strategy: Reread enough
Comprehension Skill: Theme fruit
door
Grammar: Pronouns
Mechanics: Capitalize I
Phonics: Variant Vowel /ü/
Structural Analysis: Suffixes –ful, -less
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Identity/ Segmentation/
Substitution, Rhyme, Syllable Deletion
 Unit 6 Week 2 My Action
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
brother decision haul
father distance dawn
friend inspire
cause
love respect
mother swiftly moon
picture accept saw
often soup
Genre: Informational Nonfiction claw
Comprehension Strategy: Reread love
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose paw
friend
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Mechanics: Days, Months, Holidays
Phonics: Variant Vowel /ô/
Structural Analysis: Vowel Team Syllables
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Categorization/ Reversal/
Blending/Segmentation/ Substitution
 Unit 6 Week 3 Weather Together spelling
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary
been creative
gnat
children cycle write
month frigid gnu
question predict wrong
their scorching know
year country cause
gathers
knife
Genre: Realistic Fiction dawn
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize been
Comprehension Skill: Plot: Cause and Effect their
Grammar: Special Pronouns
Mechanics: Commas in Dates and Letters
Phonics: Silent Letters
Structural Analysis: Compound Words
Phonological Awareness: Phonemic Categorization/
Segmentation/ Substitution
 Unit 6 Week 4 Sharing Traditions
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary spelling
before ancient strike
front drama three
heard effort spray
push movement
tradition
know
tomorrow
your difficult splash
nobody write
split
Genre: Realistic Fiction
your
Comprehension Strategy: Visualize
Comprehension Skill: Theme scrape
heard
Grammar: Using I and me
Mechanics: Commas in Dates and Letters
Phonics: Three-Letter Blends
Structural Analysis: Inflectional Endings –ed, -ing
Phonological Awareness: Syllable Addition, Phoneme
Segmentation/ Blending/ Substitution
 Unit 6 Week 5 Celebrate America!
High-Frequency Words Vocabulary Spelling
favorite design fair
few display share
gone pride pair
surprise purpose
wonder represent
three
young nation bear
unite splash
wear
Genre: Informational Text
Comprehension Strategy: Reread favorite
Comprehension Skill: Author’s Purpose spare
surprise
Grammar: Adverbs That Tell How
Mechanics: Abbreviations
Phonics: Words with /âr/
Structural Analysis: r-Controlled Vowel Syllables
Phonological Awareness: Phoneme Reversal/ Blending/ Deletion/
Addition, Syllable Deletion/ Addition