It is my turn to hide, Spike.
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Mike and Spike
By Liza Charlesworth
From the December 2023/January 2024 Issue
Learning Objective: Students will decode words with the long-i/silent-e spelling pattern and understand the events of a story.
Lexiles: 280L
Word List: Mike, Spike, mice, prize, hide, whine, like, time, fine, vine, kite, bike, mine, bite, side, yikes, five, dine, smile, life
High Frequency Words: is, the, no, this
Challenge Words: mice, nice, maybe, high, slice
Standards
I do not like this game, Mike.
You win all the time.
If you win, you can have this prize.
That will make you smile.
Fine, Mike.
Go and hide.
Is Mike on the vine? No.
Is Mike behind the kite? No.
Is Mike by the bike? No.
This is not nice.
The prize will not be mine.
I will sit here and whine.
Or maybe I will take a small bite.
Just a bit from the side.
Yikes!
It is Mike!
Here I am.
You win, Spike. High five!
Now it is time to dine.
Have a slice, Mike.
What a nice life for mice.
Activities
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Skills Activities
Answer Key
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More About the Article
English Language Arts Focus
Phonics and Phonological Awareness
Fluency
Phonics Focus
long-i/silent- \e
Word List
Mike, Spike, mice, prize, hide, whine, like, time, fine, vine, kite, bike, mine, bite, side, yikes, five, dine, smile, life
High Frequency Words
is, the, no, this
Challenge Words
mice, nice, maybe, high, slice
Step-by-Step Lesson Plan
Implementation
Whole Group; Small Group; Technology Time
Pairings and Text Connections
- From the Storyworks archive: "Silly Story: A Cake for Jake,” February 2023
- Suggested books: Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner; Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni; If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Before-Reading Resources
- Word Sounds Slideshow (3 minutes): Preview long-i/silent-e words from the story.
Suggested Reading Focus
Phonics and Comprehension (20 minutes)
- Do a mini phonics lesson to review words with a silent-e spelling pattern. In words with silent-e spelling patterns, the vowel commonly makes a long vowel sound. The e is silent at the end of a word and does not make a sound.
- A good way to reinforce this for children is to remind them that silent-e makes the vowel say its name.
- Practice the silent-e pattern through the use of minimal pairs, which help to contrast words with and without the silent-e spelling pattern. For example: hid/hide; sit/site; fin/fine; kit/kite; dim/dime.
- Review high-frequency words from the story. Students can practice reading words with a partner, as a class, and individually.
- As children read, check comprehension. What game are the mice playing? Why doesn’t Spike like the game? Where does Spike look for Mike? Who won the game? What was the prize?
- Have students review the story and highlight words with the long-i/silent-e pattern. They can practice by reading words aloud.
After-Reading Skills Practice
- Skills: Phonics; phonological awareness (15 minutes)
Extension Activity
Skills: Prediction (15 minutes)
- In the story, Mike the mouse hides in several different places. Ask students: Where else do you think Mike could hide? Guide students to draw another hiding place with Mike in the picture.
Text-to-Speech