Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Word Box
• Have students tear out Worksheet PP27.
• Tell students to read the words in the box at the top of the worksheet and write
each word under its matching picture.
Word Sort
• Write 10–15 decodable words on sheets of paper or index cards. About half of
the words should be two-syllable words.
• Remind students a two-syllable word has two vowel sounds and a
one-syllable word has only one.
• Mix up the word cards. Invite a student or team of students to sort the cards
into two stacks: one-syllable words and two-syllable words.
Note: This can also be done as a timed, competitive event if you like.
Note: To make the exercise challenging, include some one-syllable words
that look like two-syllable words from the second list.
High-Frequency Two-Syllable Words:
1. into
10. number 19. started
2. after 11. ever 20. looking
3. never 12. upon 21. needed
4. something 13. living 22. within
5. under 14. himself 23. problem
6. without 15. morning 24. river
7. until 16. order 25. themselves
8. children 17. given 26. perhaps
9. sometimes 18. inside 27. outside
28. rather
29. someone
30. having
31. longer
32. whether
33. public
34. process
35. happened
36. center
One-Syllable Words That Look Like Two-Syllable Words:
1. asked
8. dressed
2. tossed
9. mixed
3. stopped
10. filled
4. helped
11. yelled
5. fixed
12. rubbed
6. locked
13. spelled
7. jumped
14. stunned
Unit 2 | Pausing Point 153
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