Run! - Tip Sheet

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Run! - Teacher Tip Sheet

Yellow Series - Book 9 - Run!

Grapheme/Phoneme Correspondence

Tips and Activities to Try

Introduced in This Book

<y>/y/ as a consonant

Previously Introduced

Vowels

all short vowels

Consonants

<c>/k/, <g>/g/, <s>/s/ and /z/, <d>/d/, <h>/h/, <m>/m/, <n>/n/, <p>/p/, <t>/t/, <b>/b/, <f>/f/, <r>/r/, <l>/l/, <z>/z/, <x>/ks/, <v>/v/, <k>/k/, <w>/w/, <j>/j/

Digraphs

<th>/TH/ voiced (only in the), <ck>/k/, <ff>/f/, <zz>/z/, <ss>/s/, <ll>/l/

Additional Concepts

final consonant cluster <nd> (only in and)

Key Concepts to Understand

<y> can represent a consonant sound and a vowel sound
be sure to introduce the phoneme /y/ as one of the phonemes that can be represented by the grapheme <y>
the consonant phoneme represented by <y> can be hard to pronounce in isolation (e.g., without a schwa “y-uh”) - ask students to get their mouth in the /y/ position, and then blend straight into the word vowel (e.g., /y/, /e/, /s/ NOT /y-uh/, /e/, /s/)

Words and Phrases for Reading and Writing

Here is a list of words that can be used for phonemic awareness activities, reading, dictation, games cards, etc.:

yes, yet, yum, yuck, yell, yam, yap, yack, yip, fizz, buzz, ill, cuff, mill, fill, boss, toss, will, web, wet, jet, jag, jug, job, jazz, fuzz, kids, kick, vet, pets

Here is a word chain you could complete with blending cards:

yes → yet → yell → well → will → win → wit → sit → sat → sap → yap → yam → yack → back → buck → buff → puff → cuff → cut → cot → lot → loss

Here are phrases that can be used for reading and/or dictation practice. These phrases can be combined to create sentences. A good opportunity arises to address syntax if the resulting sentence is not grammatically correct (e.g., Jazz and his cat yells at the dog. → Jazz and his cat yell at the dog.)

Noun Phrases	Verb Phrases	Prepositional Phrases
Jazz and his doll	will buzz	at the well
a big jet	will huff and puff	on the hill
a big mess	got the pass	to the jet
his red jug	jogs in the muck	off the big deck

Morphology

Tips and Activities to Try

Previously Introduced

suffix <-s> third person singular
suffix <-s> as plural

note suffix <-s> as students encounter it and support where needed

Punctuation/Text Features

Tips and Activities to Try

question mark

Key Concepts to Understand

a reader’s voice should go up slightly up at the end of a question

Comprehension Corner - Run!

Vocabulary Development

What is a den? (refer to Book 6, “In Bed”, if needed)

Making Connections

Do you like to run?
What kinds of exercise do you enjoy?

Inferencing

Do you think all the people and animals in this book are having fun running? Why or why not?

Retelling/Summarizing

Tell someone what you liked about this book. Which picture was your favourite
What do you think the children are doing on the last page?