About This Lesson
Phonics features are short stories that can be read using the phonics-decoding method. Each phonics feature includes six tasks to do before and after reading the short story.
BEFORE the phonics feature
Task 1: Practice the sound that will be featured in the story.
Task 2: Preview words that use the featured sound.
Task 3: Review high frequency/sight words from the story.
Task 4: Learn challenge words and how to decode them.
AFTER the phonics feature
Task 5: Answer comprehension questions by rereading
information from the phonics feature and comparing
it to new information with the featured sound.
Task 6: Circle sounds to spell words from the phonics feature.
PHONICS FEATURES
1. Wait to Play – ai/ay says (a) as in mail and hay
2. The TO DO List – ee/ea says (e) as in tree and ear
3. Magpies like Fries – y/ie says (i) as in cry and pie
4. A Goat with a Sore Throat – oa/ow says (o) as in boat and row
5. The Love Cruise – ue/ui/ew/ou says (yoo) as in glue, fruit, screw and group
