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Set young readers on the path toward fluency with this phonemic awareness resource. Based on the award-winning children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, this lesson allows beginning readers to practice isolating phonemes and recognizing Dolch sight words, while also developing their reading comprehension skills.
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Instructional Ideas
- Read the story as a whole class first, following up by performing this lesson with small groups of learners
- If teaching this lesson with small groups, print out and laminate copies of slides, using a dry erase marker to record student responses to the different questions
- Supplement picture cards to further support children with learning the phonemes and sight words in this lesson
Classroom Considerations
- This lesson requires a class copy of the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, which can be found in your school or local public library
- Note that the presentation referenced in the resource is not available as a PowerPoint file, but the slides are included as part of the lesson plan PDF file
Pros
- Lesson focuses on teaching a specific set of phonemes and sight words
- Offers adaptations for teaching the lesson to English language learners
- Presentation slides include illustrations from the book Where the Wild Things Are
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- None