Language and Literacy

Read on Your Own

Focus on Genre

Realistic Fiction Realistic fiction tells a story that could actually happen. The characters and events could be real. This realistic fiction tells about a boy who hears a scary story.

Focus on Words

Words with Vowel Spellings When you read and come to a word you don’t know, blend the sounds together to read it. You have just learned about words with these spellings:

oioy
ouow
ewoo
auaw
alall
illustration of a cloud and the word cloud

High Frequency Words Say these words as whole words when you read.

asuntil
sentencebut
ideaseemed
plantseach
intomade
illustration of a night scene of a haunted house, trees, and flying owl