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This week we will learn the letter U and the short vowel sound "uh" as in umbrella, up, under and ugly.
Can you think of any words that have "u" and the sound "uh" in them?
U is also a vowel. It can also say its name in words like unicorn, united and unique.
Check out this fun video and sing along!
Story Time
Story Time
Below you will find a link to the book "Duck Soup" by Jackie Urbanovic.
After reading the story together you might ask your child the following questions. If your child has difficulty answering some of the questions, go back to a page in the story that has the information. Show your child that you can figure out the answer by looking at the pictures!
Who are the CHARACTERS in the story? (Max/duck, Brody/dog, Dakota/cat, Bebe/bird)
What is the SETTING of the story? WHERE and WHEN did the story happen? (During the day, in Max's kitchen)
Max's friends come to visit, but there is a PROBLEM! What's the problem? (they can't find Max, and they think he fell in the pot of soup)
How do Max's friends FEEL when they can't find Max? (scared, worried)
Max's friends have a PLAN to find Max. What is their plan? (they look Max in the pot of soup)
How does Max FEEL when he sees that his soup is gone? (sad, disappointed)
What happens at the END of the story? (the friends have pizza for dinner instead of soup)
Can you make soup?
Cooking can be a great way to help your child learn new vocabulary (as well as a skill that will be useful one day!). Today for homework, have your child help you make soup for lunch or supper. Your soup can be something simple (like Lipton cup-o-soup) or something made from scratch. Either way, you can use words like pot, measure, stir, boil. While you make your soup, remember to talk about the steps together using the words first, next, then, last. Have fun!
Spring hop!
Spring hop!
At the KLP, your child was beginning to learn how to segment words into sounds (a pre-writing skill). If you have time, help your child learn how to segment words into sounds using the following game:
Make 3 or 4 lilypads (they can be pieces of paper that you cut out - big enough to hop onto - or simply 3 or 4 cushions spread out on the ground)
Take turns being a frog and hopping the lilypads to the sounds in words. Use simple words. If there are only 2 sounds in a word, your child would only hop on 2 lilypads; 3 sounds, 3 lilypads; 4 sounds, 4 lilypads.
Some word choices might be egg (2 sounds: e-gg), hop (3 sounds: h-o-p), duck (3 sounds: d-u-k), snake (4 sounds: s-n-ay-k), fish (3 sounds: f-i-sh), bird (3 sounds: b-ir-d).
If this activity is too hard for your child, try segmenting syllables. We have posted an activity here on the "Literacy Ideas and Worksheets" page under "Segmenting - syllables and sounds."
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