Teacher's Guide - Letterland

Day 1You will need Picture Code Cards (PCCs) See the list of12 cards on the previous page plus b, c,d, k, l, m, n, s, t, ck, sh Word cards for Unit 16 List A, B, or C onthe pocket chart , see previous page Copies of Student List for Unit 16 Highlighters, chalk, or markers A magic wandPreparation Make a magic wand as shown at the end ofthis Unit. Children can make them, too Display the sentences for Word Detectives(see next page) at child-levelWhole ClassPhonic Concept Review• Display the PCCs for ng, and n and k placedtogether to represent words ending in -nk. Saythese words and ask children which pair ofletters each one ends with (ng or nk): wink,bring, long, thank, thing, rang, bank.Introduce Concepts onthe Pocket ChartPCCs: ă, ā, c, k, m, n, p, s, t, e! (Magic e)Words to build: tap, tape, can, cane,Sam, same, bake, back, bake• Make the word tap with the Mr. A card hidingbehind Annie Apple. Children finger-sound theword.• Most of the words we have studiedhave the short vowel sounds like AnnieApple. One day Mr. E decided that theVowel Men ought to appear in morewords. So he went into his magic shopand invented a Silent Magic e!• Show the Magic e PCC. What makes thisMagic e look magic? (“Mr. E’s top hatand wand.”)• Place Magic e at the end of tap and say, Themagic sparks always shoot back overone letter.• As you wave the wand over the Annie ApplePCC put Mr. A in front to make tape.• Mr. E says, “Magic e is the letter youcannot hear that has the power tomake a Vowel Man appear.”• Children finger-sound tape. We only needthree fingers to sound out this wordbecause Magic e doesn’t make asound. That’s why we call it ‘SilentMagic E”• Follow the same steps for making can-cane,sam-same.• Make the word bake for students to tap andread.• In this word we see Kicking King, butClever Cat is not there to watch himkick. Why do you think that is? Childrenmay over various explanations.• Make back for children to finger-ound. AddMagic e to make backe (sic).• Wave the Magic Wand at Clever Cat and say.Help! Now Clever Cat is right where themagic sparks land and she is afraid ofgetting her fur burned, so she runs away.Change the word to bake. Remember, theMagic e sparks can only reach oneletter. Now they make Annie Appledisappear and Mr. A appear in herplace!Live ReadingPCCs: ă, ā, c, d, k, l, m, p, e! (Magic e)Words: mad, made, cap, cape, tack,take, Mack, make• Line students up to form mad. Have Mr. A hidebehind Annie Apple.• After you have tapped and read mad, Magic Emoves in place (made) and waves the wand overAnnie Apple.• Mr. A and Annie Apple trade places. The classfinger-sounds the new word (made).UNIT 16 103