Houghton+Mifflin+I+Like

Lesson: Houghton Mifflin: Theme 1 Back-to-School – Week 2 High-frequency Words: //like, a, to// Created By: Clare Morrison Standard(s): 1B Materials: Pocket chart, high-frequency words on sentence strips/index cards, action picture cards Time: 20/30mins Goals: Students will be able to build a sentence(s) to state things they like to do. Describe Lesson Steps: Introduce high-frequency words. Have students use words in a sentence out loud. Select students to build a sentence about them self in the pocket chart using the high-frequency words and action picture cards e.g. I like to dance. After a few times building sentences about themselves, switch to have students build a sentence about a peer. This time the sentence would start with the name of the student they are describing e.g. John likes to swim. Activity/Assessment(s): Write and illustrate a sentence about them self or a buddy or both.