Before Reading High-Frequency Words Practice reading these high-frequency words in the story again not these with Meet the Characters Get to know the characters from the story by looking at the pictures and names below Andrew Andrew’s father Andrew’s mother Grandma 2
All Capital Letters You might notice in the story that sometimes when Andrew speaks his words are written in all capital letters Why do you think these words would be written in only capital letters Go through the story and read all the lines letters Do that are written you notice something about the way these words should be read in all capital Noun or Not When a word is a person place or thing it is a noun All the characters in the story are nouns because they are all people Take a look at the words below and decide if they are a noun or not snowsuit car bush behind bathroom yell 3
Phonics There is a G sound at the beginning of the word go Can you make a G sound Pay close attention to the shape of your mouth as you make the sound It might be helpful to make this sound while you look in a mirror to see the shape your mouth makes Try these different activities to help practice the letter G sound 1 Take a close look around you and try to find three objects that start with the same sound 2 Think of three other words that also start with the same sound As an extra challenge can you think of any words that end with a G sound 4
fruit 5 3 A simple word that has the G sound at the beginning is the word get As you read this word pay attention to the two other letter sounds in the word 4 When two words rhyme they have the same sounds at the end of the word Take a look at the pictures below and point to any of the words that rhyme with get 5 While you read look out for other G sounds at the beginning of a word throughout the story You can see the sound easily because it will be written in a different color wet pet
