My SideWalks Level B Unit 1, Week 1, Day 4 Neighborhoods My SideWalks Level B Unit 1, Week 1, Day 4

Objectives: Word Work: Phonics: Spiral Review Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Activities Read or Listen to a passage: « City Song » and « Hayloft, » p.24 Comprehension Strategy: Listening Review Vocabulary

Word Work nap Look at this word. You can read this word because you know how to blend the sounds of the letters n, a, and p. What sound does n make? What sound does a make? What sound does p make? Now let’s blend the sounds to say the word: /n/-/a/-/p/, nap.

mat Can you blend this word? Word Work mat Can you blend this word?

What is the word if I change the m to a p « pat » Word Work What is the word if I change the m to a p « pat »

What is the word if I change the t in pat to a l « pal » Word Work What is the word if I change the t in pat to a l « pal »

What is the word if I change the l in pal to a n « pan » Word Work What is the word if I change the l in pal to a n « pan »

What is the word if I change the p in pan to a r « ran » Word Work What is the word if I change the p in pan to a r « ran »

Word Work When I read a sentence, I read each word without stopping between the words. If I come to a word I don’t know, I blend it. Then I read the sentence again.

Word Work Dan and Jan like to gab.

Word Work Dad has a big tan van.

Word Work Pam got a yellow cab.

Word Work The fat cat sat on my lap.

Read Together Take out your student reader and turn to page 24. The girl is jumping in hay. What do you know about hay? Where might you find a lot of hay? Hay is grass that is cut and dried. Horses and cows on a farm eat hay. A hayloft is a place where a farmer keeps large piles of hay. Today we will listen to the poems « City Songs and Hayloft. »

Read Together Look at the end of each peom. The first peom ends with an exclamation mark. I’ll read that part with excitement. The second poem ends with a period. I’ll read that part with less excitement. Listen as I read these poems.

Read Together Which poem describes an urban place? What are some of the many things you see and hear in a city? Which poem describes a rural place? What is the girl doing in the country?

Vocabulary What is an avenue?

Vocabulary What is investigate?

Vocabulary What is rural?

Vocabulary What is urban?

Vocabulary What is a suburb?

Name a place you would like to investigate? Vocabulary Name a place you would like to investigate?

What things could you investigate in this classroom? Vocabulary What things could you investigate in this classroom?

Is there an avenue close to where you live? Vocabulary Is there an avenue close to where you live?