CARD 52 FOLKTALE Henny Penny
Genre: Folktale A story that has been passed down orally through generations and has many retellings Summary: When a nut falls on her head, Henny Penny believes the sky is falling. She decides to go and tell the King. Turkey Lurkey joins her, but Foxy Loxy has other plans for Henny Penny and Turkey Lurkey.
Before Reading Connect Sound-Spelling: Long e ( y , ey ); Long i ( y )
Remind children that sometimes two letters make one sound. Write the word key for children. Ask children which letters make the /ē/ sound in the key . Have a volunteer circle the letters ey . Explain that the letter y can sometimes make the /ē/ sound found at the end of a word. Write the word happy for children. Have a volunteer circle the letter y that ends the word. Next, write the word sky for children. Ask children which long vowel sound they hear at the end of the word sky . Point out that the letter y can also make the /ī/ sound at the end of some words. Then have a volunteer circle the letter y . List other words that end with the letter y or the letters ey . Have children read each word, name the long vowel sound they hear at the end of the word, and circle the letter or letters that make that sound. Model Blending Sounds to Make Words Model for children how to use /ē/ spelled y or ey to read new words. Write the letters f, u, n, n, y for children. Run your finger under the letters as you slowly blend together all the sounds to read the word funny , /f/ /u/ /n/ /ē/. Next, model for children how to use /ī/ spelled y to read new words using the word try . Practice Reading Decodable Words For more practice, write the following words for children to read: my sneaky why fly sunny Foxy Loxy happy Henny Penny try rainy • Read the names of the two story characters and clap the syllables in each name. Ask children to name the sound the letter y makes in Henny Penny and in Foxy Loxy .
Phonics Focus • Long e ( y , ey ) • Long i ( y )
Decodable Words with Targeted Sound-Spelling • Henny Penny, Foxy Loxy, sneaky • my, fly, sky
New High-Frequency Word • were
Story Words • Turkey Lurkey, hungry, falling
• Ask children to find all the words that rhyme with fly. Introduce the High-Frequency Word: were Write the high-frequency word were in a sentence. We were at home. Read aloud the sentence.
Phonemic Awareness and Sound-Spellings Reviews • /ō/ spelled oa, ow
Ask children to listen for and say the vowel sound in each of these words. Read the words to the children. • boat cloak float toad • below follow low row • show throw road slow Then read each row again. Invite children to say the letters that spell the vowel sound in each word. MLs Note: See page 7 for ways to leverage children’s home language.
• Ask children to find and circle the high-frequency word were . Elicit that were begins with the /w/ sound. Write the word. Then have children take turns reading, spelling, and tracing the word were . • Help children write the word were . First Reading • Read the title and have children repeat it. • Write Turkey Lurkey for children and introduce him as a story character. Then introduce the story words hungry and falling . Write the words for children, read them, and have children repeat them after you read. • Read aloud the story, modeling how it should be read, echo-read it, or have children whisper-read on their own. • Invite children to take turns reading to a partner. Listen to children read and give help as needed.
Short Reads Decodables
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