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Read each riddle. Choose the answer from the box. Write it on the line.

You do this when you need sleep. yawnI have green grass. lawnI am a kind of bird. hawkYou can ride down the road in me. autoYou can sip drinks with this. straw

hawk yawn lawn auto straw

Think and Link Put the words in thecorrect order to make a sentence. Write thesentence on the line.

at The yawned dinosaur dawn.

The dinosaur yawned at dawn.

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Observe students during guidedpractice. Check to see that eachstudent is writing the sentences fromthe board and selecting the correctwords to complete the sentences. Offerassistance to those having difficultywith the exercise. Use the All-STARIntervention Strategies on the nextpage as needed.

Tell the students to turn to pages 149and 150 in the Student Workbook.Review the All-STAR Readers Knowbox. Read the directions and reviewthe picture names with the students,then assign the pages. When thestudents have finished their work,assess the pages.

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150 Unit 5: Other Vowel Sounds

The vowel pairs au and aw can stand for thesame sound.

Lesson 6: Vowel Pairs: au, aw

Unit 5: Other Vowel Sounds 149

Look at each picture. Say its name. Listen for thesound of au and aw that you hear in auto and saw.Find the picture name in the box. Write it on the line.

jaw

lawn

sauce

yawn

claws

laundry

lawn yawn sauce hawk laundrylaunch paw claws jaw

auto saw

hawk paw launch

Unit 5• Lesson 6

ObjectivesStudents will

• write words containing au or aw tolabel pictures.

• read riddles and write au and awwords as answers.

Vowel Pairs: au, aw

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Remind the students that two vowelstogether that stand for one sound arecalled a vowel pair. The sound can beshort or long, or the vowel pair canstand for a new sound. Have thestudents name some words with thevowel pair oo.

Read aloud the All-STAR ReadersKnow box on page 149 in the StudentWorkbook. Write the following wordson the board in two columns: haul,gauze, fault; fawn, hawk, paw. Readthe first column of words to thestudents and ask them what vowelsound they hear in the words (/o/).Repeat with the second column ofwords and the sound of aw (/o/).

Write each of the following sentencesand the words after them on the boardor an overhead: 1) I hear a drip fromthe ___. (fawn, faucet, fault) 2) Paulwill do the ___. (laundry, lawn, halt) 3) What was the ___ of the fire? (fault,crawl, cause) 4) I ___ when I amsleepy. (yawn, crawl, sauce) 5) Putyour ___ on if you are cold. (laundry,shawl, hawk). Tell the students to writethe sentences and the words that makesense in each sentence.

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Lesson 6: Vowel Pairs: au, aw

Read each riddle. Choose the answer from the box. Write it on the line.

You do this when you need sleep. yawnI have green grass. lawnI am a kind of bird. hawkYou can ride down the road in me. autoYou can sip drinks with this. straw

hawk yawn lawn auto straw

Think and Link Put the words in thecorrect order to make a sentence. Write thesentence on the line.

at The yawned dinosaur dawn.

The dinosaur yawned at dawn.

Unit 5• Lesson 6

Visual ReinforcementMaterials: pictures

Show pictures of objects whose namescontain au and aw. For each picture,choose a student to say the name ofthe object and write it on the board.Continue until all students have had achance to write a word.

Tactile/KinestheticReinforcement

Play “Simon Says” with the students.Tell them to only follow your directionsif they contain a word with the awsound. Some directions with the awsound include: make a big yawn; stirthe sauce; mow the lawn; and drive anauto.

All-STAR InterventionStrategies

English-Language Development StrategiesVowel Pairs: au, aw

Most English-language learners will have very little difficulty pronouncingthe vowel digraphs au and aw because the sound is one of the universalvowels. However, they may need extra practice recognizing the au and awspellings of the /o/ sound. Write the following sentences on the board: 1) Thefawn was on the lawn at dawn. 2) Paul will haul the auto. Read aloud thesentences to the students, and have them repeat them several times.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Dinosaursbefore Dark. Random House,Inc., 1992. Jack and his youngersister, Annie, take a trip in amagical tree house to theCretaceous period. They begin to explore and find dinosaurs,volcanoes, and danger. Read the book to the students. Discussthe story and enjoy theillustrations. Tell the students towrite a few sentences about anadventure trip they would like totake in the magical tree house.Encourage the students to usewords with the vowel digraphs auand aw in their sentences. Whenthey are finished writing, have thestudents read their sentences tothe class.

LiteratureConnection

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