McGraw-Hill Wonders one st Grade

Thanks to Julie Burchfield and her first grade team from Jefferson County, Alabama, for requesting that I create packets for this new series! Each packet contains seven pages of activities and opportunities for children to explore the high frequency words for the week.

Feel free to download and reproduce these materials for your own personal classroom use, but please leave my name at the bottom of each page.

I have added supplemental activities for each week based on the phonics/spelling skill listed in the matrix. I have also added readers and some shared reading books.

Let me know if you have other requests for this series:carl1404@msn.com. Since I am a retired reading specialist I don’t have access to the teacher’s manuals, but the matrix is packed with information that will allow me to enrich your program through this web page.

Thanks for providing the opportunity to help you help yourselves and your children. Enjoy!

Cherry Carl

Mc-Graw Hill Wonders 1st Grade Collection

In an effort to make things more convenient for first grade teachers I decided to create a collection with all of the supplemental materials on it. Unit lessons have a seven page activity packet, phonics and/or spelling practice activities and a guided reader for independent practice of high frequency words and/or phonics skills.

Unit/Week

Activity Packet

Supplemental Materials

Unit 1 Week 1
does
not
school
what

Unit 2 Week 1
again
help
new
there
use

Did You See Me?
(HFW Reader)

Short E Rhyming Puzzles

Unit 2 Week 2
could
live
one
then
three

Short U Rhyming Puzzles

Contractions with ‘s
Who’s Got a Dirty Shirt?
(Read Aloud Contraction ‘s)
(Big Book)

Who’s Got a Dirty Shirt?
(Contraction ‘s Guided Reader)

Let’s Eat!
(Read Aloud Contraction ‘s)
Let’s Eat! Big Book

Unit 2 Week 3
eat
no
of
under
who

Ending Consonant Blends
nd Set
(50 pages)

nk
nt
st
sk
mp Set
(43 pages)

Let’s Eat!
(HFW Reader)

Let’s Eat Big Book

Unit 2 Week 5
around
by
many
place
walk

Consonant Digraph Ch Set

Consonant Digraph Wh Set
Coming Soon!

Consonant Digraph -tch
Final tch Sort Set
Final tch Word Wall Cards

Hanging Around with Animals
in the Wild
(HFW Reader)

Get Right On and Go!
(Read Aloud HFW)
Big Book

Unit 3 Week 1
away
now
some
today
way
why

Long a Rhyming Puzzles
(a_e)
Coming Soon!

Get This Away From Me!
(HFW Reader)

Unit 3 Week 2
green
grow
pretty
should
together
water

Could I, Should I, Would I?
(HFW Read Aloud)

Could I, Should I, Would I?
(Reader)

Long I Rhyming Puzzles
(i_e)
Coming soon!

Unit 3 Week 3
any
from
happy
once
so
upon

Soft C
Coming Soon!

Soft G
Coming Soon!

This is From Me!
(Read Aloud HFW)

Unit 3 Week 4
ago
boy
girl
how
old
people

Activity Packet

Long O Rhyming Puzzles
(o_e)

Long o: o_e

oke Set

This is Not a Joke!
(Phonics Reader: oke)

ole Set

Who Stole the Cookies?
(Phonics Reader: ole)

one Set

Give a Dog a Bone!
(Phonics Reader: one)

ope Set

ote Set

Long U Rhyming Puzzles
(u_e)

Long u: u_e
use Set
ute Set

Some People Like Purple
(HFW Reader)

This Cow Knows How
(HFW Reader)

Unit 3 Week 5
after
buy
done
every
soon
work

Variant Vowel Spellings:
Digraph oo

oom Set

oon Set

Pretty Soon, My Friend!
(HFW Reader)

Who Can Work This Machine?
(HFW Reader)

Unit 4 Week 1
about
carry
eight
give
our

Long A Rhyming Puzzles

ai and ay Set

ail Set

Who Needs a Pail?
(Phonics Reader: ail)

ain Set

ay Set

We Carry With Care
(HFW Reader)

Unit 4 Week 2
because
blue
into
or
other
small

Long E Rhyming Puzzles
ee and ea Set

eat Set
(37 pages)
ee Set
(33 pages)
eed Set
(30 pages)

Who Needs a Toolbox?
(Phonics Reader: eed)

eep Set
(36 pages)

Places to Sleep
(Phonics Reader: eep)

eet Set
(23 pages)

My Feet Can
(Phonics Reader: eet)

Unit 4 Week 3
find
food
more
over
start
warm

Long O Rhyming Puzzles
( oa, ow, oe)

long ow Set

Most People Know
(Phonics Reader: long ow)

Unit 4 Week 4
caught
flew
know
laugh
listen
were

Long I Rhyming Puzzles
(y, igh, ie)

y Set

My! My! My!
(Phonics Reader: y)

ie Set

Who Wears a Tie?
(Phonics Reader: ie)

Unit 4 Week 5
found
hard
near
woman
would
write

Compound Words:

What’s For Breakfast?
(compound word reader)

What’s For Breakfast?
(Real Aloud Big Book)

Unit 5 Week 1
four
large
none
only
put
round

R-Controlled Vowel:
ar Set
(23 pages)

Unit 5 Week 2
another
climb
full
great
poor
through

R-Controlled Vowels:
er Set
(28 pages)
ir Set
(24 pages)
or Set
(49 pages)
ur Set
(24 pages)

Unit 5 Week 3
began
better
guess
learn
right
sure

R-Controlled Vowels:
ore Set
oar

Cold Bug
(Phonics Reader: ore)

ore Family Book
(Phonics Reader)

Unit 5 Week 4
color
early
instead
nothing
oh
thought

Diphthong ou
-out Set

Check This Out!
(Phonics Reader: out)

Diphthong ow Set

Unit 5 Week 5
above
build
fall
knew
money
toward

Unit 6 Week 1
answer
brought
busy
door
enough
eyes

The Answer is . . .
(HFW read aloud)

The Answer is . . .
(HFW reader)

Unit 6 Week 2
brother
father
friend
love
mother
picture

Unit 6 Week 3
been
children
month
question
their
year

Silent Letter: wr Set

Silent Letter: kn
Silent Letter: gn

It’s Been a Long Day!
(HFW Reader)

Unit 6 Week 4
before
front
heard
push
tomorrow
your

Three Letter Blends:

scr Set
spl Set
spr Set

Things to Do in the Spring
(Phonics Reader: spr)

str Set

Unit 6 Week 5
favorite
few
gone
surprise
wonder
young

R-Controlled Vowels:

air Set

Who’s Been Sitting in My Chair?
(Phonics Reader: air)

I Love My Hair!
(Phonics Reader: air)