Immerse Lesson 1
Can I write predictions about a text?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
When?
How?
Let's read the Vehicle Text Extract
What does this mean?
What are 'rustles' and 'whooshes'?
What does the author mean by 'it sings'?
How might this link to the objects we explored?
Explore and Respond: Vehicle Text Illustration
Illustration 1: the city towers in the rain
Illustration 2: the three children looking up at their tower
Illustration 3: the wooden arm holding the stone
Can I write a prediction about this story?
I think ... because ...
I predict that ...
Handwriting
Handwriting
palm crouch
thumb push
finger tap
finger lift
R E A D Y
__________________________________________________________________________________________
chap
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
My Turn
Your Turn
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
stared
Who/What
He
Sentence
He stared.
Add Detail: Prefixes
He stared with
disbelief.
____
Re-read
Build
disbelief.
____
He stared with
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write a sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
rustled
Who/What
leaves
Sentence
The leaves rustled.
Add Detail: Plural and Possessive -s
leaves rustled.
trees'
_______
The
Re-read
Build
trees'
_______
leaves rustled.
The
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write a sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I write predictions about a text?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
trees'
leaves rustled.
The
_______
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Frog Jump-Squat down low, hands on the floor. Jump forward and land softly.
Elephant Walk-Bend forward, arms hang. Walk and swing arms side to side.
Caterpillar Crawl-Walk hands forward, then feet up to hands. Repeat.
Turtle Push-Push hands into floor or wall. Hold, then relax.
Crab Crouch-Lift hips in crab position. Walk forwards or backwards.
Monkey Grab-Reach one arm across the body, then the other. Alternate rhythmically.
Seal Clap-Clap in front, above, and below while keeping rhythm.
Crocodile Twist-Keep feet still. Twist upper body side to side slowly.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
He stared with
disbelief.
____
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.
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Immerse Lesson 1
Can I write predictions about a text?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
How?
When?
Talk Time: What's the story about?
What?
Who?
Why?
Where?
When?
How?
Let's read the Vehicle Text Extract
What does this mean?
What are 'rustles' and 'whooshes'?
What does the author mean by 'it sings'?
How might this link to the objects we explored?
Explore and Respond: Vehicle Text Illustration
Illustration 1: the city towers in the rain
Illustration 2: the three children looking up at their tower
Illustration 3: the wooden arm holding the stone
Can I write a prediction about this story?
I think ... because ...
I predict that ...
Handwriting
Handwriting
palm crouch
thumb push
finger tap
finger lift
R E A D Y
__________________________________________________________________________________________
chap
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
My Turn
Your Turn
Sentence Accuracy
Sentence Accuracy
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
stared
Who/What
He
Sentence
He stared.
Add Detail: Prefixes
He stared with
disbelief.
____
Re-read
Build
disbelief.
____
He stared with
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write a sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Quick Build: single-clause sentence
Verb
rustled
Who/What
leaves
Sentence
The leaves rustled.
Add Detail: Plural and Possessive -s
leaves rustled.
trees'
_______
The
Re-read
Build
trees'
_______
leaves rustled.
The
___________________________________________________________________________
Check
My turn to write a sentence.
Listen to my writer's voice.
Let me hide it!Now your turn.
Your turn to write a sentence.
Write?
Dictate?
Adapt/Extend?
Combine?
Fix?
Use your Sentence Checker
Sentence time over! Click to move on.
Can I write predictions about a text?
CEW
Handwriting
Writing Effects
Spelling
Ideas
Other...
Feedback: Who did what well?
trees'
leaves rustled.
The
_______
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Frog Jump-Squat down low, hands on the floor. Jump forward and land softly. Elephant Walk-Bend forward, arms hang. Walk and swing arms side to side. Caterpillar Crawl-Walk hands forward, then feet up to hands. Repeat. Turtle Push-Push hands into floor or wall. Hold, then relax. Crab Crouch-Lift hips in crab position. Walk forwards or backwards. Monkey Grab-Reach one arm across the body, then the other. Alternate rhythmically. Seal Clap-Clap in front, above, and below while keeping rhythm. Crocodile Twist-Keep feet still. Twist upper body side to side slowly.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
He stared with
disbelief.
____
Thumb to first finger, press down hard 1, 2, 3, 4. Move to the next, let's do some more 1, 2, 3, 4.
Curve around, up to the top, down the same line, up and over with a flick at the end.