© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-62 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide correctly completes each. Model pronunciation of the sentence frames and have children repeat. Answers: 1. were, mother 2. world 3. write C • Isolate consonant blends Model item 1. Say: These words are all from “I Lost a Tooth!” They are all missing the vowel team oo. Add the letters and read the word. Model adding oo to the first word. Ask: What word did we write? (school) Have children finish the activity by decoding each word and saying it aloud. Answers: 1. school 2. good 3. mood 4. books 5. look 6. tooth 7. cook 8. soon Page P-96 D • Read with purpose Explain to children that they will answer questions about “I Lost a Tooth!” Read the example question aloud. Then point to page 4. Ask: What does the boy say? (Look, Mom, I lost a tooth!) Return to Activity D. Ask: So what’s the answer to this question? What happened at school? (The boy lost a tooth.) Write the sentence on the line to answer the question. Ask the questions aloud and have children answer them. Encourage them to use complete sentences. Have them identify the page that helps them answer each question. Answers: 1. They were reading books with their mother. 2. Mom will cook soft foods. 3. Dad is on a trip on the other side of the world. 4. He will write a message. E • Sort and alphabetize a series of words Explain to children that they will organize the words in the Words to Use box according to how they are pronounced. Say: All these words are spelled with oo. Some sound like short /oo/, and some sound like long /oo/. If the word has a short /oo/ sound, write it in the first column. If the word has a long /oo/ sound, write it in the second column. Model with the word school. Once children have sorted the words, have them alphabetize each list. Answers: short /oo/ sound: books, cook, good, look long /oo/ sound: mood, school, soon, tooth Differentiated Instruction • Scaffold After you model, have children chorally read the decodable words and high frequency words on the back cover of “I Lost a Tooth!” 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 the diphthong oo or final s. Partners should check each other’s work for spelling mistakes. Show What You Know Informal assessment Read a page from “I Lost a Tooth!” and then ask children to spell a word from that page. For example, say: My sisters were reading books with my mother. How do you spell mother? Repeat this process several times to assess different words.
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