CKLA (1st)

- Use the following story structure: 1-2. Introduce character, 3-5. Introduce the problem. 6-7. Provide a bit of detail. 8-10. Solve the problem. 11-12. Wrap things up.
- Only use 1 syllable words in the story except for custom words, character, setting, and character name.
- Use dialogue when possible
- The story should have an interesting plot with a sequence of clearly connected events (do not end the story with "the end")

Unit 5, Lesson 12 (d, dd, ed /d/)

Unit 2, Lesson 11 (/or/, /ar/)

CKLA (2nd)

- Only use 1 syllable words in the story except for skill words, custom words, character, setting, and character name.
- Use dialogue when possible
- Vary sentence patterns (simple, compound, and complex)
- Use connecting words and subordinating conjunctions (while, when, as, until, etc.)
- Use the following story structure: 1-2. Introduce character and set the scene, 3-5. Introduce the problem. 6-7. Provide a bit of detail. 8-10. Solve the problem. 11-12. Wrap things up.

Unit 14, Week 1 and 2 (ow, ou /ou/)

Fundations (2nd)

- Use mostly 1 syllable words in the story except for skill words, custom words, character, setting, and character name.
- Vary sentence patterns (simple, compound, and complex)
- Use connecting words and subordinating conjunctions (while, when, as, until, etc.)
- Implement "show, not tell" descriptive techniques, incorporating sensory details (how things feel, sound, look, etc.)
- Use dialogue
- There should be a clear problem and solution

Review and Transfer Day 19

Reading Horizons (2nd)

Unit 10, Week 1 (Review vowel teams and /a/: ay, ai, eat, eigh)

Fundations (3rd)

Jude the duckling sat by the pond.  He spied some bugs and reeds.  “I would like to trade some of this fuzz for bugs,” Jude said.  He hopped in the pond and sped to the reeds. The bugs crawled on the reeds. Jude nabbed a bug. He grinned and trotted back to the pond. Jude dusted the fuzz from his bill. He had a bug and no fuzz!


Jude the duckling lived in the pond with his dad. 

Once, Jude found a drum in the sand next to the pond. He picked it up and gave it a bang. 

""That drum is loud!" Dad said. "It is close to bedtime.""

Jude said, "In a bit!" He hit the drum. "Boom!" went the drum. 

Two pals came and joined. They drummed, tapped, clapped, and sang. 

Then, the clouds got dark and the bugs stopped buzzing.

A strong wind blasted the pond, and the drum rolled.

THUD! The drum got stuck in the mud. Jude darted to grab it. 

Sid dashed to help. With Sid, Jude tugged at the drum and got it out of the mud. 

The storm passed. "It is time to rest. Time for bed!" Dad said. 

Jude nodded with a smile and said, "Drums and the band tomorrow."

The two pals hopped home and went to bed. 

Jude the duckling lived in the pond. He found a drum in the sand. What will Jude do with it?

Jude the duckling found a big drum by the pond. When he played it, the noise was so loud that even his dad noticed! What will happen when a storm comes and the drum rolls into the mud? Read to find out if Jude and his friends can save their music!