Sentences with verbs to be and to have · Contractions · Sentences with contractions
Grade 2 · Day 33 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 35, Lesson 36, Lesson 37 · p.48–49 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
have
cat
She
has
dog
and
They
six
pets
You
pet
pig
Are
sick
am
well
put
the
pup
on
bed
were
in
tub
hut
had
rash
Did
get
not
win
Yes
won
isn't
can't
hasn't
let's
didn't
peg's
jill's
◆ marks a word that does NOT follow today's pattern — Blumenfeld boxes these on the page. Teach it by heart; do not let the class sound it out and lose faith in the rule.
Read the sentences
- I have a cat.
- She has a dog.
- We have a cat, and a dog.
- They have six pets.
- You have a pet pig.
- Are you sick?
- She put the pup on the bed.
- The pets were in the tub.
Write what you hear
Say the word, have them repeat it, count the sounds on fingers, THEN write. The count is what stops a child writing the first letter and guessing the rest.