How Cars Changed the World

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Teaching Tips Purple Level 8 This book focuses on the grapheme y Before Reading Discuss the title Ask readers what they think the book will be about Have them support their answer Discuss the book's focused grapheme y Explain that it can have four different sounds y long e long i and short i Give examples of each such as yellow happy shy and rhythm Read the Book Encourage readers to read independently either aloud or silently to themselves Prompt readers to break down unfamiliar words into units of sound and string the sounds together to form the words Then ask them to look for context clues to see if they can figure out what these words mean Discuss new vocabulary to confirm meaning Urge readers to point out when the focused phonics grapheme appears in the text What sound is it making After Reading Ask readers comprehension questions about the book How have cars changed how we live What other inventions have changed how we live Encourage readers to think of words with the y grapheme On a separate sheet of paper have them write the words Group them by the different y sounds