Review Long Vowel Teams
ai, ay - long /a/
ee, ea, ey - long /e/
oa, ow, oe - long /o/
oa, ow, oe - long /o/
ie, igh - long /i/
We spent a couple days reviewing what we have been learning to help solidify these vowel teams.
We spent a couple days reviewing what we have been learning to help solidify these vowel teams.
In this week's text called, Aiden's Goal, students are looking for all the words that have the vowel teams with the long /a/, /e/, /o/, and /i/ sounds based on the ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oa, ow, oe, ie or igh spelling patterns to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern), followed up with illustrating a picture of the story. Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that just include any letter a, e, o or i in the word - we are specifically looking for the long vowel sound teams as indicated.
oo, u - /oo/
This week, we also learned about a specialize vowel sound that is not a long vowel sound but does pop up on us here and there. We focused on the /oo/ vowel team.
oo /oo/: The sound /oo/ can be spelled with the vowel team oo. It comes in the middle of a word like in good and look.
u /oo/: The sound /oo/ can also be spelled with u. U spells /oo/ in the middle of a word like put and bush.
In this week's text called, Brookyln's Reading Nook, students are looking for all the words that have the vowel team that makes the /oo/ sound based on the oo or u spelling patterns to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern), followed up with illustrating a picture of the story. Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that just include any letter oo or u in the word - we are specifically looking for the oo and u making that special /oo/ sound.
Heart (Irregular) Words of the Week
Heart words are words that do not decode or follow the spelling rules that we have been learning. We have to know them by 'heart'. However, once we learn more spelling rules, they may be only temporary heart words and the rules will come along later! In the meantime, we have been focusing on reviewing and learning the words below.
Heart (Irregular) Words of the Week
Heart words are words that do not decode or follow the spelling rules that we have been learning. We have to know them by 'heart'. However, once we learn more spelling rules, they may be only temporary heart words and the rules will come along later! In the meantime, we have been focusing on reviewing and learning the words below.
This week we are reviewing:
- four
- fourth
- today
- very
- above
- among
- again
- against
- always
- almost
And we are introducing as new words:
- floor
- poor
- door
Fluency Grids
With each story, there is a fluency grid with the lesson focus that is intended to help students recognize the phonics rule and assist in reading it with accuracy and automaticity. At home, challenge your young reader to read the word (aim is to decode/read each word within 3 seconds) and then recall it each time they see it within the grid of mixed up, repeated words. A couple minutes of practice is all they need. This acts as a warm up before reading the text that also applies the same skill while building on all the previous skills as well. Each week we are building on the previous week to become more fluent readers so we can focus on what the text is sharing rather than spending all the time decoding the words.
**If this is too much at home with all the other things you are busy with, we totally understand! We will be using it in the classroom and saving paper to keep them all together in one spot. Thank you in advance if you do give it a whirl as another way to support your little reader based on the Science of Reading.**
Homework Reminders
With each story, there is a fluency grid with the lesson focus that is intended to help students recognize the phonics rule and assist in reading it with accuracy and automaticity. At home, challenge your young reader to read the word (aim is to decode/read each word within 3 seconds) and then recall it each time they see it within the grid of mixed up, repeated words. A couple minutes of practice is all they need. This acts as a warm up before reading the text that also applies the same skill while building on all the previous skills as well. Each week we are building on the previous week to become more fluent readers so we can focus on what the text is sharing rather than spending all the time decoding the words.
**If this is too much at home with all the other things you are busy with, we totally understand! We will be using it in the classroom and saving paper to keep them all together in one spot. Thank you in advance if you do give it a whirl as another way to support your little reader based on the Science of Reading.**
Homework Reminders
Students have been working on stories in their UFLI Stories book that comes home on Friday. At school, they work with a partner to complete their fluency grid, read with someone their story, highlight the focus words and illustrate a picture for the text. At home, students are to finish highlighting and completing the story and read to an expert at home. After completing, parents are to initial. You are welcome to still record this reading on student reading logs in their Snuggle Up & Read. And also welcome to go back and read any other stories in the UFLI book as well. We want to reward all the practice students are doing!
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
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