Build your youngsters' knowledge of the short /u/ sound with a quick exercise. Class members read a brief poem designed to include many words with the short /u/ sound and then answer three reading comprehension questions about the content of the poem.

Concepts

the short /u/ sound, phonics, spelling patterns, spelling, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Read the short poem out loud and practice repeating the words that contain the short /u/ sound out loud together
• Have learners circle each short /u/ word as they read
• Ask individuals to highlight or underline the areas in the text where they found the answers to the reading comprehension questions

Pros

• The short poem contains many words that include the short /u/ sound for learners to identify and practice
• Handwriting lines are provided to support emerging writers as they work on writing correctly

Cons

• An answer key is not provided, but should be relatively easy to produce

Common Core

RL.1.1 RI.1.1 RF.1.2.a RF.1.4.a