Word Study Through Shared Reading

Book: The Bear Went Over The Mountain

Author: Iza Trapani
Illustrated by: Iza Trapani
Level: Guided reading level B
Brief Summary: The bear sets out at the beginning of spring and finds fun around every corner, such as
watching bunnies hop, and smelling flowers.

Opportunities to engage in word study through shared reading:

Type of Word Study Focus More Specific Focus Example Words

Word selected from the Dolch sight
see
word list or the Fry high frequency
tree
word list.
Sight Words water
https://www.kidzone.ws/reading/fry/
Pg. 152-153 smell
https://sightwords.com/sight-
hear
words/dolch/
touch

Phonics Rules CVC pattern log

Pg. 113-120 CVCe pattern he,

Phonograms -ny Shiny & Tiny & spiny

(word families or -og Log & Frog
“glued sounds”) -ines Pines & Vines
Pg. 112-113, 155-157 -ing swaying, laying, spraying
moun-tain
Structural Analysis- when two consonants come between
duck-ling
Type of Affix two vowels in a word, divide the
rab-bits
(prefix , suffix or inflectional syllables between the consonants.
hap-py
ending), Morphemes,
wood-chuck
syllabication, contractions
Pg. 157-158 Affixes ending in -ing
swaying, laying, smelling, spraying
Mountain
Flowers
Vocabulary Tier 2
Farewell
Chapter 7 Tier 3
Blossom
Exploring