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Phonics by The Book: Samuel Listens to God (Unit 2, Lesson 4)

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Samuel Listens to God (Phonics by The Book) | This Reading Mama

Well, it’s finally here…the next Phonics by The Book lesson!  Masaru of Christian Clip Arts has worked so hard to create ALL NEW clip art for this lesson!  If you’re new to This Reading Mama, please click  HERE to see all the lessons shared so far.

This past week, ALuv (currently starting 2nd grade) worked on the lesson just a little bit.  We’re still on a “lite” schedule for school, so we didn’t do all the activities.  Plus, the lesson was a little too easy for him. But it still served as a good review. 🙂

Long Vowel (silent e) Review

The reader, entitled Samuel Listens to God, retells the story of the prophet Samuel from 1 Samuel, chapters 1-16 while reviewing the a_e, i_e, 0_e and u_e patterns.  The vocabulary is controlled and between the sight words and phonics patterns, it is mostly kept on a 1st grade level (Harder words are listed on the first page of the reader).  The length of the text is longer than a typical 1st grade reader, so if your child struggles with this, you can:

  • share the reading (you read a page, he reads a page)
  • only focus on 2 pages a day
  • read aloud to him the first couple of days and gradually ask him to start reading more each day

The pictures I did take this week were:

Long Vowel Review Sorting {a_e, i_e, o_e, and u_e}

 Long Vowel (Silent e) Review Word Sort | This Reading Mama

Sort the words by spelling patterns {for more info on why I love word sorts, click here}

Little Words

Making Little Words with Samuel |  This Reading Mama

He spelled little words from Samuel.  The printable activity gives you a list of words to ask your child to spell.  The fun thing about this activity is that you keep the entire word {Samuel} a secret until the end.

I Spy Sight Words

We tried something a little different.  While cleaning out the school room this summer, he spotted our magnifying glass and has been asking to play with it ever since.

I Spy Sight Words | This Reading Mama

So, I made the sight words really small in the picture above.  He had to find them with the magnifying glass and write the 10 words below, then read them off to me.  He kept saying, “These are ‘baby’ words.”  So, I challenged him to find each word, only look at it once, then spell the words below without looking again.  He did a great job with this and it provided the extra push he needed. 🙂

Word Hunt

One of my favorite activities with word study is word hunting through the text.  {We always put the pages of the text in plastic sleeve protectors and then into a 3-ring binder so we can mark over the text.}

Word Hunt Through Text | This Reading Mama

He used four different colored dry erase markers (one for a_e words, one for i_e words, etc.) and searched for the long vowel patterns in the text.  We don’t do this on every page.  Maybe just 2-3 pages. Another great idea is to ask your child to write down the words he’s found in the text, like we did in this lesson. {He did not write down the words this time.}

To download Unit 2, Lesson 4 of Phonics by The Book, click HERE!

 

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Comments

  1. DMN says

    March 24, 2014 at 11:44 pm

    GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THAT CURRICULUM. IT’S AMAZING AND A BLESS FOR ME AND MY SON. I CAN’T WAIT TO START. GREETING FROM PUERTO RICO.

    Reply
  2. Tammie Ulrich says

    August 2, 2014 at 5:45 pm

    I have just finished downloading and printing all the Phonics by the Book curriculum. I am so excited to use it with my kids this year. What an amazing blessing from you! Thank you so very much!

    Reply
  3. Brook Bridwell says

    August 18, 2015 at 9:19 am

    Thank you so much for creating these lessons! My children and I really enjoy them. My favorite part is that it instills in them an understanding of God while learning how to read!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      August 22, 2015 at 10:55 am

      You are very welcome! I’m glad you are enjoying them!

      Reply
  4. Mrs.Becky says

    April 30, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    love these, my son needs to continue working on his phonics through the summer. We have read over the Unit 1 again and again. so excited for some new ones!

    Reply
  5. effie says

    January 15, 2018 at 1:49 pm

    Hi Becky! I have really loved using phonics by the book and am so thankful for it! Is this the last available lesson? If so, do you have another similar option? Love your website and all that you offer, but trying to find an “all in one” option like this has been. 🙂 Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 15, 2018 at 7:29 pm

      I am not adding any more at this time. Have you ever heard of All About Reading? I use it with my 2nd grader. It’s kind of an “all in one” curriculum, too. You can read my review of it here –> https://thisreadingmama.com/all-about-reading-review/

      Reply
      • effie says

        January 24, 2018 at 1:24 pm

        Thanks so much! I’ll check it out. Phonics by the book was a huge blessing!!

        Reply

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