Building Skills
Word Skills
Write the word write on the board.
Say and ask: We are going to make this word into another word by adding a prefix on to the front of it. A prefix is a small, meaningful group of letters. When you add a prefix to a word it adds to the meaning. Now I’m going to add the prefix re- to the word write. The new word I have is rewrite. In this case the re means again. So to rewrite means to write again, such as I may ask you to rewrite part of a story.
Give children some other examples using the prefix re- (redo, reheat). Write the word appear on the board and ask the students to tell you what it means. Then ask them to add a prefix to make another word. They may say reappear or disappear. Discuss the meaning of these words showing how the prefix alters the meaning.
Say and ask: Let’s talk about birthdays as one type of celebration.
Have children complete the Worksheet.
Phonics
Have children return to the text and locate words that have a double vowel, the first of which is e.
Say: I want you to look back through the text and find all the words that have two vowels next to each other in them. The first vowel must be an e. The two vowels may be in the first or second syllable of a multisyllabic word.
Have children list these words and then read them to a friend.
Say: Read the words to a friend. Put a check mark beside all the words that follow the saying When two vowels go out walking the first one does the talking.
Grammar
Discuss sentences with children.
Say: Today we are going to talk about three types of sentence. The first one is a sentence that tells someone something. The second one is a sentence that asks a question, and the third one orders or advises someone to do something.
Write the following sentences on the board.
Cathy won a gold medal.
Do you think all the Australians were cheering for Cathy?
"Go out and win!" said Cathy’s dad.
Invite children to discuss which sentence is a telling sentence, which is a question, and which is an order.
Have children work with a partner to make up some more similar sentences.
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