Pearson Reading Street First Grade

Pearson ReadingStreetFirst GradeUnits 1-5 Spelling andVocabulary Lists

Pearson ReadingStreetFirst GradeUnit 1 Spelling andVocabulary Lists

Unit 1, Week 1“Sam, Come Back!”genre: realistic fiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel a; consonantpattern –ck comprehension: character & setting conventions: sentencesSpelling sackcomeinmyonway

Unit 1, Week 2“Pig in a Wig”genre: animal fantasy This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel i; consonant x comprehension: plot conventions: subjects of sentencesSpelling igshetakeupwhatSelectionVocabularyplayto perform on a musicalinstrument

Unit 1, Week 3“The Big Blue Ox”genre: animal fantasy This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel o; plural –s;consonant s /z/ comprehension: character & setting conventions: predicates of sentencesSpelling wna large group of housesand buildings, smallerthan a city

Unit 1, Week 4“A Fox and a Kit”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: inflected endings –ing & -s comprehension: main ideas & details conventions: declarative sentencesSpelling tswinwinseatfivefourherthistooSelection Vocabularyanimalsliving things that can move arounddinnerthe main meal of the daywatchto look at something

Unit 1, Week 5“Get the Egg!”genre: realistic fiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel e; initial consonantblends comprehension: main ideas & details conventions: interrogative sentencesSpelling l covered infeathers that has wingsand two legs

Unit 1, Week 6“Animal Park”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel u; final consonantblends comprehension: cause & effect conventions: exclamatory sentencesSpelling ustlumpmusttrusthomeintomanythemSelection Vocabularyelephantshuge, strong land animals with gray skin andlong trunkshipposa short word for hippopotamuses, which arelarge animals with short legs, thick skins, andwide mouthsparkland set aside for people to enjoy naturezebrasblack-and-white striped animals that look likehorses

Unit 1, Week 1“Sam, Come Back!”genre: realistic fiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel a; consonantpattern –ck comprehension: character & setting conventions: sentencesSpelling sackcomeinmyonway

Unit 1, Week 2“Pig in a Wig”genre: animal fantasy This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel i; consonant x comprehension: plot conventions: subjects of sentencesSpelling igshetakeupwhatSelectionVocabularyplay

Unit 1, Week 3“The Big Blue Ox”genre: animal fantasy This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel o; plural –s;consonant s /z/ comprehension: character & setting conventions: predicates of sentencesSpelling wn

Unit 1, Week 4“A Fox and a Kit”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: inflected endings –ing & -s comprehension: main ideas & details conventions: declarative sentencesSpelling nimalsdinnerwatch

Unit 1, Week 5“Get the Egg!”genre: realistic fiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel e; initial consonantblends comprehension: main ideas & details conventions: interrogative sentencesSpelling tenwetsawsmalltreeyourSelectionVocabularybird

Unit 1, Week 6“Animal Park”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: short vowel u; final consonantblends comprehension: cause & effect conventions: exclamatory sentencesSpelling yelephantshipposparkzebras

Pearson ReadingStreetFirst GradeUnit 2 Spelling andVocabulary Lists

Unit 2, Week 1“A Big Fish for Max”genre: animal fantasySpelling Wordsfishrushshellshipshopshutthenthintrashwith This week’s skills: phonics: consonant digraphs sh & th comprehension: sequence conventions: common ction VocabularyGrandmahelps Max and Ruby solve their problemsMaxRuby’s little brotherRubyMax’s big sister who is sometimes alittle bossy

Unit 2, Week 2“The Farmer in theHat”genre: realistic fictionSpelling Wordsagecagecakefacelatemademakenamesafetake This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel a;consonants c /s/ & g /j/ comprehension: cause & effect conventions: proper ction Vocabularyfarmera person who grows crops or keepsanimals on a farmgerbila small, furry animal often kept as a petsqueaka short, high sound

Unit 2, Week 3“Who Works Here?”genre: expository text This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel i;consonant digraphs wh, ch, tch, ph comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: special titlesSpelling esmiletimewhiteliveoutpeoplewhoworkSelection Vocabularybusyhaving many things to domailletters or packages sent through apost office and delivered to homes orbusinessesneighborhooda place where people live and worktogether

Unit 2, Week 4“The Big Circle”genre: fiction This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel o; contractions comprehension: sequence conventions: proper nouns (days,months, holidays)Spelling n Vocabularybabya very young child or animalcirclea round shape, like a ringherda group of animals of the same kind that staytogethermeata kind of food that comes from animalstriceratopsa large plant-eating dinosaur that had 3 horns

Unit 2, Week 5“Life in the Forest”genre: expository text This week’s skills: phonics: long vowels e & u; inflectedending -ed comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: singular & plural nounsHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling dfindfoodgrowunderwaterSelection Vocabularybearlarge, heavy animal with thick furforesta large piece of land covered in treesand plantshummingbirda very small bird whose wingsmake a humming soundleavesthe flat green parts of a plantsquirrelssmall animals with bushy tails that canclimb treeswoodpeckera bird with a hard, pointed bill

This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel e (e & ee);syllables vccv comprehension: compare & contrast conventions: nouns in sentencesUnit 2, Week 6“Honey Bees”genre: expository textHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling thersometheirSelection Vocabularycoldnot warm; the opposite of hotflowersparts of plants that make seeds andfruit and often have brightly colored petalshoneynectarworkerjobs a lota sweet liquid made by beesa sweet liquid made by flowersa person or animal that does tasks or

Unit 2, Week 1“A Big Fish for Max”genre: animal fantasySpelling Wordsfishrushshellshipshopshutthenthintrashwith This week’s skills: phonics: consonant digraphs sh & th comprehension: sequence conventions: common ctionVocabularyGrandmaMaxRuby

Unit 2, Week 2“The Farmer in theHat”genre: realistic fictionSpelling Wordsagecagecakefacelatemademakenamesafetake This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel a;consonants c /s/ & g /j/ comprehension: cause & effect conventions: proper ctionVocabularyfarmergerbilsqueak

Unit 2, Week 3“Who Works Here?”genre: expository text This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel i;consonant digraphs wh, ch, tch, ph comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: special titlesSpelling larybusymailneighborhood

Unit 2, Week 4“The Big Circle”genre: fiction This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel o; contractions comprehension: sequence conventions: proper nouns (days,months, holidays)Spelling nVocabularybabycircleherdmeattriceratops

Unit 2, Week 5“Life in the Forest”genre: expository textSpelling WordscubecuteflutehugeJunemuleruderuletubeuse This week’s skills: phonics: long vowels e & u; inflectedending -ed comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: singular & plural uirrelswoodpecker

Unit 2, Week 6“Honey Bees”genre: expository textSpelling Wordsbefeetgreenhemeseeshetreeweweek This week’s skills: phonics: long vowel e (e & ee);syllables vccv comprehension: compare & contrast conventions: nouns in er

Pearson ReadingStreetFirst GradeUnit 3 Spelling andVocabulary Lists

This week’s skills: phonics: vowel sounds of y;syllable pattern cv comprehension: sequence conventions: action verbsUnit 3, Week 1“A Place to Play”genre: realistic fictionHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling ecomedayeverythingnothingstaysthingsSelection Vocabularyartpainting, drawing, or sculptureboya male childgrewgot biggernowat this timesunsetlast time of the day when the sun isseentowertall building or part of a building

This week’s skills:Unit 3, Week 2 phonics: consonant patterns –ng, -nk;compound words“Ruby In Her Own Time” comprehension: compare & contrastgenre: animal fantasy conventions: verbs that add -sSpelling ction Vocabularybeautiful very pretty to see or hearfather a man who has a child or childrenfeather one of the light, soft things thatcovers a bird’s bodyflew took off and moved in the airhowling making a loud, whining soundmother a woman who has a child or childrennightthe time between sunset and sunriseprecioushaving great value

Unit 3, Week 3“The Class Pet”genre: expository text This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled or, ore;ending –es, plural -es comprehension: fact & opinion conventions: verbs that do not add -sHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling shesawaycarfriendshouseourschoolverySelection Vocabularybrownthe color of soil or chocolatefurthe hair that covers the bodies of someanimalsmousea small, furry animal with a pointedsnout and a thin, bare tailteachesgives information or explains howto do something

Unit 3, Week 4“Frog and ToadTogether”genre: animal fantasy This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled: ar; adding endings comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: verbs for past & for futureHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling annedafraidagainfewhowreadsoonSelection Vocabularyground the soil or dirt on the surface ofthe earthheadthe top part of your body or the frontpart of most animals’ bodiesrainwater that falls in drops from thecloudsshoutedcalled out or yelled loudlyshoutingcalling or yelling

Unit 3, Week 5“I’m a Caterpillar”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled: er, ir, ur;contractions comprehension: fact & opinion conventions: verbs am, is, are, was, wereSpelling tshirtsirweredoneknowpushvisitwaitSelection Vocabularycaterpillaran insect that changes into amoth or butterflychrysalisforms from the body of acaterpillar and has a hard shell that protectsthe pupa as it changes into a butterflycrawlto move on your hands and knees orwith your body close to the groundpupathe form of an insect while it ischanging from a wormlike larva into an adultshiverto shake

Unit 3, Week 6“Where Are My AnimalFriends?”genre: drama This week’s skills: phonics: consonant pattern –dge;comparative endings –er & -est comprehension: draw conclusions conventions: contractions with notHigh-FrequencyWordsSpelling ’tSelection Vocabularybutterflygoosean insect with colored wingsa large bird with a long neckraccoona small animal with thick fur whosemarkings look like rings on its tail and a blackmask around its eyesspringthe season after winter, when plantsbegin to growwarmmore hot than cold

Unit 3, Week 1“A Place to Play”genre: realistic fictionSpelling Wordsbycryflyhandyluckymypuppysillysunnytry This week’s skills: phonics: vowel sounds of y;syllable pattern cv comprehension: sequence conventions: action unsettower

This week’s skills:Unit 3, Week 2 phonics: consonant patterns –ng, -nk;compound words“Ruby In Her Own Time” comprehension: compare & contrastgenre: animal fantasy conventions: verbs that add -sSpelling thernightprecious

Unit 3, Week 3“The Class Pet”genre: expository textSpelling shes This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled or, ore;ending –es, plural -es comprehension: fact & opinion conventions: verbs that do not add erySelectionVocabularybrownfurmouseteaches

Unit 3, Week 4“Frog and ToadTogether”genre: animal fantasySpelling anned This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled: ar; adding endings comprehension: author’s purpose conventions: verbs for past & for SelectionVocabularygroundheadrainshoutedshouting

Unit 3, Week 5“I’m a Caterpillar”genre: literary nonfiction This week’s skills: phonics: r-controlled: er, ir, ur;contractions comprehension: fact & opinion conventions: verbs am, is, are, was, wereSpelling arycaterpillarchrysaliscrawlpupashiver