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Ready to Read 4:
On the Savanna

On the Savanna, the final book in our Ready to Read Kindergarten–Grade 1 series, is a nine-week adventure through the African savanna filled with fascinating animals, beautiful watercolor illustrations, and fun friends like Chase the Cheetah and Zoe the Zebra. Short, engaging lessons build reading skills in phonics, sight words, sentence structure, and fluency while introducing math concepts such as time, addition and subtraction, money, and temperature. With hands-on activities, a time capsule project, and revamped Bible Connections tied directly to each lesson, children will explore all subjects while discovering how God cares for them and His creation.

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Scope and Sequence

Check out the scope and sequence for this unit.

Lion
  • Name the vowels
  • Short and long vowel sounds
  • Digraph sounds
  • Practice adding quotation marks
  • Review punctuation marks
  • Different ways to write numbers: digits, words, tally marks
  • Psalm 65:12
  • Put on the joy of the Lord
  • Dry season
  • Wet season
  • Grassland habitats
  • Label the continents
  • Africa
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Tanzania
  • Savanna
  • Antarctica
  • Long /ā/ and short /ă/ sound
  • Compound word
  • Practice sight word again
  • Practice story problem strategies
  • Proverbs 30:30
  • The lion is mightiest
  • Proverbs 28:1
  • Be confident
  • Color the picture
  • Camouflage
  • Characteristics of an African lion: size, weight, mane, hunting, habitat, pride, diet, color
  • Match the ending punctuation
  • Practice spelling -ai words
  • Practice story problems with counters
  • Daniel 6:22a
  • God is powerful
  • Draw a picture of yourself to add to your capsule
  • Color characters and retell the story of Daniel in the lions' den
  • Characteristics of an African lion: roar, routine, babies, habitat
  • Read chapter 1 of Jess and Dan's Adventures
  • Look for -ai sounds and highlight or underline them
  • Reading comprehension
  • Practice counting by 5s
  • Complete the clocks
  • Solve story problem
  • Practice with Place Value Shapes
  • 1 Peter 5:7
  • Cast your anxieties on Him
  • Warm and cool colors
  • Color the savanna sunset
  • Bacteria
  • Characteristics of a white-backed vulture: eyesight, diet, babies
  • Scavengers
  • Practice words with the long /ē/ sound
  • Practice the -ch digraph
  • Match words to make compound words
  • Time of day: a.m. or p.m.
  • Psalm 139:7–10
  • God can lead and guide us
  • Draw a picture to show your culture and add it to your capsule
  • Maasai people
  • Nomads
  • Goats and cows
  • Maasai cultural traditions: brightly colored clothing, beaded jewelry
  • Culture: language, religion or beliefs, food, clothing, holidays, manners, family relationships, etc.
  • Practice long /ē/ and short /ĕ/ words
  • Practice sight word there
  • Identify capital letters and ending punctuation
  • Practice adding past 10
  • Practice skip counting by 5s
  • Isaiah 40:10a, 11
  • God is strong
  • Complete the dot-to-dot picture and color it
  • Characteristics of an African savanna elephant: weight, height, diet, herds, babies, life expectancy
  • Continue to practice long /ē/ and short /ĕ/ words
  • Practice spelling words
  • Add to your time capsule
  • Use your favorite strategies to solve story problems
  • 1 Peter 4:10, 11b
  • Use your gift to serve others
  • Draw candles to show how old you are
  • Gold and Ivory Elephants Charging Over Quartose Country by Thomas Baines
  • Characteristics of an African savanna elephant: tusks, trunk, ears
  • Read chapter 2 of Jess and Dan's Adventures
  • Look for -ea words that make the long /ē/ sound and highlight or underline them
  • Answer questions about the story
  • Practice counting by 10s
  • Practice adding
  • Complete the story problem
  • Build numbers with Place Value Shapes
  • 1 Samuel 16:7b
  • God looks at our heart
  • 1 Samuel 13:14
  • After His own heart
  • Characteristics of a dung beetle: habitat, diet, babies, role in ecosystem