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CALL – Week 2

1. Practice reading fluency.  (Listen to Tara’s explanation before you start!)
  1. Go to this website to read the story “Getting a Job Reference.”
  2. Look at the vocabulary words.  Listen to how they are pronounced.
  3. Read the story out loud.   Time yourself for one minute.   How far do you get?
  4. Find the blue button that says “1st Reading.”  Listen and read the words out loud with the recording.
  5. Then do “2nd Reading.”
  6. Do “3rd Reading.”  Can you say the words at the same time as the recording?
  7. Time yourself for one minute again.   Did you get farther?
  8. Go back to the Wakelet page and answer the comprehension questions.

*If you click on the link at the top “Marshall Leveled Reading Program, Level B,” you can find more stories.

 

2. Practice “There are” vs “They are”
  1. Click on this link.   Click and drag a gray box on the right to complete a sentence.
  2. Notice some sentences are negative and some are questions.  Some use the singular verb ‘is,’ and some use the plural verb ‘are.’

 

3.  Practice the past tense verbs for next week.