The passage provides an overview of a weekly reading selection from a literacy program. It introduces the title "The Jones Family Express" by Javaka Steptoe, which is a realistic fiction story about a family's journey. Key vocabulary words that will be encountered in the story are defined. The passage also outlines phonics, spelling, vocabulary and grammar skills that will be the focus of exercises related to the reading selection, including decoding words with certain phonetic patterns and the use of future tense verbs.

1. Unit 3: Discoveries Weekly Theme: Making Journeys Selection 4: Title: The Jones Family Express Author: Javaka Steptoe