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• Grade One Teacher’s Guide: • Blends & Digraphs Song:

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• Five Day Unit Plan Summary p2 Magic e ource

• Silent e: a_e lesson plan p3-5 • Story Phonics Software

• Picture Code Card: a_e p6 • Letter Sound Card Samples: ă, ā,
• Far Beyond ABC book: a_e p7 Silent Magic e, t, p, c, n, s, m
• Grade One Teacher’s Guide CD: • Picture Code Card Samples: ă, a_e
• Student List p8 • Bouncy Ben’s Bingo Board
• Review Sentences p9 • Plus lots more!
• Word Detectives p10
• Word Sort p10
• Unit Story p11
• Blends & Digraphs
Copymaster: a_e p12
• Word Bank Copymaster: a_e p13
• Word Book: ă, ā p13
• Grade One Word Card Samples p14

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 Sample - Five Day Unit Plan Summary page
Grade One Teacher’s Guide
Code: TGG1

Five Day Unit Plan

Each Unit follows this same five day plan. You may also want to print out the convenient Daily Instruction Guide
Cards for daily activities from the resource CD.
 Whole Class  Small Group  Independent/Partner  Homework

• Phonics concept review • Teacher builds words for reading • Write and mark up words, • Read words and
Overview of

• Introduce concepts on the • New Tricky Words Read to two partners sentences of
Day 1

Pocket Chart • Read the Student List • Read the Student List Student List
• Beyond ABC (for some lessons)
• ‘Live Reading’
• Word Detectives
• Read new Word Cards

• Quick Dash • Children build words • Read Review Sentences • Look-Say-Cover-

Overview of

• Letterland Songs/Beyond ABC • Tricky Words • Prepare for the Game of the Write-Check
Day 2

(for some lessons) Week

• ‘Live Spelling’ • Look-Say-Cover-Write Check

• Guess Who? • Dictate new Tricky Words • Written Word Sort • Write 5 interesting
Overview of

• Word Card Sort • Dictate 1 or 2 Review Sentences • Write 5 interesting sentences sentences
Day 3

• Read the Unit Story to the • Children read the Unit Story
children

• Quick Dash • Share homework sentences • Written practice test with a • Practice test
Overview of

• Red Robot’s Reading Race • Re-read Unit Story partner

Day 4

• Play the Game of the Week • Spelling Sort • Fluency practice with a
• New sentence dictation partner
• Practice test
Overview of

• Word Reading Fluency Screening • Choose from optional activities • Illustrate & Picture Code
• Spelling Test words
Day 5

• Deciding which Unit to teach • Read Unit Story to two

next partners

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 Sample - Unit 16: Silent e: a_e lesson Abbreviations
PCC: Picture Code Card
Grade One Teacher’s Guide
LSC: Letter Sound Card
Code: TGG1
APC: Advanced Picture Code Card

Silent Magic e and Mr. A

Unit 16: Silent e: a_e

Unit Focus
Children learn that Silent Magic e causes a Vowel Man to appear in a word.
They finger tap words such as bake with three fingers, not four, since the e is
bag gave safe silent, /b/ /ā/ /k/. Adding a Silent Magic e to a word can transform it into a
completely new word.
plan name plate List A List B List C
gave made lake same wag safe
wag tape snake
bag safe came bag name cake
Tricky
name wag late cake late snake
made Words tape plate trash grape make plate
plan snake make tag plan grape
Story where
Words
Diagnostic Words
friends ice cream was late, tag, same, grape plan, made, snake, tape same, made, tag, gave

Tricky Words: where, was, very Story Words: friends, party, ice cream,
party birthday very
birthday
Review Words: song, hand, dress, thinking, sting, best, grab, thank
Picture Code Cards for review New Spelling Sentences:
PCCs or ă, ā, ĕ, ē, e!*, k, ck, Nate said, “Where did you go?”
LSCs ng, sh, th, th, a_e* “I was very late,” said Kate.
APCCs -ing, wh/w/
* Introduced in this Unit

Day 1

 Materials
Phonics concept review
• PCCs for Review plus b, c, d, k, • Display the PCC for ng and also n and k placed close together to represent
l, m, n, s, t words ending in -nk. Say these words and ask children which pair of letters
• Word Cards for Unit 16, List A,
B, or C on the pocket chart as
each one ends with (ng or nk): wink, bring, long, thank, thing, rang,
shown (p14) bank.
• Unit 16 Student List (p8)
• Highlighters, chalk, or markers Introduce concepts on the pocket chart
 Preparation PCCs: ă, ā, b, c, e!, k, m, n, p, s, t
• Make a Magic e wand
• Display the sentences below at Words: tap, tape, can, cane, Sam, same, bake, back, bake
child-level for Word Detectives • Make the word tap with the Mr. A card hiding behind Annie Apple. Children
(p10)
finger tap tap.
• Most of the words we have studied have the short vowel sounds like Annie Apple.
 Independent/Partner One day Mr. E decided that the Vowel Men ought to appear in more words. So
• Write and mark up words he went into his magic shop and invented a Silent Magic e!
 Homework • Show the Magic e PCC. What makes this Silent Magic e look magic? (“Mr. E’s
• Read words and sentences of
Student List two times (p8) top hat, wand, the colorful stars.”)

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 Samples - Unit 16: Silent e: a_e lesson Abbreviations
PCC: Picture Code Card
Grade One Teacher’s Guide
LSC: Letter Sound Card
Code: TGG1
APC: Advanced Picture Code Card

• Place Magic e at the end of tap, The magic sparks shoot back over one letter.
Make a Magic e Wand Wave wand over Annie Apple, put Mr. A in front to make tape.
• Attach colorful strips to a piece • As Mr. E says, “Silent Magic e is the letter you cannot hear, that has the power
of paper. Roll
to make a Vowel Man appear!” (The Magic even turns the word into a brand new
into a thin
cylinder and one as well!)
glue or tape • Children finger tap tape. We only need three fingers to sound out this word
together. because Silent Magic e doesn’t make a sound. That’s why we call it ’silent.’
• Follow the same steps for transforming can into cane, and sam into same.
• Make the word bake for students to tap and read. In this word we see Kicking
King, but Clever Cat is not there to watch him kick. Let’s find out why.
• Make back for children to finger tap. Add Magic e to make backe (sic).
• Wave the Magic Wand at Clever Cat and say. Help! Now Clever Cat is right
where the magic sparks land and she is afraid of getting her fur burned, so she

ae runs away. Change the word to bake. Remember, the magic sparks can only
reach over one letter. Now with Clever Cat gone, they can make Mr. A appear.

Picture Code Cards

‘Live Reading’
PCCs: ă, ā, c, d, e!, k, l, m, p
Words: mad, made, cap, cape, tack, take, Mack, make
• Line students up to form mad. Have Mr. A hide behind Annie Apple.
• After children have finger taped mad, Silent Magic e moves in place (made) and
waves the wand over Annie Apple.
• Mr. A and Annie Apple trade places. The class finger taps the new word (made).
Do the same with cap and cape.
• Form tack with Mr. A again hiding behind Annie Apple.
• Bring in Silent Magic e waving the sparks over Clever Cat. Clever Cat runs away
and Mr. A appears. Children finger tap take. Why does Clever Cat run away?
• Follow the same steps with the name Mack and the word make.

Word Detectives
Magic E cāme and māde • Children mark Annie Apple with a smile (ă) and Mr. A with a line ‘to sign his
Mr. A appear. name’ (ā), and also draw magic sparks coming from Silent Magic e to make the
Sammy Snāke māde a Vowel Man appear.
cāke. • Read the new words: Read the Word Cards in columns on the pocket chart with
That cāve by the lāke is the class using the Tractors, Trains, Planes and Helicopters activity.
not sāfe.

Small Group
Teacher builds words for reading
PCCs: ă, ā, b, d, e!, k, l, m, n, p, t, ck, sh
Tricky Words Words: mad, made, make, bake, back, shack, shake, lake, late, plate,
plan
where • New Tricky Words: On the board write the Tricky Words (shown at left). Discuss
was very the letters that are not saying the sounds the children have learned, and mark
them as shown.
• Read the Student List with the children (p8).

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Day 2

 Materials
Quick Dash
• PCCs for Review plus b PCCs: ă, ā, ĕ, ē, e!, k, ck, ng, sh, th, th, a_e
• Unit 16 Student List (p8)
APCCs: -ing, wh/w/
• Bouncy Ben’s Bingo board game
On resource CD
• Letterland Word Builders or Blends and Digraphs Songs
other letter sets
Play and sing the Magic e Song while pointing to the Song lyrics (p15).

‘Live Spelling’
PCCs: ă, ā, c, e!, g, k, l, n, p, t, ck
Words: plan, plane, cane, can, cap, cape, tag, tack, take
Blends & Digraphs
Songs CD Small Group
 Independent/Partner Children build words
• Read Review Sentences with
two partners (p9) Letters: a, c, d, e, f, g, k, m, n, p, r, s, t
• Write words on Bouncy Ben’s Words: snack, snake, safe, same, Sam, name, came, made, mad, tape,
Bingo board On resource CD
grape
 Homework
• Look-Say-Cover-Write words, • Review Tricky Words and Story Words
and sentences
• Read Review Sentences (p9)

Days 3 to 5
Refer to the 5 Day Unit Plan instructions for Days 3 to 5.

Day 3: Unit Story

• Before reading ‘Sammy Snake’s Birthday Cake’ to the children: Today we have a
story about Sammy Snake. His birthday was coming up so his Letterland Friends
planned a party. There was just one problem. Sammy Snake did not show up for
a long time and that led to a sort of mystery for you to solve.
• After reading: What did Sammy’s friends plan for his birthday party? Then what
happened when Sammy finally showed up? So the mystery is what happened to
Sammy’s birthday cake? How did you work out the mystery?
• Optional: Use ‘Story Map’ activity for these elements: Setting, Characters,
Unit 16 Story (p11)
Problem, Solution.

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Pre-cursive Picture Code Card t
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 Silent Magic e has made Mr A appear and wave as he says his name
in some words!

It’s cold in Letterland and the lake has frozen. Mr A came up the lane
with a spade to clear the snow so now it is safe to get to the frozen lake.
Snowflakes are still falling so Golden Girl has put on her cape to keep
warm while she skates.

A boy and girl are having a race to the lake. Can you see them in front of
the cave?

Nick has made a cake and brought some grapes on a plate to eat after
he has had a skate. He also brought a game to play. Can you see it? It’s
Snakes and Ladders. He loves the game but I think it’ll be too late to play
when they have taken off their skates. What a shame.

Far Beyond ABC book Sample - Silent Magic e makes Mr A appear

Code:
TD28 (paperback)
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 Sample - Grade One Teacher’s Guide CD,
Grade One Teacher’s Unit 16 - Student List
Guide - CD Contents
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Code: TGG1
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Grade One Teacher’s Unit 16- Review Sentences
Guide - CD Contents
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Grade One Teacher’s Unit 16- Word Detectives Grade One Teacher’s Unit 16- Word Sort
Guide - CD Contents Guide - CD Contents
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Code: TGG1 Code: TGG1

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Sample - Grade One Teacher’s Guide CD, Unit 16 - Decodable Story
© Letterland International Ltd 2009.
Grade One Teacher’s Guide - CD Contents
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Code: TGG1

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 Sample - a_e page
Blends & Digraphs Copymasters Blends & Digraphs Copymasters © Letterland International Ltd 2011.
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Code: T45

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 Word Bank Sample - a_e, ai, ay page
Word Book: pack of 10 Sample - ă and ā page
Copymasters
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 Grade One Word Cards Sample - Grade One Word Cards cards (fronts only)

Code: TE39 Grade One Word Cards © Letterland International Ltd 2013.
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Story Phonics Digraph Stories Vocabulary Word Building
(software CD-Rom)
Code: TF03
FREE software demo available on resource CD or online at: www.letterland.com/phonics-books/story-phonics-software

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Sample - Blends & Digraphs Song, Track 29
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Magic e Song

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Draw your wand. ource
Shoot every spark.
Jump back one letter
Blends & Digraphs Songs (CD) to land on the mark.
Code: T25 It’s always the same.
The Vowel Man says his name.
Listen online at: Whenever the magic lands on him,
www.letterland.com/ the Vowel Man says his name.
parent-guide/blends-and- It’s always the same.
digraphs-songs the Vowel Man says his name.

Letterland Grade One Pack contents:

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Letterland Grade One Pack • Blends & Digraphs Songs (CD)
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• Vowel Scene Posters

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