The lesson plan teaches students about welded sounds in words through spelling, dictation, and phrase practice. Students will read, tap, and spell 5 words with welded sounds 80% accurately. New welded sounds like /am/, /an/, /olt/, /ang/, /ing/, /ong/, /ild/, /ung/, /ank/, /ink/, /ost/, /onk/, /unk/, and /old/ are introduced. Students spell words with these sounds through dictation and magnetic journals. Phrases containing the welded sounds are also practiced chorally and individually. The homework is to write phrases three times in different colors and use

1. JUST WORDS
Maria Angala, NBCT
Jefferson Academy, Washington DC

2. FIRST FIVE!
• 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!”

3. JUST START! (5 min)
- On your composition
notebooks, copy the
words and mark them
up as shown in the
example:
- underline blends and
digraph
- mark all closed
syllables

4. Mark up these words (Just Start!)
• tell the champ
• stall the van
• smell the strong skunk
• the small ramp
• dunk the ball

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

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

7. Let’s review!!
• We will have a quick
drill of the welded
sounds so that you
become automatic with
them!!
• Volunteer please…
• Let’s go!!...

8. Review new sounds hide
• WORD: sing/ sink
• Is this word a closed
syllable? (yes)
• Why is it a closed
syllable? (it has one
vowel and it is followed
by at least one
consonant)
• What does the i say in
a closed syllable? /i/

9. INTRODUCE NEW CONCEPTS HIDE
• SAY: (new) • SAY: (review)
• am – ramp - /am/ • ind – find - /ind/
• an – sand - /an/ • old – cold - /old/
• am – champ -/am/ • ost – post - /ost/
• ng – strung - /ng/ • ild – wild - /ild/
• nk – link - /nk/ • olt – colt - /olt/
• The green cards are the
welded sounds; when they are
tapped you weld the sounds
together rather than
segmenting them.

10. TEACH SPELLING hide
• We are going to make • DICTATION
and review current • Spell these words in
words on your magnetic your magnetic journal:
journal • scam - trunk
• Show me what makes
• cramp - skunk
the sound:
• fling - long
• /ind/ /am/ /an/
• stand - wing
• /olt/ /ang/ /ing/ /ong/
• sold
• /ild/ /ung/ /ank/ /ink/
• grind
• /ost/ /onk/ /unk/
• pink
• /old/
• shrink

11. Phrase it/ Practice
• Let us read the
phrases on page 24 in
your Student
Challenge Books
(Phrase Practice)
• Chorally/ individual/
scoop

12. HOMEWORK
• 1. Write these
phrases three times in
different colors, and
• 2. Use these phrases
in a sentence:
• had some drink
• who to thank
• was how long
• how to swing

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

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

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