Reading
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All of these are resources for you to use for homework.
All of these are resources for you to use for homework.
Reading Standards
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At Home Reading Card
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WORD PLAY
Click on the button below and print out all four pages. Cut out all the cards on the first two pages. Leave page 3 and 4 intact. AGAIN--DON'T CUT APART PAGES 3 AND 4. Have your child choose a "chunk" card (one of the cards you cut apart from the first 2 pages) and run it down past all the consonants on page 3 and then the blends and digraphs on page 4. If your child makes a real word, do a thumbs up. If it is not a real word, do a thumbs down. This is a fun and effective way to get the sequence of letters in a chunk learned and to introduce and explore vocabulary. By the way, a chunk is a piece of a word with a vowel in it. You can make new words by putting different consonants, blends and digraphs in front of chunks. Blends are two consonants and you can hear a little bit of each letter. Digraphs are two consonants but they make ONE sound. Yep. Cool!
Click on the button below and print out all four pages. Cut out all the cards on the first two pages. Leave page 3 and 4 intact. AGAIN--DON'T CUT APART PAGES 3 AND 4. Have your child choose a "chunk" card (one of the cards you cut apart from the first 2 pages) and run it down past all the consonants on page 3 and then the blends and digraphs on page 4. If your child makes a real word, do a thumbs up. If it is not a real word, do a thumbs down. This is a fun and effective way to get the sequence of letters in a chunk learned and to introduce and explore vocabulary. By the way, a chunk is a piece of a word with a vowel in it. You can make new words by putting different consonants, blends and digraphs in front of chunks. Blends are two consonants and you can hear a little bit of each letter. Digraphs are two consonants but they make ONE sound. Yep. Cool!
BANG!
Here is an ever so delightful game to help your child get better at reading by practicing the 100 first grade sight words. Read the directions and then print off and cut out the version of Bang! that is currently appropriate for your child. Your child's BANG! level will be indicated on your SEP conference report. You'll receive an SEP report at the beginning of October and again at the end of January or beginning of February. If you don't know your child's Bang! level, contact me to find out.
Here is an ever so delightful game to help your child get better at reading by practicing the 100 first grade sight words. Read the directions and then print off and cut out the version of Bang! that is currently appropriate for your child. Your child's BANG! level will be indicated on your SEP conference report. You'll receive an SEP report at the beginning of October and again at the end of January or beginning of February. If you don't know your child's Bang! level, contact me to find out.
FLASHCARDS
Here are some reading flashcards to help your first grader. Start with the Sight Words 1. See how many your first grader knows. Keep the known ones separate. Then focus on an unknown one and add it to the stack of known words when your child is ready. When your child gets good at the Sight Words 1, move on to the Sight Words 2. When your child is good at reading Sight Words 1 and 2, try the 100 Sight Words.
Here are some reading flashcards to help your first grader. Start with the Sight Words 1. See how many your first grader knows. Keep the known ones separate. Then focus on an unknown one and add it to the stack of known words when your child is ready. When your child gets good at the Sight Words 1, move on to the Sight Words 2. When your child is good at reading Sight Words 1 and 2, try the 100 Sight Words.
READING STRATEGIES
A strategy is a tool used to do or figure out something. These are the reading strategies/prompts we use at school if a child gets stuck on a word. Your first grader will be used to hearing things like:
"Go back and reread that sentence."
"Did that make sense?"
"Check the picture and I bet you can figure out that word."
"Do the letters in that word look right for the sounds you just made?"
"Try rereading that sentence and when you come to this word, just make the beginning sound
and see if you can figure out the rest."
"Let's read the whole sentence and skip the word you're stuck on, then maybe you can figure it
out."
Here are some good prompts if your child gets stuck!
A strategy is a tool used to do or figure out something. These are the reading strategies/prompts we use at school if a child gets stuck on a word. Your first grader will be used to hearing things like:
"Go back and reread that sentence."
"Did that make sense?"
"Check the picture and I bet you can figure out that word."
"Do the letters in that word look right for the sounds you just made?"
"Try rereading that sentence and when you come to this word, just make the beginning sound
and see if you can figure out the rest."
"Let's read the whole sentence and skip the word you're stuck on, then maybe you can figure it
out."
Here are some good prompts if your child gets stuck!
READING COMPREHENSION
This comprehension chart will give you LOTS to talk about with your child after reading a book! You can tell that your child is comprehending a story if he/she is able to make CONNECTIONS to the text (words in the story). After reading a book, discuss the connections and then have your child write a few of them down. You can take turns writing your child's connections. Have your child write one and then you write one. Reading and writing go hand in hand!
This comprehension chart will give you LOTS to talk about with your child after reading a book! You can tell that your child is comprehending a story if he/she is able to make CONNECTIONS to the text (words in the story). After reading a book, discuss the connections and then have your child write a few of them down. You can take turns writing your child's connections. Have your child write one and then you write one. Reading and writing go hand in hand!
WRITTEN RESPONSES TO TEXT
After reading a book with your child, select one of these Written Response buttons and have your child write about the text. These Written Responses are most effective with books level D and higher. With a level A, B or C book, your child can write just one or two sentences about the book and any connections he/she made. For example, after reading a level A book about things that are red, your child could write:
"I like the color red."
"Stop signs are red."
"I have a red ball."
You can help your child spell any words. If it is a word that was used in the book, see if your child can remember the word and then have him/her find the word in the text and copy it. If it is a word that can be sounded out and follows the rules, have your child attempt to write it on his.her own. If it is a word that is unfamiliar to your child, you can spell it for him/her. I want your child's writing experience to be happy!
You DO NOT need to print these written response papers off. You can just look at them to get the needed information about what to write. Then just have your child write on plain old paper. The paper doesn't even need lines! You DO NOT need to complete the entire written response in one sitting. Depending on your child's level, he/she can take 2 or 3 days to complete one if needed.
Don't forget that movies are text too! There is a movie review response below!
I've included a button to connect you to blank writing paper with a top, middle and bottom line. If your child is struggling with handwriting, you are welcome to use this paper. But stressing about letter formation can slow a child's writing down. So if your child is struggling with formation, just have him/her worry about forming one sentence correctly. Or make sure the sentences your child is writing are short ones. Also, you can take turns writing with your child. Have him/her write one word and then you write the next one or two. Whatever works to make the writing experience enjoyable!
After reading a book with your child, select one of these Written Response buttons and have your child write about the text. These Written Responses are most effective with books level D and higher. With a level A, B or C book, your child can write just one or two sentences about the book and any connections he/she made. For example, after reading a level A book about things that are red, your child could write:
"I like the color red."
"Stop signs are red."
"I have a red ball."
You can help your child spell any words. If it is a word that was used in the book, see if your child can remember the word and then have him/her find the word in the text and copy it. If it is a word that can be sounded out and follows the rules, have your child attempt to write it on his.her own. If it is a word that is unfamiliar to your child, you can spell it for him/her. I want your child's writing experience to be happy!
You DO NOT need to print these written response papers off. You can just look at them to get the needed information about what to write. Then just have your child write on plain old paper. The paper doesn't even need lines! You DO NOT need to complete the entire written response in one sitting. Depending on your child's level, he/she can take 2 or 3 days to complete one if needed.
Don't forget that movies are text too! There is a movie review response below!
I've included a button to connect you to blank writing paper with a top, middle and bottom line. If your child is struggling with handwriting, you are welcome to use this paper. But stressing about letter formation can slow a child's writing down. So if your child is struggling with formation, just have him/her worry about forming one sentence correctly. Or make sure the sentences your child is writing are short ones. Also, you can take turns writing with your child. Have him/her write one word and then you write the next one or two. Whatever works to make the writing experience enjoyable!