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Classroom Activity 1:

In small groups play Sight Word Bingo.

Playing the game of Zingo can help you learn sight words! Sight words are the most frequently used words in the English language and make up about 50-75% of all written material. Mastering sight words is a crucial step in becoming a successful and fluent reader.

For exceptional learners you can assist them or play the game in a slower pace by reading and matching with them instead of it being a race.

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Playdough Fun

*Together create letters out of playdough and make the sound.

*Create words, punch out the sounds with playdough balls under each letter.

Playdough is a fun and interactive activity that can make learning fun. For exceptional learners I would suggest using words or letters they are familiar with.

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Sentence Game

How to play:

*Say a sentence - "The Cat is Fat."

*Clap it out.

*Ask, “How many words?”

*Continue with other sentences.

(For students with exceptionalities, you can help them count or simplify sentences. In whole group they some will watch their peers)

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Dino Bones: Rhyming Words is an online game that aims to help kindergarteners with their phonological awareness and rhyme skills. The game involves digging up dinosaur bones by identifying rhyming words, which is a fun and engaging way for young learners to complete fossils. At the end of the game, children are rewarded with a finished dinosaur. This prehistoric activity is an ideal learning adventure for kids who love dinosaurs and want to improve their language skills.

For exceptional learners, I suggest pairing with a peer or adult to enjoy the game.

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Which word rhymes with hat? In this online game, children dig up dinosaur bones by identifying rhyming words. Geared toward kindergarteners, this prehistoric activity engages learners by encouraging them to complete fossils and rewarding them with a finished dinosaur at the end! Dino Bones: Rhyming Words is the perfect learning adventure for honing phonological awareness and rhyme skills.

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Put children's phonological awareness and rhyming skills to the test in this fast-paced dinosaur game.

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In this phonics game, kindergarteners practice letter recognition by popping balloons with matching sounds.

This is an excellent opportunity to pair your exceptional learners up with other students and have them work together during the game. Building friendships and teaching them both how to work in diverse environments.

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In this phonics game, kindergarten students practice letter recognition by popping balloons that match the sounds they hear.

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This Alphabet Magnets Beginning Sound Match uses classroom tools, for fun and simple practice with beginning

sounds!

This game can be easily adaptative for all learners, the teacher can pick pictures learners will know and can help with the sounds.

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Identifying letters and sounds is hard work - but so fun and rewarding! While we are learning about our letters, we can always use some fun ABC magnet activities to practice! This free Alphabet Magnets Beginning Sound Match uses tools found in most homes or classrooms, and is a fun, quick, and simple way to work on beginning sounds!
*Pair with our Beginning Sound Centers and Activities for Pre-K & Kindergarten

Alphabet Magnets Beginning Sound Match

We have several sets of alphabet magnets in my classroom. This alphabet magnet set has lowercase letters and makes the vowels red. Sometimes that is helpful when we get to word building because my kids always remember that to make a word they need vowels, so it really highlights their importance!

I grabbed my set of letters along with a cookie sheet (I have several from the dollar store) and the game board (download below) and my group set off to work on those beginning sounds!

How to Play

There are various pictures on the game board, so what we did was first put all of our magnet letters in a small grab bag. Then we took turns picking a letter out one at a time and saying their name and sound. After saying their sound, we searched for the picture that matched. For example:
"n says /n/ - What picture starts with /n/? Yes, net starts with /n/!"
After identifying the picture, we stuck the magnet on! I love how it sticks there and doesn't get knocked off or shifted while we keep playing!

If you are playing at home, your fridge would work just as well - just use magnets or tape to hang the game board and play a few letters throughout the day!

Grab Your FREE Copy

Ready to match up some letters and pictures? Grab your free copy of the alphabet magnets game board by clicking the large, yellow download button at the very end of the post!

More Fun with Magnet Letters

For even more fun learning activities with magnet letters, check out these posts from some awesome kid bloggers!

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Alphabet Magnets Beginning Sound Match from The Kindergarten Connection

Magnet Letters Connect the Dots Learning Activity from School Time Snippets

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Magnetic Letters Travel Game from Play & Learn Everyday

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Identifying letters and sounds is hard work - but so fun and rewarding! While we are learning about our letters, we can always use some fun ABC magnet activities to practice! This free Alphabet Magnets Beginning Sound Match uses tools found in most homes or classrooms, and is a fun, quick, and simple way to...

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Children can learn letter recognition, object association, and concentration skills with this engaging family activity. It also serves as a valuable teaching tool for fun learning.

Having pairs/teams will assist the learner with exceptionalities.

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When children are playing, it is a great opportunity to introduce new words based on their interests. For instance, when children are playing with water, you can take turns with them and talk about how different "containers" hold varying "amounts" of water. Similarly, if you see a child putting together train tracks, you can join in and talk about how to "connect" the tracks so that the train can "travel" even farther. The video below illustrates how to introduce the words "ladle" and "spatula" in the kitchen center:

Free play encourages play from all learners and should just be kept a safe environment for all.

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Read books as a family.

Exposing children to language through talking, reading, and a language-rich environment builds early childhood vocabulary

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Using post it notes, write the sight words the class has learned. You can duplicate if need. After assuring you have enough for each child, place the notes around the room.

Each child will go and find a post it (or two) and bring it back to the carpet. After everyone has one, they will take turns reading to you and their peers the word they found. Assist those learners who need it to read their word.

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When selecting a book for your child to read, make sure it is at their reading level. Start by reading a sentence aloud with appropriate expression and pauses, and then have your child repeat the same sentence while using the same expression and pauses. Keep the game going every few paragraphs as you read through the book.

You are picking a book at the child's level, for exceptional learners it might be a book (with just one word on a page)

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Read a Story

One of the most effective and simple ways to assess a child's comprehension after reading a book out loud is to ask them to summarize what they just read in their own words. You can also ask them a few questions to help them organize their thoughts or to provide more details.

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Draw out the story (Map it) have the kids pick the important parts of the story to them and draw them. Each child will have different pictures depending on what they "heard" in the story.

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This website provides tips to help your child with reading comprehension.

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1. Have them read aloud. This encourages them to go slower, which gives them more time to process what they read and in turn improves reading comprehension. Plus, they're not only seeing the words - they're hearing them, too! You can also take turns reading aloud.

2. Provide books at the right level. Make sure your school-aged reader gets lots of practice reading books that aren't too hard. They should recognize at least 90 percent of the words without any help. Stopping any more often than that to figure out a word makes it tough for kids to focus on the overall meaning of the story.

If your child needs help transitioning from picture books to chapter books, try Scholastic's Branches books, which are designed to bridge that gap for growing readers.

3. Reread to build fluency. To gain meaning from text and encourage reading comprehension, your child needs to read quickly and smoothly - a skill known as fluency. By the beginning of 3rd grade, for example, your child should be able to read 90 words a minute.

Rereading familiar, simple books gives your child practice at decoding words quickly, so they'll become more fluent in their reading comprehension. (For simple books your child will love to reread, check out these expert-approved beginner books.)

4. Talk to the teacher. If your child is struggling with reading comprehension, they may need more help with building their vocabulary or practicing phonics skills. (This Pokémon Phonics Boxed Set and this Pete the Cat Phonics Box Set are fun ways to help your child build necessary phonics skills.) A teacher can weigh in on the best next steps to take.

5. Supplement their class reading. If your child's class is studying a particular theme, look for easy-to-read books or magazines on the topic. Some prior knowledge will help them make their way through tougher classroom texts and promote reading comprehension.

6. Talk about what they're reading. This "verbal processing" helps them remember and think through the themes of the book. Ask questions before, during, and after a session to encourage reading comprehension. ( Read about all the questions you should ask during story time here!) For example:

Before: "What are you interested in about this book? What doesn't interest you?"

During: "What's going on in the book? Is it turning out the way you thought it would? What do you think will happen next?"

After: "Can you summarize the book? What did you like about it? What other books does it remind you of?"

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6 Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension

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Try these tips to help your child develop stronger reading comprehension skills.

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Classroom Activity 1:

Children just love this! It is basically a QUIZ game in which you ask children questions (Target Vocabulary) like: "What's this? What fruit is red and round? How many chairs are there in the classroom?" or the teacher simply draws items on the board, makes animal noises so that they guess. You can work with or split the class into small groups/teams if you have a large class. The teacher draws on the board a racetrack and each team or student will be a race car waiting at the Starting Line. They will approach the Goal line as they answer each question. Each right answer equals a step towards the Goal Line. The Race Car who arrives there first, WINS!

This game is easily adaptable for all learners, as the teacher you are picking the vocab word and can pick easier words for those learners with exceptionalities.