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​Reading

Wonders Reading Curriculum

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Click on the textbook cover or HERE, to be taken to the login page for the Wonders reading program.
​Key materials we use:
* Literature Anthology textbook ("big textbook")
* Reading/Writing textbook ("little textbook")
* "My Turn" practice workbook

OTHER Reading RESOURCES

* EPIC BOOKS                                                                                * STORYLINE ONLINE 
* AR                                                                                                * NEWSELA
* FLOCABULARY                                                                            * READWORKS
* TWEEN TRIBUNE                                                                        * KHAN ACADEMY
* ABYCYA                                                                                        * STORYNORY
* STORYTIME WITH RYAN & CRAIG                                              * DOGONEWS
* BRAINS ON                                                                                  * IXL
* SHEPPARD SOFTWARE​                                                               * MOBY MAX

wonders Resources & Activities

Wonders 1.1

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  What can stories teach you?
Comprehension Strategy: visualizing
Comprehension Skill:  character traits
Genre Study: realistic fiction
Vocabulary Strategy: context clues
Phonics & Spelling:  short vowels
                               Some Resource Links: 
  • Watch visualizing lesson videos  HERE and HERE
  • Watch character trait lesson video HERE 
  • Play a grammar: sentence fragment game HERE 
  • Play games and practice your spelling words (Spelling City)  HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words (Vocabulary City) HERE
  • Play short vowel sounds (a and i) games HERE
Small Book
​p. 22-31
Big Book
p. 10-31

Wonders 1.2

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  What can traditions teach you about cultures?
Comprehension Strategy: visualizing
Comprehension Skill:  plot-sequence
Genre Study: realistic fiction
Vocabulary Strategy: context clues
Phonics & Spelling:  short vowels
                      Some Resource Links: 
  • Watch visualizing lesson videos  HERE and HERE
  • Watch plot - sequence video lessons HERE and HERE
  • Watch a sequence video lesson HERE and HERE
  • Watch a realistic fiction video lesson HERE
  • Watch a context clues video lesson HERE and HERE 
  • See pictures of each vocabulary word HERE
  • Do your BrainPop assignments for context clues HERE  (or go through Clever.com)
  • Do your BrainPop assignment for sequencing HERE (or go through Clever.com)
  • Play a phonics short vowel sounds (e, o, u) games HERE 
  • Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
  • (Note: you can review the BrainPop assignments for Types of Sentences from before)
Small Book
​p. 38 - 47
Big Book
​p. 34 - 52

Wonders 1.3

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How do people from different cultures contribute to a community?
Comprehension Strategy:  ask and answer questions 
Comprehension Skill:  sequencing
Genre Study:  narrative non-fiction
Vocabulary Strategy:  compound words
Grammar:  subjects and predicates
Phonics & Spelling:  final e sound
                             Some Resource Links: 
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Final E spelling assignment  HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Compound Word assignment HERE
  • Watch a Compound Words lesson HERE
  • Watch and listen to a story about compound words called, Once There Was A Bull .... Frog.  Click HERE
  • Activity to practice Compound Words. Click HERE
  • Play a Compound Words matching game HERE
  • Watch a lesson and do practice exercises for Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates HERE
  • Take a practice quiz for Complete Subjects HERE
  • Take a practice quiz for Complete Predicates HERE
  • Play games and practice your spelling words (Spelling City) HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words (Vocabulary City)  HERE
Small Book
​p. 54 - 63
Big Book
​p. 58 - 71

Wonders 1.4

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How can problem solving lead to new ideas?
Comprehension Strategy:  ask and answer questions 
Comprehension Skill:  cause and effect
Genre Study:  biography
Vocabulary Strategy:  metaphors
Grammar:  subjects and predicates
Phonics & Spelling:  long a
                             Some Resource Links: 
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Long A (spelling) assignments  HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Similes & Metaphors (grammar) assignments, including play a game HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Biography assignments HERE
  • ​Watch a fun Cause & Effect song/lesson HERE
  • Watch a fun, silly animation video to see Cause & Effect example HERE
  • Watch a chain reaction "making lemonade" machine to show Cause & Effect HERE 
  • Lesson video to review Cause & Effect HERE
  • Watch a lesson and do practice exercises for Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates HERE
  • Take a practice quiz for Complete Subjects HERE
  • Take a practice quiz for Complete Predicates HERE
  • Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
Small Book
​p. 70 - 79
Big Book
​p. 74 - 91

Wonders 1.5

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  How do landmarks help us understand our country's story?
Comprehension Strategy:  ask and answer questions 
Comprehension Skill:  main idea & supporting details
Genre Study:  expository text (non-fiction)
Vocabulary Strategy:  Multiple meaning words: Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones
Grammar:  simple and compound sentences
Phonics & Spelling:  long o
                             Some Resource Links: 
  • Do your BrainPop Main Idea/Supporting Details assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Main Idea/Details assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Reading Non-Fiction assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Homonyms (Multiple Meaning Words) assignment HERE
  • ​Watch videos of fun comparisons of Multiple Meaning Words called Homophones (same spelling, different meaning) HERE and HERE and HERE
  • Advanced video about comparison of words HERE
  • Play a Homophone game at ABCYA.com HERE
  • Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
  • Find some fun riddles HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE
Small Book
​p. 86 - 93
Big Book
​p. 94 - 97
Big Book
​p. 98 - 99

Wonders 2.1

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  Why is working together a good way to solve a problem?
Comprehension Strategy:  make, confirm & revise predictions 
Comprehension Skill:  theme
Genre Study:  folktale
Vocabulary Strategy:  context clues: antonyms
Grammar:  kinds of nouns: common, proper, concrete & abstract
Phonics & Spelling:  plural words with y to i
                             Some Resource Links: 
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Making Predictions assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Jr. Theme assignment HERE
  • Do your BrainPop Theme assignments HERE
  • Play a Synonym & Antonym game at ABCYA.com HERE
  • Watch "The Emperor's New Clothes" folk tale HERE or at your Discovery Education account (assigned to you). Do the Google Classroom assignment for this video as well.
  • Practice Making Predictions with the story The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake HERE
  • Play games and practice your spelling words HERE
  • Play games and practice your vocabulary words HERE
Small Book
​p. 102 - 107
Big Book
​p. 100 - 118
Small Book
​p. 120 - 123

Other Resources

Look up the definitions of words, as well as their pronunciation and part of speech.
Look up words similar to a word (synonyms) as well as words  opposite of a word (antonym).

Teacher Read Aloud: The Wild Robot

POINT OF VIEW:  comprehension skill:  
Click HERE for a video with examples of Point of View, from McGraw Hill
Click HERE for a video that explains the different types of Point of View (9th grade English teacher animation lesson)
Click HERE for a video wrap/song about Point of View
FACT & OPINION:  comprehension skill:  
Click HERE for a video and examples of what Fact & Opinion is