Building Skills
Word Skills
Discuss synonyms with children. Write the word big on the board.
Ask: Who knows a synonym for the word big?
List children’s responses on the board.
Ask children to return to page 3 of Turtle Tom and read the first sentence. Ask them to suggest a synonym that the author could have used instead of the word worst. Explain that they may have to use two words—for example, most terrible. Have children complete the Worksheet by supplying synonyms for the words that are missing.
Phonics
Revise the consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, and ph with the students.
Ask: Who can tell me a word starting with a consonant digraph?
List children’s responses on the board.
Say: Some words end in consonant digraphs.
Write the word digraph on the board.
Say and ask: This word says digraph and it ends with the consonant digraph ph. Can anyone share another word they know that ends in a consonant digraph?
Write the consonant digraphs on the board. Have children scan page 3 in Turtle Tom to find a word that ends in a consonant digraph (which) .Write it under the appropriate heading. Have children scan through the rest of the text to find other words that end in consonant digraphs. Have them list the words under the appropriate digraph.
Grammar
Discuss nouns with the students.
Say and ask: A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Turtle is a noun. Who can tell me another noun?
Discuss verbs.
Say: A verb is a word that shows action or being. Laugh and call are action verbs. Is and was are being verbs.
Ask children to give other examples of verbs. Have children turn to pages 17 and 18 in Turtle Tom and identify and list all the nouns and verbs.
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