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Video Explanation- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xh-xR7GsRVDuVizPLKQ1J1O4GF1gZumM/view?usp=drivesdk

Classroom Activities
- Stop and ask guiding questions when reading a story out loud.

- Turn and Talk retelling what happened in the story in the correct order. Have partners come to the front and share what they said to each other.

At Home Activity
5 finger tell: Once the child is done reading the story ask them these 5 questions.
Who were the characters?
What was the setting?
What happened in teh story?
How did the story end?
Who was your favorite character and why?

Website Resource:
https://www.dsrf.org/resources/learn-at-home/learn-at-home-activities-for-comprehension/

These activities will allow the child to practice thinking as they are reading and having a better understanding of knowing what is happening in the books they read. There is never too much comprehension practice. You can do any of these activities with any level text and it will help their comprehension scores.

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Video Explanation -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yk2lOOUgwnSFL4pJKgoJJYtIQ78I27bo/view?usp=drivesdk

Classroom Activities
- Have students re-read a page or a sentence once they have read it with no errors or miss pronunciations.
- Roll and Read activity: Students will roll a dice and they must read a word or phrase from the number column that matched the dice number (Lynn, 2022).

At Home Activity
When the child is reading, record them and allow the child to listen to themselves read to hear if it sounds smooth or like a robot.

Website Resource:
https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101-guide-parents/first-grade/fluency-activities-your-first-grader

This website and all these activities  will help parents speed up their child's reading fluency with activities they can do at home. No matter where the child is at in their skill set with fluency  practice they get reading out loud the more fluent they will become.

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Video Explanation -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FbHDaYdWZKLwskagQF0l2vxsTwoHs5Ig/view?usp=drivesdk

Classroom Activities
- For each story that is read out loud, go through vocab words that will come up in the story and talk about their definition. Model it or give an example of what it is.

- After going over the vocabulary words in a text pass out one card to each student. Each student will either receive a term or a definition and they need to find their other match. If you have a term, you need to find a definition and vice versa.

At Home Activity
Write down any word that the child reads that they are unfamiliar with. After writing  down teh vocab words go back and look up teh definitions and draw a picture for each word.

Website Resource:
https://iowareadingresearch.org/9-tips-to-build-your-child’s-vocabulary-at-home

This website will help parents build their child's vocabulary using different techniques.  No child will ever know too many vocab words or enough vocab words. The more practice and knowledge will always help them no matter the academic level they are at.

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Explanation Video -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jh2Gx5klzsl79u29wg7ukwmN-mnCbTfJ/view?usp=drivesdk

Classroom Activities
- Student is give half a word with a corresponding picture and they have to choose the correct sound to complete the word.

- Put up words that students have learned already in past units. Pick a word (shells) and then give the students clues to which word you are thinking of. For example, this word has a bonus letter and a suffix. Have the students write down the word they think it is and call on students to say their guess.

At Home Activity
Color W.S. - color all the pictures that start with the A sound green, color all the letters that start with the B sound blue

Website Resource:
https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/education/blog/phonics-activities-for-preschoolers/

This website and the activities teaches parents games that incorporate phonics that makes learning fn and engaging for younger children at home.  Any extra practice at home, no matter teh skill or age, is great for children because it helps them with their writing and reading and it allows them to memorize letters and sounds. Every child can practice blending and segmenting words.

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Explanation Video - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8vRpJY3Eqzfvb-lZwt10gdWCPPO5OhU/view?usp=drivesdk

Classroom Activities
- Say a word aloud to students and have them repeat it and then stretch it out and say each sound in the word.
- Say a word and have students repeat the word and then change part of the word (the beginning, middle, or end) and say the new word it creates (Reading Rockets, 2022).

At Home Activity
Parent has a word in mind (CHUG) and they clap out each sound CH-U-G and then teh kid repeats teh sounds while clapping them out and blends them to says CHUG

Website Resource:
https://heggerty.org/parents/

This website and the activity will inform parents about phonemic awareness and its importance. It also gives them easy at home activities to do.  Practicing phonemic awareness will only help strengthen that foundation that other skills are built on which mean those other skills may come easier.

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Lynn, N. (2022, February 24). 21 reading fluency activities your students will love!. Natalie Lynn Kindergarten. https://natalielynnkindergarten.com/reading-fluency-activities/

National Literacy Trust. (2018). What is phonics?. National Literacy Trust. https://literacytrust.org.uk/information/what-is-literacy/what-phonics/

Reading Rockets. (2022, September 28). Phonological and phonemic awareness: Activities for your kindergartener. Reading Rockets. https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101-guide-parents/kindergarten/phonological-and-phonemic-awareness-activities-your-kindergartner