Focus:
In Unit 9, students practice writing uppercase letters and learn seventeen new Tricky Words. This unit also introduces worksheets with story questions. These are comprehension questions related to the decodable Student Reader, Zack and Ann.
Number of Lessons: 23
Instruction Time:
60 minutes each (Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.)
Additional Search Terms:
uppercase letters • letter names • alphabet • handwriting
This comprehensive Teacher Guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, assessments, and other resources for teaching the Skills unit.
Student Workbooks contain activity pages that provide practice or reinforcement of skills taught in the unit. Graphic organizers, assessment tasks, and take home activities are also included in the workbooks.
These 100% decodable texts provide children an authentic reading experience and reinforce their sense of success by eliminating the distraction of encountering untaught spelling patterns. The texts are written in the style of chapter books to inspire children to want to read more.
The Assessment and Remediation Guide provides for re-teaching and reinforcement of grade-level objectives that were not mastered in Skill Strand lessons. This online-only resource assists teachers with determining students’ needs, selecting activities and materials that target those needs, adjusting instructional difficulty, and monitoring progress. Use of this resource creates continuity between core classroom and support instruction.