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21st Century Reading

Unit 1
LIFE CHANGES
 Have you ever had a life changing experience?
 Why do people make
changes in their lives?

In your opinión, what kinds of changes are difficult


to make? What kinds of changes are easy to
make?
Some vocabulary…
Attitudes Experiences
Goals Impact
Individual Inspired
Positive Project
Shifting courage
Sequence words:

First Before
Second After
Third Finally
THE FIVE PHONETIC SKILLS
Help identify the five common patterns of
English words

Prove the vowel sound in a Word

Tool used to decode, pronounce and


spell new words
* Phonetic Skill #1: When one guardian consonant —
and nothing more — follows the vowel, the vowel will be
short.
* Phonetic Skill #2: When the vowel is followed by two
guardian consonants and nothing more, the vowel will
be short.
* Phonetic Skill #3: When a vowel stands alone, it will be
long.
* Phonetic Skill #4: Silent E makes the first vowel long.
* Phonetic Skill #5: When vowels are adjacent, the
second vowel is silent, and the first vowel is long.

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