Publisher's Synopsis
Designed to be the second unit in first grade, Word Detectives supports students' word solving skills and their knowledge of high-frequency words. This playful unit expands on the important work that the entire series does to support youngsters' foundational reading skills.
In this unit, students will:
- Learn to monitor their reading
- Develop their word-solving skills
- Become more adept at using letter-sound correspondence to tackle tricky words
- Increase their bank of high-frequency words
- Become more confident at using the words they know 'in a snap' to solve unknown words
- Develop their fluency skills
The Word Detectives Trade Pack includes age-appropriate trade books that are used in the units to model effective writing techniques, encourage students to read as writers, and provide background knowledge.
- A Country Mouse and a Town Mouse by Aesop
- Lost Socks by Dawn McMillan
- Nate the Great by Marjorie W. Sharmat, Craig Sharmat, Mitchell Sharmat
- The Birthday Boy by Debbie Croft
