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Use playdough or modeling clay to create words in specific phonemes of consonant sounds. This activity can be differentiated by having struggling learners practice a selected amount of consonant sounds. For advanced learners, they will be able to create sight words.

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Sorting activity- for the short and long vowel sounds in words there will be images cut out and the students will have to say the word and sort them to the correct short, long vowel sound. For struggling learners, they will be only working with the short vowel sounds. For more advanced learners, they will move to digraphs.

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Word family eggs- get plastic eggs and on one half write the word family on the bottom then have them match the egg top and bottom to make the full word. For struggling learners, this exercise is great because it allows them to pick from a selected portion of word families. I will determine which word family they need to work on the most.

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Scavenger hunt of sight words- print out sight words and hide them around the classroom. I will say the word the students have to find it and then write it. To differentiate this assignment, I will display more advanced words in the classroom for those that know more words than the rest of the class.

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Journal vocabulary words of the week

Group storytime

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Decoding booklet

Retelling story

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Mini book report

Dioramas

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Phonemic Awareness

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Letter–Sound Practice and Building Words

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Word family matching flashcards

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Get kids blending and reading onsets and rimes to word families with this simple word family matching game.

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Make a Story

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Expand Your Child's Vocabulary | Pre-K to 1st Grade Oral Skills

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Learn easy activities for Pre-K to 1st graders to help expand your child's vocabulary in this short video from Home Reading Helper.

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Mini Book reading

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Selecting Books for Your Child: Finding ‘Just Right’ Books

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How can parents help their children find books that are not “too hard” and not “too easy” but instead are “just right”? Here’s some advice.

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Creating what happened in their book through a craft

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You are welcome to print copies for non-commercial use, or a limited number for educational purposes, as long as credit is given to Reading Rockets and the author(s). For commercial use, please contact the author or publisher listed.

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Children learn when they make connections between what they hear and what they know. One method parents can use to help make these connections is called a think aloud, where you talk through your thoughts as you read.

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Hello! I am excited to work with you all this year. Here is a mini explanation of what exactly your children will be learning in literacy this year. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns!