Introduction...IX Correlation of Skills...XIII Progress Chart...XV Unit 1: Sentences Teacher Instructions... 1 Parent Letter... 3 Is It a Sentence?... 4 Identifying Sentences... 5 Identifying Parts of Sentences... 6 Parts of a Sentence... 7 Types of Sentences... 8 Sorting Sentences... 9 Reflect and Review...10 Assessments...11 Unit 2: Nouns Teacher Instructions...15 Parent Letter...16 Common Noun Chart...17 Common Nouns...18 Singular and Plural Nouns...19 Making Plural Nouns...20 Plural Noun Chart...21 Plural Noun Trains...22 Matching Nouns...23 Plural Noun Crossword...24 Irregular Plural Nouns...25 Irregular Plural Noun Sentences...26 Proper Nouns...27 Proper Nouns All Around...28 Reflect and Review...29 Assessments...30 III
Unit 3: Pronouns Teacher Instructions... 38 Parent Letter... 39 Identifying Pronouns... 40 Choosing Pronouns... 41 Replacing Pronouns... 42 Pronouns and Nouns... 43 Finding the Pronouns... 44 Which Pronoun?... 45 Does What Pronouns... 46 Writing Pronouns... 47 Choosing the Correct Pronoun... 48 Circling Pronouns... 49 Using Pronouns... 50 Replacing Nouns With Pronouns... 51 Reflect and Review... 52 Assessments... 53 Unit 4: Special Words Teacher Instructions... 60 Parent Letter... 61 Finding Special Days... 62 Special Days... 63 Reading About Special Days... 64 Organizing Special Days... 65 Which Special Day?... 66 Reflect and Review... 67 Assessments... 68 Unit 5: Abbreviations Teacher Instructions... 70 Parent Letter... 71 Days of the Week Puzzle... 72 Months of the Year... 73 Map Abbreviations... 74 Abbreviating Street and Road... 75 Abbreviating Titles for People... 76 Who Do You Know?... 77 Reflect and Review... 78 Assessments... 79 IV
Unit 6: Verbs Teacher Instructions... 82 Parent Letter... 84 Action Verbs... 86 Present Tense Verbs... 87 Verbs in the Present Tense... 88 Making Past Tense Verbs... 89 Verbs on a Checklist... 90 Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense... 91 Past Tense Irregular Verbs... 92 Matching Verbs... 93 Finding Past Tense Verbs... 94 Adding ing... 95 Finding Verbs... 96 Choosing the Correct Verb... 97 Reflect and Review...98 Assessments...99 Unit 7: Adjectives Teacher Instructions... 107 Parent Letter... 108 Describe With Adjectives... 109 Adjective Webs... 110 Describing Words...111 Colorful Adjectives... 112 What Do Adjectives Describe?... 113 Number Words as Adjectives... 114 Numbers Describe... 115 Numbers and Colors... 116 Adjectives Describe... 117 Describing Nouns... 118 Reflect and Review... 119 Assessments...120 V
Unit 8: Capitalization Teacher Instructions... 126 Parent Letter... 127 Capital Letters...128 I and First Words... 129 Names With Capital Letters... 130 First and Last Names... 131 Capitalizing Proper Nouns...132 Specific Names of Places...133 Capitalizing Specific Places...134 All About Me...135 Months, Days, and Specials Days...136 Calendar Words... 137 Reflect and Review...138 Proofing Activities...139 Assessments...141 Unit 9: Contactions Teacher Instructions... 147 Parent Letter... 148 Identifying Contractions...149 Making Contractions...150 Contractions on a Train... 151 Contractions in Sentences...152 Was and Were Contractions...153 Would and Will Contractions...154 Sentence Contractions...155 I and You Contractions Chart...156 She and He Contractions Chart... 157 We and They Contractions Chart...158 Contractions With Not...159 Not Contractions...160 Reflect and Review...161 Proofing Activities...162 Assessments...164 VI
Unit 10: Prefixes and Suffixes Teacher Instructions... 168 Parent Letter... 169 The Prefix un...170 Un as a Prefix...171 The Prefix re...172 Re as a Prefix...173 Ing Words... 174 The Suffix ed...175 The Suffixes ed and ing...176 Word Categories... 177 The Suffix er...178 Who Am I?... 179 Reflect and Review...180 Assessments...181 Unit 10: Punctuation Teacher Instructions...185 Parent Letter...187 Periods...188 Telling and Command Sentences...189 Question Marks...190 End Marks...191 What is the End Mark?...192 Commas in Dates...193 Commas in Addresses...194 Using Commas...195 Commas in a Series...196 Words in a List...197 Reflect and Review...198 Proofing Activities...199 Assessments...201 VII
Unit 12: Word Usage Teacher Instructions... 206 Parent Letter... 208 Subject-Verb Agreement... 209 Choosing the Correct Picture... 210 Using And... 211 Combining the Does What Part...212 Combining Sentences...213 Who or What Parts Agree...214 Choosing the Correct Verb... 215 Compound Does What Parts...216 Who or What Parts...217 Making Complete Sentences...218 Reflect and Review...219 Proofing Activities...220 Assessments...222 Final Assessments Final Proofing Activity 1...227 Final Proofing Activity 2...228 Final Proofing Activity 3...229 Final Proofing Activity 4...230 Final Proofing Activity 5...231 Final Assessment: Sentences...232 Final Assessment: Nouns and Pronouns... 233 Final Assessment: Special Words and Abbreviations... 234 Final Assessment: Verbs, Suffixes, and Prefixes... 235 Final Assessment: Adjectives and Contractions... 236 Final Assessment: Capitalization and Punctuation... 237 Final Assessment: Word Usage... 238 Answer Key...239 VIII