# Lesson 45: Matching pictures to words

📖 READING (40 Lessons) • 🟢 A. Sounds and Words

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## Objective

Use the picture, first sound, and vowel sound to match each picture to the correct word.

## Materials

- Paper or a notebook and a pencil ✏️
- The Sound Pad (bottom right corner) to hear letter and digraph sounds

## Letter & Sound Pad

Tap any button to hear its sound.

### Short vowels

### Long vowels

### Consonant sounds

### Digraphs

## Mini-lesson — Using pictures and words together

When you read, you often see a picture and a word together.

Your brain can use both to figure out what the word says.

Think about a picture of a sun in the sky.

- You look at the picture and say, “I see a sun.”
- Then you look at the word choices under the picture.

Good readers use three checks:

1. Picture check: Say what you see in the picture. (sun, cat, bed…)
2. Sound check: Look at the first letter. Does it match the first sound you said?
3. Sense check: Ask, “Does this word make sense with the picture?”

If the picture shows a sun but the word is cup, something is wrong.

- The first sound does not match.
- The word does not fit the picture.
- You go back and choose a word that matches both the picture and the sounds.

When you use picture, sounds, and meaning together, you match pictures to words like a reading detective.

Picture: Choosing the word that matches the sun picture.

## Guided Practice — Picture-word mini-book

Now let’s practice together.

On each page of the mini-book, you will see a short sentence. As you read, try to picture it in your mind.

Then ask yourself:

- “What do I see in the picture in my mind?”
- “What word matches that picture?”
- “Does the first letter sound right?”

If the picture in your mind does not match the word, stop and try a new word that fits better.

Words you will see in this mini-book
cat dog sun map cup net pin bed hat

When you read a word, say it out loud and imagine the picture that goes with it.

### Mini-Book: Picture Walk Day

1

We see the sun.

It is a big, red sun in the sky. We look up at the sun and grin.

2

We see a cat.

A cat sits on a mat. The cat can nap on the mat.

3

We see a map and a cup.

Dad has a map. Mom has a cup. We sit and look at the map.

4

We see a bed and a hat.

The big bed has a red hat on it. We laugh at the hat on the bed.

## Reading Practice — Drag the correct word into the sentence

Each sentence describes a picture. Drag the word that matches the picture into the empty box. Chips stay in their own question. When you're done, press "Check sentences."

A big yellow circle in the sky is the .

sun cup bed

An animal with whiskers sitting on a mat is a .

cat cap cup

A paper with lines and paths to show where to go is a .

map mat cup

A small thing you drink from on a table is a .

cup cap cop

A place with a pillow and blanket to sleep is a .

bed bad bag

Something you wear on your head is a .

hat hot hit

Rope or string with many holes to catch fish is a .

net nut not

A small sharp thing that holds paper on a board is a .

pin pan pen

A small animal that barks and wags its tail is a .

dog dig dot

Something soft that you wear on your foot is a .

sock sack sick

## Quick Check (5 questions)

#### What should you do first when you see a picture?

Say what you see in the picture Read all the words first Guess without thinking

#### Why do good readers check the first letter of a word?

To see how long the word is To skip to the next page To match the starting sound with the picture

#### What should you ask yourself after you read a word?

“Is this my favorite word?” “Does this word make sense with the picture?” “Can I skip this picture?”

#### Why is the picture helpful when choosing a word?

It gives clues about what the word should mean It shows you the page number It tells you how to spell the word

#### If the picture and the word do NOT match, what should you do?

Keep reading without checking Choose the longest word Go back and pick a word that fits the picture and sounds

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Says what is in a simple picture (cat, sun, map, bed, hat, etc.) Chooses the word that matches the picture Uses first sounds and vowel sounds to check the word Notices when a word does not match and tries again

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can match words to pictures 🙂 I need a little more practice 😅 It still feels tricky
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