Module 3 Letter Tt-Language Arts KA - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will be learning about uppercase T and lowercase t and how to write them. You will complete an activity with t words and learn your new sight words. You will type and touch your sight words, capital T, and lowercase t. You will also read your weekly story, "What Can Mom See?" You will record an oral retell. You will also learn about quotation marks. You will watch a movie about nouns and do an interactive activity finding them. You will put pictures in chronological order. Lastly, you will read a story and retell it for your Independent Reading program.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	3.1 Letter Tt	independent reading book pen or pencil scissors
2	3.2 Letter Tt	independent reading book pen or pencil 10 pieces of elbow macaroni glue
3	3.3 Letter Tt	independent reading book pen or pencil
4	3.4 Letter Tt	independent reading book pen or pencil crayons or colored pencils scissors glue
5	3.5 Letter Tt	independent reading book pen or pencil crayons or colored pencils

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	3.1 Letter Tt	Correctly print the uppercase T and lowercase t. Read sight words on sight. Identify words that start with t. Read with purpose and understanding, accuracy, and at appropriate rate.
2	3.2 Letter Tt	Recognize and make quotation marks. Read high-frequency words on sight. Read with purpose and understanding, accuracy, and at appropriate rate.
3	3.3 Letter Tt	Read high-frequency words on sight. Identify nouns.
4	3.4 Letter Tt	Order events in chronological order. Read high-frequency words on sight. Learn CVC words that start with t. Order events in chronological order.
5	3.5 Letter Tt	Read high-frequency words on sight. Identify the events of a story.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Sight Words
Letter Tt sight words quotation marks oral retell nouns events in order events	the in said

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	3.1 Letter Tt	6	Handwriting- Tt
1	3.1 Letter Tt	7	Independent Reading
2	3.2 Letter Tt	5	Story Retell- "What Can Mom See?"
2	3.2 Letter Tt	6	Writing- Making Macaroni Quotes
3	3.3 Letter Tt	2	Handwriting- Sight Words
4	3.4 Letter Tt	2	Writing- Order
5	3.5 Letter Tt	2	Independent Reading Assessment
5	3.5 Letter Tt	3	Writing- Events

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
3.1 Letter Tt	What sound does the letter Tt make? Use the word "the" in a sentence. How do you spell the word "the"? Use the word "in" in a sentence. How do you spell the word "in"? Use the word "said" in a sentence, how do you spell the word "said"? What are some words that start with the letter Tt?
3.2 Letter Tt	What sound does the letter Tt make? Use the word “the” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “the”? Use the word “in” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “in”? Use the word “said” in a sentence, how do you spell the word “said”? What are some words that start with the letter Tt? What are the five things you need to talk about when retelling a story (answer: characters, setting, problem, events, solution/ending, plus add your favorite part)? Name two words that rhyme. What are quotation marks?
3.3 Letter Tt	What sound does the letter Tt make? Use the word “the” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “the”? Use the word “in” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “in”? Use the word “said” in a sentence, how do you spell the word “said”? What are some words that start with the letter Tt? What are the five things you need to talk about when retelling a story (answer: characters, setting, problem, events, solution/ending, plus add your favorite part)? Name two words that rhyme. What is a noun? Name some nouns.
3.4 Letter Tt	What sound does the letter Tt make? Use the word “the” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “the”? Use the word “in” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “in”? Use the word “said” in a sentence, how do you spell the word “said”? What are some words that start with the letter Tt? What are the five things you need to talk about when retelling a story (answer: characters, setting, problem, events, solution/ending, plus add your favorite part)? Name two words that rhyme. Name three nouns. What did you do yesterday? What are you doing today? What will you do tomorrow?
3.5 Letter Tt	What sound does the letter Tt make? Use the word “the” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “the”? Use the word “in” in a sentence. How do you spell the word “in”? Use the word “said” in a sentence, how do you spell the word “said”? What are some words that start with the letter Tt? What are the five things you need to talk about when retelling a story (answer: characters, setting, problem, events, solution/ending, plus add your favorite part)? Name two words that rhyme. Name three nouns.

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
3.1 Letter Tt	Letter Tt	What words start with the letter Tt?
3.2 Letter Tt	Quote This!	What are quotation marks? What are quotation marks used for?
3.3 Letter Tt	Nouns	What is a noun? What do nouns name? Give examples of nouns.
3.5 Letter Tt	Letter Tt Wrap Up	What things in this video started with the letter T? How do you write the letter Tt?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	One Tiny Turtle	Nicola Davies	AD650L
2	The Tub People	Pam Conrad	540L
3	Duck in the Truck	Jez Alborough	AD410L
4	From Tomato to Ketchup	Robert Basel
5	Trashy Town	Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha	AD390L
6	The Tiger Who Came to Tea	Judith Kerr	AD550L
7	It's a Tiger!	David LaRochelle

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	See if you have a trampoline place by you. Take your student to go jumping on the various trampolines. As you play on the trampolines, challenge your student to say sentences using as many T words as possible, or create a Letter T rap to sing while jumping.