Spelling Words Spelling Words (featuring short a & i) Flag Fin Ran Has Fill Sat List Sit Bag Win

Challenge Words Challenge Words (Featuring Short a & i) Picnic Plastic Rabbit Fabric Napkin

Look at the poem on the next slide. Can you find all the short a & i words?

Dad fed the snack to the cats That is a fat cat! The cats nap on Dad’s back. I hope the cats do not slip! The cats can lick the milk. The cats lick my chin.

Dad fed the snack to the cats That is a fat cat! The cats nap on Dad’s back. I hope the cats do not slip! The cats can lick the milk. The cats lick my chin.

Vocabulary Ignore Dangerous Style Passion Challenge Underestimate Proficient Heed

Ignore To refuse to pay attention to something

Dangerous Likely to cause harm or injury

Style A certain way of doing something

Passion Energy and strong feelings

Challenge To ask someone to be in a contest

Underestimate To think something will be easier than it really is

Proficient To be very good at something

Heed To listen to warning and use it to help you do something

Why do you think Marc Brown wrote this story? A.To tell about different kinds of reading races. B.To tell a fun story about Arthur. C.To explain why Reading is important.

Author’s Purpose Marc Brown wrote this story to entertain you. This is a story you will read and enjoy.

Genre This story is fiction. Fiction books are made- up.

Comprehension Strategy When you read a fiction story such as “Arthur’s Reading Race,” pay attention to the characters’ actions and the important things that happen in the beginning, middle, and end.

Social Studies A bank is a business where money is kept. Bank customers deposit, or put in, money for safekeeping. The bank is the safest place to save money. How do you save money?

Robust Vocabulary in Context

D.W. accepted Arthur’s _______ to read ten words. Challenge Underestimated Proficient Heed

Arthur _______ D.W.’s talents. Challenge Underestimated Proficient Heed

Arthur became a ______ reader by reading all the time. Challenge Underestimate Proficient Heed

Arthur did not ______ the warning on the “Wet Paint” sign. Challenge Underestimate Proficient Heed

Heed or Ignore? Wear a jacket on a cold day. Never put ketchup on your hotdog. Keep your ice cream in the oven? Read the directions for the test.

Challenge or Proficient? Catching a ball Tying a shoe Doing a handstand Eating an apple Jumping rope 50 times in a row

Dangerous or Safe? Walking across the street Playing on train tracks Picking up a stray animal Borrowing a pencil

High Frequency Words High Frequency Words

ALREADY

EIGHT

POLICE

PROVE

SIGN

BUY

EAT

KNOW

MONEY

READ