Below are some videos and links that will help you support your child at home. Many of these resources are used regularly in the classroom. Have fun!
Reading and spelling strategies
Ideas for Practicing Sight Words at Home
Sight word acquisition is an important building block in the construction of a child’s ability to read. Once she/he is able to read all of the words on Dolch lists for example, she/he has access to up to 75% of what is printed in almost any piece of children’s literature. The more one-on-one time a child has learning and practicing sight words with an adult, the greater his/her chances to integrating them into their long-term memory. Easy things you can do at home: (Recommended Time: 5 Minutes a Day, can be integrated with at Home Reading) Letter Magnet Spelling—To reinforce sight word spelling, provide the child with a set of letter magnets and a metal surface. Call out sight words and ask the child to use the magnets to spell the word. Play-Doh Spelling - To reinforce sight word spelling, provide the child with a list of sight words and play-doh. Get them to construct the words and say them aloud. Teaching Sight Words Through Repetition in Texts- Children do not learn new words by being exposed to them only once. Repetition is key to sight word acquisition. Young readers should be given opportunities to read and write a new sight word multiple times. Repetitive reading of texts featuring certain sight words is one strategy for helping children commit these words to memory. Concentration—Sight word concentration cards can easily be made using index cards. Simply write each word on two cards, shuffle and lay face down to play. |
reading resources
individual letters
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To practice writing letters
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vowels
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Vowel Teams
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Word families
Short a: (-at, -an, -am, -ag, -ap, & -ad)
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Short e: (-eg, -et, -ed, & -en)
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Short i: (-it, -ip, &-ig)
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Short o:
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Short u:
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Digraphs
ch, sh, th
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wh, ph
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Word magic
tr, ai, oa, ee, oo, long i, ew, ue
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sight words
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