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Week 12 · Top of the Word Tree

Tuesday

The ild and old patterns
// ind, ild, old and olt, and a year of word parts
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: The ild and old patterns

A cold wind blows on the high branch.

Bennie the Bear wraps a blanket around a child bear cub.

"Hold on tight," says Bennie. "It is wild up here!"

Freddy grins. "Wild, child, cold and hold. More odd spellings!"

See it: ild and old

When i comes before l and d, it often says its name.

Wild, child, mild.

When o comes before l and d, it says its name too.

Cold, gold, hold, told, fold.

SEE IT: FIND THE PATTERN
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which pattern is in wild?
Which pattern is in gold?
Which pattern is in child?
Which pattern is in told?
HEAR IT: LONG OR SHORT?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Does the o in cold say its name?
Does the o in cot say its name?
Does the i in wild say its name?
Does the i in will say its name?
READ IT: WHICH WORD FITS?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
hatPut on a hat. It is ___ out.
bridgePlease ___ my hand on the bridge.
hawkA hawk is a ___ bird.
Ferris ___ us a story.
READ IT: PICTURE AND WORD
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
blanketWhich words match the picture?
snowWhich words match the picture?
iceWhich words match the picture?
SentenceTrue or false?
The i in child says its name.?
Gold has the ild pattern.?
Cold, hold and told all have old.?
The o in hot says its name.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEGold has old. Hot has a short o.

Build it

BUILD THE WORD COLDEST
  • Say coldest slowly.
  • Tap the parts in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
BUILD THE WORD WILDLY
  • Say wildly slowly.
  • Tap the parts in order.
1First
2Next
3Last
Read it yourself
wild, child, mild
cold, gold, hold, told, fold
colder, holding, unfold, wildly
Try it
Fold a cloth or a shirt with your grown-up.
Say fold, folded, unfold as you go.
Read it yourself
The child held the cold cup.
Bennie told us to hold on.

Word Spot: your, talk, list

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Your: Y-O-U-R.

Talk: T-A-L-K.

List: L-I-S-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
Is this ___ pencil?
Let us ___ about the story.
Read the ___ out loud.

Hold on tight! Tomorrow we meet olt and read smoothly.

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