Guidance - Whole Group

Overview

In this segment of the video, the teacher uses a poem related to a science unit on the sun. Words from the poem are used in activities that relate to "chunking", sound/letter patterns, word families. In addition, students discuss how to use context clues to help them decode words such as bow /bau/ and bow /bO/.
(*Pronunciation Source - Merriam-Webster Online)

Classroom Activity: Observations

The teacher combines phonics and comprehension in her language arts literacy activity. The activity is also cross-curricular and has elements that can be found in activities using a kinesthetic approach.