Reading

Weekly Videos

Reading Mini-Lesson #6.mp4

  • Week 6: Put you words together so it sounds like talking.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Practice reading books on Raz Kids--first, listen to the story and then practice reading it on your own, making sure you put your words together.

    • Practice reading your sight word books or other familar books you have at home. Read the book one time with too much space in between your words (the wrong way!). Then, practice reading it by putting the words together (the right way!).

Reading Mini-Lesson #5.mp4

  • Week 5: Make your voice a little louder when you see a word in capital letters.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Find a book at home that has words written in all capital letters. Practice reading the story making the words in capital letters a little louder! OR record a video of yourself reading and share it with your teacher!

    • Play Roll and Read Sight Words with Capital Letters! Roll a dice and read all of the sight words below the number you roll. When you see a sight word that is written in all capital letters, be sure to read it louder than the sight words written in lowercase letters.

Reading Mini-Lesson #4.mp4

  • Week 4: Make the word sound important when you see bold or dark print.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Go on a scavenger hunt looking for words in bold print! See if you can find any bold words in books, magazines, newspapers, on nutrition labels, and more! Keep track of how many bold words you find.

    • Write a story that includes bold words in your writing (how-to, "teaching" books are great for this!). Decide which word/words are most important and make these words bold/darker than the rest. Read your story and practice making the bold words sound important.

Reading Mini-Lesson #3.mp4

  • Week 3: Read the sentence with strong feeling when you see an exclamation point.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Watch, listen, and read along to the book, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems on Bookflix. Mo Willems incorporates many exclamation points in his books. Practice reading these sentences with strong feelings! (Bookflix login information was provided by your child’s teacher).

    • Find exclamation points in your sight word books, take-home leveled library books, library books, or other books you have at home and practice reading those sentences with a strong feeling!

RML #2.mp4

  • Week 2: Make your voice go up when you see a question mark.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Listen to and read a book on Raz Kids. Find a page that has a question mark. Did their voice go up? Now you try it when you read!

    • Have a family member read you a question two ways (one with their voice going up and one where it doesn’t). Figure out which way was the correct way to read a question! Practice with other questions.

RML #1.mp4

  • Week 1: Make your voice go down and come to a full stop when you see a period.

  • Follow-Up Ideas/Activities:

    • Listen to and read a book on Raz Kids. Find the periods on each page and listen to the reader read each sentence. Did their voice go down and did they stop after each period? Now you try it!

    • Read a story that you've written. Find the periods on each page, then practice reading it. Make sure your voice goes down and you stop after each period in your story.

Read a Story

Without Technology

  • Use books that you have at home

    • If the book is too hard for your child, have them read the sight words and/or consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words in the book

  • Use the sight word books from class that have been sent home

With Technology

Listen To A Story

Without Technology

  • Have a family member read a book to your child

With Technology

Other Reading Ideas

Without Technology

  • NEW! April Reading Log


MonthlyReadingLogs copy.pdf

With Technology

Level Description Continuum

  • The following document was provided to all families at fall conferences. The "discussion prompts" column would be helpful when your child is talking about a book that he or she has just read.

Level Description Continuum.pdf