We wrapped up Unit 1 of our Journeys lessons this week by reading the I Like Fall! Emergent Reader. My Kinders did a great job putting "butter" (yellow crayon) on our sight words (popcorn words): I, like, the, and.
This was the perfect book for my students to review these sight words. It also was a great confidence booster as they realized they could read the entire book! I love to hear them say "We Are Readers!". We say this every time we learn a new book together as a class.
So, it's time to get our Unit 2 Emergent Reader book copied, sorted, cut and stapled. I will use this book towards the end of Unit 2 after we have introduced the Unit 2 words: we, see, a.
Although this book works great if you use Journeys, it also aligns well with many Kindergarten sight word lists. I hope it is helpful to use in your classroom!