Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Vowel-Consonant -’e’, ‘ee’, and ‘ea’ Chart Review
• Draw a chart with two columns on the chalkboard: one for the short vowel
spellings and one for the long vowel spellings.
• Write the word met in the left-hand column.
• Have students pronounce this word.
• Ask students what happens if you add an ‘e’ to the middle of met.
• Students should say meet. If they do not, write meet in the right-hand column
and ask students to pronounce the word.
Short
met
at
kit
not
cut
Long
meet
ate
kite
note
cute
• Repeat this process using decodable words for the other e-controlled vowel
spellings.
Reading Practice /ae/
• Ask students to turn to Worksheet PP16.
• Students should read the story and then draw a picture illustrating the story.
‘ow’ and ‘ou’: Crossword Puzzle
• Have students turn to Worksheet PP17.
• Have students read the clues in order to complete the crossword puzzle.
‘ow’ and ‘ou’: Brown Cow
• Have students turn to Worksheet PP18.
• Have students read all of the words first, and then color only the flowers that
have the /ou/ sound.
‘oy’ and ‘oi’: Fill in the Blank
• Have students turn to Worksheet PP19.
• Ask students to read all of the words in the box and then fill in the blanks in
each sentence with the best word from the word bank.
‘oy’ and ‘oi’: Color the Leaf
• Have students turn to Worksheet PP20.
• Ask students to read all of the words first. Then tell students to color the ‘oy’
spellings blue and the ‘oi’ spellings green.
Unit 2 | Pausing Point 149
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