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Reading, Writing, and Spelling

Houghton Mifflin is the reading program we use at Shawnee. The books are divided into themes. Each theme has 3-4 stories. For each story, there are core skills, vocabulary, and spelling. The following website contains plenty of information and activities for each theme of the series. Houghton Mifflin



Theme 1- Off to Adventure-Story links with skills
Story 1- Lost and Found Skills
Story 2- Mulan Skills
Story 3- The Waterfall Skills

Theme 2- Celebrating Traditions
Story 1- Keeping Quilt
Story 2- Anthony Reynoso- Born to Rope
Story 3- The Talking Cloth
Story 4-Dancing Rainbows

Theme 3- Incredible Stories
Story 1-Dogzilla
Story 2-The Giant of Barletta
Story 3-Raising Dragons
Story 4-The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

Theme 4- Animal Habitats-
Story 1-Nights of the Pufflings
Story 2-Seal Surfer
Story 3-Two Days in May

Units of Study

Extra Resources for additional reinforcement

The Fry word list is a listing of the most commonly used words in writing and reading. The following website contains the Fry word list along with other helpful exercises and information for developing reading skills Fry Word List