LANGUAGE & LITERACY Short vowels: a and i Listen to the letter sounds. Listen to the words. Repeat. A a I i bin lid ink 1 Listen. What is the beginning sound? Point to the letter. 2 Listen. What is the middle sound? Point to the letter. 3 Listen. Point to the word you hear. man student teacher folder desk ask ink 4 Say each word. Focus on the beginning letter. a i a i 5 Decode. Listen and repeat. Communicate • Ask the man. • The folder fell. • The student sits at the desk. • The teacher uses red ink. man teacher man student teacher folder desk ask ink Work with a classmate. Look around the room. Say words with m, s, t, f, d, a, and i. Take turns. ask class map Decodable Readers Unit 1 | seventeen 17 Unit 1 | 17 i i f fell. its i s, t, f, i | DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Cross-linguistic transfer The home languages of many ELs have different sounds associated with English vowels. For students whose home language is Spanish, the short vowel i is pronounced as /ee/ in English. Tagalog (Filipino) speakers may be challenged to hear this phoneme in isolation and reproduce it orally. Show the position of the mouth and tongue when forming the short vowels in English. In addition, the consonant d will be difficult for speakers of Mandarin to hear and produce. Cross-linguistic transfer For additional practice, separate students into small groups and assign a consonant and vowel to each group. Have each group come up with five words for each consonant and each vowel and write them on a chart. Then, have students read the words aloud to the class, having their classmates repeat the words. If space allows, leave the charts up for future reference. If time allows, invite students to share vowel sounds from their home languages. Have them offer sample words and see if the class can identify a beginning, middle, or ending sound in isolation. UNIT 1 / CONNECT TO PHONICS Short vowels: a and i • Learn relationships between sounds and letters Say: The letters a and i can be short vowels. They make an open sound. Recognize initial vowel sounds Read the words aloud. Emphasize the beginning sounds. ANSWERS a (ask) and i (ink) Recognize middle vowel sounds Read the words aloud. Emphasize the middle sounds. ANSWERS a (class, map); i (bin, lid) Learn relationships between sounds and letters Read the words aloud. Read the first word aloud, emphasizing the beginning sound. Play the audio or read the sentences aloud. ANSWERS Students might know map, desk, door, telephone, etc. Practice Book pp. 11–12 Decodable Readers Decodable readers and activities are available online and in the online Resources. SCRIPT ask, class, map, bin, lid, ink 1 PRACTICE SCRIPT ask, ink 2 SCRIPT class, map, bin, lid 3 SCRIPT man, student, teacher, folder, desk, ask, ink 4 SCRIPT man, student, teacher, folder, desk, ask, ink 5 COMMUNICATE abc EXPLORE AND LEARN 47
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