Teachyourway

Kumiko and The Dragon is a teaching unit covering aspects of Word Study, Vocabulary Development, Spelling and Making Meaning strategies.

**QLD recommended text for Studying Persuasive text** These mini lessons will guide students to be able to independently read and comprehend the text "I Wanna Iguana." The PowerPoint lesson plans are a great teaching resource for building word analysis skills to generate word knowledge and spelling in an integrated manner.

Essential Knowledge for English spelling is explained. (e.g, What is 'e's' job at the end of a word?) Revise the feature choices and pattern, syllabification rules, adding prefixes and suffixes rules and vowel alternation after teaching explicitly. These are available on my programs- Sound Charts and Rues for Syllables and Affixes which are also available on TpT. The slides are presented in a developmental sequence, increasing in difficulty. Read the words. Discuss the meanings of words. Use i

Sound charts are created to show choices of sounds for each phonological sound. They cover all essential knowledge needed to decode and spell words. They are developmental and align to patterns and relationships of vowels and consonants, similar to Words Their Way. (e.g. CVCe, CVVC, CV) Sound Charts are in a PowerPoint form so can be used in daily repetition on Smartboards or made into charts. The Sound Charts are also the basis for my program Rules, Features and Fluency Practice which assigns w

These slides can be used as a PowerPoint or made into classroom charts. They teach the rules about how to break into syllables and rules about adding prefixes and suffixes. They can be revised daily. They incorporate the formal language about consonant and vowels, open and closed syllables and whether vowels or long or short. (e.g. spi/der- open - long) Reminders on how to break into syllables- Hand under chin and say word. Chin drops with every vowel sound and every syllable has a vowel. Count

Designed for small group activities for independent work whilst teachers are explicitly teaching a word study / phonics feature. Spelling Strategies Activity Cards Include: > Reinforce Phonic elements > Sorts (aligned to Words Their Way) > Word Hunts > Write & Draw > Counting Sounds > Short & Long Vowels There are a choice of 2 types of cards at each level available for purchase: > Spelling Strategies - Alphabetical - Complex Vowels - Syllable & Affixes

Designed for small group activities for independent work whilst teachers are explicitly teaching a word study / phonics feature. The Making Meaning activity cards aim to apply knowledge from spelling strategies to meaningful writing and/or responding to reading text. Making Meaning Activity Cards Include: > Dictionary Work > Word Tree > Different Ending > Writing > Word Study > Short & Long Vowels There are a choice of 2 types of cards at each level available for purch