Structured Literacy Zoom

 c or k rule - List 9 The Code 

At the beginning of a word, the vowel that follows indicates which letter to use.

k takes i and e, c takes the other 3.

c takes a o u, k takes the other 2.

Review/Revise - daily - something recent, tricky, paced. Everyone says everything. It is not a test. Everyone writes. Fresh page, pens down. Every time you review, you are forgetting a little bit less.

What suffix means past tense? ed

What are the 3 sounds of ed? /d/t/ed/ played/locked/hunted. Revisit 'base' word.

What 2 letters do we use to represent the /k/ sound in a one syllable word after a short vowel? /ck/ snack bucket

Say there. Sit over there. How do we spell there? 

Homophones

Teaching - introduce. use a repetitive introduction. Today i am going to teach you the sound /o/. This is the phoneme /au/. 

Model x 3 The word is launch. We will watch the rocket launch. Segment l/au/n/ch/

Practice

Apply - dictation. Opportunity for kids to apply new learning. I do, we do, you do. No opportunity to call out if they have forgotten. 

A blended review might occur towards the end of the week.

French ch - machine, champaign

Greek ch - chaos. 

Fox has 4 phonemes! f/o/k/s

This works for suffixes -ing, and -ed. Does not apply to consonant suffix -s.

Year 1 

List 5 - Adding the suffixes -s and -ing. 

Adding -s to a noun makes it a plural. Adding -ing for action.CVC doubling rule (list 40).. 

Year 2

List 13 - Adding the suffixes -s, -ing, -ed. -ed represents 3 sounds t/id/d.

List 14 - Contractions (I am = I'm)

List 15 - Compound words (lap + top = laptop) 

Year 3

List 22 - Homophones (to, too, two)

List 24 - Compound words 2 (some + thing = something)