EPIC Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 340
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Say: Look at #6.
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Read the words in the word bank together with the pupils.
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Say: Write the words under the correct picture.
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Give pupils a few minutes to do this on their own or with a partner.
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Reveal to check answers.
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Ask: What is #1? (Elicit: camp)
Repeat for each word.
Reading and Writing
Epic Stories
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Say: Open your Epic Stories to page 95.
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Point to the word family “-all” and say it together with the pupils: /-all/
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Say: All the words have the sound /-all/.
Point to the vocabulary one at a time and read each word together with the
pupils: small, fall, tall, ball.
Say a word and have pupils hold up the correct number of fingers (1-4) to
represent the number of the word. For example, if you say “fall,” pupils should
hold up 2 fingers.
Then, say a number and have pupils say the word that matches the number.
Repeat to practice the words a few times.
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Point to the title of the text and read together with the pupils: Ben and the Ball
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Read the text together as a class or ask different pupils to read each line. Pupils
should follow along with their fingers as you read. Encourage pupils to use proper
intonation as they read the lines.
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Teach the new lexical chunk "Be careful!" through the context of the story (use
L1 if needed to explain the meaning).
Ask: What words in the text have the sound /-all/? (Elicit: small, tall, ball, and
fall)
After finishing the story, answer the questions orally as a class, or have pupils answer
them with a partner/small group and record their responses on a separate sheet of
paper.
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