DR. BEST LEARN TO READ PHONICS PHASE SIX WEEK FOUR LITTLE AND QUICK Activity Book and Teaching Guide By Rachel Espinosa and Urmila Devi-Dasi • Illustrated by Gopisvari Dasi This program is designed to be used with the 2007 edition © 2010 Padma Inc., Hillsborough, NC, USA. All rights reserved. of Letters and Sounds, available for free download from Th is book may be copied and distributed within a single family or classroom only. www.standards.dfes.gov.uk or www.teachernet.gov.uk/publications; Any other reproduction or distribution of this book requires specifi c permission. email: [email protected]; phone: +44 (0)845-60-222-60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Printed in the United Kingdom Unusual pronunciation of letters and letter groups Before introducing the written words, make sure can read the word, discuss what part of the word that the children understand their meanings. Note is tricky or unusual (in this case, the sound of that toward and towards can be used interchange- the letter group oo sounding like the /uh/ in hut). ably, but towards is the preferred British spell- Repeat this procedure for the letter group ar (ar ing. It is suggested that you use either Synthetic sounds like the letter group /er/ in turn except for Phonics or Inductive Whole-word Phonics. toward which sounds like /or/, though there may be a variety of regional pronunciations) and the Synthetic Phonics letter group i-e (i-e sounds like /ee/ in feet). For the letter u in bury and during, the pronunciation Introducing unusual pronunciation of letters of the u is diff erent in each word, so the sounds and letter groups need to be introduced fi rst in one word (bury First show the letter and letter groups oo, u, ar sounding like the /e/ in berry) and then the other and i-e and have the children say the sounds of (the u in during sounding like /(y)oo/). each letter or letter group as they have learned them before. (oo: look, food; u: bus, usual, put; ar: Inductive Whole-word Phonics dark, calendar, carry, war; i-e: bite) Th en explain Go through the word families one list at a time that they are going to see these letter groups using spell-say (b-l-o-o-d, blood) and repeat for the and letters again in new words introduced in this fi rst word of each list. See if the children can then book. In these words, the letter groups and the read the rest of the words in the list. Use spell-say letter u make a diff erent sound. Th e sounds of u if needed. Read the words list by list fi rst. Once and the letter groups taught in this book only ap- the children are familiar with the words, you can pear in a few English words. put them on cards and show them at random. Write the word fl ood for the children to see. If Word game the children don’t already recognize the word, read it for them, show a picture representing Write the words on individual cards or pieces of the word, or write the word in a sentence using paper and fl ash them to the children starting off words taught up to this point. Once the children slowly, giving them time to sound-say if needed. Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide 1 © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 1 8/8/2010 11:35:14 PM As the children become more confi dent, increase read the word, have the child try to compose an the speed at which you fl ash the cards. oral sentence using the word. Th en have the child place the card back in the middle. Go around the If you have a class of children, have them sit in circle until all the words have been read and put a circle and spread the words around face down into sentences. Encourage the children to think in the centre of the circle. Choose one child to of diff erent sentences if the same word is picked pick a card and read the word. After he or she has more than once. Word families blood toward sardine during flood towards gasoline bury automobile backward afterward police forward upward orchard 2 Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 2 8/8/2010 11:35:15 PM Sort the i-e words Sort out the words depending on how the i-e sounds in each word. Think carefully! One of these words can go into two groups. Can you find which one? sardine hive kite opposite gasoline live automobile bite alive white give inside /ee/: sardine, gasoline, automobile; /ai/: live, alive, hive, white, kite, bite, inside; /i/: live, give, opposite give, live, /i/: inside; bite, kite, white, hive, alive, live, /ai/: automobile; gasoline, sardine, /ee/: Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide 3 © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 3 8/8/2010 11:35:16 PM Mark the sentence that matches the picture The flood reached the village without warning. He got blood on his shirt from his nosebleed. We stop to fill the tank with gasoline. Sardines are a group of several types of small fish. Some people say that an ostrich will bury its head in the ground when it feels scared. Nadia sat still during the show. On my bicycle, you can only pedal forward. The balloon floated upward, far away from me. This automobile makes a lot of pollution. The orchard is now full of fruit. Notes for parents and teachers: Have the children mark the box next to the sentence which best describes the picture. 4 Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 4 8/8/2010 11:35:19 PM Does the sentence match the picture? Mark yes or no Time does not move backwards, not even for a moment. Yes No It has been raining nonstop for nearly two weeks. It might even flood! Yes No Jivan is playing now. He plans to do his homework afterward. Yes No The teething baby slept very little during the night. Yes No Notes for parents and teachers: Have the children look at the picture and then read the sentence next to it using spell-say or sound-say when needed. Th en have them mark theyes box if the sentence supports the picture or the no box if it does not. Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide 5 © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 5 8/8/2010 11:35:23 PM Mark the correct word to complete the sentence If they open the dam, the If it has four wheels and an town could engine, it could be an bury. automobile. blood. sardine. flood. gasoline. To see the stars and the The body needs food and water moon, we need to look to work. An automobile needs downward. sardine. afterward. police. upward. gasoline. To see the ground, you need You can find all sorts of to look fruit in downward. forward. towards. an orchard. backward. during. Notes for parents and teachers: Th e children should mark the box next to the best word to complete the sentence. 6 Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 6 8/8/2010 11:35:24 PM Start with the first word. Change one letter to make a new word that fits the next clue. Follow the way that the example is done. the sound a frog or toad makes c r o a k a thief or dishonest person c r o o k a small stream or river b r o o k to pass wind through your mouth b u r p to put something within the ground to have a lot of things to do a short, wide plant, like a small tree to strike with a crushing or smashing blow to clean to want, to desire w i s h Notes for parents and teachers: Each puzzle starts with a clue and the word that is the an- swer to the clue. To find the answer to the next clue, kids need to change one letter in the previous answer. For example, if croak is the answer to the first clue, changing thea to o would make crook, the answer to the second clue. burp, bury, busy, bush, bash, wash, wish wash, bash, bush, busy, bury, burp, Little and Quick Activity Book and Teaching Guide 7 © 2010 Padma Inc. Little and Quick Activity Book.indd 7 8/8/2010 11:35:24 PM Similes Kate swims Palika sings The new baby is like a fish. like a bird. as cute as a doll. The new lamp Sure, I can carry makes the room that bag. It’s as as bright as light as a day. night. feather. pot. That soap got The man building my dirty pants as the house is as white as strong as an blood. snow. ant. ox. Wow, you can see While Mum slept, far! You have eyes I was as quiet as a like a automobile. mouse. sardine. hawk. Notes for parents and teachers: Explain that a simile is a comparison made between two things that are diff erent in most ways, but are alike in at least one important way.