CompuRead Level 1 Story 2 Jag a Jag

Level 1 – Story 2 Jag-a-Jag is a story about our friend Tad and his farm accident. He broke is leg when a hay bale fell on it and now has a cast that limits his abilities to do his chores.

MODULE 1

The Main Idea is "I Will Think of Others by Making Work Seem Like Play."

In the Prestory Background Tad is helped by his parents to do his chores and gets a “farm car” so he might more easily get around the farm.

His car needs gas and the two farm cats, Tat Cat and Alley Cat, help Tad out by bringing him gas for his car to make it go.

With everyone’s help, Tad is now able to do his chores and have lots of fun and all the work turned in to play.

Listening to the Story Without Interruption is an outstanding way to have the student become familiar with the story and its contents. This will assist the student to hear the story’s audio, see the words on the computer’s screen or printed page and associate words the sounds and their meaning.

MODULE 2

Phonics, Writing And Spelling emphasizes the phonetic elements of a, j, g, and their sounds and the many words that contain these letters. This lesson compares the j and g with the “soft” and “hard” sounds. In addition, the letter ‘k’ is also referenced and the student is shown the difference between the hard ‘c’ and the ‘k’ sound.

In the Phonics, Writing And Spelling section there are several activities for learning the letters a, j and g. Some of the activities are:

Listening to My Own Voice

• Auditory Recognition

• Writing Directions

• Body Writing Letters and Letter Blends

• Sound Sentences using the letters g and j, and

• Quickie Questions

This lesson also introduces many parts of written sentences preparing the student to become effective and efficient writers.

Fiction/Non Fiction Writing has plenty of writing opportunities and explains what a genre is and how it applies to writing fiction and non-fiction.

Vocabulary And Expressive Speaking emphasizes listening, rhyming, tongue twisters, sight words and phrases.

MODULE 3

Science Background discusses cars and how they have evolved over the years. It talks about cars that use gas and cars of the future.

Story Mapping challenges the young reader to answer questions about story composition and how the parts of this story fit together. It also shows how the story is composed and is intended to be read, allowing the reader to “make sense” of what was read.

Home Fun continues with fun activities for the reader to do at home.

Let’s now read about the letters a, g, j, and k with the story of Jag a Jag.

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