Letters and Sounds/Sight Words/Vocabulary Children will complete phonics activities independently or with partners. These activities help to review letters and sounds children need to decode words as they read. This section includes sight words (high-frequency words). Also, children study groups of words to enhance their speaking and writing vocabularies. Book Club Library Each unit includes 4 Book Club Library titles (4 copies of each). All Book Club Library titles relate to the theme of the unit. Children choose the books they want to read. • In the Teacher’s Guide, there is support that provides background for the teacher about each Book Club Library book, as well as discussion prompts. • In the Student Handbook, specific instructions guide students through Book Club Library readings, responses, and discussions. Writing Children will have many opportunities to write in response to reading. Each Read-Aloud lesson and each Teacher-Led Small Group Instruction Lesson has prompts for writing about reading. The “Writing Support” section at the back of this Teacher’s Guide has instruction and models related to Narrative Writing and Informative/Explanatory Writing. These writing activities are based on mentor texts. Unit Projects Suggestions for culminating Unit Projects appear at the end of each unit. There is a choice of projects, or you may choose to have children do both.
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