Lesson Plans for ANCIENT EGYPT Level L

Building Skills

Phonics
Review vowel digraphs ai as in gait, ay as in say, ea as in each, ee as in cheese, oa as in boat, oo as in boot, oo as in book, and ue as in blue.
Say: Vowel digraphs are a pairing of two vowels that make one vowel sound. Write the vowel digraphs ai, ay, ea, ee, oa, oo, oo, and ue on the board. Look at the vowel digraphs with children and brainstorm or search through the text for words with vowel digraphs, making a list of words for the class word wall or dictionary. 

Word Work
Verb Tense
Discuss verb tense with children.
Say: Verb tense shows the time of the verb's action in relation to the time at which the writer writes or the speaker speaks. The simple tenses indicate that an action is in the present, past, or future. The present tense uses the verb's infinitive (walk, run). Write verbs on the board. The past tense uses the verb's past-tense form (walked, ran). Regular verbs' past-tense forms are made by adding -ed or -d to the infinitive. Irregular verbs' past- tense forms change the spelling of the infinitive such as, run to ran. Future tense uses the helping verbs will or shall and the verb's infinitive form (will walk, will run).
Discuss and search for verb tense in the text, making a list for the classroom.
(-ed) Ending
Discuss inflectional ending (-ed) with children.
Say: As we have learned with verb tense, the ending of a word can change the meaning of the word. The -ed or -d ending is added to regular verbs to show past tense. Can we find any examples in the text? Look for words in the text, e.g., lived, used, ruled, believed, buried. Discuss how some verbs change the y to i before adding -ed.

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