1. Out in the Woods My SideWalks Level B Unit 1, Week 3, Day 1

2. Objectives Word Work: Phonemic Awareness: Blend Sounds Phonics: Blend Words with Short o High frequency Words: answer, different, ever, learn Build Concepts: galaxy, tranquil, wildlife Read or Listen to a passage: “ Out in the Woods,” p.54

3. Phonemic Awareness log Listen as I blend the sound for l, o, g. What is the word? fox Listen as I blend the sound for f, o, x. What is the word?

4. Phonemic Awareness pot Blend the sounds. What is the word?

5. Phonemic Awareness top Blend the sounds. What is the word?

6. Phonemic Awareness not Blend the sounds. What is the word?

7. Phonemic Awareness hop Blend the sounds. What is the word?

8. Phonemic Awareness doll Blend the sounds. What is the word?

9. Phonemic Awareness rock Blend the sounds? What is the word?

10. Blending Strategy cat and hat You already can read words like these. What are the words? What is the vowel sound in cat? In hat? Now let’s look at another vowel sound.

11. Phonemic Awareness This is an octopus. What sound do you hear at the beginning of octopus? Say it with me: /o/. In octopus, the first letter o stands for the sound /o/.

12. Phonemic Awareness hot The letter o stands for /o/. This is how I blend this word: /h/-/o/-/t/, hot Together, let’s try the same thing with the following words.

13. Blending Strategy mom

14. Blending Strategy box

15. Blending Strategy job

16. Blending Strategy nod

17. Blending Strategy lock

18. Blending Strategy Now it is your turn to blend and say the words.

19. Blending Strategy got

20. Blending Strategy cot

21. Blending Strategy Bob

22. Blending Strategy sock

23. Blending Strategy dock

24. Blending Strategy rob

25. High Frequency Words answer An answer is what is said when a question is asked.

26. High Frequency Words different When two things are different, they are not alike.

27. High Frequency Words ever Is he ever at home?

28. High Frequency Words learn If you learn something, you find out about it.

29. Oral Vocabulary galaxy A very large group of stars

30. Oral Vocabulary mammal An animal with a backbone and fur or hair; baby mammal drink milk from their mother’s body

31. Oral Vocabulary camouflage The shapes, colors, and patterns that help animals blend in with things around them.

32. Oral Vocabulary tranquil Calm, peaceful, and quiet

33. Oral Vocabulary wildlife wild animals and plants

34. Read or Listen to a Passage “Out in the Woods,” p.54