After giving the students a copy of the book Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett, they are going to read the first five pages of the story for themselves. Sounding out the words they do not understand and asking for help if they need it. As they read the passage they are going to write down all the single syllable words they come across. Once the students have completed doing this they will group the words into the list based on the vowel sound. All the ones with long vowel sounds go in one list while those with short vowel sounds go in another. I will model this to the students by reading page 1 and 2 two them and when I come to a single syllable word I will write it down. For example, on page one it reads “On a cold, afternoon, in a cold town, where
