Discover Phonics - PROGRAM SAMPLER

49 ✴ ★ ✦ ✴ ★ ✦ ✴ ★ ✦ ✴ ✦ • • ✴ ✦ • • ✴ ✦ • • Spelling VCe Words Have students track the spelling words list on Worktext Page 7 as you read each word aloud and provide these context sentences: • age: Hold old are you? Hold up your fingers to show your age. • change: The weather can change from sunny to cloudy. • cute: Puppies and kittens look so cute. • here: Stand here next to me. • huge: An elephant is a huge animal. • kite: It’s fun to fly a kite on a windy day. • mine: This is my notebook. It is mine. • nice: A nice person held the door for me. • note: Sometimes I write a note to your parents. • page: Each page in the book has a picture. • pile: I rake leaves into a big pile. • place: The park is my favorite place to go. • race: I can never run fast enough to win a race. • same: I carry the same bag to school each day. • snake: I saw a snake crawling in the grass. • stove: I cook eggs in a pan on the stove. • take: I take my bag home with me each day. • time: The bell rings when it is time to go home. • vote: Each person can vote on which story they liked best. • where: The classroom is where we learn each day. Have partners work together to build each spelling word using their BLM Practice Letters and the Spelling Word list on Worktext Page 7. Daily Writing Dictate each sentence and have students write each one on a different line. • I made a huge red kite. • Did you run in a race with Pete? • Where is the best place to sit? Have students use the proofing marks on BLM 2.5 to proofread their work independently or with a partner. ✦ SCAFFOLD During proofreading, provide students with a copy of the dictation sentences for comparison. Have them use a highlighter to trace the correct spellings of words they misspelled during dictation. ✷ ASSESS AND RETEACH Assess Have the student read aloud the first two columns of words on Worktext Page 9. Allow students time to self-correct. Reteach If a student doesn’t consistently accurately read words with the VCVe pattern, have themmark up the words on Worktext Page 9. Students should write v in blue below all the vowels except the e at the end. Show them how to cross out the e and add a long vowel mark, or macron, above the vowel that is modified by it. Then model sounding out the words using Phonics Routine 5. 17 WEEK 2 • DAY 1