Students will help me correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and grammar in two sentences. Students observe how I decode words by saying each word slowly out loud while listening for letters. If the word to be used in writing is a WWW, it MUST be spelled correctly on students' papers. I will constantly refer to the Word Wall to check spelling. Children are encouraged to help me spell each word.
Emphasis is placed on the concept that writing is putting one's thoughts on paper.
At this point of the lesson, students now have the opportunity to write in their journals on topics and stories of their choice. Listeners give their opinions to the writer. Words willbe quizzed on Fridays. Since these are sight words, students will have to read and copy them from the Word Wall. Making Words These lessons are active, hands-on, manipulative activities in which children learn how to look for patterns in words, and they become aware of how changing just one letter or adding another letter changes the whole word.