Phonics
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Is the /aw/ sound in the beginning, middle, or end of the word saw.
The /aw/ sound is at the end on the word saw.
Name a grain of something?
Example: Rice, salt, sugar
What kind of plant will a rose seed grow into? How do you know?
I eat beans this summer.
Is this sentence happening now or did it happened in the past?
Happening Now
Sound the /a/ sound in tail to the /aw/ sound. What is the new word?
tall
Is the /aw/ sound in the beginning, middle, or end of the the word awful?
The /aw/ sound is in the beginning of the word awful.
What is the job of the roots of a plant?
The roots soak up the water and minerals from the soil for food for the plants.
What happens after the first shoot grows up?
Green leaves grow and the plant gets bigger.
True or False.
Irregular Verbs add -ed at the ending.
False
Blend the sound /m/ /aw/ /th/ together. What is the word?
Moth
Is the /aw/ sound in the beginning, middle, or end of the word call?
The /aw/ sound is in the middle of the word call.
What types of things multiply?
Examples: Numbers, Animals
What might happen if seeds were not scattered?
The seeds wouldn't reach a good place to grow and might die.
List the verbs dig, water, and pick in sentence. Tell where you would place the commas.
Example: I like to dig, water, and pick vegetables.
Share a pair of homophones.
Example: Write, right
What letters in the word small make the /aw/ sound?
al makes the /aw/ sound
What is a shoot?
A shoot is a part of a young plant that grows straight up from a seed.
Near the end of the reading, the author writes "Buds on the plant open into flowers where new seeds will grow." Why does she writes this near the end of the reading?
To show that the cycle will start all over again.
Combine the sentences below into one sentence:
John worked in the garden.
Sue worked in the garden.
I worked in the garden.
Tell where the commas goes within the sentence.
John, Sue, and I worked in the garden.
How many syllables are in the word pointy? Name the last syllable.
2 syllables
-y
When a suffix is added to a word, it adds the final syllable.
True of False.
Awful and wallpaper are compound words.
False.
Compound words merge two word together, where a suffix is added to the end of the word to change the meaning.
Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the word fortunate.
Kyle felt fortunate because his house was not damaged by the storm.
The sentences tell us that Kyle feels fortunate, so fortunate must be a feeling. He feels this way because his house was not damaged. If my house didn't get damaged in a storm, I would fell lucky or blessed. So we can conclude that fortunate means "lucky."
Here is a cause: Corn gets ripe. What is an effect?
Past Tense
Example:
When Sue ask how the night went, Susan said that it was great.
I ate pasta last night for dinner.
He gave his mom a gift yesterday.