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God Made the Fox

Short O Observations

Day 53of 180
Week 11of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and decode -ox words

2

Connect short o sound to animal names

3

Understand God's creation of animals

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:25

“God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:25 (WEB)

Celebrating God's wonderful creation of animals

📦 Materials Needed

  • Letter tiles
  • Picture cards with -ox words
  • Crayons
  • Worksheet with fox and box images
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (5 min)

Gather students and discuss different animals. Ask: 'What animals did God create? Can you make an animal sound?'

💭 Review Question: What animal sound do you know?
2Teaching (7 min)

Introduce -ox words by showing picture cards of fox, box, and ox. Sound out each word slowly.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Short o sounds like /o/ in 'fox'
  • Some animals have -ox in their names
  • God created all animals
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animals do you see?
  • Can you hear the short o sound?
3Activity: Fox and Box Word Building (6 min)
hands-on

Students use letter tiles to build -ox words and color corresponding worksheet

📝 Instructions:
  1. Select letter tiles for f-o-x and b-o-x
  2. Build words on workspace
  3. Color pictures of fox and box
  4. Practice saying words out loud
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Teacher helps place tiles

Challenge: Write words independently

4Closing (2 min)

Praise students for learning new words and recognizing God's amazing creation

📝 Review Questions:
  • What -ox words did we learn today?
  • Who created animals?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for making wonderful animals. Help us learn about your amazing world. Amen.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll read a story about short o words!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 104:24

“How many are your works, Yahweh! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.”

— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Animal Creation Motion Song

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Students are learning to decode -ox words while connecting to biblical creation concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage sound blending
  • Use playful animal voices
  • Praise effort over perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty blending consonant and vowel sounds

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Consistent short o sound pronunciation

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw additional animals starting with -ox
  • Go on a nature walk to observe animals
  • Make animal sounds matching learned words

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