Readers will apply letter-sound knowledge to confirm what words in the book say.
Teacher Tips
Focus on the beginning and ending sounds of words to support readers to read.
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Supported First Read
First read of the book
Guide
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Read the title together Tim Sees a Fox
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Guide
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Ask What do you see in the picture?
(a fox)
Point to the word a and Say I say “a” fox because there is only one.
Say Let’s read the part of the sentence we know together: I see a ______.
Say Let’s make sure the last word says fox.
What sound does the word fox start with? (/f/) What letter makes the sound /f/?
(letter F)
Point to the word fox and Say I see a picture of a fox and the word fox has the letter f at the beginning, so I can confirm this word says fox.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox.)
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I see a fox.
Guide
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Say (pause when you get to the last word) Let’s read the words together: I see a fox …
Point to the fox and Ask What does the picture show us the fox is doing?
(I see the fox running.)
Say Let’s make sure the last word says run.
What sound does the word run end with? (/n/) What letter makes the sound /n/?
(letter N)
Point to the word run and Say I see a picture of a fox running and the word run has the letter n at the end, so I can confirm this word says run.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox run.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox run.)
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I see a fox run.
Guide
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Say (pause when you get to the last word) Let’s read the words together: I see a fox …
Point to the fox and Ask What does the picture show us the fox is doing?
(It looks like it jumps or hops.)
If readers say “jump” instead of “hop”, check with readers to see if the first letter matches the sound in jump: Say Yes, the fox can jump. But the word jump starts with the letter J. So, the last word can’t be jump.
Ask Let’s make sure the last word says hop.
I hear the sound /h/ at the beginning of hop and I know that the letter h makes the sound /h/. Do you see a word that begins with the letter h?
(the last word) What sound does the word hop end with?
(/p/) What letter makes the sound /p/?
(letter P)
Point to the word hop and Say I see a picture of a fox hopping and the word hop has the letter h at the beginning and the letter p at the end, so I can confirm this word says hop.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox hop.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox hop.)
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I see a fox hop.
Guide
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Say (pause when you get to the last word) I see a fox again. Let’s read the words together: I see a fox …
Point to the fox and Ask What does the picture show us the fox is doing?
(It looks like it sleeps or naps.)
If readers say “sleeps” instead of “naps”, remind them of the word “nap” they learned: Say Yes, the fox sleeps. But do you remember another word for “sleep”?
(nap)
Ask Let’s make sure the last word says nap.
What sound does the word nap start with? (/n/) What letter makes the sound /n/?
(letter N) What sound does the word nap end with?
(/p/) What letter makes the sound /p/?
(letter P)
Point to the word nap and Say I see a picture of a fox napping and the word nap has the letter n at the beginning and the letter p at the end, so I can confirm this word says nap.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox nap.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox nap.)
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I see a fox nap.
Guide
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Say (pause when you get to the last word) Let’s read the words together: I see a fox …
Point to the words in a and Ask What do the next words say?
(in a)
Say So where is the fox this time? It could be a tree, but the next word begins with the letter D. We call the place the fox lives a den. Let’s confirm if the last word says den.
Ask What letter makes the sound /d/?
(letter D) Let’s check the ending sound, too. What sound does the word den end with? (/n/) What letter makes the sound /n/?
(letter N)
Point to the word den and Say I see a picture of a fox in a den and the word den has the letter d at the beginning and the letter n at the end, so I can confirm this word says den.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox in a den.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox in a den.)
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I see a fox in a den.
Guide
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Say (pause when you get to the last word) Let’s read the words together: I see a fox …
Point to the fox mom and Say Who is this?
(maybe the mom fox)
Ask I think this is a fox mom. Let’s figure out what the last word says.
What sound does the word mom start with? (/m/) What letter makes the sound /m/?
(letter M) What sound does the word mom end with?
(/m/) What letter makes the sound /m/?
(letter M)
Point to the word mom and Say I see a picture of a fox mom and the word mom has the letter m at the beginning and at the end, so I can confirm this word says mom.
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(I see a fox mom.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(I see a fox mom.)
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I see a fox mom.
Guide
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Say Let’s read the words together: We see the fox, too.
Ask So who sees the fox this time?
(It looks like Tim’s class sees the fox.)
Ask Why does it say “we” see the fox?
Say “We” means all of us and now we can all see the fox because Tim brought the picture into the classroom.
Ask What does “too” mean at the end of the sentence?
Say It means also. We see the fox so does Tim, so we can say, “Tim sees the fox also,” or “Tim sees the fox, too.”
Say Point to and read each word with me.
(We see the fox, too.) Point to and read each word by yourself.
(We see the fox, too.)