Scott Foresman Reading Street

Associate the common
syllables -tion, -sion, and
-ture with the letters
that spell them.
Review words with the schwa sound.
Blend and read words with the common syllables -tion, -sion, and -ture and words with the schwa sound.
Apply decoding strategies: blend longer words.

Support Phonics The suffix -tion has similar forms in other languages, including French (-tion), Spanish
(-ción, -sión), Haitian Creole (-syon), and Portuguese (çäo). Children can look for cognates for -tion words in other languages. For example, the English word direction is direction in French, dirección in Spanish, direksyon in Haitian Creole, and direçäo in Portuguese.

See the Phonics Transition Lessons in the ELL and Transition Handbook.

Practice Book 3.2 p. 129

with | without Answers

In unaccented (unstressed) syllables, any vowel can stand for the schwa sound, /

You may wish to explain the meanings of these words.

budget	a plan for spending and saving money
fossil	the preserved remains of an animal or plant
rapid	quick

Syllables -tion, -sion, -ture

TEACH

Remind students that they have learned common word parts that appear in many
different words. Write the words question, vision, and culture.

How many syllables do you hear in question? (2)
What is the first syllable? (ques)
What is the second syllable? (tion)
Which syllable have you seen in many other words? (tion)

MODEL When I need to sound out a word like question, I look for word parts I already know. I've seen -tion in lots of words, so I don't have to stop to figure out that syllable. The syllable -tion is a helpful syllable to know. So are the common syllables -sion and -ture.

Model blending question,
vision, and culture.
Then have students
blend the words with you.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

DECODE LONGER WORDS Write these words. Have students read them and

then underline the syllables -tion, -sion, and -ture.

expansion	relationship	signature	comprehension
exhaustion	structure	subtraction	variation

READ WORDS IN CONTEXT Write these sentences. Have individuals read them and

point out words with the syllables -tion, -sion, and -ture. Words with these syllables
are underlined. To check meaning, have students give their own sentence for the
underlined words.

The class got permission to visit the nature center.

We will show our invention at the science convention.

Each storyteller told a different version of the traditional folk tale.

Did you complete the revision of your picture book yet?

To assess, observe whether students read words with the syllables -tion, -sion,
and -ture correctly.

Review Phonics

SCHWA

CONNECT Write this sentence: A parrot sat on Pirate John's hat.

We studied the schwa sound in unaccented syllables.
Read the sentence to yourself. Raise your hand when you know which words have the schwa sound. (parrot, Pirate)
Which vowel stands for the schwa sound in parrot? (o)
Which vowel stands for the schwa sound in Pirate? (a)
Does the schwa sound appear in accented or the unaccented syllables? (unaccented)

Continue in the same way with the sentence Do you happen to have pencils we can use?

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

DECODE LONGER WORDS Have individuals read the following words. Provide

help chunking and blending the words as needed.

fossil	Scotland	gather	pedal
ketchup	instant	lion	shovel
father	budget	forest	lemon

READ WORDS IN CONTEXT Have students read these sentences. Then, to

check meaning, have them give their own sentence for the underlined word.

Ben dreamed he saw a dragon in the kitchen.

We often travel to the beach in August.

Mom's muffins won a medal at the fair.

My sister and I ate the whole melon.

To assess, note how well students read words with the schwa sound.