Arctic Animals
Phonics Focus
- Long Vowel Digraph Team: ai, ay, ea, ee, oa, ow
- Variant Vowel Team: oo, ew, aw
- Diphthong Vowel Team: ou, ow, oi
1-no-group
1
Build Background Knowledge
Familiarize your readers with the topic that they will encounter in the Student Book.
Mini-Documentary
2
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding to apply in the Student Book.
Words Are Made of Sounds
Words Are Made of Syllables
3
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.
Read on My Own
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 1
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 2
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 3
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 4
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 5
Let’s Talk about It: Chapter 6
4
Support Language
Reinforce text structure, comprehension, and academic language.
Talk and Write
5
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills and reading comprehension skills to determine next steps.
Word Assessment
Comprehension Assessment