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Activity: My Fast Words

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Standards

Read most common high-frequency words by sight.

Reader Goals

I can read more common words by sight.

Target Words

around, from, after, love, each other, time

Helpful Hints

Call attention to the decodable parts of each word. For example, in the word love, point out that the sounds of the letters l (/l/) and v (/v/).

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  1. Point to the picture and Ask
    Where do you think the characters are?
    (at the camp)
  2. Ask
    Look at the sentence. How do you know this is a question?
    (There is a question mark at the end.)
  3. Point to the question mark and Say
    By looking at the punctuation at the end of the sentence, we can tell whether it’s a question or not. I see a question mark here, so it is a question. 
    I’m going to read the question.
  4. Point to each word as you Read
    What do we do around the camp?
  5. Read the question together
    What do we do around the camp?

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s answer the question. Let’s look at the picture and what they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are setting up a tent.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    We set up a tent.
  4. Read the sentence together
    We set up a tent.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are watering the plants.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    After that, we water the plants.
  4. Read the sentence together
    After that, we water the plants.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are getting ready to sprint.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    After that, we sprint around the track.
  4. Read the sentence together
    After that, we sprint around the track.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are doing crafts.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    After that, it’s time for crafts.
  4. Read the sentence together
    After that, it’s time for crafts.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are walking on a log.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    We go from one place to another.
  4. Read the sentence together
    We go from one place to another.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are singing and dancing.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    We love singing around the campfire.
  4. Read the sentence together
    We love singing around the campfire.

 

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  1. Point to the picture and Say
    They are singing around the campfire and also dancing together.
  2. Point to each word as you Read
    We dance with each other.
  3. Read the sentence together
    We dance with each other.

 

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  1. Say
    Let’s see what else they do around the camp.
  2. Point to the picture and Ask
    What are they doing?
    (They are collecting trash.)
  3. Point to each word as you Read
    We do not love collecting trash.
  4. Read the sentence together
    We do not love collecting trash.

 

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  1. Point to the picture and Say
    They don’t love collecting trash, but they are helping each other.
  2. Point to each word as you Read
    But we can help each other.
  3. Read the sentence together
    But we can help each other.

 

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