Phonics
Explain why “was” isn’t pronounced “w-a-s?”
What is it is a Super Word, and Super Words don’t follow our normal spelling?
Explain how to find a syllable in a word
You clap out the word
I am a shape that has four sides and 2 pairs of parallel sides. What am I?
What is a rhombus?
How many sides does a circle have?
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How many syllables does “fight” have?
1
Read the following sentence: The cat jumped over the roof. Which word has an inflectional ending and how can I change it to something happening right now?
What is “jumped,” and it could be changed to “The cat is jumping over the roof?”
Use the skills we learned to figure out this word - /g/ /r/ /a/ /c/
What is grace?
Sketch a shape that has parallel sides.
Students should show a shape that has at least two sides that will never touch.
Describe a cone.
A cone has a circle at the bottom and a triangle up top.
How many sounds are in “bright?”
4 - /b/ /r/ /i/ /t/
Compare these words: tree, be, flea. What is the same of these three words?
What is they have the same ending sounds?
How are tie and tie different?
You wear a tie and you tie your shoe
Malik says this is a shape (shows an open shape).
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Is it he right? Explain why.
Shapes have to be closed.
Sketch a solid shape that has squares as its face.
Students should draw a cube or a triangular prism.
“We like to laugh aloud.” What is the Super Word in this sentence?
like
Tree, flea, and bee all rhyme but are spelled differently. Why is this possible?
What is the words all have the long e ending, and long e can be spelled different ways.
I am riding a bike. Explain why bike is spelled with a k.
k makes the /k/ and has the e following it
Compare the rhombus and the trapezoid.
Rhombus has two pairs of parallel sides but trapezoid has one pair of parallel sides.
Create a number bond that has 2 tens and 5 ones.
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“The students went over their.” Is this sentence correct?
No, it was the wrong “there.”
Create a list of three words use the long i sound, but are spelled differently.
Sample answer: What are nice, buy, and high?
Create a word that has four syllables in it.
Sample Answer: mathematics
Create a shape that has five sides and has parallel sides.
Students should draw a pentagon.
Create a cone.
Students should draw a triangle and a circle for the shape.
What is this word: metamorphosis? How do you say it?
Students can use any of the skills taught in class to say the word.