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| Week | Quarter | Theme | Focus / Objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q1 | Community Helpers & Our Neighborhood | Short a, o, u CVC words; sight words (the, is, a, my) |
| 2 | Q1 | Homes and Families in Our Community | Short e CVC words (bed, hen, wet, ten); review short vowels |
| 3 | Q1 | Jobs and Tools People Use | Short i CVC words (pig, sit, big, win); sight words (he, she) |
| 4 | Q1 | Getting Around: Transportation | Mixed short-vowel CVC word review; sight words (see, we) |
| 5 | Q1 | Farm to Table: Where Food Comes From | Beginning consonant blends (bl, cl, fl); sight words (like, to) |
| 6 | Q1 | Keeping Us Safe: Firefighters and Police | Beginning consonant blends (st, sn, sp); sight words (with, was) |
| 7 | Q1 | Our School Community | Digraph "sh" words (ship, wish, fish); sight words (are, you) |
| 8 | Q1 | Maps and Where We Live | Digraph "ch" and "th" words; sight words (they, said) |
| 9 | Q1 | Celebrating Our Community (Quarter Review) | Review week: CVC words, blends, digraphs, cumulative sight words |
| 10 | Q2 | The Four Seasons and How They Change | Ending blends -st, -nd; digraph "sh" words; sight words (they, have, said, was) |
| 11 | Q2 | Fall Harvest and Changing Leaves | Ending blends -mp, -nk (jump, pink); sight words (from, of) |
| 12 | Q2 | Weather Patterns: Wind, Rain, and Clouds | Digraph "wh" and "ch" words tied to weather vocabulary |
| 13 | Q2 | Day and Night, Sun and Moon | Long vowel silent-e a_e words (cake, name, gate) |
| 14 | Q2 | Family Traditions and Celebrations | Long vowel silent-e i_e words (like, time, five) |
| 15 | Q2 | Winter Is Coming: Cold Weather Ahead | Long vowel silent-e o_e words (home, rope, nose) |
| 16 | Q2 | Light and Shadows in Winter | Vowel team "ea" words (leaf, seat, read); sight word review |
| 17 | Q2 | Winter Holidays and Traditions Around the World | Vowel team "oa" words (coat, boat, road); holiday vocabulary |
| 18 | Q2 | New Year, New Goals (Quarter Review) | Review week: silent-e, vowel teams, cumulative sight word dictation |
| 19 | Q3 | Animals and Their Habitats | Digraphs "ch," "th"; silent-e a_e words; sight words (from, they, said, of) |
| 20 | Q3 | Animals in Winter: Hibernation and Migration | R-controlled vowel "er" words (fern, her, term) |
| 21 | Q3 | Ocean and Water Habitats | Vowel team "oo" words (moon, food, zoo) tied to ocean theme |
| 22 | Q3 | Forest and Woodland Animals | Long vowel silent-e u_e words (cube, tune, mule) |
| 23 | Q3 | Farm Animals and Their Needs | Diphthong "ow/ou" words (cow, out, house) |
| 24 | Q3 | Insects and Small Creatures | Diphthong "oi/oy" words (boy, coin, toy) |
| 25 | Q3 | Earth's Land: Mountains, Deserts, and Rivers | R-controlled vowel "ar" and "or" words (star, corn) |
| 26 | Q3 | Caring for Animals and the Earth | Vowel team "ai" words (rain, tail, paint) |
| 27 | Q3 | Pets and Responsibility (Quarter Review) | Review week: r-controlled vowels, diphthongs, vowel teams, cumulative dictation |
| 28 | Q4 | Plants: Seeds, Roots, and How Things Grow | R-controlled "ar"/"or"; vowel team "ee"; sight words (grow, out, into, some) |
| 29 | Q4 | Parts of a Plant and What They Need | Vowel team "ee" continued and "y" as a vowel (baby, funny) |
| 30 | Q4 | From Seed to Flower: Plant Life Cycles | Compound words (sunflower, raindrop, flowerpot) building on root vocabulary |
| 31 | Q4 | Gardens and Growing Our Own Food | Vowel team "ai/ay" words (rain, day, play, way) |
| 32 | Q4 | Spring Weather and New Life | Contraction words (it's, don't, can't) introduced with support |
| 33 | Q4 | Butterflies and Insect Life Cycles | Multisyllable word segmenting (but-ter-fly, cat-er-pil-lar) |
| 34 | Q4 | Healthy Bodies, Healthy Growth | Review of soft c/g words (city, gem, cage) |
| 35 | Q4 | Looking Back: My Kindergarten Year | Cumulative review of all phonics patterns learned this year |
| 36 | Q4 | Growing Into First Grade (Year-End Celebration) | Year-end mastery check: dictation across all major phonics patterns |