Before you teach · about 90 seconds

Grade 1 · Day 41

L27 · Short u words

Today

p.41 — a column of real words on one pattern. 42 words, 26.9 minutes.

The one thing

tongue herevoice ON
/ʌ/ · short u

Mouth relaxed and half open. Do nothing with your lips at all — no smile, no rounding. Tongue flat in the middle — /u/, as in 'cup'.

They check it: This is the LAZIEST sound in English. If your face is doing anything, you are trying too hard.

Not in Arabic, Somali, Urdu. For those children this is a new physical skill, not a reminder. Do not let the column start until the mouth can make it.

Watch for

/ɒ/ and /ɑ/. Because it is unmarked, children reach for a stronger vowel.
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