Card Lab

Materials to prepare

• Connect your computer to the classroom screen and speakers. Check sound before children arrive. Internet is needed.
• Preview the activity and writing sheets. Print enough for your group, prepare word cards and an exit check, and keep the teacher guide nearby. Cut cards and print the matching spaces at the same scale.
• Use the four-page play sheet, scissors handled by an adult, and the word images. Nine loose cards let all three words stay on the table together. Print the cards and building spaces at the same scale.
• Keep the lesson slides ready if a video does not play. Read the English notes and model the action yourself.

Lesson flow · 45-minute guide

1. 0–4 min

   1. Hello Routine

   Welcome children into Card Lab for today's session.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Hello, everyone! Welcome to our card lab!

   Look for

   Listen for children returning the greeting.

   If difficult

   Model a short hello for children to repeat.

2. 4–9 min

   2. Review Bridge

   Show one review letter card at a time. Pause for a response; offer its sound if children need help.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Look at each card. Say its sound.

   Look for

   Listen for children giving the letter sound without a model.

   If difficult

   Show one card and model its sound before asking children to repeat.

3. 9–14 min

   3. Bubble Theater

   Read the four Card Lab scenes or play the story. Use three finger taps and a sweep; the first two pictures have blank cards.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Let's watch our card lab story.

   Look for

   Watch for children following the story on the screen.

   If difficult

   Pause on one picture and briefly describe it.

4. 14–24 min

   4. Blending Rule

   Point to the first, middle, and last letters in sad, then model joining their sounds in order.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Say each sound, from first to last. Now join them to read sad.

   Look for

   Listen for children keeping the sounds in the correct order.

   If difficult

   Point to each letter and say its sound together before joining them.

5. 24–32 min

   5. Guided Practice

   Build sad. Keep s and change both a/d to i/t for sit. Arrange a fresh d/o/g set for dog. Read each whole word.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Let's read sad, sit, and dog. Join the sounds in each word.

   Look for

   Listen for children blending a whole word from the card.

   If difficult

   Blend one word together while pointing to each letter.

6. 32–37 min

   6. Singing Bubble

   Play the Sound by sound chant and model its sound sequence.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Let's chant one sound at a time.

   Look for

   Listen for children following the sound sequence in the chant.

   If difficult

   Model one short part slowly for children to repeat.

7. 37–43 min

   7. Worksheet

   Model one three-slot word. Choose a build, picture match or missing-middle row. Read the target word aloud before the missing-letter choice.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Fill each space to make sad, sit, and dog.

   Look for

   Watch for children placing a letter in the correct slot.

   If difficult

   Fill the outside slots. Say the target word and offer two middle letters.

8. 43–45 min

   8. Exit Ticket

   Say sad, sit or dog and show its card with the middle letter missing. Note letter selection separately from a later reading attempt without a model.

   Teaching notes

   Say

   Find the missing letter. Finish the word.

   Look for

   Watch for children choosing the letter that completes the word.

   If difficult

   Say the complete word and offer two letters for the empty slot.

Story voices

The class screen shows each picture. Read both voices, pause, and invite the children to join in.