Valerie Dousay
Lesson Plans - Project Read /Harcourt Reading
Aug. 1-5, 2011
Monday: Unit 18 Lesson 1 Skill: -tch
Concept: The digraph [-tch] has place value.
Students will read words with the [-tch].
Students will spell words with the [-tch].
Students will learn that the letter /t/ is silent and sits next to a short vowel.
Students will read words and sentences to read from page 18-5 and 18-7.
Sentence dictation: 1. Ping-Pong is such fun. 2. Which dog is yours? 3. You are rich if you have
lots of cash. 4. Much of the mess is in the den.
Bonnie Kline Stories: What do you think Mitch?
Spelling List: catch, pitch, stitch, stretch, patch, fetch, such, which, much, rich
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /r/ to the letter r. Students will write the
uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will read high frequency words like and go.
Tuesday: Unit 18 Lesson 2 Skill: common endings (suffixes) –s, -es
Concept: Suffixes add meaning to the base word.
Students will read and spell words in [-s] or [-es].
Sentence dictation: 1. Buzz helps chop logs. 2. Ducks quack. 3. The dog fetches the stick. 4.
Beth lifts the boxes off the top shelf.
Oral Reading: The Pet Shop Trip
Jewel Box Treasure Chest practice page 18-23.
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /t/ to the letter t. Students will write
uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will read high frequency words we and on.
Wednesday: Unit 18 Lesson 2 Skill: common endings (suffixes) –s, -es
Concept: Suffixes add meaning to the base word.
Students will read and spell words in [-s] or [-es].
Sentence dictation: 1. Buzz helps chop logs. 2. Ducks quack. 3. The dog fetches the stick. 4.
Beth lifts the boxes off the top shelf.
Oral Reading: The Pet Shop Trip
Jewel Box Treasure Chest practice page 18-23.
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the letter /p/ to the letter p. Students will match the
letter /k/ to the letter c. Students will write uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will
read high frequency words to and you.
Thursday: Review Unit 18 concepts and skills.
Students will take a practice spelling test. Students will do a multiple choice spelling test.
Quiz on the story “What do you think Mitch?"
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /a/ to the letter a. Students will write
uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will blend and read simple words with short vowel
/a/ and previously learned consonants.
Friday: Test Unit 18
Spelling Test
Begin to introduce Unit 19.
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /n/ to the letter n. Students will match the
sound /d/ to the letter d. Students will write uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will
read high frequency words have and do.
Aug. 8-12, 2011
Monday: Unit 19 Lesson 1
Skill: ar
Concept: When the vowels {a], [e], [i], [o], and [u] are followed by an [r] the vowel sound is
controlled by the [r].
Students will read words with the [ar] vowel.
Students will spell words with the [ar] vowel.
Bonnie Kline Stories: Sharks, I Wish
Spelling List: turn, church, first, girl, her, fern, start, dirt, park, who
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /g/ to the letter g.
Students will match the sound /f/ to the letter f.
Students will write the uppercase and lower case letters. Students will read high frequency
words what and no.
Tuesday: Unit 19 lesson 2 Skill: red word (who)
Students will learn who and how to spell the word who.
Students will read and spell from the student practice sheet page 19-15.
Oral reading: Bonnie Kline Stories: Who
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /i/ to the letter i. Students will write the
uppercase and lower case letters. Students will blend and read simple words with the short
vowel /i/ and previously learned consonants.
Wednesday: Unit 19 Lesson 3 Skill: er, ir, ur /er/
Concept: When the vowels [a], [e], [i], [o], and [u] are followed by an [r] the vowel sound is
controlled by the [r].
Student will read practice sheet pages 19-23, 19-25, 19-27.
Sentence dictation: 1. Did you put dirt in the pots? 2. The bird nest has eggs in it. 3. Did that
van splash mud on you?
Bonnie Kline Stories: A Perfect Supper, A big Run, Fur Fur, Red Bird
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound/l/ to the letter l. Students will match the
sound /h/ with the letter h. Students will write the uppercase and lowercase letters. Students
will read high frequency words see and look.
Thursday: Unit 19 Lesson 4 Skill: red words/phonetically irregular words (come, some)
Display the words and meanings of the words.
Students will learn to say and spell the words by tapping out letter names and sweeping down
the arm while saying the word.
Students will trace the word three times while saying the letter names and words.
Sentence Dictation: 1. Did your dog come with you? 2. The cats had some milk.
Oral Reading: Bonnie Kline Story: Come, Junk
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /b/ to the letter b. Students will match the
sound /k/ to the letter k. Students will write the uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will
read high frequency words come and for.
Friday: Unit 19 Lesson 5 Skill: or
Concept: When the vowels [a], [e], [i], [o], and [u] are followed by an [r] the vowel sound is
controlled by the [r].
Students will read words with [or].
Students will spell words with [or].
Students will read word list and sentences from student practice sheet page 19-35.
Students will practice spelling using the finger spelling process.
Sentences for dictation: 1. The bag of corn is for the birds. 2. The storm had strong winds.
Flash all the r control vowels for automatic recall.
Oral Reading: Bonnie Kline Stories: Storks, Bart’s Car
Jewel Box- Treasure Chest practice sheet page 19-37.
Spelling Test.
Harcourt Reading: Students will match the sound /o/ to the letter o. Students will write
uppercase and lowercase letters. Students will blend and read simple words with short vowel
/o/ and previously learned consonants.