Our first novel is "Freak the Mighty", which is a novel I used last year as well. Guided Reading is still something I would like to further improve and do more often. The following is the list of words, why they are chosen and what days they would be introduced
Day 1: Chapter 1 - Unvanquished as this is great word to introduce word mapping and/or word id; glimpse is chosen next due to it's unique ending sound that might trip up some students
Day 2: Chapter 2 - Miniature which can be broken down with word id and word mapping; this reasoning also applies to prehistoric
Day 3: Chapter 3 - Scraggly is chosen due to it's blend of sounds and ornithopter is next as even I can't pronounce this word. Even this year, I still struggled saying it the correct way.
Day 4: Chapter 4 - At this point, I might have students start helping me break down the words. Words chosen would be sobriequet, a word unfamiliar to students that we do together. The next word would be postulated, which has the suffix -ed. Invincible would be next as it can be confused with invisible (even reading that word now, I did this mistake).
Day 5: Chapter 4 continued - This chapter has lots of words to break down so again, we would do it together. The words would be limitations that can be broken down easily along with ignorance. We would also break down sophisticated as this a great multisyllabic word to attempt to break down. Opiate would be are next word as this is a word that might not be familiar to students. Depending on time, we would also do gargling which is a easy word to break down. We would most likely finish the chapter this day.
Day 1: Chapter 1 - Unvanquished as this is great word to introduce word mapping and/or word id; glimpse is chosen next due to it's unique ending sound that might trip up some students
Day 2: Chapter 2 - Miniature which can be broken down with word id and word mapping; this reasoning also applies to prehistoric
Day 3: Chapter 3 - Scraggly is chosen due to it's blend of sounds and ornithopter is next as even I can't pronounce this word. Even this year, I still struggled saying it the correct way.
Day 4: Chapter 4 - At this point, I might have students start helping me break down the words. Words chosen would be sobriequet, a word unfamiliar to students that we do together. The next word would be postulated, which has the suffix -ed. Invincible would be next as it can be confused with invisible (even reading that word now, I did this mistake).
Day 5: Chapter 4 continued - This chapter has lots of words to break down so again, we would do it together. The words would be limitations that can be broken down easily along with ignorance. We would also break down sophisticated as this a great multisyllabic word to attempt to break down. Opiate would be are next word as this is a word that might not be familiar to students. Depending on time, we would also do gargling which is a easy word to break down. We would most likely finish the chapter this day.