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In class to practice fluency I may play a little echo game with my students. I will read them stories and alot time get them to call back what I am saying. This allows me to help them become fluent listeners so they can become fluent readers.

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We use emergent readers with dots under each word to help students track their words and learn how to read fluently. This has been a great way for students to begin learning how to read. If the reader I find doesn't come with dots then i simply take a black marker and place dots under each word and then make my copies.

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Paired reading is a great way to build fluency in students. Similar to the echo game from class you can read with your child and have them read along with you. You can continue to reread some of their favorite books until you notice a increase in their fluency skills.

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Vocabulary

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Beginning sound coloring pages. You can have students color in the pictures that begin with the correct sound.

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Students and teachers can draw a picture or show a picture of something and students can begin to describe the picture. This may be a teacher led activity until students begin to pick up on words.

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This is a video describing phonemic awareness

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Singing nursery rhymes with students helps them understand that words have meaning and follow patterns.

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Another great activity to do with students is to play I Spy. You can go on a hunt around the room and describe to students what you spy and see if they can guess it.

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Use a beginning sounds chart to help students build their words and language. This is a great for students to help student correlate sounds with the pictures they see.

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Frequent read aloud is one of the best ways to help our students comprehend what they are learning. We have story time in our schedule daily. Even when we are transitioning through we are looking and observing and comprehending what we see in the hallway.

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Parents can read aloud with students at home each day. Talk about the different characters and pick words as vocabulary to talk about and discuss meaning with students.

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Use bingo chips to help students blend sounds. Start with two bingo chips and words with two sounds. Have students slide the chips up as they say each sound. 

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Parents can play board games with children. A good game could be junior scrabble. As the words are being made they can play emphasis on them.

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Letter hopping game. Parents can write letters on paper and cut them out. They can play them in a circle or in a line and have the students hop around and try to guess the sound of the letters as they jump on them.

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You can print out picture cards and ask students questions for them to describe what they see. if you need to keep it going until they have described a lot about the pictures.

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If you go on walks with your child you can begin encouraging them to describe what they see. It is so important to ask open ended questions to students to open up the possibilities of answers. This helps them to build their language and their comprehension.