Download or read book Our Car Trip written by Timea Thompson and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bright, colorful photos support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the /ar/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic nonfiction text also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read for information while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. Readers will follow a young narrator as she goes on her first road trip. This nonfiction phonics title is paired with the fiction phonics title Stars in the Dark: Practicing the AR Sound. The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: * Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the /ar/ sound found in the text * Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the /ar/ sound * Group Activity that guides students to identify the /ar/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words * Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the /ar/ sound * Writing Activity that guides students to write the letters that make the /ar/ sound