A comprehensive 10-week morning ELA program tailored to Indiana State Standards, covering phonics, morphology, word families, and reading comprehension of diverse cultural stories.
Morphology & Word Families Roots, prefixes, suffixes; irregular contractions (will not = won't); difficult word families (-ight).
Comprehension & Theme Recount fables/folktales; identify character motivations and feelings; find explicit evidence.
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Part A
Word Family Woods
Fill in the blanks with words from the -oat family:
1. The small wood b_ _ _ sailed away.
2. Can you see the fluffy white g_ _ _?
Part B
Compound Patrol
Join two small words to create a compound word.
rain + bow
combine ➔
snow + flake
combine ➔
Part C
Morphology Mountain
Break down the multisyllabic words into parts:
unfriendly
Prefix
un-
Root
friend
Suffix
_ _ _
disrespectful
Prefix
_ _ _
Root
respect
Suffix
-ful
THU
Adventure Reading Folktale
Nez Perce Legend
Coyote Steals Fire Word Count: 76
Long ago, the Fire Beings kept fire hidden on a high mountain. The animals were cold and shivering. Coyote wanted to help. He told the animals to line up along the trail. Coyote ran up the mountain and waited until the Fire Beings slept. He grabbed a burning brand and ran! As the Fire Beings chased him, Coyote passed the fire to Squirrel, who passed it to Frog, until Wood swallowed the spark. Wood still holds fire today.
A Spark of Warmth!
1
Theme Finder: What main explanation or lesson does this folktale teach?
A How animals learned to swim and jump in cold rivers.
B Why wood is able to burn and how animals got fire.
C Why Coyote always hunts alone in the mountains.
2
Cooperative Plot: How did cooperation help the animals escape with the fire?
A They lined up along the trail and passed the fire.
B They built a giant stone wall to block the Fire Beings.
C They screamed together to scare the guardians.
3
Context Explorer: What does the word brand mean in this story?
A Cold water
B Burning wood
C Metal trap
PAGE 2 OF 2 Great work this week! WEEKLY QUESTS
Morphology & Compound Words Identify compound words; divide affixes (un-, dis-, -ly, -ful) from root words; spell would/have contractions.
Comprehension & Plot Recount traditional world stories (Anansi, Coyote); determine character motivations; analyze cooperativeness in plots.
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