Phonics Skill: Variant Vowels Reading Vocabulary: au, aw, alt, alk, all, ough Spelling Words: awareness-when you have awareness of a problem, Examples: yawn, taught, salt, lawn, you know about it halls, hauls, hawks, au as in haul squawk, bought, bawls, pollution-dirt or garbage in drawing, caused, paused, the environment aw as in hawk crawled, coughing emphasize-to point out alt as in salt Challenge Words: something so other people will notice alk as in talk walrus, autumn utilize-when you make all as in ball good use of something ough as in cough 3rd Grade 4.4 Ramona and Her Father Reading Vocabulary; anxious-when you are worried or nervous about Phonics Skill: something Homophones (words that Spelling Words: sound alike, but are spelled cross-angry differently and have sale, sail, beet, beat, rode, different meanings) managed-to have been in road, rowed, its, it’s, your, charge of planning, you’re, there, they’re, Examples: organizing, and running a peace, piece particular event bear vs. bare Challenge Words: The bear roamed through alarmed-something or the forest. someone caused you to seen, scene I put my bare feet in the feel frightened water. pretend-to imagine or make believe something is happening
Spelling Words: yawn, taught, salt, lawn, halls, hauls, hawks, squawk, bought, bawls, drawing, caused, paused, crawled, coughing Challenge Words: walrus, autumn Phonics Skill: Variant Vowels au, aw, alt, alk, all, ough Examples: au as in haul aw as in hawk alt as in salt alk as in talk all as in ball ough as in cough Reading Vocabulary: awareness-when you have awareness of a problem, you know about it pollution-dirt or garbage in the environment emphasize-to point out something so other people will notice utilize-when you make good use of something 3rd Grade 4.4 Ramona and Her Father Spelling Words: sale, sail, beet, beat, rode, road, rowed, its, it’s, your, you’re, there, they’re, peace, piece Challenge Words: seen, scene Phonics Skill: Homophones (words that sound alike, but are spelled differently and have different meanings) Examples: bear vs. bare The bear roamed through the forest. I put my bare feet in the water. Reading Vocabulary; anxious-when you are worried or nervous about something cross-angry managed-to have been in charge of planning, organizing, and running a particular event alarmed-something or someone caused you to feel frightened pretend-to imagine or make believe something is happening