About This Lesson
Focus: In Unit 5, students begin learning spelling alternatives that make up the advanced code. They practice making nouns plural and changing spelling when adding suffixes. In grammar, students identify sentence types (statements, questions, and exclamations) and practice creating longer sentences. They plan, draft, and edit a letter in which they express their opinions to the main character of the decodable Student Reader for Unit 5, Kate’s Book.
Number of Lessons: 22
Lesson Time: 60 minutes each. Each lesson may be divided into shorter segments.
Individual Resources: Teacher Guide, Student Workbook, Student Reader, Assessment and Remediation Guide
