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

2. 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

3. 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.

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

5. 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 »

6. 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 »

7. 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 »

8. 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 »

9. 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.

10. Word Work
Dan and Jan like to gab.

11. Word Work
Dad has a big tan van.

12. Word Work
Pam got a yellow cab.

13. Word Work
The fat cat sat on my lap.

14. 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. »

15. 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.

16. 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?

17. Vocabulary
What is an avenue?

18. Vocabulary
What is investigate?

19. Vocabulary
What is rural?

20. Vocabulary
What is urban?

21. Vocabulary
What is a suburb?

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

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

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