Elephant Bird Story
Phonics Focus
- Long Vowel Digraph Team: ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, ow
- Variant Vowel Team: oo, aw
- Diphthong Vowel Team: ou, ow, oi
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1
Words Are Made of Sounds 1
Words Are Made of Sounds 2
My Syllable Sort
Words Are Made of Syllables
My Compound Words
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding to apply in the Student Book.
![Words Are Made of Sounds 1](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Phoneme-Grapheme-Mapping-1.001n-1-e1624982686478.jpeg)
![Words Are Made of Sounds 2](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Phoneme-Grapheme-Mapping-2.001n-1-e1624982968481.jpeg)
![My Syllable Sort](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Syllable-Sort.001n-2-e1624983178954.jpeg)
![Words Are Made of Syllables](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Syllable-Division.001n-2-e1624983430350.jpeg)
![My Compound Words](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Compound-Words.001n-2-e1624983979923.jpeg)
2
Read on My Own: 1st Read
Swoop & Scoop: 2nd Read
Let’s Talk about It: 3rd Read
My Story Summary
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.
![Read on My Own: 1st Read](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Sarita-Saves-the-Elephant-Bird-Phase-4.022n-copy-e1625003431249.jpeg)
![Swoop & Scoop: 2nd Read](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Oral-Reading-Fluency.001n-copy-2-e1625003569573.jpeg)
![Let’s Talk about It: 3rd Read](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Text-Dependent-Questions.001n-copy-2-e1625003658302.jpeg)
![My Story Summary](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Story-Summary.001n-2-e1624985180103.jpeg)
3
My Word Sums
Talk Like a Teacher
Support Language
Reinforce sentence structure, grammar, and academic language.
![My Word Sums](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Word-Sums.001n-2-e1624985343895.jpeg)
![Talk Like a Teacher](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Academic-Language.001n-2-e1624985538561.jpeg)
4
Word Assessment
Comprehension Assessment
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills and reading comprehension skills to determine next steps.
![Word Assessment](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Word-Assessment.001n-1-e1624985671671.jpeg)
![Comprehension Assessment](https://wordscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Comprehension-Assessment.001n-2-e1624985971651.jpeg)