Module 14 Phonics of the Week ou and ow-Language Arts 1A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will be learning about the /ou/ and /ow/ sounds. You will be introduced to your new weekly sight words and spelling words. Then, you will also revise the story you have been working on. You will also read the weekly story on your own, practice handwriting, and work on the week's grammar skill.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	14.1 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	independent reading book scissors pen or pencil
2	14.2 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	independent reading book white board dry erase markers eraser pen or pencil
3	14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	independent reading book chalkboard or sidewalk paintbrush water glue scissors crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
4	14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	independent reading book scissors glue pen or pencil
5	14.5 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	independent reading book pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	14.1 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with "ou" and "ow." Recognize sight words. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy. Revise a previously written story.
2	14.2 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ow/ sound. Recognize sight words. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy. Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word. Print all upper-case and lower-case letters.
3	14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ou/-/ow/ sound. Recognize sight words. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy. Use frequently occurring affixes as a clue to the meaning of a word.
4	14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ou/-/ow/ sound. Recognize sight words. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
5	14.5 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with /ou/-/ow/ sound. Recognize sight words. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Sight Words	Spelling Words
/ou/-/ow/ Sounds Sight Words Spelling Story Writing /ow/ Sound Handwriting Grammar /ow/ and /ou/ Sound Spelling Words /ou/-/ow/ Sound /ou/ and /ow/ Sounds Sight Word Quiz Spelling Test Fluency Check Reading Quiz	give old were small	loud cloud mouse house out owl down town now how

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
3	14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	5	Story
3	14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	6	Grammar
4	14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	2	Phonics
4	14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	3	Spelling
4	14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	4	Story
5	14.5 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	2	Phonics
5	14.5 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	5	Story

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
14.1 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	What sound does ou make? Name words with the ou sound. What sound does ow make? Name words with the ow sound. Use each word in a sentence: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to give a sentence for that word before you read the next word to them). Spell each word: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to spell each word before you read the next word to them). Use the word “loud” in a sentence. Spell the word “loud”. Use the word “cloud” in a sentence. Spell the word “cloud”.
14.2 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	What sound does ou make? Name words with the ou sound. What sound does ow make? Name words with the ow sound. Use each word in a sentence: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to give a sentence for that word before you read the next word to them). Spell each word: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to spell each word before you read the next word to them). Use the word “mouse” in a sentence. Spell the word “mouse”. Use the word “house” in a sentence. Spell the word “house”. What is a prefix? What is a suffix?
14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	What sound does ou make? Name words with the ou sound. What sound does ow make? Name words with the ow sound. Use each word in a sentence: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to give a sentence for that word before you read the next word to them). Spell each word: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to spell each word before you read the next word to them). Use the word “out” in a sentence. Spell the word “out”. Use the word “owl” in a sentence. Spell the word “owl”.
14.4 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	What sound does ou make? Name words with the ou sound. What sound does ow make? Name words with the ow sound. Use each word in a sentence: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to give a sentence for that word before you read the next word to them). Spell each word: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to spell each word before you read the next word to them). Use the word “down” in a sentence. Spell the word “down”. Use the word “town” in a sentence. Spell the word “town”.
14.5 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	What sound does ou make? Name words with the ou sound. What sound does ow make? Name words with the ow sound. Use each word in a sentence: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to give a sentence for that word before you read the next word to them). Spell each word: give, old, were, small (Read the words one at a time giving your first grader a chance to spell each word before you read the next word to them). Use the word “now” in a sentence. Spell the word “now”. Use the word “how” in a sentence. Spell the word “how”.

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
14.1 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	The ow Sound	What sound does ou make? What words have the ou sound? What sound does ow make? What words have the ow sound?
14.3 Phonics of the Week: ou and ow	Howling Hounds	In their Language Arts notebook have your student write and draw the ou and ow words named in the video.

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	Little Cloud	Eric Carle	470L
2	Mouse Paint	Ellen Stoll Walsh	AD370L
3	In a People House	Dr. Seuss	NP
4	The Cow Said Neigh!	Rory Feek
5	The Little White Owl	Tracey Corderoy	500L

Module Outing:

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

#	Outing
1	Go outside and observe the clouds in the sky. Have your student draw the different things they see in the clouds and draw pictures of what they see in their Language Arts notebook.