https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy en-us 2023-06-23 17:13:44 UTC 2026-02-20 13:59:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2632677911 This webpage discusses what phonemic awareness is and why it is important for your child's reading growth. It also provides a list (and video demonstrations of) activities that can be done at home to help your child grow their phonemic awareness. This particular link will take you to a page that focuses specifically on the phonemic awareness of a first grade student. However, there is a sidebar that allows you to find helpful hints for all early reading levels (sorted by grade) and provides age-appropriate suggestions and information!]]> 2023-06-26 17:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2632677911 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2632683401 Sing songs, read rhyming books, and say silly tongue twisters. These help your child become sensitive to the sounds in words.]]> 2023-06-26 17:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2632683401 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633468053 1. Sound Hunt
Have students look around the room to identify objects that begin or end with a certain sound. This helps with their identification of initial and final sounds.

2. What Nonsense! 
Have the children close their eyes as you read a familiar book to them. (Closed eyes will help them concentrate on what they’re hearing.) Reread the book a few times, but during each read-through change a word to a similar word, nonsense word, or any word that changes a sound of the original word. The challenge is for students to recognize a change and explain what that change is. 
EX: "Brown bear, brown bear" becomes "rown bear, rown bear." Children should notice that the first sound has been dropped from the word. 

]]> 2023-06-27 13:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633468053 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633475508 2023-06-27 13:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633475508 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633477874 2023-06-27 13:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633477874 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633478852 2023-06-27 13:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633478852 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633479770 2023-06-27 13:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633479770 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633481083 2023-06-27 13:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633481083 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633524232 1. Draw It
Using words from a lesson or read-aloud, give students a word and have them draw what they think it means. They can share with the class or one another. Their answers might even be silly! Discuss as a class what it really means and have students draw a new picture to fit the real definition.
This can be adapted in many ways to fit student, class, or ability needs. Students can act it out instead if that fits better with their needs. It can be used, as well, for teaching things like prefixes, suffixes, and endings as well. 

2. Intensity Meter
When discussing descriptive words and their synonyms, students can play a game to rate “intensity.” Labeling areas in the room, “little” “a good amount” or “a lot," have students go to the area they feel matches the intensity of the word and discuss
EX 1: Words that mean mad. Compare the intensity of angry to furious.  
EX 2: Words that mean something looks nice. Compare the intensity of pretty to gorgeous.  
This game can be adapted to meet the needs of learners in the classroom as well. Students can use hand gestures, dance moves, signs, etc. to communicate their ideas.  ]]> 2023-06-27 14:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633524232 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633524754 Explore the world together and have conversations! 
Visiting places such as aquariums, zoos, or museums can help your child pick up on topic specific vocabulary and learn plenty of new words. Discussing the events with them afterwards and using simpler words to take turns defining new words they’ve learned can help them to better understand and develop their vocabulary. These conversations can be had without the extra adventure to! Talking to your child and helping them to define and remember new words will help with their reading and comprehension abilities.  ]]> 2023-06-27 14:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633524754 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633525637 This webpage discusses what vocabulary is and why it is important for your child's reading growth. It also provides a list (and video demonstrations of) activities that can be done at home to help your child grow their vocabulary. This particular link will take you to a page that focuses specifically on the vocabulary skills of a kindergarten student. However, there is a sidebar that allows you to find helpful hints for all early reading levels (sorted by grade) and provides age-appropriate suggestions and information! ]]> 2023-06-27 14:18:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633525637 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633541130 1. Reader's Theater
Have groups of students rehearse then perform plays for each other. They’ll need scripts to read from and it will help if these scripts are formed from books they know well. Work with students to read their lines like they would if they were really speaking them as their character. Rereading and aiming to make the dialogue sound realistic will help them gain fluency.
This activity is easy to manipulate to fit student needs. Students can be grouped by reading level and accommodations can be made for students who may feel uncomfortable or shy. Students are able to be active as well with this activity. 

2. Choral Reading
Choose a short story that students can read and make sure every child has a copy. Read the story out loud as the class follows along and model fluent reading. Then, read it again but have students join you. Choral read the story together 3-5 times then have them read it independently.  
This can also be done in groups derived from reading levels so that the story can fit with each child’s needs. Students may also read with you one-on-one if extra help is needed after choral reading.  ]]> 2023-06-27 14:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633541130 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633541702 Find a book matching your child’s reading ability and read one sentence at a time with the right expression and pauses. Then it’s your child’s turn. They should read the sentence, but try to sound just as you did when you read it first. Keep going until you finish the book. ]]> 2023-06-27 14:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633541702 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633542201 This webpage discusses what fluency is and why it is important for your child's reading growth as well as provides video examples of typical age-level fluency. It also contains a list of activities that can be done at home to help your child read more fluently. This particular link will take you to a page that focuses specifically on the fluency of a second grade student. However, there is a sidebar that allows you to find helpful hints for all early reading levels (sorted by grade) and provides age-appropriate suggestions and information! ]]> 2023-06-27 14:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2633542201 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634458288 This webpage discusses what comprehension is and why it is important for your child's reading growth. It also provides a list of activities that can be done at home to help your child grow their comprehension. This particular link will take you to a page that focuses specifically on the comprehension of a second grade student. However, there is a sidebar that allows you to find helpful hints for all early reading levels (sorted by grade) and provides age-appropriate suggestions and information! ]]> 2023-06-28 16:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634458288 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634459466 After reading together a really great way to see if your child understood the story is to ask them questions and have them tell you what happened in the story. Asking for more detail will help them to look at the story more deeply and clarify their thinking. Try to make this feel like a discussion you’re having with them. ]]> 2023-06-28 16:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634459466 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634461237 1. Story Maps
This is a visual representation of the parts or elements of a narrative story. With a story map, students can focus specifically on what is important in the story. These story maps are easy to change and manipulate based on grade-level and exceptionalities. As students advance it can include important story elements such as theme, characters, resolution, etc. so that students will be able to see the relationships between these elements.  It can also be done in small groups or whole class discussions. 

2. Story Frames
Visual representations that focus specifically on story structure. It makes use of the students’ background knowledge of the story elements and structure so they can organize new information about the story. These story frames may have students complete sentences like “the problem of the story is...” and continue through the solution. It can often be useful for sequencing information as well. Students can work in a group or as a class to discuss, clarify, or share their understanding of the story with each other.  ]]> 2023-06-28 16:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634461237 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634475704 This webpage discusses what phonics is and why it is important for your child's reading growth. It also provides a list of activities that can be done at home to help your child grow their understanding of phonics. This particular link will take you to a page that focuses specifically on the phonics development of a first grade student. However, there is a sidebar that allows you to find helpful hints for all early reading levels (sorted by grade) and provides age-appropriate suggestions and information! ]]> 2023-06-28 16:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634475704 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634475987 Magnetic letters on the fridge or in another frequently used room can be great phonics practice. Whenever you and your child are in the kitchen (or wherever you choose to set up the letter magnets) give them a phonics challenge using the magnetic letters. Challenges can be to have them line things up in alphabetic order, spell small words beginning or ending with a letter of their choice, change one letter in the word they spelled last time they were in the room, etc.  ]]> 2023-06-28 16:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634475987 tseddon11 https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634476473 1. Missing Letters
Write/print out words that are missing a letter. The student must fill in the missing letter to create a real word. This can be adapted to go along with varying skills such as digraphs and blends or even longer words. Students can use various materials to do this activity as well so that the game is more interactive and meets their needs.  

2. Toss and Blend
You’ll need something for students to throw and something for them to aim at. (For example, a ping pong ball and a plastic cup.) Label what the student is meant to aim for with different blends and digraphs and have students toss the object at them. They must come up with a word that contains the blend or digraph. Adaptations can be made to this game to fit the skill level of the students. Various objects can be used or the game can be adapted to meet any physical needs or constraints.  ]]> 2023-06-28 16:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tseddon11/puh9rxo5iiqkv5vy/wish/2634476473