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Phonemic Awareness

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-06 22:49:52 UTC

Phonics

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-06 22:51:07 UTC

Vocabulary

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Fluency

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-06 22:53:46 UTC

Comprehension

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-06 22:55:44 UTC

Developmentally Appropriate Activities

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-07 20:14:01 UTC

The first activity to help support the development of phonemic awareness is rhyme time. Children can be shown two cards and say the object on each picture. Then, the teacher can say both words and ask the students if the two words rhyme. The teacher should explain why the two words rhyme. To differentiate this activity, the teacher can give the child one picture, and have the child name a rhyming word (example: show a picture of a pig and have the child come up with their own rhyming word). Or the teacher can create a rhyming word puzzle pieces and have students put together rhyming words.

The second activity is a simple game of "I spy". Instead of using objects, you can say "I spy something that starts with the "s" sssss sound" (Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: Activities for Your Kindergartener, n.d.) This is a great opportunity to learn through play and exploration. In addition, this is a great visual activity. To differentiate, the teacher can throw in what it sounds like, and also what it rhymes with, or include other phonemic characteristics. On the other hand, the teacher can play the game in a controlled environment to offer 2-3 choices the student can identify. During this activity, the teacher should model or have the students say the first sound in all guesses.

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-07 20:29:19 UTC

A hands-on activity to help support students understand that sounds correlate to letters is by using letter play dough mats, and having children make the letters of the alphabet. In order for students to match sounds to letters, they need to be able to recognize and identify letters. To differentiate this activity teachers can name a letter and have students make the letter without a playdough mat, and demonstrate the letter sound, and then give the name of an object that starts with that letter. The teacher can do hand-over-hand to help a child that may have difficulty performing fine motor tasks.

A second activity to practice and develop phonics skills is an alphabetic scavenger hunt. Pick up a read aloud book and have your child find each letter in the text. The student can then go further and say the letter sound, practice blending the sounds in that word to read (if the word is age appropriate). The teacher can also have the student look at the pictures and "read" the page. Then the teacher can sound out the word in the picture and model what the word starts with.

Developmentally Appropriate Activities

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-07 21:30:32 UTC

"Learning new words is like adding to your writing toolbox. Your writing becomes so much more interesting and engaging when you have more tools available" (30 Meaningful Vocabulary Activities for Every Grade, 2023). One activity to help students develop vocabulary skills is by going on a gallery walk. To do this, teachers place large sheets of chart paper around the room with one vocabulary word. Have the students work in small groups, rotating between stations. Then, at each station ask students to come up with a different, original way to use each word. The teacher can encourage children to write words on the chart that are associated with the vocabulary word. Or, the teacher can draw a picture of the vocabulary word, and have the students tell her what the word is, and then write the name of the word with the help of the group.

The second learning activity includes playing pictionary. You can give a paper worksheet to the students with an age appropriate word, and then have the students draw a picture of the word. In addition, students can write a sentence with the word in it, or the teacher can pronounce the word, and have the students draw the picture. Then, the teacher can help the child spell out the word.

Developmentally Appropriate Activities

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-07 21:44:27 UTC

To help develop fluency skills, two activities students can do is word ladders and choral reading. Word ladders involves taking a sentence, and breaking that sentence into sections. For example, if the sentence is "Jack made a box house", the student would start with:

"jack"

"jack made"

"Jack made a"

"Jack made a box"

"Jack made a box house"

(20 Reading Fluency Activities to Help All Learners, n.d.). This is a great activity to teach one word at a time. Teachers can make this more challenging by using longer sentences, or including more vocabulary words in the sentence. The teacher can also use small visual pictures above words, so the students is able to use context to decode the word.

The second activity is choral reading to help develop oral fluency skills. The students can have a sentence and read the sentence out loud. This can help take off the pressure when reading one-on-one. The teacher can divide students into smaller groups and have certain groups read multiple sentences together. The teacher can also use visual supports above certain words in a story.

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-07 21:53:29 UTC

Two activities to help develop comprehension activities include retelling, and story maps. After reading a story, ask students to retell the beginning, middle, and end of a story. To differentiate this activity, teachers can have students retell the story using visual story cards. Teachers can also have students describe the setting and identify the problem and a solution.

The second activity to help students develop comprehension skills is to make a story map. A story map is a visual representation of the elements that make up a narrative. This helps students focus on important elements of a story (ex: theme, characters, settings, etc.). A simple story map can include a beginning, middle, end chart and having students write words to describe what happened in the story. To differentiate, the teacher can have students map different settings or characters. The teacher can also have students respond verbally, or make pictures to describe the setting or characters.

Home Activity & Website

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-08 00:23:34 UTC

For a fun activity to work on phonemic awareness at home, try syllable shopping. Have the child pick out an item in the home and have the child clap out the number of syllables. You can model the word first and have your child try (my turn, your turn), or you can have the child clap the syllables for the item, and then have them make a sentence describing that item.

This website linked is a great resource for families looking to expand on phonemic awareness at home.

Home Activity & Website

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-08 00:29:59 UTC

To work on phonics at home, try building words with magnetic letters. You can use a refrigerator, cabinet, cookie sheet, etc. Give your child an age appropriate word, and have them make the word with the magnetic letters. You can also have the child pick an item in the house, and challenge them to make the word by sounding out the word. You can also have the child pick up the magnetic letter that a word starts with and practice finding the beginning sound.

The website linked is a great resource for students to get extra practice in at home. It has many fun games and worksheets for students of varying ages.

Home Activity & Website

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-08 00:36:59 UTC

A great way to build vocabulary at home is by playing word games such as "The Question Game". Have your child pick a category, and then take turns asking questions to deduce it. You can add to this game by using bigger adjectives when asking questions. On the other side, you can pick a category and have your child describe characteristics/items that fit in that category.

The website linked has home activities, and strategies to help build your child's vocabulary.

Home Activity & Website

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-08 00:46:01 UTC

To help build your child's fluency at home, play the game "sight word spy" when reading a story. You can tell your child that sight words are hiding in plain sight on the page, and they are on a mission to find them. You can expand on this by having children find sight words in other various areas of the home, in the grocery store, etc. Or, point/highlight site words in the story and have your child go on a mission to find the words that are "lit up" and practice saying those site words.

This website is another great resource on how parents can support fluency at home. There is activities, information, and videos to watch on how parents can help support fluency at home.

Home Activity & Website

schwietermankayla — 2024-02-08 00:50:35 UTC

While reading stories at home, work on the five-finger retell once a story is finished. The five finger retell includes having your child tell you five things about the story using a finger to talk about each one (ex: characters, setting, events, end, favorite character, etc). You can encourage your child to add more detail to their answers, or do a three finger retell (beginning, middle, end).

The website linked has many suggestions on how to work on comprehension at home. It includes videos for information, activities, and links to more comprehension resources.