Identifying consonant blends is an important skill! Here is an example of a worksheet that I would give to kindergarten students in order to assess their understanding at the end of a lesson. Practicing newly acquired skills helps your child to remember the concept. For practice at home, you can access more worksheets here: https://www.k5learning.com/free-preschool-kindergarten-worksheets/consonants/blends 

Source for worksheet example above: https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/kindergarten-circle-letters-blending-consonants-1.pdf 

Songs are such a fun way to reinforce a concept. Here are a few songs that are played in my classroom as a warmup before I teach phonics. These resources are a great way to keep kids engaged and moving as they learn. These songs are targeted for pre-K to 2nd grade students; feel free to play them at home!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNJS9aG9RV5c48PHlxilKI525KYh8xLNT 

This lesson plan, which is catered towards 1st grade, is from education.com. In this lesson, students interact with long and short vowel sounds through pairing up and playing a game with dice. Whatever number the student rolls with the dice corresponds with a short or long vowel. The student is provided with books, magazines, and newspapers and is tasked with finding a word using one of the three mediums that contains the vowel sound that they rolled. Once they have located the word with their vowel sound, they record it in a column. Then, it's their partner's turn.

Link to the lesson plan: https://www.education.com/download/lesson-plan/shake-and-roll-vowels/shake-and-roll-vowels.pdf 

Learn to Read for Kids with Dyslexia: 101 Games and Activities to Teach Your Child to Read is a resource for children who are navigating the waters of dyslexia. It contains various activities and helpful tools all rooted in fun. It is intended to provide extra support for students with dyslexia.

How To Teach Phonics is a resource for all parents and includes various methods, tips, tricks, and examples. This book is for any parent looking for additional resources to assist them as they help their child read at home. It is intended to serve as an educational supplement.

This full lesson plan, which is catered towards English language learners, is from education.com. In part of this lesson, students are read a story and told to find words that they do not know the meaning of. Then, they are given notecards that have their vocabulary words and definitions written on them. The teacher will read the story aloud again, modeling rereading. Students will point out the words they do not know, and the teacher will write them on the board. The class will then go over the meanings of each unknown word by using context clues and pictures. This lesson can be used during RTI (response to intervention) for students who need a little boost in vocabulary. I would implement it as early as possible, to reach kids who need an extra boost as quickly as possible. It is instructionally valuable because it teaches kids vocabulary head-on. Students are given an opportunity to interact with and discover new words with the scaffolding (support) of their teacher.

Below is a link to this lesson plan.

https://www.education.com/download/lesson-plan/el-support-lesson-learning-new-vocabulary/el-support-lesson-learning-new-vocabulary.pdf 

This website is catered towards grades 5 and above. It is an online dictionary that includes games and self-quizzes. It tracks the user's progress and challenges them to learn more. This website requires an account, but does not require any fees; it is free. I would implement this website in my classroom for all students to use as a dictionary. Students would use this resource during independent reading, writing down unknown words that they come across and searching for their definitions. This website is instructionally valuable because it directly teaches new words to students and challenges them to learn new words through a competitive and engaging means. students can view their progress to see how far they have come, which will intrinsically motivate them to learn more.

Below is a link to this website.

https://www.vocabulary.com/ 

This is a book for parents who are looking to broaden their child's vocabulary. Inside a parent will find suggested books to help their child grow their vocabulary according to their child's specific needs. To use it, flip to what your child's needs are and read the suggested books to your child. I would have this book in my classroom and lend it to parents as a free resource. It is instructionally valuable because it guides parents to books that will cater their child's specific needs. 

Below is a link to this resource.

https://www.amazon.com/Times-Parents-Guide-Books-Children/dp/0812930185/ref=asc_df_0812930185/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312057556784&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15112975074177674178&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022949&hvtargid=pla-524403953999&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=61851652253&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312057556784&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=15112975074177674178&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022949&hvtargid=pla-524403953999 

This is an anchor chart catered to grade 4; it organizes information in a way that is coherent and easy to understand. This specific anchor chart is about context clues. I would hang it in the classroom where every student could see it, such as on the whiteboard. I would use this chart during guided reading, when students are reading with their partners. When students come across a word they don't know, they will use context clues to try to figure it out. This anchor chart will give them strategies to do just that. It is instructionally valuable because it serves as a reference for students' thinking. If they get stuck, they don't have to stay that way; anchor charts serve as a way of taking our ideas, methods, and strategies and make them visible to students. 

Below is a link to this anchor chart.

https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/W8wFxQF3qh2mNw/informational-vocabulary 

Students complete this sheet by reading a short passage and then underlining the main idea and supporting details. After, students write out the main idea and supporting details. It is instructionally valuable because students are given the opportunity to practice not only identifying the main idea, but also the details that support it. This enriches their skills of identifying meaningful sections of text, thus enhancing their reading and writing skills. Practicing newly acquired skills helps your child to remember the concept. I would use this worksheet as an assessment after instruction. For practice at home, you can access this worksheet and more like it here.

https://www.education.com/worksheet/article/identifying-the-main-idea-and-details/ 

Songs are a fun way to reinforce a concept. Here are a few songs that are played in my classroom as a warmup before I teach comprehension. They also serve as a good review after content is taught. These resources are instructionally valuable because they deliver enriching content in a manner that is not only easy to understand, but that is also fun and engaging. These resources are a great way to keep kids moving as they learn. These songs are targeted for 2nd-4th grade students; feel free to play them at home!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNJS9aG9RV5exQVlhMgYW9-Bz3tOPIV-K 

This lesson plan, which is catered towards 4th graders, is from Readworks.org. It teaches students about topic sentences and how they act as mini summaries of the paragraph that they're in. students then practice this skill by reading a short text and then underlining the topic sentence of each paragraph. Learning about topic sentences is instructionally valuable because they help children enrich their comprehension skills. When children can  identify the main idea, they will better understand the contents of the text they are reading. I would use this lesson after teaching students how to summarize. When students practice summarizing, they are practicing an important comprehension skill. Below is a link to this lesson plan, which includes the materials needed. 

https://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade4/main-idea/lesson-1  

This website is caters to all grades (K-12). It is an online database of various quizzes that correspond to standards of learning. This website covers an array of subjects from Math to Science to English. This site is free to use, but offers more resources to members. There is a whole comprehension section to this site that I use during our guided reading time. I would implement this website in my classroom for  my early finisher students to practice comprehension skills. This website is instructionally valuable because it offers students practice and gives them corrections/solutions when they answer incorrectly. That way, when students mess up, they won't just be met with a red X. They will be guided through their mistake and how to properly answer the question next time. Below is a link to this site.

https://www.ixl.com/ela/reading-comprehension 

This is a book for parents who are looking to help broaden their child's comprehension abilities.  I would give it to parents of struggling students if they desired. This book goes through each strategy using terms that are easy to understand. This book is instructionally valuable because it equips parents with strategies as to how to help their children. To use this book, parents just need to read through the strategies they believe would be effective to their child and then implement them in their home.  

Below is a link to this resource:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0761515496/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0761515496&linkCode=as2&tag=thireamam-20&linkId=EBQ4GZCRWE7RYCHK 

This is an anchor chart catered to grade 4; it organizes information in a way that is coherent and easy to understand. This specific anchor chart is about monitoring comprehension. I would hang it in the classroom where every student could see it, such as on the whiteboard. I would use this chart during guided reading, when students are reading with their partners. Students would be able to reference this chart when trying to find key points in their text. It is instructionally valuable because it serves as a reference for students' thinking. If they get stuck, they don't have to stay that way; anchor charts serve as a way of taking our ideas, methods, and strategies and make them visible to students. 

Below is a link to this anchor chart.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/68744795268/