Text Set 2: Observing the Sun Whole- and Small-Group Instruction Options The following steps offer specific instruction you may use if you are guiding children through this text set in whole- or small-group instruction. Get Ready to Read Phonemic Awareness Let children know that as they read each text in this set, they will use what they’ve learned about finding all the sounds in words. Play “Take Apart” Play a game in which children segment sounds and then blend and say words. • Model: Explain that you will say a word and then ask children to identify each sound in the word. Say: Listen: hat. What’s the beginning sound? (/h/) What’s the middle sound? (/a/) What’s the ending sound? (/t/) Pause for children’s responses between each request. Then write or have children write the words after each turn. • Play: Use these words: tap, tip, net, hot, sun Check Readiness of Target Skills You may use the Text Set 2 Readiness Check to identify children’s readiness for the targeted elements in this text set. Remind children to pay attention to each letter in a word. Also remind them that an apostrophe shows ownership and that when they blend a word with an apostrophe, it doesn’t make a sound. Text Set 2 Readiness Check Consonants and Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u CVC and VC Words With Consonants and Short Vowels a, e, i, o, u bag fun get up sip is mug yet jam bun wet did bit not can Possessives with ‘s kid’s dog’s Dad’s Pat’s Use observations from this activity to determine needs for additional support and to inform grouping. Introduce/Review High-Frequency Words Each text in this set uses the following four words. Use the steps to teach or review the words. • Display the word. Say it aloud and have children repeat. • Use the word in a sentence. Discuss the word and its meaning or usage with children. • Identify known and unknown parts of the word. (See specifics below.) HFW Specifics Use it in a sentence. Identify known and unknown parts. I I have a cat. • The letter I can also be a word. The letter I says the /ī/ sound when it is a word. like I like to play with my friend. • Find the 3 sounds in like : /l/ /ī/ /k/. • Identify the beginning and ending sound-spellings children have learned: /l/ l , /k/ k . • Identify the other regular sound-spelling: Letter i says the /ī/ sound in this word. The last letter e is silent. see Do you see the sun? • Find the 2 sounds in see : /s/ /ē/.
• Identify the beginning sound-spelling children have learned: /s/ s . • Identify the other regular sound-spelling: Letters e-e say /ē/ in this word. • Find the 2 sounds in to : /t/ /oo/. • Identify the beginning sound-spelling children have learned: /t/ t . • Identify the other regular sound-spelling: The letter o says /oo/ in this word.
to We go to bed.
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