sheep boat tube peek home toad tune lake five meat bone rain pain cube ACTIVITY 1 – Teacher Guided – Phonics Activity ACELA 1457 sheep boat tube peek home toad tune lake five meat bone rain pain cube hide find nose rake leaf bike Materials: Print out this slide and cut out the words. Also, provide five baskets labeled long a, e, i, o and u. Directions: Students will read the word. Then, students will sort the word by its medial vowel sound (long a, e, o, i and u) into the correct basket.

eat, seeds, grow, drink, cook, car, kite ACTIVITY 2 – Teacher Guided – Read words. Complete the sentence. Word Bank eat, seeds, grow, drink, cook, car, kite 1. Plants need sun and water to ______________________. grow 2. Karl is playing with a ______________________. 3. George likes his new toy________________________. Where do they live? What will you… 4. Seals like to _________________________________ fish. What will you give me? Will you give me a goat or a bird in a cage? Where do the prince and princess live? They live in a castle. Do you think they like living in a castle? What will you play today? Will you play golf or a game of chess? What will you do today? Will you watch the rain fall? Will you go for a walk? Where do the birds live? The birds live in a tree. How do they get there? They fly up to the tree. Where does a cow live? Does a cow live in the city? I think the cow lives on a farm. Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Directions: First, read the words in the word bank with the students. Then, have the students read the sentence with the blank. Use the words from the word bank to complete the sentence. Write the word on the line and reread the sentence with the word added. 5. Emily helped her dad ______________________ dinner. 6. Can I have a ______________________of water?

much then thank first before after know tell which cold day call help ACTIVITY 3 –High-frequency words ACELA 1778 much then thank first before after know tell which cold day call help going through every people when why long Materials: Print out slides three through five. Print single-sided. Give each student a pencil and slide five. Cut the words in slides three and four and place the words around the room. Directions: Have students walk around the room and identify words they know. Students will read and then write the words on the blank slide. After five to ten minutes, have students share the words they found with fellow classmates.

too or did where could any from also full of does never come him her ACTIVITY 3 –High-frequency words ACELA 1778 too or did where could any from also full of does never come him her think an once than has Materials: Print out slides three through five. Print single-sided. Give each student a pencil and slide five. Cut the words in slides three and four and place the words around the room. Directions: Have students walk around the room and identify words they know. Students will read and then write the words on the blank slide. After five to ten minutes, have students share the words they found with fellow classmates.

ACTIVITY 3 –High-frequency words ACELA 1778 Materials: Print out slides three through five. Print single-sided. Give each student a pencil and slide five. Cut the words in slides three and four and place the words around the room. Directions: Have students walk around the room and identify words they know. Students will read and then write the words on the blank slide. After five to ten minutes, have students share the words they found with fellow classmates.

What is the best toy to have? ACTIVITY 4 – Teacher Guided – Write an opinion. ACELY 1661 What is the best toy to have? Materials: Print out slides seven and eight and give a pencil and crayons to each student. Tell students they will write an opinion. Write your opinion about what is the best toy to have. Tell why it is the best toy. Directions: Ask the students to write an opinion. Students should write between four to six sentences telling why it is the best toy. Make sure that they are using an upper case letter at the beginning, finger space between words and punctuation marks at the end. Allow students to stretch out the words to spell and draw a picture for their toy. Prior to the activity, create an example for the students.

ACTIVITY 4 – Teacher Guided – Write a story. ACELY 1661 Materials: Print out slides seven and eight and give a pencil and crayons to each student. Tell students they will write an opinion. Write your opinion about what is the best toy to have. Tell why it is the best toy. Directions: Ask the students to write an opinion. Students should write between four to six sentences telling why it is the best toy. Make sure that they are using an upper case letter at the beginning, finger space between words and punctuation marks at the end. Allow students to stretch out the words to spell and draw a picture for their toy. Prior to the activity, create an example for the students.

Teacher Guided: Phonics Rotational Activity 2 Read sentences Block 5: Performance & Rotational Activities Rotational Activity 1 Teacher Guided: Phonics Rotational Activity 2 Read sentences Rotational Activity 3 High-frequency words Rotational Activity 4 Teacher Guided: Write an opinion. Click the to go directly to the activity. Teacher gives directions for each rotational activity. Teacher Note Materials: Print out this slide and cut out the words. Also, provide five baskets labeled long a, e, i, o and u. Directions: Students will read the word. Then, students will sort the word by its medial vowel sound (long a, e, o, i and u) into the correct basket. Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Directions: First, read the words in the word bank with the students. Then, have the students read the sentence with the blank. Use the words from the word bank to complete the sentence. Write the word on the line and reread the sentence with the word added. Materials: Print out slides three through five. Print single-sided. Give each student a pencil and slide five. Cut the words in slides three and four and place the words around the room. Directions: Have students walk around the room and identify words they know. Students will read and then write the words on the blank slide. After five to ten minutes, have students share the words they found with fellow classmates. Materials: Print out slides seven and eight and give a pencil and crayons to each student. Tell students they will write an opinion. Write your opinion about what is the best toy to have. Tell why it is the best toy. Directions: Ask the students to write an opinion. Students should write between four to six sentences telling why it is the best toy. Make sure that they are using an upper case letter at the beginning, finger space between words and punctuation marks at the end. Allow students to stretch out the words to spell and draw a picture for their toy. Prior to the activity, create an example for the students.