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Teach Your Monster to Read- Phonics Game

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Teach Your Monster to Read- Phonics Game

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Teach Your Monster: Free Phonics, Reading and Mathematics Games

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Student data tracking is becoming a more important part of the classroom. Use this free collection of binder pages to make data easier to manage.

As showing student growth has become an important aspect of teaching, creating student data binders or folders is becoming more common. We have updated our previous collection of forms and expanded their reach.

The wide variety of forms we have included should help you begin to pull together meaningful folders or binders for student data tracking.
As a teacher you might decide to have students be responsible for tracking their own data or you might be in charge of tracking data and share with your students when appropriate. The decision is yours depending on the purpose of having data folders in your room.

Choose the appropriate forms depending on your goals. These folders can be used as important pieces of a parent teacher conference or for evidence of successful strategies during PLCs. They are also an important part of helping students set and reach goals. If you have suggestions for additional forms, please share below.

Notes about the student data tracking pages we have included:

Student Mission Statements Have students begin the year by writing their own mission statements. Use the first form to help students make notes and form their ideas. They can then create a poem like mission statement by transferring their ideas to the outline form.

Long Term Goal Setting- Reading Use our graphs for student goal setting. Pick the system you use and copy one for each student. Students color in the bar graph to show their current level. During a reading conference, set a goal with students for the following month. Mark the goal with a colored line. At the end of each month, have students update their goal sheet with the current level.

100s Chart: This form can be used for math facts or Fry words. After taking a 100 problem timed test, students can color the number of problems they answered correctly. The following month they can choose a different color to color in their new total. The same can be done with a list of 100 Fry Words.

RTI Forms: You will find forms that are designed to help you plan and track interventions in the classroom.

Reflection Forms: These include simple forms with faces to color in for younger students and more in depth forms that involve more writing for older students.

For this collection, we are providing the PowerPoint and PDF versions so you may edit as needed.

We have a commercial use license for KG Fonts but you will need the following fonts downloaded on your computer if you plan on editing the PowerPoint version: Janda Closer to Free and KG Primary Penmanship.

You might also choose to add colorful covers for your students. You can find some of ours here: Editable Binder Covers.

You will find conferencing forms, running record forms and other reading workshop materials here: Reading Management Binder.

You might choose to include calendar pages to document growth. Different versions are available here: Printable Calendar Pages.

You will find Fry Word checklists for monitoring student Fry Word progress here: Fry Word Checklists.

We have also created Fry Boxes for students to self assess their Fry Word knowledge. These can be found here: Fry Word Checks.

If your state still uses Common Core, you may also add our "I Can" Checkboxes to data folders: Everything "I Can" Common Core.

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Student data tracking is becoming a more important part of the classroom. Use this free collection of binder pages to make data easier to manage. As showing student growth has become an important aspect of teaching, creating student data binders or folders is becoming more common.

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Phonics Centers 1st Grade Worksheets & Teaching Resources | TpT

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Often parents fall into the thinking that "The school will teach my child everything they need to know! I'll leave it to them." Although it may feel better to not carry this burden, the burden will be shifted onto your child. Teachers need you on their team, practicing reading skills at home, building your child's confidence, and giving them the much needed practice all kids require to be strong readers.

Keep It Simple
If your child is just starting to read or still seems unsure, review the alphabet and letter sounds. Next, look at short CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words (top, cat, fog and so on) and have your child break them apart into their individual sounds. Then blend these sounds back together (/t/ /o/ /p/; top).
A little practice can lead to great improvement

Talk or play games about letter sounds for fewer than 5 minutes a day. While driving, give your child some 2 letter words and 3 letter words to spell (like see, look, up, go ). Keep the activities fun and light so kids can enjoy a quick challenge and get a boost of confidence from practicing one skill a day.

We Love Reading

Remember, we want children to develop a love of reading, so focus on reading the books they enjoy over and over again. We don't want to ever frustrate children with the "mechanics," such as drilling letter sounds to the point of tears. The goal of reading is to understand the story; phonics will help kids sound out words quickly to comprehend what they read.

Be a Word Detective
What sound does each letter make in this word on the cereal box? Research suggests that seeing print, saying the sounds, and hearing the sounds while pointing at the letter with a parent or teacher has the greatest impact on learning "phonemic awareness" or sounds.
Look Around
Start by making sure your child knows every upper- and lowercase letter in the alphabet. Write down the letters they know and don't know so you can keep track. Find the letters in natural settings, like on a poster at the movie theatre. Ask if your child can say the letter name and letter sound they see. "What is the name of this movie? What letter does it start with? The letter m, you're right! I'm going to try to read the word: Mmmmmminions. Did you hear the mmmm sound?" Help them if they don't know the answer. Children are naturally curious about the print they see all around them, so use it as a meaningful teachable moment.
Why?

Remind your child often that we're learning letter sounds so that we can read everything around us. Tell them it's similar to learning to ride a bike how in the beginning Mom might have had to remind them to push the pedals with their feet and balance on the seat, but eventually they were able to ride by themselves. Phonics is the practice so you can read on your own!

Stick Writing

Use a stick to trace letters in dirt or sand. Tell your child easy three-letter words and see if they can sound them out, such as "pop", "tag", and "lug".

Write a Word Ladder

Draw a simple ladder of two long lines and four rungs on a piece of paper. Using a red crayon write a short word like "sit" on the bottom rung.

Then ask your child to think of more words that rhyme with "sit" and write them on each rung, climbing up the ladder using a different color crayon for fun. See how high your ladder will reach!

The H Brothers
Explain to your child that sometimes two letters will stand together to create one new sound. The "h brothers" join with other letters to make the sounds: sh, ch, th, wh and ph .
Th is can be confusing for kids, so make sure to write an example word and use gestures to help them remember the new letter combination.

: touch your chin making the "ch" sound

make the "shushing" sound while holding your finger to your mouth

: bite into some white or wheat bread

: pretend to talk on your invisible phone

Pick a Letter

Practicing phonics can feel tedious, so it's important to find ways to make it fun, simple and quick. Write three letters on a piece of scrap paper: for example b, n, and t. Have your child say each letter and its sound. Then ask, "What's the LAST letter you hear in 'run'?". Make it a game by saying they get one point for each word they get right. See if they can earn five points.

Make a Smoothie "Blend"

1st graders will begin reading more complicated words that contain letter "blends". A blend is when two letters come together to help words begin. Examples are: tr, sw, st , sp, sn, sm, sl, sc, pl, gr, fl, dr, cr, cl, br, and bl. Demonstrate this concept by blending together two flavors in a smoothie, like strawberry and banana.

Scavenger Hunt

1st graders are expected to learn the letter blends:
tr, sw, st , sp, sn, sm, sl, sc, pl, gr, fl, dr, cr, cl, br, and bl.
Give your child a piece of paper with one blend written on it. Have them say the sound the blend makes. Give your child a bag and give them five minutes to find objects that start with the blend on the paper. Give clues or suggestions to identify objects. When time is up review the objects and give a point for each item found. Have your child teach a neighbor or friend for the next round.

Listen to Your Child Read Daily

In the beginning it will be hard work for your child to "decode" or sound out the words they see in books for 1st graders. Make it fun by letting them record their voice when reading by using the "Voice Memos" app available on iPhones and Samsung phones.

Reread books over and over

Your child might want to read the same story every night. Try to stay excited about reading by being enthusiastic. Remember to point to words as you read and enunciate the different sounds in words. "The pirate ssshhhhip is setting sail!" Remind your kids that when you read your voice should sound natural, like when you're talking to a friend.

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Often parents fall into the thinking that "The school will teach my child everything they need to know! I'll leave it to them." Although it may feel better to not carry this burden, the burden will be shifted onto your child.

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