Phonics Practice Ideas
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Weekly Lesson Sheet Activities
Heart Words
· Practice writing the words, focusing on the known patterns and heart parts.
· Have your child write the heart words on cards to create a memory game to play.
· Watch for heart words to show up in your nightly reading.
Roll and Read Words
· Practice reading the words
· Play “Roll a Word” – Students roll a die and read the words in the matching column. Game variation: Take turns rolling the die. Read the first word in the column. Cover it up with a coin or scrap paper. The player to cover the bottom word / last word in the column wins that column. The player with the most columns at the end wins.
· Play “Guess My Word”. Write a word down where your child cannot see it. Have your child try to guess your word by pointing to a word on the game board and saying it. See how many guesses it takes. Make it a competition by taking turns guessing words. See who guess the word in the least number of guesses.
· Play “Four in a Row” – Players take turn reading words. After reading the word, cover it with a coin or scrap of paper. The first player to get 4 in a row wins.
· Silly Sentences – Roll the die. Choose a word in the column and create a silly sentence using that word.
Reading Passage
· Highlight words that match the phonics skill.
· Listen to your child read the story to you.
· Call or Facetime a family member or friend and have your child read the story to them.
· Let your child quiz you. Have them read the story to you, then come up with questions for you to answer from the story.
· Encourage your child to have fun using different voices to read the story.
Weekly Lesson Sheet Activities
Heart Words
· Practice writing the words, focusing on the known patterns and heart parts.
· Have your child write the heart words on cards to create a memory game to play.
· Watch for heart words to show up in your nightly reading.
Roll and Read Words
· Practice reading the words
· Play “Roll a Word” – Students roll a die and read the words in the matching column. Game variation: Take turns rolling the die. Read the first word in the column. Cover it up with a coin or scrap paper. The player to cover the bottom word / last word in the column wins that column. The player with the most columns at the end wins.
· Play “Guess My Word”. Write a word down where your child cannot see it. Have your child try to guess your word by pointing to a word on the game board and saying it. See how many guesses it takes. Make it a competition by taking turns guessing words. See who guess the word in the least number of guesses.
· Play “Four in a Row” – Players take turn reading words. After reading the word, cover it with a coin or scrap of paper. The first player to get 4 in a row wins.
· Silly Sentences – Roll the die. Choose a word in the column and create a silly sentence using that word.
***Note - there are also additional roll and read boards that come home during the week (usually Monday and Tuesday).
Reading Passage
· Highlight words that match the phonics skill.
· Listen to your child read the story to you.
· Call or Facetime a family member or friend and have your child read the story to them.
· Let your child quiz you. Have them read the story to you, then come up with questions for you to answer from the story.
· Encourage your child to have fun using different voices to read the story.
Additional Practice
Online Word Games
There are some online games that are set-up by skill lesson. The games and more information about them can be found in the student section of our class website under "Word Games" or by clicking HERE.
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