Shark's First Day of School / Shark's First Loose Tooth
From WordWorld · 2007
27 minPre-KK1stReading & Writing (ELA)Social-Emotional Learning
Summary
It’s the first day of school for the youngest WordFriends and Shark is nervous about going; later Shark discovers a wiggly loose tooth. A full 27-minute WordWorld episode (two stories) that pairs word-building with first-day feelings.
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All ages
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Discussion questions
Discussion
In this WordWorld segment the WordFriends solve their problem by building a word out of its letters and sounding it out.
- What word did the WordFriends build? What letters does it need?
- What sound does each letter make? Can you blend them together?
- Where in our classroom can you find that word or its first letter?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: letter, sound, blend, build a word.
Try it: Say the word from the story slowly, listen for each sound, then write the letters in order to build it yourself.