ACTIVITY 1 – Teacher Guided – Phonics Activity ACELA 1459, ACELA 1457 Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Directions: Teacher/assistant says the word. Then, students write the long a and e spelling. When finished, students can practise writing their names.

My family and pets I see my brother and sister playing. ACTIVITY 2 – Read long e words. ACELA 1459 I see my mom and sisters reading. I see my brother and sister playing. I see my dog and cat eating. My family and pets Name _________________________ Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Fold the paper into a book. Directions: Teacher/assistant and student will track and read the long a and e sentences about Buzz the Bee. Then, students will trace the long a and e words.

him her say by red blue green purple ACTIVITY 3 –Write colour high-frequency words ACELA 1778 him her say by red blue green purple Materials: Print out this slide and give each student red, blue, green and purple crayons. Directions: Read the high-frequency word and then write the word four times using the colours red, blue, green and purple.

The cat sat. The cat sips. The cat naps. My name is ACTIVITY 4 – Teacher Guided – Write about a character. ACELY 1661 The cat sat. My name is The cat sips. The cat naps. Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil and crayons to each student. Select one or two characters from last week’s reading. Directions: Ask the students to write one or more sentences describing a character we read about last week. Please have them start with the sentence frame “(insert character name) is __.”Then, have the students draw the character. If they are able to write additional sentences about the character, please allow it. The student may also dictate to the teacher or assistant what else they would like to say. Prior to the activity, create an example for the students.

Teacher Guided: Phonics activity Block 5: Performance & Rotational Activities Rotational Activity 1 Teacher Guided: Phonics activity Rotational Activity 2 Teacher Guided: Read and write long a and e words Rotational Activity 3 Colour write high-frequency words Rotational Activity 4 Teacher Guided: Write and draw about a character Click the to go directly to the activity. Teacher gives directions for each rotational activity. Teacher Note Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Directions: Teacher/assistant says the word. Then, students write the long a and e spelling. When finished, students can practise writing their names. Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil to each student. Fold the paper into a book. Directions: Teacher/assistant and student will track and read the long a and e sentences about Buzz the Bee. Then, students will trace the long a and e words. Materials: Print out this slide and give each student red, blue, green and purple crayons. Directions: Read the high-frequency word and then write the word four times using the colours red, blue, green and purple. Materials: Print out this slide and give a pencil and crayons to each student. Select one or two characters from last week’s reading. Directions: Ask the students to write one or more sentences describing a character we read about last week. Please have them start with the sentence frame “(insert character name) is __.” Then, have the students draw the character. If they are able to write additional sentences about the character, please allow it. The student may also dictate to the teacher or assistant what else they would like to say. Prior to the activity, create an example for the students.