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Introduction:

We will highlight three important parts of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, and fluency. Help students decode words by understanding letter-sound relationships, which are essential for reading and spelling. Fluency enables speed, accuracy, and expression, enhancing comprehension and literacy skills. Knowing about these areas can help support your child's reading growth at home.

Phonemic Awareness: The ability to hear and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words is crucial for effective reading and spelling.

Phonics: word study helps kids learn how letters make sounds and how to spell words. When they understand these connections, they can become much better at figuring out new words and will improve their reading and writing skills.

Fluency: Smooth, accurate text reading, allowing readers to focus on understanding text meanings.

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Phonemic Awareness:

Hearing, identifying, and manipulating individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words is a fundamental skill for reading success.

Classroom Activity: Sound Hopscotch:

Create a hopscotch grid with each square representing a sound within a word. As students hop from one square to another, they say each sound aloud, breaking down words like "cat" into their sounds.

For new beginners: Use simple words with 2-3 sounds ("bat," "sun")

For advanced student learners: Challenge them with longer words that include blends ("brush," "crane").

Family Resources: The Phonemic Awareness Songs represent a compilation of engaging songs that highlight various phonemes within words, facilitating the development of phonemic awareness. This activity is ideal for families who enjoy music and the shared learning experience.

"The Alphabet Song" Enhances" letter recognition and sound association.

"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" Emphasizes animal sounds and rhyme.

"Apples and Bananas" Focuses on changing vowel sounds.

"Bingo" Highlights syllable counting and sound omission.

"Five Little Ducks" Introduces rhyming and repetitive sound patterns.

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Phonics:

Defines the relationship between letters and spoken language sounds.

Connects written letters to spoken sounds.

Classroom Activity, Letter-Sound Matching Board:

For Beginners: Single letters and simple words.

For Advanced Learners: Digraphs and blends.

Family Resources:

Phonics Flashcard Printables: Downloadable flashcards with letters and pictures.

Sight Words Flash Cards | Sight Words: Teach Your Child to Read. (n.d.). Sightwords.com. https://sightwords.com/sight-words/flash-cards/

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CVC Middle Letter Sounds Matching Activity Pack

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Fluency:

Reading fluency refers to reading speed, accuracy, and proper expression, which connects word recognition and comprehension.

Classroom Activity:

Partner reading students take turns reading aloud using the popcorn method so all children can follow and read along, focusing on pace and expression.

For beginners: Use simple texts with repeated phrases.

For advanced learners: Use more complex texts, focusing on conveying character emotions.

Family Resources:

Family resource reading games for our students make learning fun and interactive. They encourage regular reading practice and strengthen literacy skills. These games provide families with tools to support reading development at home, reinforcing what children learn in school and nurturing a lifelong love of reading.

Reading Games for Kids. (2025). Splashlearn.com; SplashLearn. https://www.splashlearn.com/cpc/ela/reading-games?adCampaign=22216652595&adGroup=180510782091&targetid=kwd-16563263&adTag=reading%20for%20kids&adID=732646523699&ipad_blocker_disabled=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw7pO_BhAlEiwA4pMQvAr-rDnog0FVPzpjiGzIMMvd6f9dUoYgcOAV-ZpIfyAXv0FMu1yxGRoCHHcQAvD_BwE

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Splash Learn - Level 11 - English - Learn to Read Words 003  - PR