Skill Building

Lesson Plans for CARIBOU MAN level T

Building Skills

Word Skills
Discuss words with double medial consonants. Write the word little on the board.
Say: Little is a word that has a double consonant in the middle. The double consonant is tt. When two consonants are the same are in the middle of a word they are called double medial consonants. If you want to break a word with a double medial consonant into syllables, you break the word between the two consonants.
Demonstrate as you talk by putting a slash between the two t's—for example, lit/tle. Then write the word little with a space between the syllables—lit tle. Write the word appear on the board.
Say: The word appear also has a double consonant in it. Who can show me where you would break this word into syllables?
Write the word disappearing on the board.
Say: Some words with double consonants also have prefixes and suffixes. If you want to break these words into syllables you need to break the word after the prefix, then between the double consonants, and then before the suffix.
Demonstrate as you speak—dis/ap/pear/ing dis ap pear ing
Have children practice breaking words into syllables by completing the Worksheet.

Phonics
Write ptarmigan on the board.
Say: What do you notice about the pronunciation of this word? Who can tell me another word that starts with a silent letter?
Provide riddle sentences to help the students supply words with initial silent letters. For example

It’s part of my leg above the ankle and below the thigh. (knee)
These people were men who lived in castles many years ago. They wore armor when they fought. (knight)
It’s a kind of dinosaur that flies. (pterodactyl)

Grammar
Discuss conjunctions with children.
Say: A conjunction is a word that is used to join words or groups of words. Who can tell me a word that is a conjunction?
List children’s responses on the board. Words should include and, but, or, because, while, however, since, for, either, neither. Have children search through Caribou Man to locate conjunctions.

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