Tree Logs
Phonics Focus
- Long Vowel Digraph Team: ai, ay, ea, ee, ow, ue, ui
- Variant Vowel Team: oo, ew, au, aw
- Diphthong Vowel Team: ou, ow, oi, oy
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Mini-Documentary
Build Background Knowledge
Familiarize your readers with the topic that they will encounter in the Student Book.
![Mini-Documentary](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Building-Background-Knowledge.001-e1640290656739.jpeg)
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Words Are Made of Sounds
Words Are Made of Syllables
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding to apply in the Student Book.
![Words Are Made of Sounds](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/WAMS.001-copy-1-e1626712104301.jpeg)
![Words Are Made of Syllables](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Syllable-Division.001n-copy-e1629124788551.jpeg)
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Read on My Own
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 1
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 2
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 3
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 4
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 5
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.
![Read on My Own](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/The-Logs-Story-A-Story-of-Decomposers-Phase-4.022-copy-e1626715052272.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 1](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chapter-1.001-copy-e1626880665261.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 2](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Comprehension-2.001-copy-1-e1626881445222.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 3](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chapter-3.001-copy-e1626881818969.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 4](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Comprehension-4.001-copy-1-e1626882147446.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 5](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Chapter-5.001-copy-e1626882519139.jpeg)
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Talk and Write
Support Language
Reinforce text structure, comprehension, and academic language.
![Talk and Write](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Talk-and-Write.001-copy-1-e1626896451383.jpeg)
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Word Assessment
Comprehension Assessment
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills and reading comprehension skills to determine next steps.
![Word Assessment](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Word-Assessment.001-copy-e1629126321858.jpeg)
![Comprehension Assessment](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Comprehension-Assessment.001-copy-e1629127269854.jpeg)