Sentences
Grade K · Day 165 · Alpha-Phonics Lesson 113 · p.120 · 25.4 min · teacher edition of the student sheet
Read these · 40 words
How
did
the
cow
get
out
of ◆
house
mouse
let
her
found
near
Brother
said ◆
They
loud
sound
fell
down
Ouch
clown
ran
went
downtown
took
an
hour
to
find
was ◆
in
crowd
and
then
she
around
tower
now
brown
◆ 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
- How did the cow get out of the house?
- A mouse let her out.
- "I found the cow near the house," Brother said.
- The house fell down.
- "Ouch," said the clown.
- The clown ran out of the house.
- They went downtown.
- It took an hour to find the cow.
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.