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Book Covers & Lessons Taught in Set 9
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| Set 9—Book 1 |
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| Title: |
Miss Vie |
This book introduces the consonant blends tr- (tried) and th- (digraph - as in "thank").
The story shows that caring for animals is important. |
| Value: | Kindness |
| New Words: | Nutmeg, Miss Vie, vet, die, tried, fee, safe, notes, rode, thank, beep, jeep, keep, keeps, weeks, feed, feel, lets, pines, deer, hare |
| Consonants: | _nk, _ks, tr_, Word Patterns: "-are" as in hare and care. |
| Vowels: | long vowels |
| Sight Words: | deer, hare |
| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about kindness. |
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| Set 9—Book 2 |
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| Title: |
The Time Box |
Review of long e and ea vowels is given.
Students learn that memories are intangible treasures. |
| Value: | Memories |
| New Words: | heap, fire, hide, life, seal, seals, real, years, inside, wide, sea, nose, lean, peek, leak, leaks, near, neat, hear, beat, ear, dear, deep, read, tales, my, tick, tock, learn, dare, Teena's |
| Consonants: | _ls, _rs, Word Patterns: "_ear" as in near. |
| Vowels: | long -em -e |
| Sight Words: | learn |
| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about making a scrapbook. |
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| Set 9—Book 3 |
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| Title: |
The Haircut |
This book introduces the long - ai and the consonant ending - lp
Students lean that talking through problems helps us face them. |
| Value: | Empathy |
| New Words: | cage, dive, fail, jail, sail, hail, pail, nail, wait, Spain, pain, rain, haircut, haircuts, needed, seem, say, lay, away, may, maybe, ears, pick, picked, fair, day, today, need, week, so |
| Consonants: | gr_, sh_, sm_, _ing, _ed, sp_, y (silent) |
| Vowels: | long -ai |
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| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about grooming. |
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| Set 9—Book 4 |
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| Title: |
The Big Deal |
Practice is given in the long "ea" vowels and in compound words.
A favorite book for baseball fans of any age.
The value taught is: "Meeting challenges and doing our best is more important than winning." |
| Value: | Meeting Challenges |
| New Words: | last, base, baseball, plate, mitt, team, teams, Bobcats, Neal, weak year, cubs, seat, beat, beats, deal, leaps, gear, fear, rear, lead, leads, dives, call, ball, says, tugs, onto |
| Consonants: | pl, _ds, _rs, _ts |
| Vowels: | long- ea |
| Sight Words: | onto |
| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about being afraid. |
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| Set 9—Book 5 |
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| Title: |
The Quiz is 3 |
This is another review book which offers practice in most of the skills learned to date. |
| Value: | Review Values |
| New Words: | book birthday |
| Consonants: | Review book |
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| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about practice. |
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| Set 9—Book 6 |
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| Title: |
Me and the Bee |
An introduction of long "e" and "ee" vowels is given.
The story is written in first person narrative which helps readers appreciate the value of personal introspection. |
| Value: | Personal Introspection |
| New Words: | hi, I'll, late, bee, knee (silent k), feet, pod, there, mine, seed, weeds, weep, seems, jokes, bikes, by, zaps, peer, peers (exception to the "ee" rule) |
| Consonants: | th_, k (silent), c (soft), _ps, _rs, _ds, _ms |
| Vowels: | long- e -ee |
| Sight Words: | peer |
| Conversation Skills: | After reading this book, talk about self awareness. |
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