QU-Blend | Octopuses
Phonics Focus
- QU-Blend
- Consonant Blends
- Open, Closed, and Bossy R Syllables
l. Learn QU-Blend
1
What Letter Is Missing?
QU Sounds
Words Are Made of Sounds
Sounds in Words
My Fast Words
Prepare to Read
Foster letter-sound knowledge to apply in the Phonics Book.





2
Cover Detectives
Let’s Read!
Read Together
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text.


ll. Apply QU-Blend: Octopuses
3
Read Aloud Book
Build Background Knowledge
Familiarize your readers with the topic that they will encounter in the Student Book.

4
Words Are Made of Sounds
What’s My Word?
Change My Word
My Syllable Sort
Words Are Made of Syllables
My Fast Words
Prepare to Read
Foster skills for decoding and sight word recognition to apply in the Student Book.






5
Read on My Own: 1st Read
Swoop & Scoop: 2nd Read
Let’s Talk about It: 3rd Read
Give Feedback & Develop Meaning
Focus on accuracy of reading the words in the text and support fluency and comprehension.



6
Cloze My Sentence
My Word Sums
Talk Like a Teacher
Support Language
Reinforce sentence structure, grammar, and academic language.



7
Show off What You Know
Assessment
Monitor your readers’ word recognition skills to determine next steps.
