Word Study Through Shared Reading

Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Author: Charles G. Shaw
Illustrated by: Charles G. Shaw
Level: Guided Reading Level C and Grade Levels PreK-K-3
Brief Summary: ​ T​ he white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a
bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending, and will be encouraged to
improvise similar games of their own. Blue and white pictures.

Opportunities to engage in word study through shared reading:

Type of Word Study Focus More Specific Focus Example Words

Word selected from the Dolch sight
word list or the Fry high frequency
word list.
Sight Words Fry Words grade one flashcards Bird, Tree, Like, Milk, Flower
KidZone Worksheets Fry Frequency
Word List

CVC: When one-syllable word has only

one vowel and the vowel comes
between two consonants, it’s usually
short.
CVC: But, Pig
Phonics Rule CVCe: When there are two vowels in
CVCe: Like, Cone, Cake
one-syllable word and one is an e at
the end of the word, the first vowel is
long and the final e is silent.

Phonograms Breaking CVC words into onsets and

(word families or rimes and using phonograms to form Rabbit, It
“glued sounds”) new words.

Type of Affix Use morphemic analysis to identify

(prefix , suffix or inflectional multisyllabic words. The locate the Looked, Horned
ending) root word by peeling off any affixes .

The words that are frequently used in

language arts, social studies, science
and math. These words are found in
Illustrate, Shape, Shift, Transform,
Vocabulary books and textbooks that students
Solve,
red; teachers use them in mini lessons
and discussions, and students use
them in classroom projects and are
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expected to understand them in
high-stakes tests.