EPIC Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 147
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Say: Look at #5.
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Say: Find and color all the small letters e in blue.
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Reveal to check answer.
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Ask: What do you see? (Elicit: the big letter E)
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Say: Open your Course Books to page 54. Look at #6.
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Ask: What do you see? (Elicit: I see an elephant.)
How does the elephant feel? (Elicit: The elephant feels afraid.)
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Say: Look at the picture. Trace all the letters e you see.
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Reveal to check answers.
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Say: Look at #7.
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Ask: What do you see? (Elicit: I see (a/an) alligator, apple, egg, elephant, and ask.)
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Say: Listen and mark the sound you hear at the beginning of the word – /a/ or /e/.
#1 is already completed for the pupil. Say: For example, #1 is 'alligator'. What
sound do you hear at the beginning of the word? (Elicit: /a/)
1. alligator
2. apple
3. egg
4. elephant
5. ask
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Reveal to check answers.
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Ask: Which words begin with the sound /e/? (Elicit: egg and elephant)
What letter makes the sound /e/? (Elicit: the letter E)
What letter do the words 'egg' and 'elephant' begin with? (the letter E)
Say together with the pupils: The letter is E and the sound is /e/.
Repeat for the sound /a/.
ABC Notebook
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Say: Open your ABC Notebooks to page 190.
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Complete the page according to the instructions on page 15.
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Read the words together with the pupils before they trace and write on their own.
Sound out each letter before putting the words together: bet, set, test, best.
Teach the new vocabulary word "best" (use L1 if needed to explain the meaning).
Say: Point to the letter E in the middle of the words “bet, set, test, best.”
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