Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 1Unit 1Lesson 4

Short vowels and continuous consonants

Segment a Word for Spelling

Today: Separate a spoken CVC word into phonemes and record one letter per sound.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.Tap the sounds in sat.

  2. 2.Name the middle sound in fan.

B

Learn

Segment a Word for Spelling

Spelling starts in the ear. A short word such as map has three sounds, and each sound has a place.

Say the word. Stretch it. Tap one finger for each sound. Choose a letter for each sound and reread the result.

Study the model

fan → /f/ /ă/ /n/ → f a n

C

Read

Original PRA passage

A man has a map. Sam can scan the map.
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Segment a Word for Spelling

Grade 1Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.Spell /m/ /ă/ /p/. ELA-1-01-04-Q1

  2. 2.Spell /s/ /ă/ /t/. ELA-1-01-04-Q2

  3. 3.How many sounds are in man? ELA-1-01-04-Q3

  4. 4.Read the words you spelled. ELA-1-01-04-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Ask a grown-up to say nap or fan. Tap and spell the word.

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