Word study with "Henry and Mudge"
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A lesson plan for grade 2 English Language Arts
Applying aspects of the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker –ed, this lesson helps students identify both base words and suffixes. After introducing students to Henry and Mudge: The First Book, the teacher challenges students to make predictions about the book based on the cover. Before reading, students participate in a picture walk of the first chapter and then begin reading independently. Then, after re-reading the chapter in order to promote reading with accuracy, fluency, and expression, students identify high-frequency words from the chapter and make comparisons with other words that confuse them. Students review suffixes by completing a handout and then hunt for words with suffixes in the text. In pairs, students use the high frequency words and the suffixes they identified in the chapter to create original sentences. Then, after rearranging words in their partner’s sentences, students build new sentences. Students then create a comic strip to predict the events for the rest of the book. Readwritethink suggest extension activities and provides opportunities for student reflection.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 2
- Goal 1: The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies and skills to read and write.
- Objective 1.02: Read most high frequency and many irregularly spelled words accurately in text.
- Goal 2: The learner will develop and apply strategies and skills to comprehend text that is read, heard, and viewed.
- Objective 2.01: Read and comprehend both narrative and expository text appropriate for grade two by:
- determining purpose (reader's and author's).
- making predictions.
- asking questions.
- locating information for specific reasons/purposes.
- recognizing and applying text structure.
- comprehending and evaluating author's decisions and word choice.
- determining fact and opinion.
- recognizing and comprehending figurative language.
- making inferences and drawing conclusions.
- Objective 2.01: Read and comprehend both narrative and expository text appropriate for grade two by:
- Goal 3: The learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- Objective 3.04: Increase oral and written vocabulary by listening, discussing, and composing texts when responding to literature that is read and heard. (e.g., read aloud by teacher, literature circles, interest groups, book clubs).
- Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- Objective 4.03: Read aloud with fluency and expression any text appropriate for early independent readers.
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.01: Spell correctly using:
- previously studied words.
- spelling patterns.
- analysis of sounds to represent all the sounds in a word in one's own writing.
- Objective 5.01: Spell correctly using:
