Lesson One

• Review sight words: A, a, to, so, O.K., into, was, do, saw, Do, out, fly, bird, of, put, bye, go, Go, no, zero, who, come, some, hello, awk, goes, we, toes, Ahh, Ohh, my, are, what, want, have, were, don’t, head, your, good, rain, me, he, by, be, too, little, want
• Introduce new sight word: yellow
• Review appropriate sections in the binder.
• Read: Set 4, Book 7 (“Jumper and the Clown”) pp. 1-3

I actually wrote “yellow” with blue ink, and then colored over it in a sort of rectangle shape with a yellow pencil. I don’t usually use visual cues, but so many of our color words do not follow the more common rules, so I tried it. Because I don’t use a lot of gimmicks, she thought it was fun.

Lesson Two

• Review sight words: A, a, to, so, O.K., into, was, do, saw, Do, out, fly, bird, of, put, bye, go, Go, no, zero, who, come, some, hello, awk, goes, we, toes, Ahh, Ohh, my, are, what, want, have, were, don’t, head, your, good, rain, me, he, by, be, too, little, eyes, want, yellow
• Introduce new sight words: orange, purple, blue, green, borwn, black, red, hair
• Review appropriate sections in the binder.
• Read: Set 4, Book 7 (“Jumper and the Clown”)  pp. 4-9

Obviously, red is not a sight word, but I put it on the list anyhow. I wrote each color using a colored pencil (purple was written in the color purple, is what I mean). Daughter A. not only caught on quickly this way, but it’s been a few months now, and she still recognizes the words when she sees them, even though we don’t use this crutch any longer.

That is the think with crutches: you gotta get rid of them eventually. No one wants to walk funny forever, even if it helps when you’re injured.

Lesson Three

• Review sight words: A, a, to, so, O.K., into, was, do, saw, Do, out, fly, bird, of, put, bye, go, Go, no, zero, who, come, some, hello, awk, goes, we, toes, Ahh, Ohh, my, are, what, want, have, were, don’t, head, your, good, rain, me, he, by, be, too, little, eyes, want, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, borwn, black, red, hair
• Introduce new digraph: ay
• Introduce new sight words: their, old, another
• Review appropriate sections in the binder.
• Read: Set 4, Book 7 (“Jumper and the Clown”) pp. 10-ff

Click here for tips on teaching the ay digraph.

Lesson Four

• Review sight words: A, a, to, so, O.K., into, was, do, saw, Do, out, fly, bird, of, put, bye, go, Go, no, zero, who, come, some, hello, awk, goes, we, toes, Ahh, Ohh, my, are, what, want, have, were, don’t, head, your, good, rain, me, he, by, be, too, little, eyes, want, yellow, orange, purple, blue, green, borwn, black, red, hair, their, old, another
• Review appropriate sections in the binder.
• Introduce new sight word: almost
• Read: Set 4, Book 7 (“Jumper and the Clown”)  pp. all