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Reading
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| Reading skills will be utilized in all academic
areas. However, students are exposed to wonderful literature
and word decoding skills through our reading series, McGraw-Hill
Reading. Also, Phenix City Intermediate School
participates in the Accelerated
Reader program. Click
here for a list of Accelerated Reader books, which are
available at Phenix City Intermediate School.
All students should REAP the benefits of reading by achieving 4
goals each grading period using Accelerated Reader.
Tested Skills and Vocabulary words for each each story are
listed below the weekly schedule.
Weekly Reading Schedule:
Monday: Motivation, skill, background, vocabulary
Tuesday: Guided reading of the selection
Wednesday: Reread for fluency, comprehension
questions, skills
Thursday: Skills, activities, leveled books, and
self-selected books
Friday: Skills, activities, vocabulary and skills test, read
leveled books or self-selected books
Please encourage your child to read at least 30 minutes every
day.
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Unit 1
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| Story Title |
Vocabulary |
Skills Tested on Friday |
| The Wise Old Woman |
banner, conquered, prospered, reluctantly, scroll,
summoned |
Understanding Vocabulary, Determining the Problem
and Solution, and Making Inferences. |
| The Voyage of the Dawn Treader |
approve, bruised, convenience, offend, presence,
vaguely |
Understanding Vocabulary, Determining Setting,
Determining Character Trait, and Making Inferences. |
| Wilma Unlimited |
astounding, athletic, bushel, concentrating, luxury,
scholarship |
Vocabulary, Determining Cause and Effect, and Making
Inferences. |
| The Wreck of the Zephyr |
hull, ominous, shoreline, spire, timbers,
treacherous |
Understanding Vocabulary, Determining Character
Trait, Determining Setting, and Determining the Problem and
Solution. |
| Tornadoes! |
destruction, detect, predictions, reliable, severe,
stadium |
Understanding Vocabulary, Determining Cause and
Effect, and Making Inferences |
| Unit 1 Test |
Unit 1: Time of My
Life
Students will be tested on the following Comprehension
Strategies:
-Problem and Solution
-Make Inferences
-Story Elements
-Cause and Effect
Vocabulary Strategies:
-Synonyms and Antonyms
-Context Clues
Study Skills:
-Parts of a Book (dictionary entries and index)
Listening Comprehension
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Unit 2
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| Story Title |
Vocabulary |
Skills Tested on Friday |
| The Gold Coin |
shriveled, speechless, stifling, insistent,
distressed, and despair |
Understanding Vocabulary, Make Predictions, and Form
Generalizations |
| John Henry |
acre, commotion, dynamite, grit, pulverized, and
rebuild |
Understanding Vocabulary, Fact and Nonfact, and Form
Generalizations |
| It's Our World, Too! |
auction, dangled, deliveries, donate, lecture, and
publicity |
Understanding Vocabulary, Main Idea, and Form
Generalizations |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw |
afford, permission, rejected, reserved, snoop, and
submitted |
Understanding Vocabulary, Make Predictions, and Fact
and Nonfact |
| Digging Up the Past |
arrowheads, bullet, eventually, fraction,
starvation, and violent |
Understanding Vocabulary, Main Idea, and Form
Generalizations |
| Unit 2 Test |
Unit 2: Building Bridges
Students will be tested on the following Comprehension
Strategies:
-Make Predictions
-Form Generalizations
-Fact and Nonfact
-Main Idea
Vocabulary Strategies:
-Compound Words
-Inflectional Endings
Study Skills:
-Reference Sources
Listening Comprehension
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Unit 3
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| Story Title |
Vocabulary |
Skills Tested on Friday |
| The Marble Champ |
accurate, division, glory, congratulated,
elementary, and onlookers |
Understanding Vocabulary, Steps in a Process, and
Summarize |
| The Paper Dragon |
billowed, heroic, scorched, devour, quench, and
uprooted |
Understanding Vocabulary, Sequence of Events, and
Summarize |
| Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon |
bashful, cemetery, orphanage, canvas, granite, and
tornado |
Understanding Vocabulary, Steps in a Process, and
Summarize |
| Going Back Home: An Artist Returns to
the South |
heritage, livestock, thrive, influenced, survival,
and tiresome |
Understanding Vocabulary, Author's Purpose, Point of
View, and Sequence of Events |
| Time for Kids: A Mountain of a Monument |
awesome, nostril, explosives, dedicate, hail, and
sculpture |
Understanding Vocabulary, Sequence of Events, and
Summarize |
| Unit 3 Test |
Unit 3: Imagine That!
Comprehension:
Steps in a Process
Summarize
Sequence of Events
Author's Purpose and Point of View
Vocabulary Strategies:
Multiple-Meaning Words
Figurative Language
Study Skills:
Graphic Aids
Listening
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No Child Left Behind
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