Sunday, January 24, 2016

New Unit in CKLA!

Last week we began our next unit in CKLA! Unit 4 is devoted to introducing more spelling alternatives for vowel sounds and tricky spellings. Vowel sounds and their spellings are the most challenging part of the English writing system! Different areas we will be covering include:

Tricky Spelling
'e' can be pronounced /e/ (pet) or /ee/ (me)
'i' can be pronounced /i/ (it) or /ie/ (biting)
'y' can be pronounced /ee/ (funny), /i/ (myth), /ie/ (try), or /y/ (yes)

Tricky Words
Words like people, walk, grownup, building and statue are introduced and pre-taught during lessons before seeing them in their reader. These are words that are not necessarily challenging, but do not follow the rules of English.

Multi-Syllable Words & Chunking
Decoding words
Syllable division

Reader
The Job Hunt: This is a fictional book.
Kim, a college student, hunts for a job. Her younger brother, Kurt, follows along as she goes from place to place in search. Kim and Kurt will visit many places in New York City as they ride the subway and walk to each location. 
Grammar
Singular & plural nouns
Common & proper nouns
Irregular plurals
Action Verbs & verb tenses
Reviewing: synonyms, antonyms, contractions, and quotations

Writing
We will begin to learn about persuasive writing, specifically how to incorporate persuasive writing as part of a friendly letter.

Spelling
Controlled vowels
'ow''
Four different ways we have learned to spell the sound /ee/



 

 
 

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