What is 1 Green?
Readers at the 1G level will know and use 25 - 85 high-frequency sight words as a familiar support when reading. Readers at this level will use the structure and known sounds in a word to read these "Power Words." There is no longer a repeating sentence stem at the 1 Green level, your child will need to work hard practicing and remembering Power Words. The combined sight words in 1G and 2G make up 50% of all adult and student writing.
Your child should be able to recognize these words automatically, at flash speed, without sounding them out. When practicing Power Words at home try to focus on 10 words at a time, making sure that some of the Power Words are words they are already know and some new Power Words they are just learning. Having a mix of known Power Words helps to make your child feel successful while learning new Power Words.
Learning Power Words will take time, and repeated practice. See below for tips to help support your child on learning Power Words at home. If a child gets stuck on a Power Word do not ask them to sound out the word, instead ask them for a word that would make sense and matches the first letter sound.
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Ways to Support your Reader at Home:
Reading with Your Child
Ask your child questions about what he's reading to help him focus on thinking and learning as he reads. Here are some questions to consider!
"Can you tell me what happened in this book?" (plot)
"Can you tell me something that animal likes to eat?" (specific topic)
"What was your favorite part of the book?" (opinion)
Ways to practice Power Words:
Flash Cards- Write Power Words on index cards and put them on a ring or in a ziplock bag to practice.
Play My pile/Your pile- Place any Power Words your child reads correctly goes into their pile, and words they do not read correctly put them into your pile. At the end see whose pile is bigger.
Write the Power Words
On a large piece of paper, and ask your child to pretend to trace the letters in the air .
Have your child practice writing the Power Word (using crayons, or with their fingers on a table or with a sand tray), as your child is writing the word her then say the letters and then the word.
Rainbow Writing- Practice writing Power Words using multiple color crayons or markers. Have your child first write the word using a yellow crayon, and then each time they trace the word they can use a different color.
Games- Use any game board and have students read a Power Word before they can roll the dice on move on the board.
Memory- Make two cards for each Power Word and take turns flipping two cards over (reading the word as you flip) until all matches have been found.
Go Fish- Make two cards for each Power Word and take turns asking for a word and then drawing a card if the other player doesn't have the word until a player doesn't have any cards left.