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/Interactive Modeling
(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.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Having a strong understanding of short A words like bag, hand and bat can help first graders with reading fluency. This guided lesson helps to support first graders as they expand their comprehension of short A words. With targeted exercises and familiar examples, the lesson will take kids through the short A words they will most commonly come acrsoos in first grade texts.
Having a strong understanding of short A words like bag, hand and bat can help first graders with reading fluency.
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