Phonics
Syllable Types - mot & ro
Closed and Open Syllables
Why is Christopher in the police station?
He hit a policeman.
What is a kernel? Give an example.
A kernel is a simple sentence. It contains a noun, a verb and sometimes an article.
What is a phrase?
A phrase is a group of words that contains either a s subject or a predicate. (Ex: at night)
What does every syllable have?
A vowel sound
Who is Mrs. Shears? Why does she suspect Christopher of having done?
Mrs. Shears is his neighbor and she suspects that Christopher killed her dog.
What is a noun and what is a verb?
Verbs - actions, (linking)
What must a sentence always have?
A subject and a predicate.
VCCV with which types of syllables? - Aspire, Runner
Magic E, R Controlled
Who is Siobhan? How does she help Christopher?
Siobhan is Christopher's para at school. She gives him advice about people.
What questions do subjects and predicates answer? Give an example.
A subject answers "Who what?" The predicate answers "Did what?"
"The girl plays at the park. "
Subject - The girl
Predicate - plays at the park
What needs to be capitalized in a sentence?
The first letter in the sentence as well as any names or titles.
How many syllables and what are they? "subterranean"
5 Syllables - sub-te/-ra-ne-an
What lie was Christopher not willing to say at the police station?
Christopher was not willing to say it was an accident that he hit the police man.
Give an example for each of the four types of sentences. Statement, Question, Command and Exclamation.
Statement - My friend is absent-minded and a little strange.
Question - Why is there a pen in the fridge?
Command - Do not clean dishes in the bathtub!
Exclamation - Long weekends are awesome!
What does a prepositional phrase have to have at the end if it comes at the beginning of the sentence?
A comma.
Name 8 words with different "r" Blends.
dr, gr, br, fr, cr, pr tr, scr, thr, spr, str
Why does Christopher have so much trouble figuring out the mood of other people?
He has trouble reading facial expressions and body language of other people because he is on the autistic spectrum.
What is a prepositional phrase? Give an example.
A prepositional phrase gives location, time, amount or extent. It connects a noun or a pronoun to a sentence.
What are three prepositional phrases in this sentence?
At the game, he caught the ball by the point guard, near the basket.
Prepositional phrases- at the game, by the point guard, near the basket