Just WordsMaria Angala, NBCTJefferson Academy, Washington DC
FIRST FIVE!1. Come in quietly and take your seat2. Place materials on desk3. Take out HW assignment4. Write down HW assignment in agenda book5. Begin “JUST START!”
JUST START! (5 min)Let’s see if you can correctly set up your magnetic journals into 4 quadrants…1. Remove the tiles from the magnetic journal2. Replace the tiles in the magnetic journal. Make sure you place them in the correct quadrant.
OBJECTIVES:By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:1. name letters quickly and automatically and produce sounds for decoding2. decode words with specific patterns3. present words in segmented form…80% of the time.
Let’s review!!We will have a quick drill of the sounds of letters so that you become automatic with them!!Volunteer please…Let’s go!!...GREAT!!!
I DO: (3min) closeWeknow that…
changing one letter in the word quetchanges the word?
quet> quez> shez> shep> chep> chup> lup> lux> jux> wub> wab> thabWhy is it important to look at each letter of the word  carefully?Because hundreds of words can be made simply by changing one letter.
SPELLING closeGet you magnetic journalFind the letter of the sound I sayWhat says /k/? What says /d/?What says /n/?What says /m/?***Trojan bucks!!You’re a winner!!!
NONSENSE WORDS closeWORD: ask a student to make – tibon the boardLet’s tap itIs there a digraph? Why is it not a digraph?Remember: tibis not a word, we call it nonsense word.Nonsense words:Not a wordHelps us apply the sounds and make longer wordsHelps us apply skills in readingLet’s do: thib, vup, lex, vat, pun, pug, hem, log
Let’s Phrase it! closeOpen your Student Challenge Book and find the unit phrases from the Days 6-10 Phrase Practice listLet’s see who wants to volunteer to read the bold words…Let’s read the phrases (2) together…(scoop)WRITE: Did Jack mop the deck?There is often more than one way that might work, let me show you…Let’s try scooping with other sentences.Why do you think we have to do this? To help us read fluently and meaningfully.
Sentences Chad got the mop from Beth.Did Ed get that red rash from the fish?Tom hit his shin on the dock.
HOMEWORK1. Write these words three times, and2. Use these words in a sentence:was not hotis a con jobwas a ladfrom the shedthey did dashYes, I can!!
DID WE MEET THE OBJECTIVES?By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:1. name letters quickly and automatically and produce sounds for decoding2. decode words with specific patterns3. present words in segmented form…80% of the time.

Just Words day 7

  • 1.
    Just WordsMaria Angala,NBCTJefferson Academy, Washington DC
  • 2.
    FIRST FIVE!1. Comein quietly and take your seat2. Place materials on desk3. Take out HW assignment4. Write down HW assignment in agenda book5. Begin “JUST START!”
  • 3.
    JUST START! (5min)Let’s see if you can correctly set up your magnetic journals into 4 quadrants…1. Remove the tiles from the magnetic journal2. Replace the tiles in the magnetic journal. Make sure you place them in the correct quadrant.
  • 4.
    OBJECTIVES:By the endof the lesson, SWBAT:1. name letters quickly and automatically and produce sounds for decoding2. decode words with specific patterns3. present words in segmented form…80% of the time.
  • 5.
    Let’s review!!We willhave a quick drill of the sounds of letters so that you become automatic with them!!Volunteer please…Let’s go!!...GREAT!!!
  • 6.
    I DO: (3min)closeWeknow that…
  • 7.
    changing one letterin the word quetchanges the word?
  • 8.
    quet> quez> shez>shep> chep> chup> lup> lux> jux> wub> wab> thabWhy is it important to look at each letter of the word carefully?Because hundreds of words can be made simply by changing one letter.
  • 9.
    SPELLING closeGet youmagnetic journalFind the letter of the sound I sayWhat says /k/? What says /d/?What says /n/?What says /m/?***Trojan bucks!!You’re a winner!!!
  • 10.
    NONSENSE WORDS closeWORD:ask a student to make – tibon the boardLet’s tap itIs there a digraph? Why is it not a digraph?Remember: tibis not a word, we call it nonsense word.Nonsense words:Not a wordHelps us apply the sounds and make longer wordsHelps us apply skills in readingLet’s do: thib, vup, lex, vat, pun, pug, hem, log
  • 11.
    Let’s Phrase it!closeOpen your Student Challenge Book and find the unit phrases from the Days 6-10 Phrase Practice listLet’s see who wants to volunteer to read the bold words…Let’s read the phrases (2) together…(scoop)WRITE: Did Jack mop the deck?There is often more than one way that might work, let me show you…Let’s try scooping with other sentences.Why do you think we have to do this? To help us read fluently and meaningfully.
  • 12.
    Sentences Chad gotthe mop from Beth.Did Ed get that red rash from the fish?Tom hit his shin on the dock.
  • 13.
    HOMEWORK1. Write thesewords three times, and2. Use these words in a sentence:was not hotis a con jobwas a ladfrom the shedthey did dashYes, I can!!
  • 14.
    DID WE MEETTHE OBJECTIVES?By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:1. name letters quickly and automatically and produce sounds for decoding2. decode words with specific patterns3. present words in segmented form…80% of the time.

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