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Kinder and First grade resources for Phonics practice
Some sounds in the English language are often difficult for some students to differentiate. Several people around the world have developed visual cues to help children see the sounds to help bridge the slight differences in sounds. This skill is key for decoding text when reading and encoding words when writing. Below is a link to "Sound Bytes" that our district uses in intervention and in Speech therapy. You and your child can practice the sounds with the video. Then the real connection is using them to decode and encode words! I admit it takes practice, but if used consistently you will quickly see improvement.
CVC Review and Practice!
CVC weekly list: can, let, bud, job, dig, sat, met, sun, not, big, bad, get, nut, fox, him, ran, den, bug
BONUS WORDS: CROP, DUST, PLUM, SWIM
Day 1- Take 5 index cards and hold them tall and fold them in half, they make a tent that stands on the table. Write each of the vowels on card (I usually write it on the front and back so the child can see it and I can too). Once they are made tell your child you are listening for the "middle sound". You say one of the words from above list and they hold up the card of the sound they think they heard. Those above Visual Cues I mentioned will come in handy here for correction. Go through middle sounds 1 or 2x's and then say "Now listen for the last sound" and run through the cards again.
Day 2- You can review the Vowel Tent game with just a few words today for practice. Then holding your index cards tall again write each of the words along the top of the card. Then give your child another set of blank cards, have them hold it the same way. If you have time, you say the word and see if your child can write the word sounding out each sound. If not, have them copy each word from your pile and remind them to say each sound as they write it. When done have them read the words to you!
Day 3- Play 3 minutes of the Tent Game. Have your child read the cards from yesterday. Mix them up and deal 5 to your child and 5 to yourself or other child. Let's play "CVC GO FISH". Mommy, do you have "DIG"? "No, Go Fish!" . When you have a match pull it out! (Email me if you need reminder of "Go Fish Rules".
Day 4 - Play 3 minutes of Vowel Tent game. Have your child read the card words. You know your child best, you can use all the cards or pull 7 matches that they struggled with. Mix them up and lay them upside down on the table or floor and play "CVC Memory" Take turns, turn over 2 cards and read the words, do they match? If so take them and you go again. If not next player turns over 2 cards. If you do not have time to play the game, demonstrate for your child and have them play independently.
Day 5- Play 3 minutes of tent game and then your child chooses Memory or Go Fish today! Great Job!
This is great review and should not take more than 15 minutes per day
Second and Third grade tips for reading comprehension
By now your child is reading for meaning! They are also reading rapidly and do not always stop and think about what they just read. Sometimes we need to teach our children to read a paragraph or page and think about what happened or how the characters feel. How many times have you read several pages and you can't remember what happened? Our minds wander at times and it needs to be trained to read at times for meaning verses for pleasure. Have your child read one page and then take the book and ask them 5-10 questions about that page. Also add a question of inference " Why do you think the character felt that way?". If they can answer all the questions great! If not, this may be a skill to practice. Use higher level informational text for their grade level. This practice will help study skills for Science and Social Studies.
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Fourth and Fifth grade tips for real life math skills
Adding, subtracting, multiplication and division with decimals? At home? No worries! Your children had an opportunity to work on budgeting during JA Biztown. Now you can continue the fun with the best real life text book ever! Grocery store flyers! Yes, grab Aldi, Kroger, Publix and Walmart flyers. Have your child plan meals for a day using $10. Ask them to create a fruit salad using 2 pints of strawberries, 3lbs of grapes, a pineapple and a 4lb watermelon? Can they do it for $20? What change will they have left? Compare Aldi prices to Kroger, which store would you save money? What is the difference? What would you buy from the flyer with the difference in money? Using real world applications will help them better understand words like compare, difference and practice skills of lining up the decimals when adding and subtracting! Have them solve with paper pencil and then check their work with a calculator!
