© by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. | TG P-108 | Connect to Phonics PLUS Teacher Guide Cabin has a VCV pattern, so the word breaks into two syllables after the first vowel. The first syllable, ca, ends in a vowel. It’s an open syllable. The second syllable, bin, ends in a consonant. It’s a closed syllable. Write the syllables on the lines: ca / bin. Then write open, closed to label the two syllables. Have children complete the activity. Answers: 1. le/mon, open, closed 2. mu/sic, open, closed 3. re/lax, open, closed 4. sum/mer, closed, closed 5. sun/set, closed, closed 6. tra/vel, open, closed Page P-178 C • Use context to demonstrate understanding Reread “Cabin by the Sea” and have children chorally read with you. Say: Let’s see how well we understand the story. Point to the example and read the sentence aloud. Ask: Is this true? Yes or no? Point to Page P-2 in the story. Say: Look at the picture. Read the sentence. What does it say? (In summer we travel to the cabin by the sea.) Return to Activity C. So this sentence is true. Model putting a check mark in the Yes column to show that the sentence is true. Have children complete the activity. Read the sentences aloud and have children repeat each. Ask them to identify the Page P-in “Cabin by the Sea” that helps them answer each item. Answers: 1. No 2. Yes 3. No 4. Yes 5. No 6. No D • Read on-level text with purpose and understanding Explain that children will recall events from “Cabin by the Sea.” They will write about three events in the order they happen in the story. Reread “Cabin by the Sea.” Ask: What happens in the beginning of the story? Look at pages 2 and 3. Students should finish the sentence with something that happened on one of these two pages. Ask: What happens in the middle of the story? Look at pages 4 and 5. Students should finish the sentence with something that happened on one of these two pages. Ask: What happens at the end of the story? Look at pages 6 and 7. Students should finish the sentence with something that happened on one of these two pages. Differentiated Instruction • Scaffold After you model, have children chorally read the decodable words and high frequency words on the back cover of “Cabin by the Sea.” 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 two-syllable words that have open and closed syllables. Partners should check each other’s work for spelling mistakes. Show What You Know Informal assessment Read a Page P-from “Cabin by the Sea” and then ask children to spell a word from that page. For example, say: It is fantastic to visit the cabin by the sea! How do you spell fantastic? Repeat this process several times to assess different words.
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