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workers during the small-group block. However, it should be noted that a teacher does not need to follow the feel there is best practice, I
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Centers Unit Visual Centers Scope and Organization Center “I Can”

Overview Overview Sequence Labels Cards

Center 1: Center 4:
Center 2: Center 3: Center 5:
Clip and Write Word Clip It
Clip Boxes Map It Word Trace
Strips Strips

Center 6: Center 7:
Center 8: Center 9: Center 10:
Build It/Write It Flip and
3-in-1 Mats Puzzle It HFW Map It
Mats Cover It

Center 11: Center 12: Center 13: Center 14: Center 15:
Lessons Lessons Lessons Lessons Lessons
1-5 Material 6-10 Material 11-15 Material 16-20 Material 21-25 Material

Center 16: Center 17: Center 18: Center 19: Center 20:
All-in-One HFW All-in-One Say It, Tap It, Decode and Blend and Write
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CENTER 1: Clip and Write Strips CENTER 2: Clip Boxes CENTER 3: Skill-Based Map It CENTER 4: Clip It Strips

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CENTER 5: Word Trace CENTER 6: Build It/Write It Mats CENTER 7: Flip and Cover It CENTER 8: 3-in-1 Mats

Material(s): Printed build it mats, Material(s): Printed flip it deck, Material(s): Printed 3-in-1 mats,
Material(s): Printed word trace
dry-erase markers, and/or printed cover it mats, and printed word cards, and dry-erase
boards and dry-erase markers.
magnetic letters. manipulatives of choice. markers.

CENTER 9: Puzzle It CENTER 10: HFW Map It CENTER 11: Lessons 1-5 Material CENTER 12: Lessons 6-10 Material

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CENTER 17: HFW All-in-One Sheets CENTER 18: Say It, Tap It, Write It CENTER 19: Decode and Match CENTER 20: Blend and Circle Sheets

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LESSON UNIT 6: Vowel Pairs + Diphthongs
WORD LISTS PHONICS SKILL(S) DECODABLE HIGH FREQEUNCY WORDS IRREGULAR HIGH FREQEUNCY WORDS

1 play, day, lay ay (/ā/) day, may, way, say, away

2 sail, tail, chain ai (/ā/) again♥

3 steak, pear, break ea (/ā/) great, break

4 eight, trail, snail ay, ai, ea, eigh (/ā/) eight today♥

5 sleep, feet, sheep ee (/ē/) green, sleep, keep, feet, three

6 meal, seat, beach ea (/ē/) each, mean, eat

7 city, jelly, sticky ey, y (/ē/) funny, city any♥, many♥

8 empty, read, sweep ee, ea, ey, y (/ē/) read, clean, please very♥, pretty♥

9 toast, oat, soak oa (/ō/)

10 blow, snow, show ow (/ō/) own, show, grow, follow, yellow

11 toad, goat, toe oa, ow, oe (/ō/) goes♥, does♥

12 pie, fried, cried ie (/ī/)

13 light, spy, flies y, ie, igh (/ī/) right, light, high

14 fruit, suit, juice ui (/ū/)

15 fuel, argue, clue ue (/ū/)

16 glue, blue, cruel ui, ue (/ū/) blue

17 haul, pause, taught au, augh our♥

18 claw, draw, yawn aw draw, saw been♥

19 spoil, foil, point oi

20 toy, annoy, joy oy boy

21 brought, thought, bought ought thought, bought around♥, about♥

22 howl, town, couch ou, ow out, round, found, sound, down, brown above♥

23 stew, crew, chew ew new whose♥

24 tooth, room, boot oo too, soon two♥

25 wood, book, hook oo, u (/ŏŏ/) good, put, push

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Guided Phonics Centers Guided Phonics Centers

Unit 6: Vowel Pairs + Unit 6: Vowel
Diphthongs Pairs +
Guided Phonics Centers
Diphthongs
Unit 6: Vowel Pairs +
Diphthongs
 Clip and Write Strips Clip Boxes
Material(s): Printed clip and write strips, clothespins, and Material(s): Printed clip box cards and
dry-erase markers. clothespins/manipulatives

Grab Grab

sail sheep

Think Think

sail
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Clip and
Write Strips
Clip and Write Strips

s ai t
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b ay l TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK

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k ai l
UNIT 6: Lesson 2

t ay t TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK

ch ay n
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sh ai m TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK

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Clip Boxes Clip Boxes

play day play day day lay play lay lay

lay day play play play day

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play lay play lay day day day lay lay
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tail sail chain tail tail sail sail chain chain

sail sail sail tail tail chain

tail sail chain tail chain chain chain sail tail

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Map It Map It

say it tap it map it write it

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Map It Map It

UNIT 6: Lesson 16 UNIT 6: Lesson 16 UNIT 6: Lesson 16

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UNIT 6: Lesson 18 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK UNIT 6: Lesson 18 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK UNIT 6: Lesson 18 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK
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Word Strips Word Strips

eight

snail
eight

trail
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trail

trail snail eight

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Word Trace Word Trace

town couch
UNIT 6: Lesson 22

preview
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stew crew
UNIT 6: Lessons 23 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK UNIT 6: Lessons 23 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK
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Word Build It Word Build It
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

UNIT 6: Lesson 2

a b c d e f g h i j
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k l m n o p q r s t u v w
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x y z

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Say It, Read It,
Write It
3-in-1 Word Mat

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Say It, Read It,
Write It
3-in-1 Word Mat

toast
UNIT 6: Lesson 9 UNIT 6: Lesson 9
oat soak
UNIT 6: Lesson 9

blow snow show

UNIT 6: Lesson 10

toad
UNIT 6: Lesson 11
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UNIT 6: Lesson 10

goat toe
UNIT 6: Lesson 11
UNIT 6: Lesson 10

UNIT 6: Lesson 11

UNIT 6: Lesson 12
pie fried
UNIT 6: Lesson 12
cried
UNIT 6: Lesson 12
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Flip and Cover It Flip and Cover It

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UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK
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Flip and Cover It Flip and Cover It

play lay sail tail

preview
UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5

chain steak break trail

UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5

snail sleep feet sheep

UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5 UNIT 6: Lessons 1-5
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Puzzle It
Puzzle It

play sail break

steak preview
day chain
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Puzzle It Puzzle It

preview
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HFW Map It HFW Map It

say it tap it map it write it

preview

UNIT 6: Lessons 1-25 TARA WEST LITTLE MINDS AT WORK

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HFW Map It HFW Map It

day may way

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preview
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say away again

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great break eight

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HFW Mats HFW Mats

day may day may say away

say away may day away say

say

away
day

may
day

say
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may

away
day say may day

say away say may

may day may say

away say day away away may day away

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Clip Strips
Clip Strips

play day lay

preview
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Say It, Tap It, All-in-One Boards
Map It, Write It

say it tap it map it write it say it tap it map it write it

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may say away

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HFW Boxes HFW Boxes

say away

s a a w

y
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a y

s a
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play day away lay

UNIT 6:
Roll and Read

play lay away day

lay play day away

day lay away play

away day play lay

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preview
Roll and Read
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Syllable Mats Syllable Mats

V C C V V C C V

turnip orbit
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turnip orbit
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Fluency Strips Fluency Strips
Jay and the Stray Once there was a gray

stray dog who did not have

a place to stay or a name.

UNIT 6: Lesson 1

Jay was a kid who just had a

previewWould she remain in dismay?

Jay got off the subway at

1

birthday. “I wish I had a pet midday. On his way home, he

to play with and lay with me could see a dog. She lay in a

in my daybed." sunray to stay warm.

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Fluency Strips Fluency Strips

Jay went over to the stray. Jay did not know what to

It did not run away. “May I say except, “Do you want to

pet you?“ She gave him a big come live with me?“ “ Arf!

lick on his face.

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Jay chose to call her “Kay.“ It
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Arf!“

away stray way

5

was the best day for Kay. She

subway may sunray
was glad to have a home and

a name. day daybed say

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