This book is not intended to be a decodable text. Help readers see the partial decodability of the words they cannot read with their phonics knowledge and the picture support. Have them recognize the qu spelling at the beginning of the words.
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Book: Let’s Read!
Standards
Sound out words with the qu-blend in context.
Reader Goals
I can read words with the qu-blend.
Target Words
• Decodable QU words: quick, quiz, quest, quick, quit, quiet, quickest
• Partially decodable QU words: quite, quail, queen
Helpful Hints
Guide
- Ask
What QU words do you see in the title?
(Queen, Quiz) - Ask
What sound does the blend QU make?
(/kw/) - Read the QU words together: Say
Let’s read the QU words together. They start with the blend /kw/ at the beginning: Queen, Quiz. - Read the title together
Queen of the Quiz
Guide
- Say
This page shows the characters in the book. Let’s find out who the characters are. - Point and Name each character. Have readers repeat each name after you Say it.
Kim
Deepa
Ms. Lee
Tim
Nestor
Guide
- Say
Let’s figure out the qu words on this page first and then I will read the text to you. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(two)
Can you point to them?
(pointing to the words quick and quiz) - Point to the word quick and Say
Let’s read this word together by sounding out each sound and blending them together. - Point to the word quick and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
How do we pronounce qu?
(/kw/)
Now pronounce the vowel sound.
(/ĭ/)
I see the digraph ck at the end of this word. It makes /k/ sound.
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /k/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /k/)
Say it fast: /kwĭk/
(/kwĭk/)
It’s the word quick. - Point to the word quiz and Say
Now let’s do this word. - Point to the word quiz and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
How do we pronounce qu?
(/kw/)
Now pronounce the vowel.
(/ĭ/)
Pronounce the letter z.
(/z/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /z/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /z/)
Say it fast: /kwĭz/
(/kwĭz/)
It’s the word quiz. - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: “Today we are going to take a quick quiz,” says Ms. Lee. - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(“Today we are going to take a quick quiz,” says Ms. Lee.)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(one)
Can you point to it?
(pointing to the word quest) - Point to the word quest and Say
Let’s read this word together by sounding out each sound and blending them together. - Point to the word quest and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
How do we pronounce qu?
(/kw/)
Pronounce the sound for the vowel.
(/ĕ/)
Pronounce the sound for the letter s.
(/s/)
Pronounce the sound for the letter t.
(/t/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĕ/ – /s/ – /t/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĕ/ – /s/ – /t/)
Say it fast: /kwĕst/
(/kwĕst/)
It’s the word quest. - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: “Your quest is to name the animal on the screen.” - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(“Your quest is to name the animal on the screen.”)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(two)
Can you point to them?
(pointing to the words quick and quite) - Point to the word quick and Say
We’ve already read this word on the first page. Let’s go over each sound in this word again to make sure we can read this word. - Point to the word quick and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
Pronounce the blend qu.
(/kw/)
Pronounce the sound for the vowel.
(/ĭ/)
Remember the digraph ck makes one sound? Sound the digraph ck.
(/ck/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /k/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /k/)
Say it fast: /kwĭk/
(/kwĭk/)
It’s the word quick. - Point to the word quite and Say
Now I will read the second sentence to you: He can’t quite get it. The qu word is quite. - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: Tim takes a quick look at the screen. He can’t quite get it. - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(Tim takes a quick look at the screen. He can’t quite get it.)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(one)
Can you point to it?
(pointing to the word quit) - Point to the word quit and Say
Let’s read this word together by sounding out each sound and blending them together. - Point to the word quit and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
Pronounce the blend qu.
(/kw/)
Now pronounce the vowel sound.
(/ĭ/)
Pronounce the letter t sound.
(/t/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /t/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /t/)
Say it fast: /kwĭt/
(/kwĭt/)
It’s the word quit. - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: “I can do it, I will not quit!” says Deepa. - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(“I can do it, I will not quit!” says Deepa.)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(one)
Can you point to it?
(pointing to the word quiet) - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: Nestor yells, “Can you all be quiet?” - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(Nestor yells, “Can you all be quiet?”)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(two)
Can you point to them?
(pointing to the words quickest and quail) - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: Kim is the quickest to respond. “It’s a quail!” says Kim. - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(Kim is the quickest to respond. “It’s a quail!” says Kim.)
Guide
- Say
Let’s read another page. - Ask
How many qu words do you see on this page?
(two)
Can you point to them?
(pointing to the words queen and quiz) - Point to the word queen and Say
Let’s read this word together by sounding out each sound and blending them together. - Point to the word queen and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
Pronounce the blend qu.
(/kw/)
The vowel digraph ee makes the /ē/ sound. Say /ē/.
(/ē/)
Sound the letter n.
(/n/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ē/ – /n/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ē/ – /n/)
Say it fast: /kwēn/
(/kwēn/)
It’s the word queen. - Point to the word quiz and Say
We’ve already read this word on the first page. Let’s go over each sound in this word again to make sure we can read this word. - Point to the word quiz and Use the sound-by-sound blending strategy: Say
Pronounce the blend qu.
(/kw/)
Pronounce the sound of the vowel.
(/ĭ/)
Pronounce the sound of the letter z.
(/z/)
Now let’s blend the sounds together: /k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /z/
(/k/ – /w/ – /ĭ/ – /z/)
Say it fast: /kwĭz/
(/kwĭz/)
It’s the word quiz. - Point to each word as you Read: Say
I’m going to read the words on this page: Kim is the queen of the quiz! - Say
Point to and read each word with me.
(Kim is the queen of the quiz!)
Guide
- Say
Let me read this page: What are these qu words? - Say
We have three images on the board and they all start with the blend qu. Do you know what these words are? - Point to the picture of quartz and Say/Ask
Listen for the sounds as I say the word: quartz.
What sounds do you hear at the beginning of the word quartz?
(/kw/) - Point to the picture of a question mark and Say/Ask
Listen for the sounds as I say the word: question.
What sounds do you hear at the beginning of the word question?
(/kw/) - Point to the picture of the quilt and Say/Ask
Listen for the sounds as I say the word: quilt.
What sounds do you hear at the beginning of the word quilt?
(/kw/) - Ask
What other qu words do you know?
Guide
- Choral Reading: Reread the book with readers.
Example
Point to and read each word with me: “Today we are going to take a quick quiz,” says Ms. Lee. - 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).
