July 27, 2026

Break Through

I remember THE day when Savannah suddenly found that she could read the words quickly enough to make sense out of an entire sentence.  She’d been trying for a couple months, after only having learned the alphabet itself in the same 3 month (total) duration, and though she had learned the various things I could teach through phonics, it hadn’t gelled yet.  THEN, one day, while reading Seuss I think, it clicked.  From then on, she read everything, and her skill multiplied, as did her interest.
I wrote a couple weeks ago that Lily had embarked upon a journey and path which so closely resembled Savannah’s that it struck me and brought back a flood of memories from that time, just a short 8 years ago.  I had to stop and wonder if this pattern is typical, or if it has something to do with my input for each of them… I don’t know yet, I have nothing to compare except these two girls and their development.
 
If Lily’s interest remains, she will be eating up beginning chapter books by the end of the summer.  We got her a few of the earliest chapter books that Disney Fairies puts out, and she’s most excitedly reviewed the stories, asked us to read them, and has given her own dialog to the images.  She hasn’t actually tried to read a paper book yet, though (I don’t think).  All the reading she’s done has been on the computer through the Starfall.com site, and the phonetic and animated short books they have there.  So, today I am going to print all the accompanying paper sheets for each of these books, which contain games, some reading, coloring, and a variety of ideas of how to experience the context hands on.  I am hopeful it will encourage her, as she sees the stories on paper and online, to connect the idea that she CAN read stuff in books that are actually printed, just like she can read signs we drive by and stuff on her computer.
 
Below is a sample of the level for assessment and reference purposes.   Russ got to hear her for the first time last night, without any solicitation or assistance on my part.  She has decided she likes to read these books before bed (her tablet is a most wonderful invention), and she picked the book about the family welcoming a new baby sister.  He was in the office, we were on the couch, so I texted him to come observe.. He did, she didn’t notice; she read the entire book in his silent presence.  When she concluded she was the recipient of a very proud papa, who stated, “You can read, my baby! You just read that whole book!”
“Yep.  And now I want to print the pictures that I told it to take of the story.”
And so we did.  They’re hanging on her wall.  She says she hopes it will help me decide to give her a new baby too.
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Now, to the discussion of worksheets…. hum. – That is for another post.
She did 5 today, the short a set.
 
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Scope and Sequence
Learn to Read: Zac the Rat and other tales

Unit: ( click for detail ) Unit Objective: Additional Concept
01 Zac the Rat Short-A Alphabetical Order
02 Peg the Hen Short-E Directionality in print
03 The Big Hit Short-I Vowels
04 Mox’s Shop Short-O and Digraph sh
05 Gus the Duck Short-U Introduce Silent “e”
06 Jake’s Tale Silent-E (-a-e) and Digraph wh
07 Pete’s Sheep Double-E and Digraph th
08 Sky Ride Silent -E (-i-e) and Digraph ch
09 Robot and Mr. Mole Silent-E (-o-e) Chunking
10 Dune Buggy Silent-E (-u-e) Lonely Vowel
11 Soap Boat Two-Vowels Go Walking
12 Car Race R-Controlled “A”
13 My Horse Glory R-Controlled “O”
14 Surfer Girl R-Controlled Vowels
15 My Family “Y” as /igh/ or /ee/
Unit 01 Zac the Rat Unit Objective: Short-A as in “rat”
Zac the Rat Online Book
Download:
Black & White [344k]
  1. Zac is a rat.
  2. Zac sat on a can.
  3. The ants ran to the jam.
  4. Zac had a pan.
  5. Zac had a fan.
  6. The ants ran and ran.
  7. Zac had a nap.
Story Words:
a
and
ants
can
fan
had
is
jam
nap
on
pan
ran
rat
sat
the
to
Zac
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying /a/ CVC words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending /a/ CVC words
Manipulating word families -an and -at
Make a Word with -an: can, fan, pan, ran
Make a Word with -at: bat, cat, hat, rat
Additional Concept:
How the Alphabet Got its Order: 
A review of the Alphabet and an introduction to Alphabetical Order.
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Short-A Block Print [395k] Manuscript [324k]
1 Phonics: Word Family -an
2 Phonics: Medial sound /a/
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
3 High-Frequency Vocabulary: To, the, a, and, is, look
4 Phonics: Initial sounds in Short-A words
5 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Short-A words
6 Phonemic Awareness: /a/
Writing: With Short-A words
Unit 02 Peg the Hen Unit Objective: Short E as in “hen”
Peg the Hen Online Book
Download:
Black & White [292k]
  1. Peg is a red hen.
  2. Peg gets set to go.
  3. Peg gets in a jet.
  4. The jet is fast.
  5. Peg gets wet.
  6. The jet gets in a web!
  7. Peg falls and falls!
  8. Peg falls into bed.
Story Words:
a
and
bed
blue
falls
fast
gets
go
green
hen
in
into
is
jet
Peg
pink
purple
red
set
the
to
web
wet
  Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying /e/ CVC words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending /e/ CVC words
Manipulating word families -en and -et and -all
Make a Word with -en: hen, men, pen, ten
Make a Word with -et: jet, net, pet, wet
Additional Concept:
How We Read and Write: directionality in reading and writing.
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Short-E Block Print [286k] Manuscript [302k]
7 Phonics: Word Family -en
8 Phonics: Word Family -all
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
9 High-Frequency Vocabulary: Here, go, in, of, into, away
10 Phonics: Medial sound /e/
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
11 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Short-E words
12 Phonemic Awareness: /e/
Writing: With Short-E words
Unit 03 The Big Hit Unit Objective: Short I as in “big”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [351k]
  1. The tin man has a bat.
  2. Jill has a mitt.
  3. Zac has a big ball.
  4. Will he hit the ball?
  5. The ball hits the mitt.
  6. The tin man will not give up!
  7. The tin man hits the ball!
Story Words:
a
ball
bat
big
give
has
he
hit
hits
Jill
man
mitt
not
the
tin
up
will
Zac
  Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying /i/ CVC words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending /i/ CVC words
Manipulating word families -in and -ip
Make a Word with -ig: dig, pig, wig, big
Make a Word with -ip: dip, rip, sip, zip
Additional Concept:
Vowels Save the Day: Introduction to vowels a, e, i, o, u and a demonstration of how they help us make words in pat, met, fun
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Short-I Block Print [312k] Manuscript [391k]
13 Phonics: Word Family -ig
14 Phonics: Word Families -ick and -ing
15 High Frequency Vocabulary: Up, has, give, no, he, not
16 Phonics: Medial sound /i/
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
17 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Short-I words
18 Punctuation: All sentences begin with capital letters; Telling sentences end with a period.
Unit 04 Mox’s Shop Unit Objective: Short O as in “fox”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [335k]
  1. Mox is a fox.
  2. Mox has a shop.
  3. Bob is a hog.
  4. Bob helps Mox.
  5. They mix eggs in a pot.
  6. Bob drops the eggs.
    What a mess!
  7. Bob mops and mops.
  8. “Good job!” says Mox.
Story Words:
a
and
Bob
drops
eggs
fox
good
has
helps
hog
in
is
job
mess
mix
mops
Mox
pot
says
shop
the
they
what
  Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying /o/ CVC words and words containing Digraph sh
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending /o/ CVC words
Manipulating word families -ot , -og, -op and -ox
Make a Word with -ot: cot, dot, hot, pot
Make a Word with -og: dog, fog, hog, log
And words containing the Digraph sh (see interactive lesson)
Interactive Phonic Lesson:
Digraph sh : Click on the letters to recognize and hear /sh/ in words like: sheep, she, wish, fish, shop
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Short-O Block Print [286k] Manuscript [269k]
19 Phonics: Word Family -og
20 Phonics: Word Families -ot and -op
21 High-Frequency Vocabulary: say, they, good, we, too, do
22 Phonics: Medial sound /o/
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
23 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Short-O words
24 Alphabetical Order
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
Unit 05 Gus the Duck Unit Objective: Short U as in “duck”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [332k]
  1. Gus runs in the mud.
  2. Gus gets in the tub.
  3. The tub has suds.
  4. Gus rubs and rubs.
  5. Gus has a sub.
  6. A bug is in the sub!
  7. It is fun in the tub.
  8. Gus hugs the bug.
Story Words:
a
and
bug
fun
gets
Gus
has
hugs
in
is
it
mud
rubs
runs
sub
suds
the
tub
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying /u/ CVC words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending /u/ CVC words
Manipulating the word family -u
Make a Word with -ug
bug, hug, mug, rug
Review Short-Vowel Words:
Make a Match Short vowel review: 
Level I: CVC words
Level II: CCVC and CVCC words
Level III: CCVC, CVCC, and CCVCC words
Additional Concept:
The Amazing Silent E: demonstrates how the silent e at the end of the word helps the vowel say its name, and can change words: at–>ate, tap–>tape, bit–>bite
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Short-U Block Print [338k] Manuscript [407k]
25 Phonics: Word Family -ub
26 Phonics: Initial sounds /b/ and /d/
27 High-Frequency Vocabulary: This, yes, play, she, my, have
28 Phonics: Medial sound /u/
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
29 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Short-U words
30 Writing: What is Fun to Do?
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
Unit 06 Jake’s Tale Unit Objective: Long A and the Silent-E
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [293k]
  1. This is Jake.
  2. Jake makes waves.
  3. A whale is in the waves.
  4. Is Jake safe?
  5. Yes, the whale came to play.
  6. Whales make big waves.
  7. They like the same game.
Story Words:
a
big
came
game
in
is
Jake
like
make(s) makes
play
same
the
they
this
to
waves
whale
whales
yes
  Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-A CVCE words and words containing the Digraphwh
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Silent-E Long-A words
Make a Word Add the Silent-E: can/e, man/e, plan/e, van/e
Picture Hunt: cane, lake, snake, plane, gate, cave, skate, rake
And words containing the Digraph wh (see interactive lesson)
Interactive Phonic Lesson:
Digraph wh : Click on the letters to recognize and hear /hw/ in words like: whale, what, when, where, why
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Long-A Block Print [267k] Manuscript [307k]
31 Phonics: -a-e words
Comprehension: Match the words to pictures
32 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Long-A words
33 Phonics: Initial sound /hw/ (digraph wh)
Writing: Sentence with wh words
34 Comprehension: Match Long-A words to pictures
35 Comprehension: Silly sentences with Long-A words
Comprehension: Brainwork! Illustrate a sentence
36 Concept Development: Asking Words
Unit 07 Pete’s Sheep Unit Objective: Long E as in Double-E
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [403k]
  1. Pete can not sleep.
  2. Pete needs help.
  3. “Think of sheep,” says Mom.
  4. “One, two, three sheep,”
    says Pete.
  5. Then Pete sees sheep!
  6. The sheep run past the tree!
  7. At last, Pete can sleep.
Story Words:
at
can
help
last
Mom
needs
not
of
one
past
Pete
run
says
sees
sheep
sleep
the
then
think
three
tree
two
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-E CVVC words and words containing the Digraphth
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Long-E Double-E words
Make Double-E Words: heel, deer, peel, seed
Manipulating the word family -ink
Make a Word with -ink: pink, sink, drink, wink
And words containing the Digraph th (see interactive lesson)
Interactive Phonic Lesson:
Digraph th : Click on the letters to recognize and hear /th/ in words like: earth, thing, teeth, think, with
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Long-E Block Print [340k] Manuscript [412k]
37 Phonics: -ee- words
Comprehension: Match the words to pictures
38 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Double-E words
39 Phonics: Initial sound /sh/ (digraph sh)
Writing: Sentence with sh words
40 Phonics: Word family -ink
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
41 Phonics: Review initial wh and sh
Comprehension: Brainwork! Categorization
42 Punctuation: Quotation Marks
Unit 08 Sky Ride Unit Objective: Long I and the Silent-E
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [326k]
  1. Spot is black and white.
  2. He rides bikes with
    Mike and Spike.
  3. Mike has a kite.
  4. “Let’s chase Mike,”
    says Spike.
  5. They play hide and seek.
  6. “Let’s go down,” says Mike.
  7. Yikes! They land in slime!
Story Words:
a
and
bikes
black
chase
down
go
has
he
hide
in
is
kite
land
let’s
Mike
play
rides
says
seek
slime
Spike
Spot
they
white
with
yikes
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-I CVCE words and words containing the Digraphch
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Silent-E Long-I words
Make Long-I Words: bike, kite, hide, five
Review High-Frequency Vocabulary
Make a Match High-Frequency Word Review: the, go, we, you, do, of, says, very, give, what, they, some, could, away, there, about, look, when
And words containing the Digraph ch (see interactive lesson)
Interactive Phonic Lesson:
Digraph ch : Click on the letters to recognize and hear /ch/ in words like: each, chase, cheese, much, such
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Long-I Block Print [174k] Manuscript [214k]
43 Phonics: -i-e words
Comprehension: Match the words to pictures
44 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Long-I words
45 Phonics: Initial sound /ch/ (digraph ch)
Writing: Sentence with ch words
46 High Frequency Vocabulary: What, down, are, I, guess, where
47 Punctuation: Contractions with “not”
48 Phonics: Initial blend “sl”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! medial sound
Unit 09 Robot and Mr. Mole Unit Objective: Long O and the Silent-E
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [279k]
  1. This is a robot.
  2. His nose is a cone.
  3. His legs are made of hose.
  4. He falls into a hole.
  5. Mr. Mole is in the hole.
  6. “I can help,” says Mr. Mole.
  7. “Go up this rope,”
    says Mr. Mole.
  8. “Thanks Mr. Mole!”
    says the robot.
Story Words:
a
are
can
cone
falls
go
he
help
his
hole
hose
I
in
into
is
legs
made
Mr. Mole
nose
of
robot
rope
says
thanks
the
this
up
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-O CVCE words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Silent-E Long-O words
Make Long-O Words: mole, poke, rope, cone
Picture Hunt: bone, pole, mole, rose, hose, cone, robe, rope
Additional Decoding Concept:
Chunk That Word!: Demonstrates how breaking up words into smaller “chunks” can help you decode. Interactive chunking movie at the end of the song includes: animal, beside, butterfly, caterpillar, computer, daddy, family, mommy, normal, number
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Long-O Block Print [316k] Manuscript [345k]
49 Phonics: -o-e words
Comprehension: Match the words to pictures
50 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Long-O words
51 Phonics: Initial sound voiced /th/ (digraph th)
Writing: Sentence with th words
52 Comprehension: Match Long-O words to pictures
53 Comprehension: Silly sentences with Long-O words
Comprehension: Brainwork! Illustrate a sentence
54 Punctuation: ?, ! and .
Unit 10 Dune Buggy Unit Objective: Long U and the Silent-E
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [403k]
  1. Luke’s best buddy is
    Dune Buggy
  2. They play in the
    sand dunes.
  3. They turn left (right).
  4. Dune Buggy rides on
    his back wheels.
  5. They drive under the dunes.
  6. Luke and Dune Buggy spin.
  7. Luke and Dune Buggy
    rule the dunes!
Story Words:
and
back
best
buddy
Buggy
drive
Dune
dunes
his
in
is
left
Luke’s
on
play
rides
right
rule
spin
the
they
turn
under
wheels
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-U CVCE words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Silent-E Long-U words
Make Long-U Words: cube, flute, mule, tune
Review Long-Vowel Words:
Make a Match Long Vowel Review:
Level I: CVCE, and CEE, words
Level II: CVCE, CCVCE, CCEE, and CCEEC words
Level III: CVCE, CCVCE, CEEC, and CCCEE words
Additional Decoding Concept:
Lonely Vowel: Learn to recognize lonely vowels at the end of words. Vocabulary includes, so, go, no, ago, he, she, me, be, we.
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Long-U Block Print [174k] Manuscript [345k]
55 Phonics: -u-e words
Comprehension: Match the words to pictures
56 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Long-U words
57 Punctuation: Contractions with “will”
58 Phonics: Word Family -ing
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
59 Phonics: Review initial ch and th
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! medial sound
60 High-Frequency Vocabulary: Me, find, you, live, little, be
Unit 11 The Soap Boat Unit Objective: Long Vowel Letter Pairs ea, oa, ai
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [393k]
  1. “My soap boat is sailing
    away!” cries Joe (Joan).
  2. The soap boat is lost
    in the sea.
  3. “What is this?”
    says a fish.
  4. A whale is under
    the water.
  5. The soap boat floats
    on top.
  6. A bird grabs the
    soap boat.
  7. The bird drops the
    soap boat.
  8. “It’s my soap boat!”
    says Joe (Joan).
Story Words:
a
away
bird
boat
cries
drops
fish
floats
grabs
in
is
it’s
Joan
Joe
lost
my
on
sailing
sea
says
soap
the
this
top
under
water
whale
what
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-Vowel Words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Long-Vowel Letter-Pair words
Make a Word with Long-Vowel Letter Pairs: mail, rain, team, read, boat, soap
Word Sorting with Long-Vowel Letter Pairs
Reinforce Decoding Concept:
Two Vowels: Learn to recognize Long-Vowel letter pairs in words like coat, goat, leaf, maid, read, road, tail, team,and wait.
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Two Vowels Block Print [434k] Manuscript [399k]
61 Phonics: Long-O words as in “coat”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
62 Comprehension: Sentence Completion with Long-A words as in “mail”
63 Phonics: Medial sound Long-E as in “leaf”
Comprehension: Brainwork! Categorization
64 Comprehension: Match Long-Vowel Letter-Pair words to pictures
65 Comprehension: Silly sentences with Long-Vowel Letter-Pair words
Comprehension: Brainwork! Illustrate a sentence
66 Phonics: Inflected ending “ing”
Unit 12 Car Race Unit Objective:R-Controlled A as in “car”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White[463k]
  1. Carla and Mark have go carts.
  2. Carla is number five.
    Mark is number seven.
  3. “Let’s race,” says Mark.
  4. Get ready, get set, go!
  5. Carla can’t pass Mark.
  6. Mark hits a bump.
  7. Carla is in the lead.
  8. Carla wins! She is the star.
Story Words:
a
and
bump
can’t
Carla
carts
eight
five
four
get
go
have
he
hits
in
is
lead
let’s
Mark
nine
number
one
pass
race
ready
says
set
seven
she
six
star
the
three
two
wins
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying R-Controlled A Words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending R-Controlled A Words
Make R-Controlled A Words: farm, harp, park, card
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: R Controlled A Block Print [413k] Manuscript [412k]
67 Phonics: R-Controlled A words as in “car”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
68 Writing: A Garden
69 Phonics: C as /k/ and C as /s/
70 Phonics: Final Sound /ch/ (digraph ch)
Writing: Sentence with ch words
71 Phonics: Initial and final blend “st”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! medial sound
72 Comprehension: Opposites
Unit 13 My Horse Glory Unit Objective: R-Controlled Vowel O as in “Horse”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [366k]
  1. My name is Tory. I live on a farm.
  2. I have a horse.
    Her name is Glory.
  3. Glory plays in her corral.
  4. I forgot to close the gate and Glory got out.
  5. I had to find her!
  6. I found her with a thorn in her foot.
  7. I called the animal doctor for help.
  8. Now Glory is back to normal.
Story Words:
a
and
animal
back
called
close
corral
doctor
farm
find
foot
for
forgot
found
gate
Glory
got
had
have
help
her
horse
I
in
is
live
my
name
normal
now
on
out
plays
the
thorn
to
Tory
with
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying R-Controlled O Words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending R-Controlled O Words
Make R-Controlled O words: corn, fork, fort, horn
Picture Hunt: horse, fork, unicorn, horn, storm, score
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: R Controlled O Block Print [268k] Manuscript [371k]
73 Phonics: R-Controlled O words as in “corn”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
74 Writing: The Sports I Like
75 Phonics: Final Sound /th/ (digraph th)
Writing: Sentence with th words
76 Comprehension: Match R-Controlled O words to pictures
77 Comprehension: Silly sentences with R-Controlled O words
Comprehension: Brainwork! Illustrate a sentence
78 Compound Words
Unit 14 Surfer Girl Unit Objective: R-Controlled Vowel E, I, U as in “surfer” and “girl”
Online Book
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Black & White[323k]
  1. Fern likes to surf at Bird Rock.
  2. Bird Rock has the best waves.
  3. Here is a big wave.
    Fern has to turn fast.
  4. Here is a bigger wave.
    Fern swims to meet it.
  5. Here comes the biggest wave.
  6. The wave curls over and makes a tube.
  7. Surfing in the tube is fun!
  8. Fern wants to surf all day.
    Her dad says, “No way.”
Story Words:
a
all
and
at
best
big
bigger
biggest
Bird
Rock
comes
curls
dad
day
fast
Fern
fun
has
her
here
in
is
it
likes
makes
meet
no
over
says
surf
surfing
swims
the
to
tube
turn
wants
wave
waves
way
Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Long-Vowel Words
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending R-Controlled E, I, U words
Make R-Controlled I, E, and U words: herd, fern, bird, girl, dirt, curl, hurt, turn, burn
Word Sorting with R-Controlled Vowels
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: R Controlled Vowels Block Print [273k] Manuscript [395k]
79 Phonics: R-Controlled I words as in “bird”
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
80 Writing: With R-Controlled E, I, U words
81 High Frequency Words: Want, way, come, by, love, ready
82 Phonics: Final Sound /sh/ (digraph sh)
Writing: Sentence with sh words
83 Phonics: Final sound /er/
Comprehension: Brainwork! Categorization
84 Comprehension: Superlatives
Unit 15 My Family Unit Objective: Y as a Vowel as in “my” and “family”
Online Book
Download:
Black & White [393k]
  1. This is my family.
    Mommy, Daddy and me.
  2. Mommy is going to
    have a baby.
  3. She brings home a new baby sister.
  4. “This is Tiny,” says Daddy.
  5. “Does she like big trucks?” I ask.
  6. “Tiny likes you,” says Mommy.
  7. I act silly for Tiny.
  8. Tiny smiles. I love Tiny.
Story Words:
a
act
and
ask
baby
big
brings
Daddy
does
family
for
going
have
home
I
is
like
likes
love
me
Mommy
my
new
says
she
silly
sister
smiles
this
Tiny
to
trucks
you

 

Phonemic Awareness:
Hearing and identifying Y as /ee/ and Y as /igh/
Phonics:
Identifying, decoding and comprehending Y as /ee/ and Y as /igh/ words.
Picture Hunt: daisy, candy, baby, berry, lady, pony
Make a Match R-Controlled and other vocabulary review:
Level I: CVRC and CVVC words
Level II: CVRCE, CCVRC and CCVVC words
Level III: CVRCVR, CVRCVC, VCCVR, and words ending in Y
Reinforce Decoding Concept:
Y TV!: Demonstrates how “y” can sometimes be a vowel, as in long i or e.
Level I Writing Journal:
Download: Y as a Vowel Block Print [313k] Manuscript [296k]
Download: Extra Practice Block Print [293k] Manuscript [256k]
85 Phonics: y as /ee/ and y as /igh/
86 Writing: Review vocabulary
87 Compound Words
88 Comprehension: Match R-Controlled O words to pictures
89 Comprehension: Silly sentences with R-Controlled O words
Comprehension: Brainwork! Illustrate a sentence
90 Writing: My Family
91 Phonics: Word Family -own
Phonemic Awareness: Brainwork! Rhyming
92 Comprehension: Opposites
93 Comprehension: Number Words
94 Compound Words
95 Writing: This Year at School

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2 thoughts on “Break Through

  1. ” I am hopeful it will encourage her, as she sees the stories on paper and online, to connect the idea that she CAN read stuff in books that are actually printed, just like she can read signs we drive by and stuff on her computer.”
    Do not forget scrolls, payprus and clay tablets :))

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