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 3 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.
• Give your student Short a, i, page 7 from the Spelling Handouts to complete. You will write the missing letter in each Spelling Word on the lines provided.
• Handwriting: Have the student practice handwriting with another copy of Printables: Manuscript Ii, Ll, Tt.
• 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.
• Check to be sure that children are gripping the pencil correctly.

WHAT TO SUBMIT:

Now it’s time to submit your work! Follow the submission instructions below to attach the finished handouts for Days 1-3.

• Short a, i, page 5
• Consonants: Short a, i, page 6
• Short a, i, page 7
• Choose the best set of Handwriting pages from Days 1-3 to submit for grading.

Submission Instructions

Parent: Scan or take a photograph of the student's completed activity using your mobile device and upload it to a cloud service. Note: We strongly recommend saving a copy on your computer, as well! Once the files are available, upload them using the following instructions:

1. Click on either the Browse Local Files or Browse Cloud Service button below.
2. Navigate to where the file is saved on your computer or cloud service.
3. Identify the correct file and click the Open or Select button.
4. Your file name will be visible in the "Attach Files" section.
5. When ready, click the Submit button to submit your file(s) for grading.