Activities recommended:
1. make flash cards and sort according to different rules
-long and short vowels
-consonant blends, vowel teams
2. make a short couplet using rhyming words
The giant liked to eat
in the scorching summer heat.
3. use a highlighter for the blends and vowel teams
4. make two sets of flashcards and try to match pairs
Green :
1. Spelling pattern sort rule:
C/VVC short sound (heat) & long sound (need)
odd ball word:
read which can be pronounced with short /e/ as in 'red' "I read a good book." or with the long /e/ sound, "What books do you like to read?"
2. consonant blends:
initial
gr-, bl-, sl-, sm-, dr-
endings
-ll, -ss, st
3. homophones: been and bean
two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings. (example: bear, bare)
eat
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bled
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heat
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sled
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read
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well
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bean
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smell
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been
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less
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need
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dress
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keep
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west
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green
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rest
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Yellow
1. Pattern sort: short vowel sound (chest) and long vowel (wheat)
Oddball:
read is an oddball word. It can be considered both (Short (as in 'red') "I read a good book." vs long "What do you like to read?")
great imitates the 'ate' sound,
sweat has a short /e/ vowel sound, typically 'ea' vowel teams have a long /e/ vowel as in
treat.
2. " Y "as a vowel /e/ sound added to the end of words.
Can you find a small word in the words that have a 'y' added? When you add a Y to a smaller word, does the meaning of that word necessarily change or does the meaning stay the same?
3. Consonant digraphs & blends and vowel teams
initial blends: wh-, pl-, sw-, gr-, sl-, dr, ch- , also qu-
end blends: -ll, -ss, -st,
vowel teams: ee, ea
4. a sneaky compound word has been thrown in:
upset
compound words are two separate words with different meanings brought together to make a new word with a new meaning. (i.e. snow & man = snowman, bell & boy = bellboy)
read
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sleep
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east
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belly
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wheat
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jelly
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plead
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messy
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great
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dressy
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sweat
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quest
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greed
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chest
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sweet
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upset
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Purple
1.Short vowel sounds (letter) and long vowel sounds (teacher)
compare long /e/ ee and short /e/ with ea
oddball:
scene which has a long /e/ sound, but does not fit with ea and ee words.
2. root words:
in compound words: restroom, sunset
in other words like: teach/teacher, great/greater, preach/preacher, west/western, quest/question
vs. words like sweater (sweat is not a root word of sweater) and weather
3. word endings -tion and -er
4. consonant blends:
tt, ss, th, ch, st, sc
sunset
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restroom
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greater
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question
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teacher
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western
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preacher
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scene
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sweater
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dresser
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weather
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mention
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letter
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queen
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better
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teenager
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