Verbs to be and to have

Grade K · Day 70 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 34 · p.47 · 25.0 min · teacher edition of the student sheet

Read these · 7 words

have
are
is
has
was
had
were

◆ 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.

Write what you hear

have
are
is
has
was

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.