© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-56 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide Answers: 1. the toy shop 2. Brent 3. five more coins 4. coins E • Spell words with diphthongs Point to the Letters to Use box and model pronunciation of each diphthong as you point to it. Have children repeat. Explain to children that they will use these letters to spell words from “The New Toy” correctly. Point to the example. Say toy aloud, emphasizing the vowel sound. Say: This word is missing letters. Where are the missing letters? (end) Which letter pair comes at the end of a word? (oy) So how do you spell toy? (toy) Point to the word in the title of “The New Toy,” if necessary. Write the letters oy on the line to complete the word. Have children complete the activity. If children need help, model pronunciation of the whole word or point to the page of “The New Toy” where the word appears. Answers: 1. oi (points) 2. oi (coins) 3. oy (boys) 4. oy (enjoy) F • Spell words with diphthongs Point to the Letters to Use box and model pronunciation of each diphthong as you point to it. Have children repeat. Explain to children that they will use these letters to spell words from “The New Toy” correctly. Point to the example. Say now aloud, emphasizing the vowel sound. Say: This word is missing letters. Where are the missing letters? (end) What is the vowel sound in now? (/ow/) How do you spell that sound? (ow) So how do you spell now? (now) Point to the word on page 7 of “The New Toy,” if necessary. Write the letters ow on the line to complete the word. Have children complete the activity. If children need help, model pronunciation of the whole word or point to the page of “The New Toy” where the word appears. Answers: 1. ew (new) 2. ow (how) 3. ow (Howard) 4. ew (few) Differentiated Instruction • Scaffold After you model, have children chorally read the decodable words and high frequency words on the back cover of “The New Toy.” Have partners or groups of three think of and say a sentence using one or more of the words. • Amplify Challenge children to write new sentences with words that have a diphthong or final consonant blend. Partners should check each other’s work for spelling mistakes. Show What You Know Informal assessment Read a page from “The New Toy” and then ask children to spell a word from that page. For example, say: I need five more coins. How do you spell coins? Repeat this process several times to assess different words.
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