Chapter 1 Reading Horizons
Chapter 1 Reading Horizons
Letter Groups - Students learn the name, sound, and upper- and lowercase formation of each letter. Five key words are used to help students remember the five short sounds of the vowels: a - at, e - Ed, o - odd, u - up, i - it.
Slide - A consonant is added to the beginning of a vowel to form a new sound. A slide arrow is used to show that the two letters slide together. All vowels have the short sound.
Three-letter Words - After the letters and sounds are learned in each section, students add a final consonant to form three-letter real and nonsense words. An X is placed under the vowel to identify it.
Most Common Words - Students practice reading and recognizing Most Common Words in isolation and in a sentence. Students learn that that Most Common Words are not always decodable, and are words we do have to work to recognize quickly.
Letter Groups:
Slides:
Three Letter Words:
Most Common Words
List 1:
the
of
and
a
to
in
is
you
that
it
Most Common Words
List 2:
he
as
was
with
for
his
on
they
are
I
Most Common Words
List 3:
at
or
be
one
this
had
have
by
from
word
Most Common Words
List 4:
but
not
what
all
were
we
when
your
can
said
Most Common Words
List 5:
there
use
an
each
which
she
do
how
their
if