UNIT 1

Unit  1 - Story 1: The Twin Club 

Skill: Short Vowels and Consonants

1. rock   
2. list
3. desk  
4. job  
5. sad
6. chop
7. sack
8. tag  
9. rib 
10. mess    
11. dust
12. drum
13. beautiful 
14. someone 
15. friend
16. there

Vocabulary: beautiful, country, friend, front, someone, somewhere  

Unit 1 - Story 2: Exploring Space with an Astronaut   

Skill: Long Vowels VCe  

1. page   
2. nose
3. space
4. size
5. fine
6. mice
7. late
8. huge
9. blaze
10. race
11. rice
12. vote
13. world
14. live 
15. work
16. under

Vocabulary: everywhere, live, machines, move, woman, work, world 

Unit 1 - Story 3: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night 

Skill: Consonant Blends

1.  stop
2.  strap
3.  nest
4.  hand
5.  brave
6.  ask
7.  clip
8.  stream
9.  mask
10.  twin
11.  breeze
12.  state
13.  father
14 . build
15.  love
16.  mother

Vocabulary: bear, build, couldn't, father, love, mother, straight 

Unit 1  - Story 4: A Walk in the Desert 
Skill:  Inflected Endings -ed, -ing,

1.  dropped
2.  dropping
3.  excited
4.  exciting
5.  lifted
6.  lifting
7.  hugged
8.  hugging
9.  smiled
10.  smiling
11.  talked
12.  talking
13.  animals
14.  eyes
15.  going
16.  three

Vocabulary: animals, early, eyes, full, warm, water 

Unit 1 - Story 5: The Strongest One 

Skill:  Consonant Diagraphs

1.   that
2.  wish
3.  patch
4.  when
5.  what
6.  math
7.  them
8.  shape
9.  whale
10.  itch   
11.  chase
12.  bunch
13.  gone
14.  together
15.  become
16.  across

Vocabulary: gone, learn, often, pieces, though, together, very  

UNIT 2

Unit 2 - Story 1: Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends 

Skill: Vowels: r-Controlled as, or, ore, oar

1.  hard
2.  born
3.  horse
4.  before
5.  more
6.  smart
7.  farm
8.  porch
9.  corn
10.  chore 
11.  score
12.  part
13.  listen
14.  family
15.  because
16.  than

Vocabulary: break, family, heard, listen, once, pull 

Unit 2 - Story 2: Abraham Lincoln 

Skill: Contractions

1.  can't
2.  it's
3.  he's
4.  I'm
5.  didn't
6.  who's
7.  she's
8.  aren't
9.  isn't
10.  haven't
11.  hadn't
12.  I'll
13.  you’re
14.  second
15.  great
16.  couldn’t

Vocabulary: certainly, either, great, laugh, second, worst, you're 

Unit 2 - Story 3: Scarcity 

Skill: Vowels: r-Controlled er, ir, ur

1.  person
2.  nurse
3.  dirt
4.  turn
5.  birth
6.  serve
7.  curb
8.  curl
9.  skirt
10.  purse
11.  turtle
12.  her
13.  enough
14.  above
15.  third
16.  carry

Vocabulary: above, ago, enough, toward, whole, word 

Unit 2 - Story 4: The Bremen Town Musicians 
Skill: Plurals

1.  lunch
2.  lunches
3.  story
4.  stories
5.  tune
6.  tunes
7.  switch
8.  switches
9.  baby
10.  babies
11.  note
12.  notes
13.  probably
14.  scared
15.  people
16.  better

Vocabulary: bought, people, pleasant, probably, scared, shall, sign 

Unit 2 - Story 5: One Good Turn Deserves Another 

Skill: Vowel Patterns a, ai, ay

1.  main
2.  wait
3.  say
4.  away
5.  play
6.  raise
7.  brain
8.  paint
9.  stay
10.  today
11.  tray
12.  tail
13.  behind
14.  door
15.  always
16.  maybe

Vocabulary: behind, brought, door, everybody, minute, promise, sorry 

UNIT 3

Unit 3 - Story 1: Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends 

Skill: Vowel Patterns e, ee, ea, y  

1.  read
2.  feet
3.  easy
4.  deep
5.  seat
6.  party
7.  wheel
8.  leave
9.  windy
10.  sleep
11.  teeth
12.  team
13.  pretty
14.  watch
15.  sea
16.  even

Vocabulary: guess, pretty, science, shoe, village, watch, won 

Unit 3 - Story 2: Dear Juno

Skill: Vowel Patterns o, oa, ow

1.  goat
2.  hold
3.  show
4.  most
5.  bowl
6.  float
7.  toast
8.  ago
9.  open
10.  told
11.  toad
12.  slow
13.  snow
14.  answer
15.  picture
16.  follow

Vocabulary: answer, company, faraway, parents, picture, school, wash 

Unit 3 - Story 3: Anansi Goes Fishing 

Skill: Compound Words

1.  basketball
2.  someone
3.  weekend
4.  something
5.  birthday
6.  riverbank
7.  bathtub
8.  backyard
9.  driveway
10.  bedtime
11.  raindrop
12.  mailbox
13.  been
14.  finally
15.  today
16.  without

Vocabulary: been, believe, caught, finally, today, tomorrow, whatever 

Unit 3 - Story 4: Rosa and Blanca 
Skill: Vowel Patterns i, ie, igh, y

1.  find
2.  child
3.  sky
4.  bright
5.  wild
6.  fly
7.  right
8.  flight
9.  spider
10.  cry
11.  blind
12.  myself
13.  try
14.  fight
15.  their
16.  high

Vocabulary: alone, buy, daughters, half, many, their, youngest 

Unit 3 - Story 5: A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver 

Skill: Comparative Endings -er, -est

1.  sooner
2.  soonest
3.  hotter
4.  hottest
5.  busier
6.  busiest
7.  happier
8.  happiest
9.  smaller
10.  smallest
11.  fatter
12.  fattest
13.  clothes
14.  hours
15.  money
16.  question

Vocabulary: clothes, hours, money, neighbor, only, question, taught

UNIT 4

Unit 4 - Story 1: A Froggy Fable 

Skill: Final Syllable -le

1.  ankle
2.  title
3.  apple
4.  cable
5.  purple
6.  able
7.  bugle
8.  bundle
9.  bubble
10.  giggle
11.  sparkle
12.  tickle
13.  perfect
14.  circle
15.  possible
16.  simple

Vocabulary: clearing, crashed, perfect, pond, spilling, splashing, traveled 

Unit 4 - Story 2: Life Cycle of Pumpkin 

Skill: Vowel Patterns oo, u

1.  cook
2.  stood
3.  full
4.  wood
5.  July
6.  shook
7.  push
8.  pull
9.  brook
10.  book
11.  hood
12.  put
13.  fruit
14.  root
15.  smooth
16.  paper

Vocabulary: bumpy, fruit, harvest, root, smooth, soil, vine 

Unit 4 - Story 3: Soil

Skill: Dipthongs ou, ow, oi, oy

1.  around
2.  out
3.  gown
4.  sound
5.  flower
6.  howl
7.  toy
8.  noise
9.  royal
10.  moist
11.  coil
12.  cow
13.  now
14.  about
15.  house
16.  however

Vocabulary: grains, materials, particles, seeps, substances, texture

Unit 4 - Story 4: The Night the Moon Fell 
Skill: Syllable Patterns

1.  downstairs
2.  football
3.  cowboy
4.  houseboat
5.  railroad
6.  rainbow
7.  boyhood
8.  oatmeal
9.  soybean
10.  roadway
11.  outplay
12.  daydream
13.  came
14.  never
15.  start
16.  really

Vocabulary: balance, canyons, coral, rattle, slivers, sway, whisper

Unit 4 - Story 5: The First Tortilla 

Skill: Vowel Diagraphs oo, ue, ew, ui

1.  too
2.  new
3.  fruit
4.  blue
5.  true
6.  fool
7.  suit
8.  spoon
9.  clue
10.  juice
11.  drew
12.  flew
13.  knew
14.  grew
15.  few
16.  prize

Vocabulary: awaken, cliffs, mountain, prize, rainbow, suffer, volcano

UNIT 5

Unit 5 - Story 1: Fire Fighter

Skill: Suffixes -ly, -ful, -er, -or, -ish

1.  cheerful
2.  visitor
3.  slowly
4.  weekly
5.  teacher
6.  helper
7.  hardly
8.  graceful
9.  yearly
10.  quickly
11.  fighter
12.  sailor
13.  week 
14.  help 
15.  year
16.  teach

Vocabulary: building, burning, masks, quickly, roar, station, tightly 

Unit 5 - Story 2: Carl the Complainer

Skill: Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-

1.  unsafe
2.  preheat
3.  rerun
4.  disappear
5.  unlock
6.  discolor
7.  rewind
8.  unpack
9.  unplug
10.  regroup
11.  preschool
12.  disagree
13.  annoy
14.  often
15.  thought
16.  ready

Vocabulary: annoy, complain, mumbles, P.M., shrugs, signature

Unit 5 - Story 3: Bad Dog, Dodger

Skill: Consonant Patterns kn, wr, gn, mb

1.  knock
2.  sign
3.  knee
4.  wrong
5.  write
6.  climb
7.  wrap
8.  wren
9.  gnat
10.  lamb
11.  comb
12.  knob
13.  doing
14.  wrote
15.  know
16.  being

Vocabulary: chased, chewing, dripping, grabbed, practice, treat, wagged 

Unit 5 - Story 4: Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores
Skill: Consonant Patterns ph, gh, ck, ng

1.  phone
2.  enough
3.  backtrack
4.  laugh
5.  ticket
6.  duckling
7.  graph
8.  tough
9.  photo
10.  rough
11.  cough
12.  clang
13.  back
14.  check
15.  young
16.  change

Vocabulary: adventure, climbed, clubhouse, exploring, greatest, truest, wondered 

Unit 5 - Story 5: Signmaker's Assistant

Skill: Vowel Patterns aw, au, au(gh), al

1.  talk
2.  because
3.  August
4.  caught
5.  draw
6.  walk
7.  chalk
8.  auto
9.  taught
10.  thaw
11.  fault
12.  launch
13.  idea
14.  important
15.  September
16.  October

Vocabulary: afternoon, blame, idea, important, signmaker, townspeople

UNIT 6

 Unit 6 - Story 1: Just Like Josh Gibson 
Skill: inflected endings -er, -est, -ed, -ing

1.  tried
2.  trying
3.  planned
4.  planning
5.  liked
6.  liking
7.  skipped
8.  skipping
9.  heavier
10.  heaviest  
11.  lighter
12.  lightest
13.  November
14.  December
15.  home
16.  room

Vocabulary: bases, cheers, field, plate, sailed, threw

Unit 6 - Story 2: Red, White, and Blue: The Story of THE AMERICAN FLAG

Skill: Abbreviations

1.  Mr.  
2.  Mrs.  
3.  St.
4.  Jan.
5.  Feb.
6.  Aug.
7.  Dr.
8.  Ms.
9.  Rd.
10.  Oct.
11.  Nov.
12.  Dec.
13.  Sept.
14.  Apr.
15.  Mar.
16.  birthday

Vocabulary: America, birthday, flag, freedom, nicknames, stars, stripes

Unit 6 - Story 3: A Birthday Basket for Tia
Skill: Final Syllables: -tion, -ture, -ion

1.  mixture
2.  nation
3.  section
4.  future
5.  picture
6.  action
7.  caution
8.  station 
9.  fixture
10.  motion
11.  nature 
12.  feature
13.  direction
14.  favorite
15.  present
16.  problem

Vocabulary: aunt, bank, basket, collects, favorite, present

Unit 6 - Story 4: Cowboys
Skill: Suffixes -ness, -less, -able, -ible

1.  kindness
2.  careless 
3.  goodness
4.  useless
5.  fearless
6.  darkness 
7.  sadness
8.  sickness
9.  helpless 
10.  thankless 
11.  fitness
12.  weakness
13.  cowboy
14.  anything
15.  understand
16.  special

Vocabulary: campfire, cattle, cowboy, galloped,
herd, railroad, trails

Unit 6 - Story 5: Grace for President
Skill: prefixes: mis-, mid-, micro-, non-

1.  midair
2.  misplace
3.  mislead
4.  midway
5.  misprint
6.  midday
7.  midweek
8.  misbehave
9.  midyear 
10.  mismatch 
11.  misdeed 
12.  mistake
13.  almost
14.  wouldn’t
15.  every
16.  between

Vocabulary: assembly, election, microphone, rallies, slogan, speeches