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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