Before you teach · about 90 seconds

Grade 2 · Day 36

L39, L40 · Sentences with two-syllable, short-vowel words · a as in all; sentence

Today

p.55–56 — connected reading; a column of real words on one pattern. 71 words and 18 sentences, 30.4 minutes.

The one thing

tongue herevoice ON
/ɔ/ · aw

Open your mouth like short o, then push your lips forward into a round shape and hold it — aww, as in 'all' and 'saw'.

They check it: Mirror: wide open AND round lips at the same time. Short o is open with flat lips; this one is open with round lips.

Not in Arabic. 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

Short o. In much of American English 'cot' and 'caught' are the same word — do not fight your own accent. Teach the spelling and accept the vowel your class actually says.
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