Call attention to the decodable parts of each word. For example, the sounds of the letters /l/ and /k/ in the word look.
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Activity: My Fast Words
Standards
Read common high-frequency words by sight.
Reader Goals
I can recognize words by sight.
Target Words
look, not, what, are, you, of, your, will, says, going to, it’s, all
Helpful Hints
Guide
- Point to the picture and Say
I see the teacher, Ms. Lee, in the picture and quotation marks below. It shows she is saying something. Let’s read what she is saying. - Point to each word as you Read
What is your quest? - Say
The teacher is asking a question. A quest is like a challenge for something you want to do or accomplish. Let’s see who is answering the question and what their quests are. - Read the sentence together
What is your quest?
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
Who do you see in the picture?
(Kim) - Ask
Where is Kim?
(in a wetland) - Point to the quotation marks and Say
The quotation marks show us Kim is saying something. Let’s read what she is saying. - Point to each word as you Read
“I am going to find frogs,” says Kim. - Ask
What is Kim saying?
(She says she is going to find frogs.) - Say
So I think her quest is to find frogs. - Read the sentence together
“I am going to find frogs,” says Kim.
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
What is happening in the picture?
(Kim is taking a picture.) - Point to each word as you Read
Can you all see the frog? - Ask
Can you see the frog in the picture?
(Yes) - Ask
Where is the frog?
(on a tree) - Read the sentence together
Can you all see the frog?
Guide
- Point to each word as you Read
Look what is in the pond! It’s a frog. - Ask
What is in the pond?
(a frog) - Say
I see a green frog in the pond. - Read the sentence together
Look what is in the pond! It’s a frog.
Guide
- Point to the picture and Say
The teacher is asking the same question again. - Point to each word as you Read
What is your quest? - Say
Let’s see who is answering the question this time and what their quests are. - Read the sentence together
What is your quest?
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
Who do you see in the picture?
(Peg and Datiz) - Ask
Where are Peg and Datiz?
(in a spaceship) - Point to the quotation marks and Say
The quotation marks show us Peg and Datiz are saying something. Let’s read and find out what they are saying. - Point to each word as you Read
Peg and Datiz say, “We are going to find polar bears.” - Ask
What are they saying?
(They say they are going to find polar bears.) - Say
What do you think their quest is?
(to find polar bears) - Read the sentence together
Peg and Datiz say, “We are going to find polar bears.”
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
What is happening in the picture?
(Peg and Datiz are looking at the polar bear.) - Point to each word as you Read
Look at the white fur of the polar bear. - Ask
Can you see the polar bear in the picture?
(Yes) - Ask
What color is the fur of the polar bear?
(white) - Read the sentence together
Look at the white fur of the polar bear.
Guide
- Point to each word as you Read
It’s white like the snow. - Ask
What is white like the snow?
(the fur of the polar bear) - Say
I see the fur of the polar bear is white like the snow. - Read the sentence together
It’s white like the snow.
Guide
- Point to the picture and Say
The teacher is asking the same question again. - Say
Point to each word and read the question to me.
(What is your quest?) - Say
Let’s see who is answering the question. - Read the sentence together
What is your quest?
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
Who do you see in the picture?
(Sarita) - Ask
Where is Sarita?
(in a field, in a village) - Point to the quotation marks and Say
The quotation marks show us Sarita is saying something. Let’s read what she is saying. - Point to each word as you Read
“I am going to find the horse,” says Sarita. - Ask
What is she saying?
(She says she is going to find the horse.) - Say
What do you think her quest is?
(to find the horse) - Read the sentence together
“I am going to find the horse,” says Sarita.
Guide
- Point to the picture and Ask
What is happening in the picture?
(Sarita and the elephant bird are looking for the horse.) - Point to each word as you Read
We will not quit! - Ask
What do you think it means that they will not quit?
(They will not stop until they find the horse.) - Read the sentence together
We will not quit!
Guide
- Point to each word as you Read
Look. It’s the horse! - Ask
Did Sarita and the elephant bird find the horse?
(Yes) - Say
So they completed their quest! - Read the sentence together
Look. It’s the horse!
