Harcourt Reading Sept. 17-21

Monday---“Jack and Rick” Day 2

Class will complete the following activities, details on teacher’s guide pages noted.

Class will reread Decodable Book 3 stories, “Sid” and “Tim and Pip.”

1. Students will practice story words (help, now, play, too, want) and sentences containing story words on textbook pg. 72-73.

2. Class will discuss story genre: fantasy—pg. 74.

3. Class will read the story, “Jack and Rick” pg. 75-87 and teacher will ask guided comprehension questions from teacher’s guide same pages.

4. Think and Respond questions---teacher’s guide and textbook pg. 88

5. Meet the Author/Illustrator—teacher’s guide and textbook pg. 89.

6. Retelling (sequence)---teacher’s guide pg. 89A

7. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 89B top left corner

8. Grammar (Telling Sentences)---teacher’s guide pg. 89C

Tuesday---“Jack and Rick” Day 3

Class will complete the following activities, details on teacher’s guide pages noted.

  1. Phonemic Awareness: Distinguish Final Phonemes---teacher’s guide pg. 89E
  2. Word Building---teacher’s guide pg. 89F
  3. Practice story words (help, now, play, too, want) and sentences containing the words---textbook pg. 72-73
  4. Class will reread and discuss the story, “Jack and Rick” textbook pgs. 75-87.
  5. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 93A top left corner
  6. Grammar: Telling Sentences---teacher’s guide pg. 93B
  7. Contraction ‘ll: Develop Word Meaning and Working with Patterns---teacher’s guide pg. 95F from Day 5 “Jack and Rick”

Wednesday---“Jack and Rick” Day 4

Class will complete the following activities, details on teacher’s guide pgs. noted

  1. Word Building---teacher’s guide pg. 93E
  2. High Frequency Words---teacher’s guide pg. 93H
  3. Reread the story, “Jack and Rick” textbook pg. 75-87.
  4. Reading Comprehension: Sequence---teacher’s guide pg. 93I, 94-95 (these last 2 pages also in textbook)
  5. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 95A

Thursday---“Jack and Rick” Day 5

Class will complete the following activities, details on teacher’s guide pages noted.

  1. Sharing Literature using Big Book Let’s Go Visiting: Sequence and Extend the Pattern---teacher’s guide pg. 95D
  2. Phonemic Awareness: phoneme isolation and substitute final phonemes---teacher’s guide pg. 95D
  3. Phonograms –ick, -ink---teacher’s guide pg. 95E
  4. High Frequency Words (whole page)---teacher’s guide pg. 95H
  5. Discuss story genre: fantasy textbook pg. 74
  6. Class will reread and discuss the story, “Jack and Rick” textbook pg. 75-87
  7. Daily Language Practice---teacher’s guide pg. 95K
  8. Grammar Telling Sentences Review---teacher’s guide pg. 95L

Friday---“Todd’s Box” Day 1

Class will complete the following activities, details given on teacher’s guide pgs. noted

  1. Read and discuss Decodable Book 4 stories, “The Sack” and “Pack the Van.”
  2. Sharing Literature using big book, Ten Dogs in the Window: listen and respond---teacher’s guide pg. 96H
  3. Phonemic Awareness: phoneme isolation---teacher’s guide pg. 96H
  4. Word Building: teacher’s guide pg. 96J
  5. Grammar: Asking Sentences---teacher’s guide pg. 96N