1. The document outlines a lesson plan for teaching sight words and phonics. 2. Students are taught to identify high frequency words, bonus letters, and welded sounds. 3. The lesson incorporates repetition, spelling words aloud, and adding words to their notebooks to reinforce learning.

1. Just Words
Maria Angala, NBCT
Jefferson Academy, Washington DC

2. • 1. Come in quietly and take your seat
• 2. Place materials on desk
• 3. Take out HW assignment
• 4. Write down HW assignment in agenda
book
• 5. Begin “JUST START!”
FIRST FIVE!

3. Open your Student Notebook & turn “Skywrite” these words
to High Frequency/ Sight Words with your finger while you
Section. spell them orally. Do three
times for each word.
High Frequency Words:
- who – Who are the men from the Circle these new high
Swiss press? frequency words in your
notebook.
- how – Help us plan how to tell the
staff.
- come – Come back from the cliff! Add the sentences in the
High frequency/ Sight
- some – Get him some cold ham to
Words Check page for Units
munch on.
1-3.
JUST START! (5 min)

4. • Vocabulary, vocabulary
how many words do you
know?
• We’ll have power to read
in Just Words class
• Here we go!!
PRIDE scholars, hit it!!

5. By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:
- read, tap & spell 5 words with welded sounds
and/or bonus letters
…80% of the time as measured by quick checks.
OBJECTIVES:

6. • I’m going to show
you HFW, I want you
to: repeat, skywrite,
orally spell the words
on your slate
• On your Student
Challenge Book,
check the HFW/ Sight
Words Check page
High Frequency Words

7. • TEACH BONUS LETTERS
• WORD: mis
• ASK: When do f, l and s get bonus
• EXPLAIN: this word has 3 sounds letters at the end of the word?
but it needs another letter.
• WORDS: smell & sniff
• ASK: Who can guess what letter it
is? S… great! • ASK: Who can tap the word -?
…Wonderful!
• EXPLAIN: the 2nd letter s does not
get a sound and does not get tapped. • ASK: How many letters does the
word – have? How many taps does it
• ASK: Who can tap the word with 3 get? Why?...Fantastic!
taps and read it aloud?
• WORD: shelf
• EXPLAIN: I want you to remember
that f, l, and s all get bonus letters at • EXPLAIN: notice that the l comes
the end of the word if they follow a after a short vowel but does not
short vowel. come with a bonus letter.
• ASK: Who can tell me again what • ASK: Who can guess why? Because
the 3 letters are which get bonus the word has a digraph, the l is part
letters at the end of the word when of a blend so no bonus letter is
they follow a short vowel? added.
Review Bonus Letters

8. • WORD: pat (tap, read)
• Let’s change t to n. What
does it read now? Tap.
• Did you notice that the /a/
sound changes somewhat? • LETTER-KEYWORD-
SOUND:
• Let’s make the sound
/m/…/n/…they are nasal • am – ham - /am/
sound, they are sometimes • an – fan - /an
distort a vowel sound.
• It is easier to read and spell
words with some
combinations if we glue
them together.
am, an hide

9. • WORDS:
• brand, lamp
• Let’s tap, read, and spell
them
• Show Welded Sounds in
the Reference Charts, go
• Student Notebook: over each of the welded
• Add the keyword pictures sounds.
for an and am on the
Welded Sounds page
(Sounds Section) of their
Student Notebook.
Teacher Build Words hide

10. • WORD: rink
• Let’s tap, read:
• string • How do we mark
welded sounds?
• strong
• Let’s box these
• slang welded sounds…
• trunk
• shrink
Teach New Sounds

11. • 1. Write these words
three times, and
• 2. Use these words in
a sentence:
• twist
• stump
• drift
• slept
• thrust
HOMEWORK

12. By the end of the lesson, SWBAT:
- read, tap & spell 5 words with welded
sounds and/or bonus letters
…80% of the time as measured by
quick checks.
DID WE MEET THE OBJECTIVES?

13. • You deserve a
Chimpan-CHEER!!!
YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

14. • 1. Homework in homework folder
• 2. Notes in folders
• 3. Materials put away
• 4. Clean desk and area
• 5. Line up when instructed
LAST FIVE!