Module 16 Phonics of the Week Long o; _o_e-Language Arts 1A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will be learning about the long /o/ sound. You will also be introduced to your new weekly sight words and spelling words. Finally, you will rewrite a story you have been working on. You will read the weekly story on your own, practice handwriting, and you will work on the grammar skill of the week.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 16.1 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e independent reading book
scissors
pen or pencil
2 16.2 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e independent reading book
white paper (about ½-sheet per sight word)
crayons or colored pencils
water color paints
water
pen or pencil
3 16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e independent reading book
shallow bin or deep cookie sheet
oatmeal
magnetic letters or letter tiles (such as scrabble or bananagrams tiles)
magnetic cookie sheet (if using magnets)
scissors
pen or pencil
4 16.4 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e independent reading book
scissors
pen or pencil
5 16.5 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e independent reading book
pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 16.1 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with long/o/ sound, made by words with the _o_e spelling pattern.
  2. Recognize sight words
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  4. Revise a previously written story.
2 16.2 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the long /o/ sound.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Sort words by category.
  4. Print all upper-case and lower-case letters.
3 16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the long /o/ sound.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
  4. Sort words into categories.
4 16.4 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the long /o/ sound made in the _o_e spelling pattern.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.
5 16.5 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. Recognize, identify, read, and spell words with the long /o/ sound made by Bossy E.
  2. Recognize sight words.
  3. Read grade-level text with purpose, understanding, and accuracy.

Module Key Words:

Key Words Sight Words Spelling Words
long /o/ Sound
_o_e
Sight Words
Spelling
Story
Writing
Bossy E
Handwriting
Language
Spelling Words
Sight Word Quiz
Spelling Test
Fluency Check
Reading Quiz
 had
open
always
kind
 close
hope
nose
those
chose
bone
phone
home
dome
globe

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
2 16.2 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 5 Handwriting
3 16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 3 Sight Words
3 16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 5 Story
3 16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 6 Grammar
4 16.4 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 3 Spelling
4 16.4 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 4 Story
5 16.5 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 2 Phonics
5 16.5 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e 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
16.1 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. Name some words with the long o sound that have bossy e.
  4. Use each word in a sentence: had, open, always, kind (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).
  5. Spell each word: had, open, always, kind (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).
  6. Use the word “close” in a sentence.
  7. Spell the word “close”.
  8. Use the word “hope” in a sentence.
  9. Spell the word “hope”.
  10. What are the steps to writing a story?
16.2 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. Name some words with the long o sound that have bossy e.
  4. Use each word in a sentence: had, open, always, kind (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).
  5. Spell each word: had, open, always, kind (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).
  6. Use the word “nose” in a sentence.
  7. Spell the word “nose”.
  8. Use the word “those” in a sentence.
  9. Spell the word “those”.
  10. How can you categorize words?
16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. Name some words with the long o sound that have bossy e.
  4. Use each word in a sentence: had, open, always, kind (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).
  5. Spell each word: had, open, always, kind (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).
  6. Use the word “chose” in a sentence.
  7. Spell the word “chose”.
  8. Use the word “bone” in a sentence.
  9. Spell the word “bone”.
  10. What are some ways you can categorize words?
16.4 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. Name some words with the long o sound that have bossy e.
  4. Use each word in a sentence: had, open, always, kind (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).
  5. Spell each word: had, open, always, kind (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).
  6. Use the word “phone” in a sentence.
  7. Spell the word “phone”.
  8. Use the word “home” in a sentence.
  9. Spell the word “home”.
16.5 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. Name some words with the long o sound that have bossy e.
  4. Use each word in a sentence: had, open, always, kind (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).
  5. Spell each word: had, open, always, kind (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).
  6. Use the word “dome” in a sentence.
  7. Spell the word “dome”.
  8. Use the word “globe” in a sentence.
  9. Spell the word “globe”.

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
16.1 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e Long o and Silent e
  1. What sound does long o make?
  2. What is Bossy e?
  3. What are some long o words that have bossy e?
16.3 Phonics of the Week: Long o; _o_e The Long o Sounds
  1. In their Language Arts Notebook have your student draw and write the words from the video with the Long _o_e sound.

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 When I Close My Eyes Ty Allan Jackson
2 Maria's Marvelous Bones Dr. Carrie Kollias
3 The Nose Book Al Perkins 290L
4 What If You Had An Animal Nose? Sandra Markle 710L
5 Maps and Globes Jack Knowlton 920L
6 Butterbean Finds A Home Laura Statuti

Module Outing:

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

# Outing
1 This week your student will be learning how to categorize words. Take your student to the park with their Language Arts Notebook and write down what they see. Then have them put the words they wrote into categories. For example, animals, people, playground equipment could be the categories.