Grade Levels: 1, 2, K

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Long O, and supports the standard of knowing common vowel team conventions for representing long vowel sounds. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Display an image of a boat, like this one from the movie (timestamp: 0:13):

Ask:

  • What are some other words that have the same “o” sound as “boat”? 

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

  • Play the Long O movie.  
  • Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it. 

TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause. 

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS

Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about long “o” while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.

  • Draw About It: Draw a picture of something that has a long “o” sound. Challenge a classmate to guess the word.
  • Activity: Use the pictures to spell words with the long “o” sound. 
  • Talk About It: Brainstorm words that have the long “o” sound. 
  • Write About It: Write silly sentences using as many long “o” words as possible.

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Phonics Unit: Continue to build understanding around foundational reading skills by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.

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