Arrowhead Elementary School

Theme 1  “Count on Me”

·        Short vowels a, e, i, o, u

·        Long vowels a_e, i_e, o_e, oo, u_e, ee, ea

·        Story characters

·        Main idea and details

·        Sentences—statements, questions, commands, exclamaitions

·        Parts of a sentence

Theme 2  “Doing Our Best”

·        Long vowels ie, igh, ai, ay, oa, ow

·        R-controlled vowels ar (car)

·        Making predictions

·        Plot

·        Singular and plural nouns

·        Proper nouns

Theme 3  “Changing Times”

·        Digraphs ch, tch,sh, th

·        Long vowel e

·        R-controlled vowels ir, ur, er, ear

·        Author’s purpose

·        Fiction & nonfiction

·        Abbreviations

·        Singular/plural possessive nouns

·        Pronouns

Theme 4  “Dream Big”

·        Digraphs kn, wr, gh, ph

·        Short vowel ea

·        Vowel diphthongs oi, oy

·        R-controlled vowels ear, eer

·        Setting

·        Locating information in text

·        Adjectives

·        Number words

·        Words that compare

Theme 5  “Better Together”

·        Vowel diphthongs ou, ow, oo, ew, ue, ui, ou

·        R-controlled vowels air, are or, ore

·        Plot

·        Graphic aids

·        Present-tense action verbs

·        Subject-verb agreement

·        Past-tense verbs

 Theme 6  “Seek and Find”

·        Vowels oo, ou, aw, au(gh), ough

·        Long vowels  ea, ei(gh), ey

·        Cause and effect

·        Making inferences

·        Irregular verbs

·        Helping verbs

·        Contractions