Phonics Lesson 42 ff, ll, ss, zz Rule: Oct 5 - 9 (Reading Practice Book)

 Phonics Lesson 42: flsz rule ff/f/, ll/l/, ss/s/, zz/z/  

We have spent some time reviewing some phonics concepts from last year with the alphabet and what each letter spells/says. We have send home the letter sound rings to continue the practice for each student. 

We have jumped into a lesson that students were introduced to last year and we reinforce this double letter learning in Grade 1. We are using this as a starting point to review and get back into routines of how these lessons are completed daily in our class.  

This flsz lesson is one of the first examples of how two consonants can be doubled to make one sound. When the /f/, /l/, /s/ and /z/ sound comes after a short vowel sound in a one syllable word, these letters get doubled at the end. One example is Jeff will pass Buzz.

When you see these ff, ll, ss or zz double letters when reading, you sound them out the same way as f, l, s, and z.  

In this week's text focusing on the flsz rule called, Buzz Sells Milk, students are looking for words that have one of our special ff, ll, ss, zz spellng pattersn following the flsz rule. They are looking to highlight (the whole word that has that spelling pattern). Be careful for spelling patterns that are included in the story that include those letters that are not doubled. Students are also looking to illustrate the story to demonstrate their understanding of the text.  

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.

We are introducing as new words:

• your
• want

Fluency Grids
With each lesson, 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.

Homework Reminders 

Students have been working on the story in their Reading Practice book that will come home on Friday. At school, they work with a partner to complete their fluency grid, read with someone their story and highlight the focus words. Following, they are illustrating a picture for the text to show their understanding. At home, students are to finish the above tasks and read to an expert. After completing, parents are to initial at the indicated spot at the top. This week, we are have completed one lesson so there will be one story to complete in their white Reading Practice booklet. Please see the information letter in the front of the book for more, detailed information about this weekend practice book coming home. Please return on Monday (or Tuesday if there is a no school day on Monday). 

Happy Reading!!