| Lessons
1-36 provide important worksheet activities to assist in mastering the
essential 340 Grade 1 vocabulary words. Words were selected from a detailed computer analysis of word frequency as seen in popular Grade 1 textbooks, including Houghton Mifflin, Scholastic and Accelerated Reader. Each LESSON covers 10 new
vocabulary words and typically requires 1 week to attain mastery (when taught in a
Grade 1 classroom). Words have been arranged with the "Most
Common" at the beginning Lessons to the "Lesser Common"
toward the end, thereby providing you the most logical and efficient
order for instruction throughout the year. Exercises include
"Recognition Memory" testing - "Scrambled Letters" -
and "Sentence Writing Practice." Sentence writing for
Lessons 1-9 is typically too difficult for 1st Grade students so we
devised a special word matching activity to gain familiarity with
the new words. Students who master these words typically score in the top 10% of their Grade in end of year testing (Woodcock-Johnson Revised |
When clicking the LESSON link below, you will view two worksheets. Worksheet A covers he first 5 words taught on Monday and Tuesday, while the worksheet "B" covers the 5 words taught Wednesday and Thursday. This is the typical schedule for Grade 1 classroom teachers. If you are working with one student (or an older group), you can advance at a faster pace. In fact, tutors who use our "Student List" strategy (offered in our ReadingKEY program at readingkey.com), can typically advance two weeks in one day using our special Student List memorization techniques. In a classroom setting, however, it is better to advance at 10 words per week so the slower students do not fall behind. The "Friday Test" can be given at the end of the week to further solidify memorization of the vocabulary words. Progressing at the rate of 10 words per week enables students to learn about 350 words for the year. This can be used with an entire class or with students who are working at their own pace (as in some Remedial, Special-Ed and Gifted classes. |