Building Skills
Phonics:
s-family blends
Write the words Snubby, swept, stand, stepped, and speck on the board. Have students read each word. Remind students that these words start with a blend, which is two sounds blended together. Ask students what they notice about these blends (they all include the letter s). Ask a volunteer to come up and circle the blend in the first word. Have students brainstorm a list of words that begins with /sn/. Repeat with each of the blends.
Word Work:
inflectional ending -ed
Have students look at page 7 and find examples of words that end with -ed (cried, sailed, listened, howled) while you record them on the board. Explain that these words are past tense verbs and that this means they describe actions that have already happened. Circle the word sail in sailed. Explain that we can create past tense verbs by adding -ed. Ask a volunteer to circle the root word in listened and howled. Then talk about the word cried. Write the word cry on the board. Explain that when we add -ed to words that end with y, we need to change the y to an i, and then add -ed.
Have students look at the words pressed and stepped on pages 5 and 6. Explain that sometimes when we add -ed, we need to double the final consonant.
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