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How to Use This BookThefollowingexercisesareincludedinthisbook:
Tracing and Writing the WordThisactivityallowsstudentstorecognizeanewsightword.Whenstudentstraceaword,theybecomefamiliarwiththelettersandsequencethatmakeupthenewword.Thisactivityalsoinvitesstudentstopracticetheirletterformation.
Identifying the Word in a GroupThisactivityrequiresstudentstochoosethenewsightwordfromamongstothersimilarlyspelledorsimilarsoundingwords.Indoingso,studentsarelearningtodistinguishthewordfromothercommonwords.
Circling the Word’s VowelsThisactivityreinforcestheideathatlanguagehasrules.Everywordrequiresatleastonevowel.Learningwhichvowelsareinwhichwordswillhelpstudentslaterwhentheyexperiencephonics,syllabication,andspellingexercises.
Finding the Box the Word Fits IntoThisactivityallowsstudentstofocusontheshapeofthenewsightword.Itinvitesstudentstothinkabouthowthelettersfitagainsteachother—whetherlettersgoaboveorbelowthelineandwhetherthoseupwardordownwardlettersgoatthebeginningorendoftheword.
Writing the Word in a SentenceThisactivityencouragesstudentstopracticewritingthenewsightwordinasentence.Thesentenceincludesthesightwordwitharelatedpicture.Note:Sometimesthewordisusedatthebeginningofthesentence.(Seepage5foranexample.)Inthesecases,thecapitalletterwillneedtobetaughtandpracticed.
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Trace the word its.
Write the word its on the lines.
Circle the word its.
Circle the vowel in the word its. The vowels are a, e, i, o, u.
Find the set of boxes that its fits into. Write its in the correct set of boxes.