Unit 1 Lesson 8 Like

Like a Ram
Ram
 Objectives: Provide an expectation of learning.
Give a brief introduction of the learning goals for the lesson.

Foundational Skills 15%

1. Learn the “r” sound.
6% Vocabulary and Language 2. Read the high frequency word like.

1. Learn and use spelling words.

2. Learn “have” and “has”.

Listening and Speaking 15%

1. Learn to describe animals
using the sentence frame:
This ___ is like this ___.

54% Reading Writing 10%

1. Decode the book Like a Ram. 1. Write about animals which are
2. Reading Skill: Compare. alike.

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 Objectives: Review the sentences and vocabulary.

What
Whathas
What
Whathas
has alegs?
tail?
hasawings?
head?
feet?
1. Ask the questions.
2. Have students answer the question.

A goose
A horse
cow
AAgoat
pighas
hashas
has ahead.
tail.
awings.
legs.
feet. AAzebra
A deer
An elephant
A has
bird
tiger has
has
has afeet.
legs. tail.
awings.
head.

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 Objectives: Learn letter “Rr”.
1. Have students guess what the letter is.
2. Introduce big R and small r.
3. Guide students to show their fingers to trace letter Rr in
the air.

Click the red dot to trace letter Rr.

Rr
big R small r

1. Guess what the letter is.

2. Teach big R and small r. 3
3. Have students use their fingers to trace letter Rr in the air.
 Objectives: Learn letter “Rr”.
1. Have students listen to the words: ram,
rabbit, rat, rose.
2. Guide students to identify the sound “r”.

r am Rr
r abbit
r ose
r at

1. Click to listen and repeat: ram, rabbit, rat, rose. 3

2. What sound does letter “r” make?
 Objectives: Practice identifying the sound “r”.
1. Click the doorbell and listen. What can you hear?

Find the beginning sound “r”.

2. Have students repeat the word and ask “Does the word
begin with ‘r’ sound?”
3. Click the door to find the answer.

rat ram goose rabbit

1. Click the doorbell, listen and repeat.

2. Does the word begin with “r” sound? 3
3. Click the door to find the answer!
 Objectives: Spell words.
1. Blend “a” “t”.
2. Have students blend “c” “a” “t” to “cat”.
3. Have students blend “r” “a” “t” to “rat”.
4. Blend “a” “m”.
5. Have students blend “r” “a” “m” to “ram”.

rcraam
tt
Where are the animals?

Let’s go find them!

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 Objectives: HFW “like”.
Have students read the word and trace the
word in the air.

lilk e
Click the red dot to trace like.

1. Read the word “like”. 4

2. Have students trace “like” in the air.
 Objectives: HFW “like”.
Have students read the sentence: “___ is like ___.”

like

_____
This
This
Thisram
cat
ratisislike _____.
likethis
thiscat.
ram.
rat.

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 Objectives: Preview and predict.
1. Talk about the cover.
2. Ask and answer key questions.

Concepts of Print
1. What is the title of the
title book?

Details
2. What animal can you
see in the picture?

Set a Purpose
3. What do you think this
story is about?
Let’s find out.

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 Objectives: Decode, read fluently and comprehend.
1. Have students read this page.
2. Ask and answer questions about the rams.
Spelling Words + HFW
1. Can you try to spell
this word “r-am”?
2. How about this word?
(Point to the word “like”.)
3. Now let’s try to read
the sentence.
Details
4. What animal is this?
5. What body parts does
it have?
Language Frame
____ has ____.

?
This is a ram. This ram is like this ram. Compare
6. Is this ram like this
ram?
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 Objectives: Decode, read fluently and comprehend.
1. Have students read this page.
2. Ask and answer questions about the rats.

Spelling Words + HFW

1. Can you try to spell
this word “r-at”?
2. How about this word?
(Point to the word “like”.)
3. Let’s read it together.

Details

4. What animals do you

see?
5. What body parts does
it have?
This is a rat. Is this rat like this rat? Language Frame
____ has ____.

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 Objectives: Decode, read fluently and comprehend.
1. Have students read this page.
2. Ask and answer questions about the cats.
Spelling Words + HFW
1. Ask students to read
alone or with a partner.
2. Monitor and listen for
miscues.

Details
3. What animals are in
the picture?
4. What body parts does
it have?
Language Frame
____ has ____.

This is a cat. This cat is like this cat. Compare

5. Is this cat like this
cat?
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 Objectives: Decode, read fluently and
comprehend.
1. Have students read this page.
2. Ask and answer questions about the tiger and the cat.

Spelling Words + HFW

1. Ask students to read
alone or with a partner.
2. Monitor and listen for
miscues.

Details
legs 3. What animal is this?
tail tail legs 4. What body parts does
feet it have?
Language Frame
feet ____ has ____.

Compare
Is this cat like this cat? 5. Is a tiger a kind of
cat?

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 Objectives: Read with fluency.
1. Ask students: “Is this ___ like this ___?”
2. Have students answer: “This ___ is like this ___.”
3. (above level) Have students ask the question.
ram cat

Is this ___ like this ___?

Is
This
Is
This
this
this
ram
rat
cat
ram
ratislike
cat likethis
thiscat?
ram?
rat?
ram.
rat.
cat.
This ___ is like this ___. tiger cat
rat

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 Objectives: Identify “have” and “has”.
Guide students to understand how to use “have” and “has”
properly.

Look!
Look!II_____ cow.
have aa horse.
horse.
It ____
has aatail.
tail.

It has a head.

has
have
2/2. Fill in the blank using “have” or “has”.
1/2. Can you circle “have/has” in these sentences? 4
(Click to show the answer.)
 Objectives: Talk and write.
Guide students to talk using the writing
frame.

This
This
Thisgoat
rat
cat
bird
___isisisislike
like
like
likethis
this
this
thisrat.
cat.
goat.
___.
bird.

cat rat goat bird 3

 Objectives: Homework.
Remind students to do the exercise.

• Online Exercise

• Practice Book (Unit 1 Lesson 9)

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