1. Author: Maria Puncel Illustrator: Ed Martinez Genre: Realistic Fiction
The New Friend
Author:
Maria Puncel
Illustrator:
Ed Martinez
Genre:
Realistic Fiction

2. Word Work - Vowel Combinations - ou, ow
ow l ou t g ow n l ou d c ow sh ou t

3. Practice
town
mouse
cloud
round
couch
proud
house
nightgown

4. Let’s Read 1. shut shout gain gown pond pound
2. proud loud house mouse down town
3. heal howl coach couch brown brain
4. cow mouth clown round now cloud
5. chew wood basket chirp
6. burst took group clue
7. loud loudly house lighthouse gown nightgown
8. The baby cow is brown and white.
9. A barn owl looks for a mouse.

5. Word Reading shout proud town clown flew clue couch mouth grew loud
pound
house
brown
mouse
group
howl
round
downtown
lighthouse
nightgown

6. Understanding Characters
Remember that you can learn a lot about what story characters are like from their words and actions.
Use what the characters say and do as clues.
Figure out how they feel and why they act the way they do.
You can list the clues, or text evidence, on a chart.

7. The New Friend Day 2

8. Word Work
ray raw jar joy nose noise kite caught lunch launch tie toy Jane join

9. Let’s Read 1. shut shout gain gown pond pound
2. proud cloud house mouse down town cow mouth
3. heal howl coach couch brown brain clown round
4. chew wood basket chirp
5. burst took group clue
6. loud loudly house lighthouse gown nightgown
7. Scout sat on the couch. Scout found a brush.

10. High Frequency Words
buy
city
family
myself
party
please
school
seven

11. The New Friend Day 3

12. Words to Read Segment Syllables
contest
downtown
outside
loudspeaker
tallest
sunrise
happiest

13. High - Frequency Words buy city family myself party please school
seven

14. Let’s Read words with vowel combinations - oi, oy, au, aw
pay paw lunch launch fail foil
toy boy fault vault joint point
drew draw purse pause joy jay
voice hawk coins saw straw haul
good first soup hook
sharp food blue forget
noise noisy joy joyful draw redraw
Dawn had a nice voice.
Dawn’s voice was loud.

15. Word Reading pay foil toy voice pause drew coins draw noise stew
launch
vault
boy
purse
haul
joyful
straw
joint
loud
sawmill

16. The New Friend Day 4

17. Sentences The family bought a new house in the city.
They found a home in town by the school.
The bride will buy a beautiful gown for her wedding.
It was my fault that I had to sit by myself.
Please find your seats now!

18. High Frequency Words Unit 5
few
window
shall
night
baby
begins
eight
follow
again
along
began
boy
ready
kinds
covers
country
buy
city
family
myself
noise
world
loudly
story
learning
until
years
young
father
house
nothing
together
earth
warms
soil
almost
party
please
school
seven

19. High Frequency Words Unit 4
think
bring
before
light
about by
car
could
first
food
ground
right
work
great
talk
paper
want
old
try
use
because
carry
show
around
don’t
maybe
sure
there
sometimes
these
under
your
were
soon
laugh
done
more
wash
mother
door

20. High Frequency Words Unit 3
blue
cold
far
little
been
brown
know
never
down
fall
goes
green
four
five
into
over
bird
fly
bath
long
live
their
water
where
off
out
own
very
grow
new
open
yellow
starts
three
two
watch
eyes or
those
walk

21. High Frequency Words Unit 2
away
call
come
every
hear
said
her
now
our
after
draw
picture
read
was
write
animal
how
make of
some
why
she
today
would
eat
give
one
put
small
take

22. High Frequency Words Unit 1
and be
help
play
with
you
for
have he
look
too
what do
find
funny
sing no
they
all
does
here me my
who
friend
full
good
hold
many
pull