Inside a Word

Inside a Word

FOCUS

Breaking a word into parts

LEVEL

Beginning

SOFTWARE CONNECTION

Selected Level 1 and Level 2 words

GROUPING

Whole class, individuals

SUPPLIES

Copies of Inside a Word Activity Sheets A and B (1 of each per student), children's book (see Step 1), pencils, crayons, scissors, hole punch, construction paper (for a cover)

ACTIVITY

1. Introduce the lesson by reading a book about little words found in big words. Some options are: There's an Ant in Anthony by Bernard Most Pig in the Spigot by Bernard Most Antics by Cathi Hepworth Bug Off: A Swarm of Insect Words by Cathi Hepworth

2. Have students work individually or as a class to find and underline little words within the big words listed on Activity Sheet A, for example: clog, shut, twig, when, stop, glad, spot, snap, open, smile, brake, drink, grow, cookies, father, money, tape, machine, often, million, and vacation.

Explain that this exercise can help students examine and remember the spelling of the words. At the bottom of Sheet A, students can add words from spelling lists or current reading materials.

3. Finally, have each child make a page for a class book by completing the sentence on Activity Sheet B and drawing an illustra tion that shows a favorite "word inside a word."

Make a construction paper cover and assemble the students' pages into a book entitled "Inside a Word."

There is a h e n in w h e n .

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Inside a Word

Activity Sheet A

Can you find a little word within each of the words below? Underline each little word.

clog

snap

father

shut

open

money

twig

smile

tape

when

brake

machine

stop

drink

often

glad

grow

million

spot

cookies

vacation

Write some other words that have little words in them. Underline each little word.

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Inside a Word

Activity Sheet B

There is a _______________ in __________________________.

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