1st grade Reading Instruction and Development at Home Support by

Phonemic Awareness Parent Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-17 19:41:14 UTC

This article from Reading Rockets authors Louisa Moats and Carol Tolman gives a great explanation on what phonemic Awarness is and why it is important to your child's development as a reader and writer.

https://www.readingrockets.org/article/why-phonological-awareness-important-reading-and-spelling

Phonics Parent Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-17 19:51:37 UTC

This article by Institute of Reading Development's author Kathryn Culbert gives a great explanation of what phonics is and why phonics instruction is an essential part of a young readers development.

https://readingprograms.org/Resources/Blog/Phonics-The-Most-Important-Skill-that-Beginning-Readers-Learn

Fluency Parent Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-18 23:58:01 UTC

Here is a link to a short article and video from Reading Rockets with information about fluency while reading

https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading-basics/fluency#:~:text=Fluency%20is%20the%20ability%20to,between%20word%20recognition%20and%20comprehension.

Parent Resource Vocabulary:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:02:17 UTC

Here is an article by Reading Rockets talking about the fundamental role a student's vocabulary plays in reading and writing!

https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading-basics/vocabulary#:~:text=Reading%20vocabulary%20refers%20to%20the,words%20they%20see%20in%20print.

Comprehension Parent Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:05:46 UTC

Here is an article stating the importance of reading comprehension by Extension Alabama A & M and Auburn Universities author Dorothy Brandon.

https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/home-family-urban/the-importance-of-reading-comprehension/#:~:text=Comprehension%20adds%20meaning%20to%20what,work%2C%20and%20life%20in%20general.

Online Student Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:21:23 UTC

Have your child play this fun rhyming game by pbskids.org to help develop their phonemic awareness!

https://pbskids.org/sesame/games/grovers-rhyme-time

Activity:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:29:32 UTC

Home Reading Helper has listed a number of at home activities you can do with your child to boost phonemic awareness. I enjoy "Show Me", which can be done while sharing a fun snack with your child!

https://www.homereadinghelper.org/1st-grade-reading-skills-phonemic-awareness/

Online Student Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:33:44 UTC

This game by kiz phonics helps kids work on identify the letters in consonant blends. There is a variety of blend combination games your child can work on as they learn more and more!

https://www.kizphonics.com/product-types/1st-grade-games-1/

Activity:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:38:08 UTC

The activity listed as "Letter-sound dominoes" is a great game to play as a family with your child. The attached video by Reading Rockets and Florida Center for Reading Research give instruction on how to play the game and have printable copies attached for your use!

https://www.readingrockets.org/reading-101-guide-parents/first-grade/phonics-and-decoding-activities-your-first-grader

https://fcrr.org/student-center-activities/kindergarten-and-first-grade#sca6 <---Printable game pieces.

Online Student Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:50:21 UTC

Sight Word Safari by RoomRecess.com is a great way to work on reading fluency by quickly recognizing 1st grade sight words!

https://www.roomrecess.com/games/SightWordSafari/play.html

Activity:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 00:54:33 UTC

This printable at home activity by Florida Center for Reading Research called "Word Climb" helps boost your child's fluency on high frequency words!

http://fcrr.fsu.acsitefactory.com/sites/g/files/upcbnu2836/files/media/PDFs/student_center_activities/k1_fluency/k1_words/k1_f012_word_climb.pdf

Online Student Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 01:07:18 UTC

This fun game by pbskids.org will help build your student's vocabulary knowledge and get them laughing as well!

https://pbskids.org/wordgirl/games/drtwobrains-html5/

Activity:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 01:10:17 UTC

"Multiple Meaning Bugs" from Florida Center For Reading Research helps students identify the multiple meanings a word can hold! You can print out this activity to do at home.

http://fcrr.fsu.acsitefactory.com/sites/g/files/upcbnu2836/files/media/PDFs/student_center_activities/k1_vocabulary/k1_words_that_describe_word_meanings/k1_v012_multiple_meaning_bugs.pdf

Online Student Resource:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 01:22:05 UTC

This game by turtle diary will have students work on their comprehension of sentences by matching a sentence with a picture that it best describes!

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/pictures-the-sentences.html

Activity:

juliannawelling — 2023-06-19 01:26:22 UTC

This printable activity created by Florida Center for Reading Research is a great game to play at home as a family by unscrambling sentences and drawing silly pictures too!

https://fcrr.org/sites/g/files/upcbnu2836/files/media/PDFs/student_center_activities/k1_comprehension/k1_sentence_meaning/k1_c004_silly_sentence_mix_up.pdf