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Phonics Book: Let’s Read!

  • Phase 1: Pre-Alphabetic Course
  • J | Muddy Mud Story
  • Read Together

Standards

Sound out words with the consonant j in context.

Reader Goals

I can sound out words with the consonant j.

Target Words

Predictable Words: juice, jacket, jam/jar, jet, jewelry, jaguar

Helpful Hints

This book is a predictable text that reinforces letter-sound correspondence. Help readers predict the words with the picture support as well as sound out high-frequency words by sight. Have them recognize the j spelling in the words at the beginning and confirm their predictions using the letter-sound knowledge. As they read, observe them to see if they are pointing to the words as they say them (speech-to-print match).

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  1. Read the title together
    Deepa Finds j Words

 

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  1. Point and Name each picture. Have readers repeat each word after you Say it.
    juice
    jacket
    jam
    jar
    jet
    jewelry
    jaguar
  2. Next, have readers name each picture as you Point to it. Help readers if they forgot the word.
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  1. Say
    Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see a           .
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture? What is Deepa looking at?
    (a jet)
  3. Ask
    Let’s make sure the last word says jet.
    What sound does the word jet begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
    What sound does the word jet end with?
    (/t/)
    What letter makes the sound /t/?
    (letter T)
  4. Ask
    Which word in the sentence do you think says jet?
    (the last word)
    Why do you think so?
    (Because it starts with the letter J and ends with the letter T.)
  5. Point to the word jet and Say
    I see a picture of a jet and the word jet has the letter j at the beginning and the letter t at the end, so I can confirm this word says jet. 
  6. Say
    Point to and read each word with me.
    (I see a jet.)
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see a jet.)

 

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I see a jet.

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  1. Say
    Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see a           .
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture?
    (a jaguar)
  3. Ask
    Let’s make sure the last word says jaguar.
    What sound does the word jaguar begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
    What sound does the word jaguar end with?
    (/r/)
    What letter makes the sound /r/?
    (letter R)
  4. Ask
    Which word in the sentence do you think says jaguar?
    (the last word)
    Why do you think so?
    (Because it starts with the letter J and ends with the letter R.)
  5. Point to the word jaguar and Say
    I see a picture of a jaguar and the word jaguar has the letter j at the beginning and the letter r at the end, so I can confirm this word says jaguar. 
  6. Say
    Point to and read each word with me.
    (I see a jaguar.)
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see a jaguar.)

 

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I see a jaguar.

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  1. Say
    Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see           .
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture? What is Deepa looking at?
    (juice)
  3. Ask
    Let’s make sure the last word says juice.
    What sound does the word juice begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
  4. Ask
    Which word in the sentence do you think says juice?
    (the last word)
    Why do you think so?
    (Because it starts with the letter J.)
  5. Point to the word juice and Say
    I see a picture of the juice and the word juice has the letter j at the beginning, so I can confirm this word says juice. 
  6. Say
    Point to and read each word with me.
    (I see juice.)
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see juice.)

 

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I see juice.

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  1. Say
    Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see a           .
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture?
    (a jacket)
  3. Ask
    Let’s make sure the last word says jacket.
    What sound does the word jacket begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
    What sound does the word jacket end with?
    (/t/)
    What letter makes the sound /t/?
    (letter T)
  4. Ask
    Which word in the sentence do you think says jacket?
    (the last word)
    Why do you think so?
    (Because it starts with the letter J and ends with the letter T.)
  5. Point to the word jacket and Say
    I see a picture of a jacket and the word jacket has the letter j at the beginning and the letter t at the end, so I can confirm this word says jacket. 
  6. Say
    Point to and read each word with me.
    (I see a jacket.)
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see a jacket.)

 

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I see a jacket.

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  1. Say
    Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see           .
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture?
    (jewelry)
  3. Ask
    Let’s make sure the last word says jewelry.
    What sound does the word jewelry begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
  4. Ask
    Which word in the sentence do you think says jewelry?
    (the last word)
    Why do you think so?
    (Because it starts with the letter J.)
  5. Point to the word jewelry and Say
    I see a picture of the jewelry and the word jewelry has the letter j at the beginning, so I can confirm this word says jewelry. 
  6. Say
    Point to and read each word with me.
    (I see jewelry.)
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see jewelry.)

 

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I see jewelry.

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  1. Say
    The words on this page look different from the other pages. Let’s see if we can read it. 
  2. Ask
    What do you see in the picture?
    (jam, jelly, jar)
  3. If readers say jelly, have them look at the last sound in the word jam: Say
    It does look like jelly, but I notice this word begins with the letter j and ends with the letter m. 
  4. Ask
    What sound does the word jam begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
    What sound does the word jam end with?
    (/m/)
    What letter makes the sound /m/?
    (letter M)
  5. Point to the word jam and Say
    The word jam begins with the letter j and ends with the letter m. So this must say jam.
  6. Ask
    Where is the jam?
    (in a jar)
  7. Ask
    Let’s see if the last word says jar.
    What sound does the word jar begin with?
    (/j/)
    What letter makes the sound /j/?
    (letter J)
    What sound does the word jar end with?
    (/r/)
    What letter makes the sound /r/?
    (letter R)
  8. Point to the word jar and Say
    The word jar begins with the letter j and ends with the letter r. So this must say jar.
  9. Say
    Let’s see if we can remember the sentence. I see jam in a jar.
    Now let’s point to each word as we say the sentence from memory.
    (I see jam in a jar.)
  10. Say
    Point to and read each word by yourself.  
    (I see jam in a jar.)

 

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I see jam in a jar.

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  1. My turn, Your turn: Reread the book with readers.

    Example
    My turn. I see a jet. Your turn.
    (I see a jet.)

  2. As you Reread the whole book, Observe readers to see if they are pointing to each word as they say it (speech-to-print match).
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