Skills Unit 2 Teacher Guide - EngageNY

Reading and Comprehension
Writing Skills
Yes/No Questions
• Tell students to tear out Worksheet PP29.
• Have students answer the questions on the worksheet by writing yes or no.
Note: Use Worksheet PP30 for additional practice.
Mark the Sentence
• Tell students to tear out Worksheet PP31.
• Tell students to read the sentences and put a check mark in the box next to the
sentence that matches the picture.
Reading Time
• Have students reread any stories from either The Cat Bandit or Bedtime Tales.
• Students who have strong code knowledge (as ascertained by placement
assessments or performance) may also read trade books.
Making Phrases
• Write a selection of decodable nouns, adjectives, and verbs along with the
Tricky Words I, you, your, street, my, by, have, all, who, no, go, so, are, were,
they, their, and some on cards, one word per card.
• Have students create phrases or sentences with these cards.
• Have students copy the phrases or sentences on paper.
Sentence Building
• Write 10–15 decodable words on small cards. Each word should include one of
the spellings students learned in Unit 2. Have students lay out the cards.
• Give students a blank sheet of lined paper.
• Ask students to write a sentence that includes one of the words on the cards.
• Ask students to write a second sentence that contains two of the words on the
cards.
• Ask students if they can write a third sentence that includes three of the words
on the cards.
• Challenge students to keep going and see how many of the words they can get
into a single sentence.
Unit 2 | Pausing Point 155
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