Reading/ Language-Arts Series:
Journeys Common Core
Words to Know: these are basic sight words
your child will be responsible for learning
and will be assessed on. (Your child will be
responsible for reading many other words
within each lesson).
Spelling: Spelling principal and basic words
Grammar: Targeted skill
Writing: Writing mode and form
Lesson 1: What is a Pal?
Words to Know: and, be, help, you, play,
with
Spelling: Short a- am, at, sat, man, dad, mat
Grammar: Nouns
Writing: Narrative Writing, labels
Lesson 2: The Storm
Words to Know: for, what, have, he, look,
too
Spelling: Short i-if, is, him, rip, fit, pin
Grammar: Nouns
Writing: Narrative writing, captions
Lesson 3: Curious George at Schools
Words to Know: do, find, funny, sing, no,
they
Spelling: Short o- log, dot, top, hot, lot, ox
Grammar: Action Verbs
Writing: Narrative writing, sentences
Lesson 4: Lucias Neighborhood
Words to Know: all, does, here, me, my, who
Spelling: Short e- yet, wet, web, leg, pen,
hen
Grammar: adjectives
Writing: Narrative writing, class story
Lesson 5: Gus Takes the Train
Words to Know: friend, full, good, hold,
many, pull
Spelling: Short u- up, bug, mud, nut, hug,
tub
Grammar: adjectives
Writing: Narrative writing, class story
Lesson 6: Jack and the Wolf
Words to Know: away, call, come, every,
hear, said
Spelling: Short a- an, bad, can, had, cat, ran,
add, pass
Grammar: Complete sentences
Writing: Informative writing, sentences that
describe
Lesson 7: How Animals Communicate
Words to Know: animal, how, make, of,
some, why
Spelling: Short i- in, will, did, sit, six, big,
trip, grin
Grammar: Sentence Parts
Writing: Informative writing, poetry
Lesson 8: A Musical Day
Words to Know: her, now, our, she, today,
would
Spelling: Short o- on, got, fox, hop, pop,
not, block, clock
Grammar: Statements
Writing: Informative writing, thank-you note
Lesson 9: Dr. Seuss
Words to Know: after, draw, pictures, read,
was, write
Spelling: Short e-yes, ten, sled, let, bed,
step, red, get
Grammar: Singular and Plural nouns
Writing: Informative writing, description
Lesson 10: A cupcake party
Words to Know: eat, give, one, put, small,
take
Spelling: Short u-us, fun, jump, sun, bus,
must, but, run
Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
Writing: Informative writing, description
Lesson 11: Sea Animals
Words to Know: blue, cold, far, little, live,
their, water, where
Spelling: th words: that, then, this, them,
with, bath, tenth, thick
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Writing: Informative writing, sentences that
inform (adverbs)
Lesson 12: How Leopard Got his spots
Words to Know: been, brown, know, never,
off, out, own, very
Spelling: ch, tch: chin, chip, much, chop,
rich, chick, match, pitch
Grammar: Proper Nouns
Writing: Informative writing, instructions
Lesson 13: Seasons
Words to Know: down, fall, goes, green,
grow, new, open, yellow
Spelling: sh wh ph: ship, when, shell, Writing: Narrative writing, friendly letter
shop, whip, graph, which, fish
Grammar: Subjects and Verbs
Writing: Informative writing, sentences that
inform (adverbs)
Lesson 14: The Big Race
Words to Know: four, five, into, over,
starts, three, two, watch
Spelling: Long a: came, late, waves, make,
gave, chases, brave, shape
Grammar: Verbs and Time
Writing: Informative writing, report
Lesson 15: Animal Groups
Words to Know: bird, fly, those, both, long,
walk, eyes, or
Spelling Words: Long i- time, bike, stripe,
like, white, mice, kite, drive
Grammar: The verb be
Writing: Informative writing, report
Lesson 16: Lets go to the Moon
Words to Know: around, because, before,
bring, carry, light, show, think
Spelling Words: Long o- so, hold, joke, bone,
go, no, poke, chose, home, rope, stove,
wrote
Grammar: Questions
Writing: Narrative writing, sentences about
yourself (main idea)
Lesson 17: The Big Trip
Words to Know: about, could, sure, by,
dont, there, car, maybe
Spelling: Long e- me, be, read, feet, tree,
keep, eat, mean, sea, these, street, please
Grammar: Kinds of sentences
Writing: Narrative writing, sentences about
yourself (main idea)
Lesson 18: Where Food Comes From
Words to Know: first, food, ground, right,
sometimes, these, under, your
Spelling: ai, ay-play, grain, sail, mail, may,
rain, way, day, stay, pain, paint, spray
Grammar: Names of Months, Days, Holidays
Lesson 19: Tomas Rivera
Words to Know: done, great, laugh, paper,
soon, talk, were, work
Spelling: oa, ow-show, blow, road, row,
snow, toad, grow, boat, flown, low, coat,
toast
Grammar: Future tense
Writing: Narrative writing, personal
narrative
Lesson 20: Little Rabbits Tale
Words to Know: door, old, want, more, try,
wash, mother, use
Spelling: Compound Words-bedtime, sunset,
bathtub, flagpole, backpack, playpen,
raincoat, inside, himself, rowboat,
homemade
Grammar: Prepositions and Prepositional
Phrases
Writing: Narrative writing, personal
narrative
Lesson 21: The Tree
Words to Know: better, saw, turned, night,
thought, window, pretty, told
Spelling: R controlled- far, arm, yard, art,
jar, bar, barn, bark, card, yarn, smart, chart,
Grammar: Subject pronouns
Writing: Narrative writing, story sentences
(dialogues)
Lesson 22: Amazing Animals
Words to Know: baby, begins, eight, follow,
learning, until, years, young
Spelling: R controlled- her, fern, girl, sir,
stir, bird, fur, hurt, turn, third, curl, first
Grammar: Pronoun I
Writing: Narrative writing, story sentences
(vivid verbs)
Lesson 23: Whistle for Willie
Words to Know: again, boy, nothing, along,
father, together, began, house
Spelling: oo- look, book, good, hook,
brook, took, foot, shook, wood, hood,
crook, hoof
Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
Writing: Narrative writing, story summary
Lesson 24: A Butterfly Grows
Words to Know: also, anything, flower, kind,
places, ready, upon, warm
Spelling: oo, ou, ew-soon, new, noon, zoo,
boot, too, moon, blew, soup, you, grew,
scoop
Grammar: Pronouns and Verbs
Writing: Narrative writing, story
Lesson 25: The New Friend
Words to Know: buy, myself, school, seven,
city, party, family, please
Spelling: ou, ow- how, cow, now, owl,
ouch, house, found, out, gown, town,
shout, power
Grammar: Contractions
Writing: Narrative writing, story
Lesson 26: The Dot
Words to Know: above, pushed, teacher,
bear, studied, toward, even, surprised
Spelling: endings -ed, -ing- mix, mixed, hop,
hopped, hope, hoping, run, running, use,
used, writing, grabbed
Grammar: exclamations
Writing: Opinion writing, opinion sentence
Lesson 27: What Can You Do?
Words to Know: always, different, enough,
happy, high, near, once, stories
Spelling: endings: -er, -est- hard, harder,
hardest, fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower,
slowest, short, shorter, shortest
Writing: Opinion Writing, opinion sentences
Lesson 28: Days with Frog and Toad
Words to Know: across, ball, cried, head,
heard, large, second, should
Spelling: Words with-igh, y, ie- my, fly, pie,
light, try, by, cried, myself, sky, dry, night,
brighter
Grammar: adjectives
Writing: Opinion writing, opinion sentences
Lesson 29: Inspector Hopper
Words to Know: almost, any, behind, gone,
happened, hello, idea, leaves
Spelling: Suffixes: Words ending with -ful, -
ly, -y- Sad, sadly, slow, slowly, dust, dusty,
trick, tricky, help, helpful, quickly, hopeful
Grammar: Adverbs
Writing: Opinion writing, opinion paragraph
Lesson 30: Winners Never Quit
Words to Know: brothers, everyone, field,
loved, most, only, people, sorry
Spelling: Syllables: (CV pattern) even, baby,
paper, below, open, tiger, zero, because, begin,
music, table, silent
Grammar: Adjectives that Compare
Writing: Opinion writing, opinion paragraph