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Unit 1 Objectives and Spelling List
Step one:
Say the sounds for consonants m, s, t, c, f and b.
Write the letters for the sounds /m/, /s/, /t/, /k/, /f/ and /b/.
Distinguish the two sounds for s,: /s/ and /z/.
Say the short sound for the vowel a.
Write the letter for the short vowel sound /a/.
Step two:
Read and spell words with sound-spelling correspondences from this unit.
Read and spell the Essential Words: a, are, I, is, that, the, this.
Step three:
Define Unit Vocabulary words.
Add s to mean more than one.
Step four:
Identify nouns.
Identify verbs.
Identify words with multiple functions.
Build sentences with a noun/verb pattern.
Step five:
Select the topic and details from informational text.
Step six:
Generate sentences that present facts (statements).
Answer questions beginning with is and are.
Record information on a graphic organizer.
Spelling List Unit 1
Lessons 1-5
a I
is tab
the that
are this
fat sat
Spelling List Unit 1
Lessons 6-10
cast at
cat fact
am cab
fast as
bat act
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| Unit 1 Concepts |
Languages have two kinds of sounds: consonants and vowels.
Consonants are closed sounds. They restrict or close the airflow using the lips, teeth or tongue.
Vowels are open sounds. They keep the airflow open.
We put vowels and consonants together to make words. Every English word has at least one vowel.
Adding -s changes to word to mean plural, or more than one.
In English, words have different functions (jobs). Sometimes the same word can have two functions.
Nouns name people, places or things.
Verbs describe actions.
Sentences convey a complete thought by answering two questions:
Who (or what) did it?
What did they (he, she or it) do?
In informational text, we listen and read for the topic and details that support that topic. Details include ideas and facts.
We use different types of sentences when we speak and write.
Some sentences tell something. These are called statements.
Some sentences ask for information. These are called questions.
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