Sound
of the Week Lesson for /oo/
written
and compiled by
Katrina
Lybbert
Language Arts
The
sound this week is the short vowel combination /oo/ as in cook.
Emphasize
the /oo/ sound often throughout the day. Have your child repeat the
sound with you.
Put up your sound wall poster.
The main theme for the week is: Books
Books to read aloud that support the theme:
The
Incredible Book-Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
Tiny
Goes to the Library by Cari Meister
A
Library Story: Building a New Central Library by Jennifer Vogel
Check
It Out!: The Book about Libraries by Gail Gibbons
I
Love Going Through This Book by Robert Burleigh
Wild
About Books by Judy Sierra
Clara
and the Bookwagon by Nancy Smiler Levinson
Amelia
Bedelia, Bookworm by Herman Parish
Book
Fair Day by Lynn Plourde
Library
Lil by Suzanne Williams
The
Inside-Outside Book of Libraries by Julia Cummins
The
Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Another
Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Poems that support the theme:
"Picture-books
in Winter" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The
Land of Story-books" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Poems
about books and reading!
Handwriting Assignments:
Day 1: Practice writing the letter "o" on one line of handwriting paper.
Day 2: Practice writing the letter "o" on one line of handwriting paper.
Day 3: Practice writing the short vowel combination "oo" on one line of handwriting paper.
Day 4: Practice writing the word "book" one or two times.
Day 5: Practice
writing any of the other theme words one or two times.
Activities and/or Art Projects
Organize the books on your bookshelf.
Go to the library and check out some books!
Make
your own book of "oo" words. Write the word at the top of each page
then draw a picture to go with the word. Make a cover and staple
your book together.
Other Theme Words and Ideas
Other theme words - look, cook, took, nook, hook, shook, foot, brook, stood, wood, good and so on...
Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the short vowel combination /oo/:
The
Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Follow
the Water from Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros
Lost
In The Woods: A Photographic Fantasy by Carl R. Sams
Pigs
in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking by Amy Axelrod
Poems that support the other theme words or the short vowel combination /oo/:
"A
Good Boy" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost
"Proud
to the Good"
Songs that support the other theme words or the short vowel combination /oo/:
"G-Double-O-D,
Good!"
"Over
the River and Through the Wood"
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