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Using sidewalk chalk, write out the sight words of the week and work to trace over the letters by watering the ground. Develop an understanding for prefixes and suffixes in any of the words.

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Drew doesn't like to trace letters very often, at least not on paper, but he loves water so I knew he'd do this kind of tracing practice!

During nap time I went out to the patio and made some large letters and lines with chalk.

Then I filled some old condiment bottles with water.

When the kids woke up, I gave them each a bottle and told them to trace the lines with the water and make them disappear.

This was a big hit. I refilled those bottles many, many, many times. Drew started tracing the letters, then decided a broad sweeping motion across the entire patio would be more effective, and that of course led to drenching everyone and everything in sight.

Lainey went straight for trying to squirt her brother.

A nice thing about this activity that I didn't anticipate was the water made the chalk seem to disappear when it was wet, but once dry the letters were all still there so I didn't have to make them again.

After we did this activity, I saw a similar post at Train Up A Child. Be sure to check it out - she added a little something extra that I'm sure my kids would have loved!

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Drew doesn't like to trace letters very often, at least not on paper, but he loves water so I knew he'd do this kind of tracing practice! During nap time I went out to the patio and made some large letters and lines with chalk. Then I filled some old condiment bottles with water.

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Play this hands on connect four spelling game with a partner by creating words and sounds with the letters on each individual piece. The player that spells a correct four letter word first wins.

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Spelling games and math games using repurposed old games you have at home. Create new games for learning with ones you would throw out here!

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We will play sparkle as a class, or in small groups, using our vocabulary list for the week.  This will help you recognize letters and their sound relationships by listening to and verbalizing the encoding of words.

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Spelling Sparkle : Classroom Spelling Game

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Learn how to play SPARKLE with your class. It's a fun game that teaches kids how to spell words.

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Create a story with a cartoon using the sight words for the week about what activities you participated in this summer with other people.

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Choose three interactive games to play that enhance your encoding and decoding abilities through the spelling of visual words.  Then choose three new words you learned and draw them in your notes app with different  colors.

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Learn about spelling and play games with your favorite PBS KIDS characters like Martha Speaks, Super Why, Elmo and WordGirl!

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Watch this video to work on your vowel skills. Connect by singing along and listening carefully. You may tap your feet and dance along.

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The Vowel Song is a simple song and video to help kids practice short vowel sounds and reading. Download CD here: http://apple.co/1USYieq When young children begin to learn how to read three letter combinations (CVC), it really helps to learn with a song :) I hope this song and video are of some use to you.