Skill Building

Lesson Plans for CHANGES level J

Building Skills

Phonological Awareness
syllable
Have children look for words in the story with more than one syllable. Make a chart with 4 columns. Have children look for words that have 1, 2, 3, and 4 syllables in them and put them on the chart in the appropriate columns. Have children clap as they say each word on the chart so they can hear the beats in the words.

Phonics
Blends – such as: play, class, milk, friends, straight, crawly
Write 3 blends on a chart paper. Have children think of words that start with those 3 blends. Ch, pl, and str could be a start. Write all the words they can think of. Have children think of another blend and write the words that start with that blend.

Word Work
High Utility Words

Add the targeted words have, has and here to the classroom Word Wall. Say each word aloud and ask children to repeat them.
Have children make a picture card for the words. On each card, tell them to write a sentence using the words. To distinguish have, has and here from the rest of their sentence, instruct them to write them in a different color. After they have written their sentences, they can make illustrations.
If they do not already have one, have children create their own Words journal that they can keep at their desks and refer to when reading or writing. A words journal can be any notebook in which children write new vocabulary.

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