Just Words class lesson, also posted to our classblog http://digitalanthology.blogspot.com - Maria Angala, NBCT (Jefferson Academy, Washington DC)

1. Just Words Ms. Angala Jefferson Academy Int’l Baccalaureate MS

2. FIRST FIVE! 1. Come in quietly and take your seat 2. Place materials on desk 3. Take out HW assignment 4. Write down HW assignment in agenda book 5. Begin “Do Now”

3. DO NOW! (3 min) Refer to your Venn Diagram. Compare and contrast the logographic writing system and the alphabetical writing system. Be ready to share.

4. OBJECTIVES: By the end of the lesson, SWBAT: 1. retell the information about written English 2. justify why Just Words is important 3. locate the sections of the Student Notebook 4. practice saying the vowel, consonants and blend sounds by tapping …80% of the time.

5. Let’s review!! Logographic writing system: Is a symbol which represents an idea, or a word. Alphabetical writing system: Each letter (or symbol) represents a sound or a combination of sounds. 26 letters, 44 sounds *** Both are systems of writing to communicate thoughts or ideas!!

7. each letters relate to sounds!

8. Dictionaries lists over 250,000 words!

9. 500 new words are added each year!

10. we can make thousands of words by combining letters!YOU WILL LEARN TO… move around three letters to make hundreds of words! construct words and see how they work in English! know letters and sounds to build vocabulary of thousands of words!

11. WE DO: (5min)

12. Student Notebook You will be using this throughout our class! Let’s locate each section: 1. Sounds 2. Syllables 3. Spelling Rules 4. Vocabulary 5. High Frequency/ Sight Words AWESOME!!!

13. Sound Cards Why are some cards peach? Why are some cards yellow? Do you remember the sounds of each letter? Let’s sound them off!! When you put ‘c’ and ‘h’ together, what happens? What is a digraph? When you add a vowel to a consonant, like m + u = /muh/

14. Clipping Tapping fingers together as you say each sound of a letter Why is this important? In order to blend them into words. Let’s make the word mat FANTASTIC!!

15. Reference Chart Let’s look at the Basic Keywords How does the keywords help us in our study of Just Words? Keywords aid memory and provide reference to help you access the sounds. Let’s sound off each letter! We will refer to this page anytime to help remind us of these sounds!!

16. Keywords qu(sound card) q has a buddy u and they always go together to form a word as in queen! Some consonants are easy to remember and others are hard. With these consonants, sketch a picture that will help you remember their sounds… g= game j= jug qu= queen x= fox y= yellow

17. YOU DO! (5min) What do you call the letters in peach cards? vowels How important are vowel sounds? Very important because every word and syllable needs a vowel. Let’s say the letter-keywords-sound for each vowel: a=apple e=Ed i=ink o=octopus u=up SKETCH THIS ON YOUR STUDENT NOTEBOOKS!!

19. We will use this strategy to decode a word that you have never seen before.

21. Did we meet the OBJECTIVES? By the end of the lesson, SWBAT: 1. retell the information about written English 2. justify why Just Words is important 3. locate the sections of the Student Notebook 4. practice saying the vowel, consonants and blend sounds by tapping …80% of the time.

22. YOU ARE AMAZING!!! You deserve a Chimpan-CHEER!!!

23. LAST FIVE! 1. Homework in homework folder 2. Notes in folders 3. Materials put away 4. Clean desk and area 5. Line up when instructed