Each week you will have a Word List that matches the phonics skill you are working on for the week. You will be tested at the end of the week to see if you learned the spelling patterns with a Spelling Test on Day 5.

Day 2 will continue to focus on words with short a or i sounds. Be sure the student practices handwriting for the letters Ii, Ll, Tt.

Note: You will use the same Week 1 teaching slides, slide notes, and Spelling Handouts you downloaded on Day 1.

ACTIVITIES:

• Review the Week 1 teaching slides: Spelling-Handwriting (1.1) PowerPoint.
• A word with a CVC (Consonant/Vowel/Consonant) pattern usually has a short vowel sound. Give your student Consonants: Short a, i, page 6 from the Spelling Handouts to complete. Set aside the finished handout to submit for grading on Day 3.
• Handwriting: Have the student practice handwriting with another copy of Printables: Manuscript Ii, Ll, Tt.
  • Check to be sure that children are gripping the pencil correctly.
    • Model: How to write lowercase i, l, and t. Have children describe what they notice about the letters. (They are all formed by a straight stroke down.)
    • Tall and Short: Remind children that when they write a “tall” lowercase letter or a letter with an ascender such as l, the letter should touch all three lines. When they write a lowercase letter without an ascender, such as i, the letter should touch the middle line and the bottom line.
  • Save the Handwriting pages. You will choose the best set of Handwriting pages from Days 1-3 to submit for grading on Day 3.