Discover Phonics - PROGRAM SAMPLER

35 ★ ✦ ✶ ★ ✦ ✶ ★ ✦ ✶ ✦ • • ✶ ✦ • • ✶ ✦ • • High-Frequency Words Use the High-Frequency Word Cards to review known words. Then have children use their BLM Practice Words to tell a shared story about Bob the cat. Model for children using the word and. Say: • The word is and. • First, I find the word in my word cards. Hold up the word card for and. • Then I’ll start a new story about Bob by saying one sentence using that word. Once upon a time, a girl AND her cat were playing. Now keep adding to the story. Randomly draw a high-frequency word card from your remaining stack and say the word aloud for one of the children. Have the child find the word and use it in a sentence to tell the next part of the shared story. If children get stuck, ask questions such as: What would Bob do next? Reread Connected Texts Distribute copies of Pam and Tam, Sam and Tim, and Bob to each child. Have partners read aloud a chosen title to the group, with each child reading a page or sentence at a time. The group should follow along as each pair reads. ✦ SCAFFOLD Pair striving readers with a more proficient partner and have them practice echo reading. Daily Writing Have children write about a character from one of the books they have read. Provide the sentence frame: In the story, ____. ✶ ASSESS AND RETEACH Assess Have children use their BLM Practice Letters to build and read the words fat, hop, can. Reteach Use Worktext Page 17 to reteach the sound- spellings. For example, say: Listen to the first sound in this word: hat. What is the sound? (/h/) What letter stands for /h/ ? (h) Point to the letter on this page. After children correctly identify the letter, guide them to trace it with their finger as they say the letter aloud. Dictate these words and have children build them with their BLM Practice Letters: fat, hop, can. 37 WEEK 3 • DAY 5