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Lesson 41 - Silent e: i- e/Overview:• Review all long vowel sounds• Review Phonics Rules• Review Silent e Rule• Introduce silent e with long i sound• Introduce familiar word families• Compare short and long vowels

Materials and Supplies:• Teacher’s Guide & Student Workbook• White board• Reader 2: Dick’s Bike Ride

Teaching Tips:Introduce familiar word families with i andthe silent e: ide, ike, ile, ime, ine, ipe, ire.

Explain the difference between short i andlong i sound in word change: dim – dime.

Activity 1. List vowels a, i, o, and u on thewhite board with diacritical markings. Reviewthe Silent e Rule: When two vowels are closetogether in a word, the FIRST one says itsown name and the other one is silent as inbake, dine, rode, tune. Use diacriticalmarkings with a crossed out e, and a straightline (macron) above the first vowel.

Study the pictures together and discuss themeanings for vocabulary development.Discuss family endings: -ide, -ike, -ile, -ime,-ine, -ipe, -ire. Have the student put a circlearound those that have the long i sound.

Pictures: bike, brim, hide, bridetire, kite, fire, crib

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Activity 2. On the white board, have thestudents print the words with short i, thenadd the silent e: pin to pine, Tim to time.As soon as they understand the concept,have the student print the words with short i,and then add the silent e. They will use thediacritical marking to cross out the e andmake a straight line over the long vowel i.

Pictures: pin to pine, kit to kite,Tim to timerip to ripe, fin to fine,fir to fire

Activity 3. Study the pictures together anddiscuss the ending sound of each. Have thestudent print the word below the picture.Student will then cross out the silent e andput a straight line over the vowel i to show ithas the long i sound.

Words: ride, pipe, dime, pie

Activity 4. Study the words and the picturestogether and discuss the meanings. Have thestudent draw a line from the word to the pic-ture it matches.

Pictures: pine, kite, shine, dime, fire

Activity 5. Read the sentences together anddiscuss the pictures. Have the student draw aline to match the picture.

Pictures: Mike has time to fix his tire.Jane can hide in a shed.Jake has a dime in his hand.Ike has a red and white kite.

Activity 6. Read the make-up words.

Make-up Words: brife, blape, chade,thide

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ri-pe/ f i-ne/ f i-re/

ki-te/ T i-me/

ri-de/ pi-pe/ di-me/ pi-e/

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Lesson 54 - Review ShortVowels & Review Silent e:

a– /e; i– /e ; o– /eOverview:• Review silent e: –a /e , i /e , –o /e• Review short vowels• Comprehension: Choice of sentences tomatch picture

• Review rhyming words

Materials and Supplies:• Teacher’s Guide & Student Workbook• White board• Reader 2: Dopey’s Home

Teaching Tips:Review the Vowel Rule and the Silent eRule. Use the white board with a list of wordswith all of the short vowels. Have the studentread the words. Then use the same wordsand have the student put a silent e on theword. Encourage him to pronounce thewords, even though some may be make-upwords. Use the white board to reinforcerhyming word activities.

Activity 1. Have the student read the wordsaloud. Then have him put a circle around thewords that have a short a sound as in pan.

Words: cap, map, sat, dip, brag, chinlid, bed, nap, kit, clap, flap

Activity 2. Have the student put a circlearound the words that have a short o soundas in dog.

Words: drip, God, fun, tot, clam, robhop, dot, log, bun, hog, pen

Activity 3. Put a circle around all the wordsthat have short i sound, as in fit.

Words: hid, hip, cap, bit, cot, redjog, bib, rip, dig, lip, rim

Activity 4. Study the words and picturestogether. Have the student draw a line fromthe word to the picture it matches.

Pictures: grape, pole, game, vase

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Activity 5. Together with your student,review the words with short vowels. Studentwill put a silent e at the end of all the wordsand pronounce both sets of words. The stu-dent will mark the first vowel with a straightline, and cross out the silent e. Read thewords again and put a circle around thosethat have a long a sound.

Words: cane, made, bitecape, time, finedime, hope, robe

Activity 6. Review the rhyming rules. Readthe words in the word bank together. Havethe student print the words from the wordbank on the lines next to the word thatrhymes with it.

spank/bank, drank, crankspin/thin, chin, winspot/dot, rot, hotspill/mill, fill, hill

Activity 7. Read the words together. Studentwill put a silent e at the end of all the wordsand pronounce both sets of words. The stu-dent will mark the first vowel with a straightline, and cross out the silent e. Read thewords again and put a circle around thosethat have a long i sound.

Words: tape, hide, ratepipe, kite, ridebite, code, fine

Activity 8. Study the pictures together andread each set of sentences. Discuss the mean-ing for vocabulary development and compre-hension. Have the student choose and under-line the sentence that matches the picture.

Five men slip in the mud.Five men sip punch.Jane has a game on the cot.Sam will rest on the cot.The dog has a big spoke.The dog has a big bone.I like to ride a bike.The milk is white.

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e/- e/- e/-

e/- e/-e/- e/- e/-e/- e/- e/-

bank drank crankthin chin windot rot hotmill fi l l hil l

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Lesson 75 - ConsonantBlend: sm

Overview:• Review beginning consonant blendsstudied so far

• Introduce beginning consonant blend sm• Alphabetical order

Materials and Supplies:• Teacher’s Guide & Student Workbook• Alphabet flow-chart• White board• Reader 2: Smell the Roses

Teaching Tips:Review consonant blends used at the begin-ning of a word. Use the white board to pres-ent the new beginning blend sm with bothlong and short vowels.

Activity 1. Study the pictures and discusstheir meaning. Have the student put a circlearound each picture that starts with thesound sm.

Pictures: smelt, smash, smile, smallspell, smoke, grass, smudge

Activity 2 & 3. Practice printing Sm with acapital S and then with a lower case s.

Activity 4. Read the words together. Studythe pictures and discuss the meaning.Introduce the word Mr. Have the studentdraw a line from the word to the picture itmatches.

Pictures: smock, Mr. Smith, smelt,smell, smash

Activity 5. Read the words together. Use thealphabet flow-chart to have the studentlocate the correct placement of each word.The student will print the words in alphabeti-cal order in the workbook.

Words: ant, cat, nailtent, van, wish

ant nail van

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Activity 6. Read the sentences together.Have the student draw a line from the pictureto match the sentence. Underline the wordsthat begin with sm.

Pictures: Did Jim smash the van?Mr. Smith got a smack on thelips.A smelt is a fish.Beth can smell the rose.

Activity 7. Read the words together. Reviewthe rhyming process. Have the student spellthe words that rhyme with the first word inthe column.

smash/crash, flashsmack/crack, snacksmog/fog, logsmell/well, spell

Activity 8. Read the sentence together.Discuss who is talking and where the quota-tion marks go. Have the student print thesentences and put quotation marks aroundthe talking words.

Mr. Smith said, [“]I can have a snack forlunch.[“][“]I want a smelt for my lunch,[“] said Tim.

Activity 9. Study the pictures and discussthe beginning sound. Have the student spellthe words below the pictures.

Pictures: spell, smell, smoke

crash flashcrack snackfog logwell spell

Mr. Smith said, “I canhave a snack for lunch.”

“I want a smelt for mylunch,” said Tim.

sp sm sm