{
"week": 31,
"day": "Monday",
"topic": "Vocabulary in Reading",
"subtitle": "Story words and story elements",
"icon": "📖",
"pages": [
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "objectives",
"title": "Here's What We're Learning",
"note": "This week we learn rich vocabulary FROM the stories we read, and we learn the four story elements every tale has. When you meet an unfamiliar word, use clues: sound it out by syllables, and look at the words around it!",
"bullets": [
"CHARACTER: who the story is about",
"SETTING: where and when the story happens",
"PROBLEM: the trouble the character faces",
"SOLUTION: how the trouble gets fixed",
"Decode big words chunk by chunk: <strong>treas-ure</strong>, <strong>lan-tern</strong>, <strong>cou-rage</strong>"
]
},
{
"type": "word_cards",
"title": "Word Cards",
"note": "Read each word. These story words will appear in our reading all week.",
"cards": [
{"word": "journey", "def": "a long trip", "write_line": true},
{"word": "village", "def": "a very small town", "write_line": true},
{"word": "whisper", "def": "to speak very softly", "write_line": true},
{"word": "courage", "def": "being brave when you are scared", "write_line": true},
{"word": "curious", "def": "wanting to know more about something", "write_line": true},
{"word": "gather", "def": "to collect or come together", "write_line": true},
{"word": "treasure", "def": "something very valuable", "write_line": true},
{"word": "meadow", "def": "a grassy field with flowers", "write_line": true},
{"word": "lantern", "def": "a light you can carry", "write_line": true},
{"word": "promise", "def": "to say you will really do something", "write_line": true},
{"word": "distant", "def": "far away", "write_line": true},
{"word": "wander", "def": "to walk around without a plan", "write_line": true}
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "spelling_story",
"title": "Spelling Story: The Lantern in the Meadow",
"note": "Read the story. Circle each spelling word as you find it.",
"story": "In a small <strong>village</strong> at the edge of a green <strong>meadow</strong>, a girl named Pia loved to <strong>wander</strong>. One evening she saw a <strong>distant</strong> light flickering past the hills. '<strong>Curious</strong>,' she said with a <strong>whisper</strong>. She made a <strong>promise</strong> to her mother to be home by dark, lit her <strong>lantern</strong>, and began her <strong>journey</strong>. It took <strong>courage</strong> to cross the shadowy field alone! At the end of the path, she found fireflies starting to <strong>gather</strong> above a pond -- a glowing, dancing <strong>treasure</strong> better than gold."
},
{
"type": "practice",
"title": "Story Elements Hunt",
"note": "Think about the story above. Fill in each story element.",
"items": [
{"text": "Character (who): ______"},
{"text": "Setting (where/when): ______"},
{"text": "Problem or goal: ______"},
{"text": "Solution or ending: ______"}
]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "vowel_sort",
"title": "Syllable Sort",
"note": "Sort the words by their number of syllables. Clap them out!",
"columns": ["2 syllables", "3 syllables"],
"rows": [
["journey", "village*"],
["whisper", "curious"],
["gather", "treasure*"],
["meadow", "courage*"],
["lantern", ""],
["distant", ""],
["wander", ""],
["promise", ""]
]
},
{
"type": "copy_practice",
"title": "Copy Practice",
"note": "Copy each word neatly. Whisper it as you write it!",
"words": ["journey", "village", "whisper", "courage", "curious", "gather", "treasure", "meadow", "lantern", "promise", "distant", "wander"]
}
]
},
{
"sections": [
{
"type": "fill_blank",
"title": "Fill in the Blank",
"note": "Choose a word from the word bank to complete each sentence.",
"wordbank": ["whisper", "meadow", "courage", "lantern", "gather", "journey", "distant", "village"],
"items": [
"We lit the ____ when the campsite got dark.",
"Butterflies floated over the sunny ____.",
"You must ____ in the library so others can read.",
"It took ____ to jump off the diving board.",
"Let's ____ sticks to build a little fort."
]
},
{
"type": "sentence_writing",
"title": "Sentence Writing",
"note": "Write a complete sentence using each word.",
"items": ["treasure:", "curious:", "promise:", "wander:"]
},
{
"type": "word_journal",
"title": "Word Journal",
"note": "Draw the setting from today's story: the meadow at dusk with the lantern glowing.",
"lines": 2
}
]
}
]
}