• Tips for Families:

  • Start with just one or two sounds at a time to avoid overwhelm.

  • Rotate the focus sound every week for ongoing practice.

  • Use toys, kitchen items, or clothing to make it fun.

  • Celebrate success with praise (“Yes! Sun starts with /s/!”).

• Directions: Use Heggerty’s free at-home resources to support your child’s phonemic awareness skills outside of school. Activities include listening games, sound blending, and rhyming practice.

• Why It’s Helpful: These simple, daily routines reinforce what students practice in class and help children build strong listening and sound manipulation skills at home. Especially useful for early readers and children with speech/language needs

Differentiation: Provide simpler words for beginners, multisyllabic words for advanced readers.

Example: For 'apple' students place the keyword next to the corresponding letter (A).

Differentiation: Use color-coded vowels vs consonants for students who need visual support.

Tips for Families:

• Use color coding (blue cards for -at, green for -op) to support visual learners.

• If the child struggles, say the sounds slowly and let them blend.

• Make it a game—see who can sort the fastest.

  
  

  Website: https://www.wilsonlanguage.com/programs/fundations/

  • Offers resources for families to understand phonics instruction at home.

• Directions: Explore Wilson’s parent guides and practice activities to review letter-sound relationships, build CVC words, and practice decoding. Use printable materials and suggested home routines for extra practice.

• Why It’s Helpful: Consistent exposure to letter-sound relationships supports decoding and spelling. Families can use Wilson’s structured activities to mirror classroom routines, giving children extra practice in a familiar format.

• Directions: Write each new word on a slip, place in a jar, and pick one daily to discuss.

• Tips for Families:

  • Encourage your child to draw a picture of the word’s meaning.

  • Use the word in different family conversations that day.

  • Review words in the jar weekly for repetition and memory building.

• Directions: Assign parts to each family member, practice, then “perform.” Focus on expression and smooth reading.

• Tips for Families:

  • Reread the script over several days to build fluency.

  • Model expression—make it fun by using silly voices.

  • Record a performance so your child can hear themselves reading fluently.

• Directions: Parent prompts with guiding questions (“Who was the main character? What happened first?”).

• Tips for Families:

  • Use pictures to help recall story events.

  • Encourage your child to add details (“Why did that happen?”).

  • Keep it short and positive—focus on 2–3 key events at first.

For example, the teacher introduces the word with a picture/definition, places it on the wall, and has students create an oral sentence using it.

Differentiation: Provide sentence starters for students needing language support.

Differentiation: Supports kinesthetic learners; visuals can scaffold for exceptionalities.

For example,, the teacher models expression and pacing, then pauses for students to repeat.

Differentiation: Struggling readers can use shorter passages; advanced readers practice longer text.

Differentiation: Builds confidence for hesitant readers through group support. When it's time for the students to echo, teachers can also use a prompt or prop.

For example, the teacher models retelling using “first, next, last.” Students complete the organizer by drawing or writing story elements.

Differentiation: Color-coded charts and sentence starters support exceptional learners.

Differentiation: Pair advanced readers with developing readers for peer support.

• Directions: Use the website’s games and word-learning tools to introduce and practice new words with your child. Choose words from your child’s reading or everyday life to strengthen connections.

• Why It’s Helpful: Interactive games make vocabulary practice engaging. Students encounter words in multiple contexts, reinforcing both meaning and usage. Families can personalize practice based on a child’s interests.

• Directions: Select from fluency activities such as repeated reading, paired reading, and echo reading. Families can download practice guides and use free story passages available online.

• Why It’s Helpful: Fluency resources provide practical strategies that are easy for families to implement. Consistent fluency practice builds confidence, accuracy, and expression, supporting comprehension growth.

• Directions: Watch videos of children’s books read aloud by actors. Pause the video at key points to ask comprehension questions, then encourage your child to retell the story afterward.

• Why It’s Helpful:Professional read-alouds model fluent expression and bring stories to life. Pausing for questions supports comprehension, while retelling builds sequencing and recall skills. Families can use these videos as an extension of bedtime reading.