READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 53
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Remind pupils that the letter W is silent in some words, as in the words: answer, two, write.
Vocab Activity
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Do the activity to review the vocabulary (show the word cards): answer, flight, high, knee, know, light,
night, tonight, anyone, anything, anywhere, dry, everywhere, ready, try, you, young
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Mime Game (VA #1)
Act out a word or phrase and have the pupils guess the word you are miming.
Have the pupil who guessed correctly come to the board to play the next round. Play several rounds
to practice the words.
The activity can be done as a whole class or as a team/small group competition.
Course Book page 24
Course Book page 24, task 1
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Have pupils listen to the words.
Listening Script Getting Ready Page 24 #1
1 possible into way knee
2 problem tonight turn speak
3 tired west answer grow
4 right speak husband far
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Have pupils find the words that have a silent k, gh, or w.
Course Book page 24, task 2
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Have pupils choose the correct word for each picture.
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For each word that they chose, have pupils say which letter/s in the word are silent.
Course Book page 24, task 3
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Have pupils complete each word with k, gh, or w.
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Have pupils write the words in their notebooks.
Ready to Read – Sounds of Y
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Remind pupils that the letter Y makes the sound /y/. When the letter Y is at the beginning of a word, it
makes the /y/ sound in words like young, yes.
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Remind pupils that the letter Y can make two additional sounds.
When the letter Y is at the end of a one-syllable word, it makes the long /I/ sound in words like try,
dry.
When the letter is at the end of a two-syllable word, it makes the long /E/ sound in words like
friendly, candy.
Course Book page 25
Course Book page 25, task 4
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GETTING READY / PART 5
