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Guide to Reading Sketch Starter
Phonics
Phonetically controlled decodable words are
presented so that the students remember
the sounds of letters.
Key Words
Key words are introduced to help the
students learn level-appropriate new words.
Main Story & Story Chant Comprehension Pattern Practice
The main stories are level appropriate and The students’ understanding of the passage The students are encouraged to practice
related to interesting, relevant curriculum- is tested through basic comprehension each story’s ma or sentence pattern by
based topics. Along with attractive questions. building different sentences from it.
illustrations, cheerful story chants capture the
students’ attention and familiarize them with
their key sentence patterns.
Word Power Fun Time
A range of vocabulary activities help the Various multisensory activities allow the
students review their newly learned words. students to engage multiple senses in class
and improve their learning.
High Frequency Words
High frequency words are listed to improve
the students’ reading fluency. Learning them
develops the students’ automatic recognition
of basic words.
Let's Review Flashcards
Fun games with captivating images help Flashcards including every key word in the
students review and practice the key words book with an accompanying illustration enable
and sentence patterns that they have learned. the students to review their vocabulary.
Co n t e n t s
Unit Theme Title Page Unit Theme Title Page

01 Autumn Leaf Crown 6 09 Cleaning Cleaning Day 40

02 Vacation Life on a Farm 10 10 Reading Reading Is Fun 44

03 Houses A Yummy House 14 11 Christmas A Letter to Santa 48

04 Weather Weather and Clothes 18 12 Playing Hide-and-Seek 52

05 Friends Who Is My Best Friend? 22 13 Spring Let ’ s En oy Spring! 56

06 Sports We Love Sports 26 14 Summer The Beach at Night 60

07 School Going to School 30 15 Public Rules At the Zoo 64

08 Stationery Drawing Outside 34 16 Shopping Going Shopping 68

Let’s Review 38 Let’s Review 72

Scope & Sequence

Flashcards
01
Q Do you like fall? Why or why not?

04 05

Phonics 02
Leaf Crown
Long Vowels
The leaves are falling.
Grace yellow Grace looks at them.
“This leaf is red.
Key Words 03
This leaf is yellow.
This leaf is orange.
This leaf is brown .”
leaf She collects them.
Then she puts them together.
She makes a leaf crown!
orange

brown High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.

is this them
crown
6 Unit 01 7
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story happens in a b . 1. red 2.

fall summer yellow

2. Grace makes a leaf a b . 3. orange 4.

necklace crown brown

3. Some leaves are .

a green b red

Fun Time
Word Power Color the leaves.
Circle and write.
1. 2.
browne spleaf Y O
R B

3. 4.
oranged xcrowny

R: red, Y: yellow, O: orange, B: brown

8 Unit 01 9
02
Q What can you see on a farm?

08 09

Phonics 06
Life on a Farm
Long Vowels
We live on a farm.
need eat Let’s make dinner.
We need peppers.
Key Words 07
We need tomatoes.
We need cucumbers.
We pick them in the garden.
We make a salad.
farm
Time to eat!
Chomp, chomp! We eat a lot!
pepper

cucumber
High Frequency Words
Circle and read these words.
a we make

garden
10 Unit 02 11
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. We live on a a b . 1. peppers 2.

farm beach tomatoes

2. We need a b for dinner. 3. cucumbers 4.

cucumbers corn potatoes

3. We make a .
a spaghetti b salad

Fun Time
Word Power Look and stick.
Check the words.
1. 2.
potato farm
pepper zoo

3. 4.
class tomato
garden cucumber

12 Unit 02 13
03
Q What is your dream house like?

12 13

Phonics 10
A Yummy House
Long Vowel
Ron wants a new house.
make bake He makes the walls .
He makes the roof .
Key Words 11
He makes the door .
He makes the window .
Then, he bakes them.
Finally, he builds the house.
wall
Wow! It looks yummy.
It is a gingerbread house!
roof

door High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
he the house

window
14 Unit 03 15
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a a b house. 1. wall 2.

gingerbread toy roof

2. Ron makes a a b for the house. 3. door 4.

floor window window

3. The house looks .

a bad b yummy

Fun Time
Word Power Look and count.
Circle and write.
1. 2.
unwindow droofr

3. 4.
miwalle bodoor

16 Unit 03 17
04
Q What do you wear on a rainy day?

16 17

Phonics 14
Weather and Clothes
Long Vowels
It is snowy!
I put on a coat .
snowy rainy
I put on gloves.

Key Words 15
It is rainy!
I put on a raincoat .
I put on rain boots.

coat
It is hot and sunny!
I put on a swimming suit .
Let’s go swimming!
glove

raincoat
High Frequency Words
Circle and read these words.
on and let

swimming suit
18 Unit 04 19
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about weather and a b . 1. a coat 2.

clothes sports gloves

2. On a snowy day, I put on a b . rain boots

3. 4.

rain boots gloves a swimming suit

3. It is and sunny. Let’s go swimming!

a rainy b hot

Fun Time
Word Power Sing and draw the weather. 18

Write the missing letters.

1. 2.

gl o v e a v oat
i c
3. 4.

r a incoat sw i m ming suit

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05
Q Who is your best friend?

21 22

Phonics 19
Who Is My Best Friend?
Long Vowel
My best friend is in this class.
June Guess who she is!
Is she tall ? Yes, she is.
Key Words 20
Is she smart ? Yes, she is.
Is she kind ? Yes, she is.
Now I know who she is.
friend It is June!

tall

smart High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
she yes it

kind
22 Unit 05 23
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a b my friend. 1. tall 2.

guessing drawing smart

2. My best friend is a b . 3. kind 4.

tall short short

3. My best friend is .
a June b Amy

Fun Time
Word Power Who is the thief? Guess and circle.
Check the words.
1. 2.
sad tall
kind short

boy girl
tall short
3. 4. smart funny
sister smart
friend slow

24 Unit 05 25
06
Q What is your favorite sport?

25 26

Phonics 23
We Love Sports
R-Controlled Vowel
My friends love sports.
Hunter Carter Hunter plays golf every day.
Ella plays tennis every day.
Key Words 24
Carter plays soccer every day.
Lily plays basketball every day.
I love sports too.
I play sports video games every day!
golf

tennis

soccer High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
play day every

basketball
26 Unit 06 27
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a b . 1. golf 2.

sports games tennis

2. Carter plays a b every day. 3. soccer 4.

basketball soccer basketball

3. I play every day.

a tennis b video games

Fun Time
Word Power Stick and do the actions.
Trace and circle.
1 2
1. 2.

a b a b

3 4
3. 4.

a b a b

28 Unit 06 29
07
Q How do you go to school?

29 30

Phonics 27
Going to School
Long Vowel
How does everyone go to school?
Jude I go to school by bus.
I go to school by bike.
Key Words 28
I go to school by subway .
How do you go to school, Jude?
Me? I go to school by skateboard !

bus

bike

subway High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
go to by
skateboard
30 Unit 07 31
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. The kids talk about how they go to a b . 1. bus 2.

school hospital bike

2. rides a a b . 3. subway 4.

bus bike skateboard

3. Jude rides a !
a skateboard b subway

Fun Time
Word Power Help the dog get to school. How does he go to school?
Write the missing letters.
1. 2.

b i ke b s b u s
i u
3. 4.

ubway sk at e b o ar d

32 Unit 07 33
08
Q What do you like to draw?

33 34

Phonics 31
Drawing Outside
Kate and Jake are at the playground.
Long Vowel
“Let’s draw pictures.”
smile
“We don’t have a sketchbook .
Key Words 32 We don’t have pencils .
We don’t have crayons .”
Kate smiles and picks up a stick .
Then she draws a picture!
sketchbook

pencil

crayon High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
don’t have draw

stick
34 Unit 08 35
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. Kate and Jake are at the a b . 1. a sketchbook 2.

classroom playground pencils

2. Kate and Jake draw on the a b . 3. crayons 4.

ground sketchbook erasers

3. Kate picks up a and draws a picture.

a stick b pencil

Fun Time
Word Power Sing along. Then find and color. 35

Circle and write.

1. 2.
pencile kcrayon

3. 4.
stickb xsketchbook

sketchbook, pencil, crayon

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 Let’s
Review

We don’t have s. I go to school by .

He makes the (window / wall). Is she (tall / short)?

He plays every day. This leaf is .

I put on s. We need s.

38 39
09
Q How often do you clean your room?

38 39

Phonics 36
Cleaning Day
R-Controlled Vowel
My family is busy today.
My mom is cleaning the kitchen .
spider
My dad is cleaning the bathroom .
My sister is cleaning the living room .
Key Words 37

I am cleaning my bedroom .
I’m done!
Oh no! A spider!
kitchen My room is still dirty!

bathroom

H ig h F r e
q ue n cy W
Circle and or d s
living room read these
words.
my am
sister

bedroom
40 Unit 09 41
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about cleaning my a b . 1. kitchen 2.

school house bathroom

2. My a b is cleaning the bathroom. 3. living room 4.

dad mom bedroom

3. There is a in my room.
a spider b bee

Fun Time
Word Power Look and stick. Then say who is cleaning where.
Trace and match.
1. 2.

3. 4.

42 Unit 09 43
10
Q Do you like reading?

42 43

Phonics 40
Reading Is Fun
Long Vowel
I love reading .
day I read storybooks with my mom.
I read newspapers with my dad.
Key Words 41
I read magazines with my brother.
I read comic books with my friends.
I read a lot every day.
Reading is fun!
read

storybook

newspaper
High Frequency Words
Circle and read these words.
I with fun

comic book
44 Unit 10 45
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a b . 1. storybooks 2. Once
upon
a
time...

reading writing newspapers

2. I read a b with my dad. 3. magazines 4.

newspapers magazines comic books

3. I love reading. Reading is !

a fun b boring

Fun Time
Word Power What is your favorite? Stick and say.
Check the words.
1. 2.
eat storybook 1
read sketchbook
2

3. 4. 4
magazine shape book
Storybook Newspaper Magazine Comic Book
newspaper comic book

46 Unit 10 47
11
Q What do you do on Christmas Day?

46 47

Phonics 44
A Letter to Santa
Long Vowels
Dear Santa ,
bike hope My name is Alice.
Please come to my house!
Key Words 45
Please bring me a cute doll .
Please bring me a nice skirt.
Please bring me a fast bike.
I am a good girl.
Santa
I hope to see you soon!

Love,
cute Alice

doll High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
me please good

fast
48 Unit 11 49
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This letter is to a b . 1. doll 2.

Santa Alice’s dad skirt

2. Alice wants a nice a b . 3. bike 4.

pants skirt bag

3. Alice is a girl.
a good b bad

Fun Time
Word Power What presents do you want? Check and say.
Write the missing letters.
1. 2.

d o ll c t ute
a o
3. 4.

fas Sant
50 Unit 11 51
12
Q Can you play hide-and-seek well?

50 51

Phonics 48
Hide-and-Seek
Long Vowel
Let’s play hide-and-seek.
play Jay Everyone, hide! Here I come!
Where is Peter? He is in the box!
Key Words 49
Where is Jay? He is under the desk!
Where is Zoe? She is behind the door!
Where is Mia?
Oh, she is outside the classroom!
hide

in

under High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
is where here

behind
52 Unit 12 53
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about playing a b . 1. in 2.

soccer hide-and-seek under

2. Jay is hiding a b the desk. 3. behind 4.

under behind on

3. Mia is the classroom.

a outside b in

Fun Time
Word Power Sing and dance. 52

Circle and write.

1. 2.
edind shide
Where is Peter? Where is Peter?

Here I am. Here I am.

Where are you, Peter?

3. 4. I’m in the box!

tunder behinda
Here I am. Here I am.

54 Unit 12 55
13
Q What can you see in spring?

55 56

Phonics 53
Let’s Enjoy Spring!
Long Vowel
Spring is here! Let’s go outside.
fly Look at the flowers. They are blooming.
Look at the butterflies . They are flying.
Key Words 54
Look at the frogs . They are jumping .
In spring , everything is beautiful.
Let’s enjoy spring!

bloom

butterfly

frog High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
look they at

jump
56 Unit 13 57
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a b . 1. flowers 2.

spring winter butterflies

2. The frogs are a b . 3. frogs 4.

sleeping jumping birds

3. In spring, everything is .
a old b beautiful

Fun Time
Word Power Find the hidden pictures.
Check the words.
1. 2.
frog walk
horse jump

3. 4.
fall bee
bloom butterfly

three butterflies , two frogs

58 Unit 13 59
14
Q Do you like the beach? Why or why not?

59 60

Phonics 57
The Beach at Night
R-Controlled Vowel
I love the beach at night.
star party The stars are twinkling.
They look amazing.
Key Words 58

The waves are crashing .

They sound amazing.
My dad is cooking .
beach It smells amazing.
We are having a beach party!

wave

crash
High Frequency Words
Circle and read these words.
are dad love

cook
60 Unit 14 61
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story happens a b . 1. look 2.

in the field at the beach sound

2. The a b are twinkling. 3. smell 4.

stars waves taste

3. We are having a at night.

a party b game

Fun Time
Word Power Find five differences between the two pictures.
Write the missing letters.
1. 2.

rash b c each
k v
3. 4.

wa v e coo
62 Unit 14 63
15
Q What rules do you have for a field trip?

63 64

Phonics 61
At the Zoo
Long Vowel
My class is at the zoo.
follow Mrs. Smith says,
“ Don’t pick the flowers.
Key Words 62
Don’t walk on the grass.
Don’t feed the animals.
Don’t touch the cages.
Can you follow the rules?”
pick
We say out loud, “Yes, we can.”

walk

feed High Frequency Words

Circle and read these words.
we can say

touch
64 Unit 15 65
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. My class is at the a b . 1. pick the flowers 2.

school zoo walk on the grass

2. Mrs. Smith says, “Don’t touch the a b .” 3. feed the animals 4.

grass cages touch the cages

3. We say out loud, “ ”

a Yes, we can. b No, we can’t.

Fun Time
Word Power Stick and say the rules.
Circle and write.
1. 2.
touchi kwalk

3. 4.
pfeed picklz

66 Unit 15 67
16
Q Where do you usually go shopping?

67 68

Phonics 65
Going Shopping
Long Vowel
Dean’s mom needs some eggs .
Dean Dean goes to the bookshop .
There aren’t any eggs.
Key Words 66

He goes to the toy shop .

There aren’t any eggs.
He goes to the supermarket .
egg
There are many eggs!
He buys them for his mom!
bookshop

toy shop
High Frequency Words
Circle and read these words.
some there any

supermarket
68 Unit 16 69
 Comprehension Pattern Practice

Choose and circle. Match and write.

1. This story is about a b . 1. eggs 2.

shopping cooking books

2. Dean goes to the a b . 3. toys 4.

restaurant supermarket shoes

3. Dean buys for his mom!

a eggs b toys

Fun Time
Word Power Sing and dance. 69

Trace and circle.

1. 2.
I go to the bookshop, rush rush rush.
a b a b
Rush rush rush, rush rush rush.

I go to the bookshop, rush rush rush.

3. 4. To buy books for mom.

a b a b

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2. On your turn, roll the die and move your
token.
3. Say the words or sentences that your token
lands on. If you can’t, you lose a turn.
4. If
 you arrive at “Finish” first, you win
the game.
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 Scope & Sequence A: Auditory | V: Visual | K: Kinesthetic-tactile

Word Count High Frequence Multisensory

Unit Theme Title Phonics Key Words Sentence Pattern
/ Lexile Words Activities

01 Autumn Leaf Crown 37 / 50L Grace, yellow leaf, orange, brown, crown is, this, them This leaf is red. V, K

02 Vacation Life on a Farm 36 / -50L need, eat farm, pepper, cucumber, garden a, we, make We need peppers. V, K

03 Houses A Yummy House 39 / 0L make, bake wall, roof, door, window he, the, house He makes the walls. V, K

04 Weather Weather and Clothes 39 / -40L snowy, rainy coat, glove, raincoat, swimming suit on, and, let I put on a coat. A, V, K

05 Friends Who Is My Best Friend? 38 / -240L June friend, tall, smart, kind she, yes, it Is she tall? Yes, she is. V, K

06 Sports We Love Sports 35 / 380L Hunter, Carter golf, tennis, soccer, basketball play, day, every He plays golf every day. V, K

07 School Going to School 38 / 190L Jude bus, bike, subway, skateboard go, to, by I go to school by bus. A, V, K

08 Stationery Drawing Outside 35 / 170L smile sketchbook, pencil, crayon, stick don't, have, draw We don’t have a sketchbook. A, V, K

09 Cleaning Cleaning Day 40 / 30L spider kitchen, bathroom, living room, bedroom my, am, sister I am cleaning the kitchen. A, V, K

10 Reading Reading Is Fun 37 /160L day read, storybook, newspaper, comic book I, with, fun I read storybooks with my friends. A, V, K

11 Christmas A Letter to Santa 42 / 160L bike, hope Santa, cute, doll, fast me, please, good Please bring me a nice doll. A, V, K

12 Playing Hide-and-Seek 41 / -180L play, Jay hide, in, under, behind is, where, here Where are you? I am in the box. A, V, K

13 Spring Let’s En oy Spring! 35 / -140L fly bloom, butterfly, frog, jump look, they, at Look at the flowers. V, K

14 Summer The Beach at Night 33 / 20L star, party beach, wave, crash, cook are, dad, love They look amazing. V, K

15 Public Rules At the Zoo 38 / 150L follow pick, walk, feed, touch we, can, say Don’t pick the flowers. A, V, K

16 Shopping Going Shopping 39 / 160L Dean egg, bookshop, toy shop, supermarket some, there, any There aren’t any eggs. A, V, K

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crown brown orange leaf

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garden cucumber pepper farm

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window door roof wall

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swimming
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kind smart tall friend

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basketball soccer tennis golf

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skateboard subway bike bus

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stick crayon pencil sketchbook

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bedroom living room bathroom kitchen

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comic book newspaper storybook read

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fast doll cute Santa

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behind under in hide

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jump frog butterfly bloom

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cook crash wave beach

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touch feed walk pick

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supermarket toy shop bookshop egg