Module 10 Phonics of the Week ch, wh, ph-Language Arts 1A - Course Guide


Module Overview:

In this module, students will be learning about the /ch/ and /wh/ sounds and the /ph/ sound. You will also be introduced to your new weekly sight words and spelling words. Finally, you will start writing the beginning paragraph of your story. You will 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 10.1 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph independent reading book
scissors
pen or pencil
2 10.2 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph independent reading book
pillows
index cards
pen or pencil
3 10.3 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph independent reading book
construction paper
glue
crayons and colored pencils
pen or pencil
4 10.4 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph independent reading book
pen or pencil
5 10.5 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph independent reading book
pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 10.1 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. Recognize sight words.
  2. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  3. Write the beginning of the story mapped in Module 9.
  4. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ch/ and /wh/ sounds.
2 10.2 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ph/ sound.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  4. Recognize and use determiners.
  5. Print all upper-case and lower-case letters.
3 10.3 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the /ch/and/wh/ sounds.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  4. Recognize and use determiners.
4 10.4 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with /ch/, /wh/, and /ph/ sounds.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  4. Write the beginning paragraph to the story mapped in Module 9.
  5. Recognize; identify; read, and spell words with /ch/, /wh/, and /ph/ sounds.
5 10.5 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with /ch/, /wh/, and /ph/ sounds.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.

Module Key Words:

Key Words Sight Words Spelling Words
/ch/
/wh/
and /ph/ Sounds
Sight Words
Spelling Words
Writing
/ph/ Sound
Story
Handwriting
Grammar
/ch/ and /wh/ Sounds
Spelling
Spelling Test
Sight Word Quiz
Reading Quiz
Fluency Check
every
live
then
six
chip
chin
inch
watch
what
when
why
which
phonics
graph

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title


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
10.1 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. What sound does ch make?
  2. Name words with the ch sound.
  3. What sound does wh make?
  4. Name words with the wh sound.
  5. What sound does ph make?
  6. Name words with the ph sound?
  7. Use each word in a sentence: every, live, then, six (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).
  8. Spell each word: every, live, then, six (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).
  9. Use the word “chip” in a sentence.
  10. Spell the word “chip”.
  11. Use the word “chin” in a sentence.
  12. Spell the word “chin”.
10.2 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. What sound does ch make?
  2. Name words with the ch sound.
  3. What sound does wh make?
  4. Name words with the wh sound.
  5. What sound does ph make?
  6. Name words with the ph sound?
  7. Use each word in a sentence: every, live, then, six (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).
  8. Spell each word: every, live, then, six (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).
  9. Use the word “inch” in a sentence.
  10. Spell the word “inch”.
  11. Use the word “watch” in a sentence.
  12. Spell the word “watch”.
  13. What is an article?
  14. What is a demonstrative?
10.3 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. What sound does ch make?
  2. Name words with the ch sound.
  3. What sound does wh make?
  4. Name words with the wh sound.
  5. What sound does ph make?
  6. Name words with the ph sound?
  7. Use each word in a sentence: every, live, then, six (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).
  8. Spell each word: every, live, then, six (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).
  9. Use the word “what” in a sentence.
  10. Spell the word “what”.
  11. Use the word “when” in a sentence.
  12. Spell the word “when”.
10.4 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. What sound does ch make?
  2. Name words with the ch sound.
  3. What sound does wh make?
  4. Name words with the wh sound.
  5. What sound does ph make?
  6. Name words with the ph sound?
  7. Use each word in a sentence: every, live, then, six (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).
  8. Spell each word: every, live, then, six (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).
  9. Use the word “why” in a sentence.
  10. Spell the word “why”.
  11. Use the word “which” in a sentence.
  12. Spell the word “which”.
10.5 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph
  1. What sound does ch make?
  2. Name words with the ch sound.
  3. What sound does wh make?
  4. Name words with the wh sound.
  5. What sound does ph make?
  6. Name words with the ph sound?
  7. Use each word in a sentence: every, live, then, six (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).
  8. Spell each word: every, live, then, six (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).
  9. Use the word “phonics” in a sentence.
  10. Spell the word “phonics”.
  11. Use the word “graph” in a sentence.
  12. Spell the word “graph”.

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
10.1 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph The ch and wh sounds
  1. What is a digraph?
  2. What sound does ch make?
  3. What words have the ch sound?
  4. What sound does wh make?
  5. What words have the wh sounds?
10.3 Phonics of the Week: ch, wh, ph Cheers and Whispers
  1. In your student's Language Arts notebook have them draw and write the ch and wh words they hear and see 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 Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats 500L
2 Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo Kevin Lewis 370L
3 The Cheese Margie Palatini 590L
4 The Chicken Sisters Laura Numeroff 560L
5 Chocolate Milk Alexandria Rizik
6 The Lonely Phonebooth Peter Ackerman
7 Which Would You Rather Be? William Steig


Module Outing:

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

# Outing
1 Have a ch food tasting event. Go to the grocery store with your student, pick out items that start with ch ingredients such as chocolate, chips, chickpeas (hummus), cherries, chicken, cheese, etc. enjoy tasting the items and decide which ch food is the favorite.