Lesson plan
The -Ig Word Family
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to identify and spell words in the -ig family.
Introduction
(10 minutes)
- Ask your students if they know how to spell pig.
- Show your students a picture of a pig.
- Tell your students that pig is spelled p-i-g.
- Ask your students if they know any words that rhyme with pig.
- Going off of their responses, explain to your students that today they will learn about the -ig word family.
Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling
(10 minutes)- Show your students the The Big Pig Song.
- Tell your students that these words are in the same family because they all end in -ig.
- Have your students list the -ig words from the video.
- Show students the images of the words to reinforce the -ig word family.
- Ask your students to match the images with the words.
Guided Practice
(10 minutes)- Give each student at least seven index cards of the same color with the ending -ig written in black.
- Give each student index cards in various colors with the consonants B, P, W, TW, D, and F.
- Ask your students to create the -ig word family by combining the index cards.
Independent working time
(10 minutes)- Provide students with the Word Families -ig worksheet.
- Read the instructions to the students.
- Give the students time to complete the assignment.
Differentiation
- Enrichment: Ask your students to use the -ig words in written sentences.
- Support: Give the students only four -ig words to work with.
Assessment
(10 minutes)- Walk around the room, and have your students read their index cards to you.
- Collect the worksheet for grading.
Review and closing
(10 minutes)- Have the students come together as a group.
- Ask each student to tell you one -ig word.
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