Cardinals Group Literacy Resources

Week of 1/27/21: Work on V-E syllable types with Brin!

Drill sounds and read phrases with me.

V-E_Drill_Phrases.mp4

Here's a fun decodable book you could practice reading with a grown up to work on V-E words in text!

Mr. Mole's Stove

Week of 1/19/21: We continue practicing the vowel - consonant - E syllable type, or "V-E" or "Bossy E". The vowel in these words is long, or says its name. (bit --> bite)

Watch the video to drill sounds and SHEZAM closed syllable words into V-E words.

V-E Syllable Type.mp4

Week of 1/11/21: We learn a NEW SYLLABLE TYPE! The vowel - consonant - E syllable type, or "V-E" or "Bossy E". The vowel in these words is long, or says its name. (bit --> bite)

Watch the video to learn about the difference between CLOSED and V-E syllable types, and practice building and spelling both closed and V-E words.

V-E_DrillSoundsBuildWords.mp4

Week of 1/4/21: Review our glued sounds, digraphs, and tricky consonants with Brin. Be sure to practice your sight words, too! We'll start a new vowel pattern NEXT WEEK.

1.4.21_CardinalsSoundsReview.mp4

DrillSounds_ClosedSyllableExceptions.mp4

Week of 12/7 & 12/14: We will again review short vowel sounds, glued sounds, and glued sound exceptions.

We'll also review some tricky consonants. Follow along with me at home!

The "blending board" below is holiday practice of our sounds and glued sound words.

Cardinals_Winter Visual Drill & Blending Board

Week of 11/30: We add "glued sound exceptions" to our toolbox: ost, old, olt, ind, ild. In each of these "glued sounds" the vowel makes an unexpected LONG sound. Follow along with Brin as we review the sounds and spell word with these glued sound "exceptions".

GluedSound_Exceptions_OLD_OSTetc.mp4

Week of 11/16: Please continue practicing "glued sounds": ank, ang, ink, ing, unk, ung, onk, ong...and continue practicing spelling rules when adding suffixes that start with vowels.

CardinalsDrillSounds.mp4

CardinalsRead_Dictation_GluedSounds_Blends.mp4

Week of 11/2: We review sounds of short vowels, consonants, and glued sounds. We will also practice adding SUFFIXES to 1 syllable, short vowel words. If a suffix starts with a vowel (like -ing or -ed), we have to DOUBLE the final consonant of the short vowel word (hit --> hitting). If the suffix starts with a consonant (-s), we can just add it right on...no doubling required (hit --> hits). Watch the video all the way to the end to meet my kitty, Caspian, who will also help us spell this week :)

CVCwordsWithSuffixes.mp4

SUFFIXES are pieces we can add to the end of words to change their meanings!

We will practice:

-s (makes words plural)

-ed (makes actions happen in the past)

-ing (makes actions happen right now)

Week of 10/26: This is our final "review week" of short vowel sounds, digraphs and blends before we add some new concepts next week. Please do the drill sounds (and any other drill sounds on this page to practice until all of your letter sounds are SOLID. In the video, I also review the "bonus rule" where we have to double the ending F, L, S or Z in a one-syllable rule when followed by a short vowel sound. Examples: buff, full, floss, buzz,

Review_consonantsShortVowelDigraphBonusLetters.mp4

Week of 10/19: Our goal this week is to get SUPER SOLID with our consonants, short vowel, and digraph sounds. We will then work on tapping and blending in real and nonsense words. Practice DRILL SOUNDS several times this week. Try out the DICTATION and email Brin your final score!

Drill Sounds:

ShortLetterDigraphDrillSounds.mp4

Dictation:

Dictation_ShortLetterDigraph.mp4

If you are ready for a NEXT CHALLENGE, below are two videos that review consonants, short vowels, digraphs and all glued / welded sounds:

DrillSounds_ShortVowels_GluedSoundsRegular.mp4

Review our letters, keywords and sounds with Brin. This week (10/5) we are finalizing our review of short vowel sounds, digraphs and glued sounds.

BlendingShortVowelsDigraphsGluedSounds.mp4

Build real and nonsense words with Brin, and practice tapping out and blending these words. On your whiteboard at home, you could try building your own real and nonsense words to practice reading!

"Drill Sounds" phonics warm up - Week of 9/28

Follow at home with Brin to drill sounds and blend consonants, short vowels, digraphs and glued/welded sounds to make real and nonsense words.

Please watch this video (more than once during the week is great!) to practice your sounds. This forms the "highways" in your brain to make reading easier and more automatic. You can play around with building words at home, too!

DrillSounds1.5.mp4

Week of 9/14 and 9/21 tutorials and games:

Journal_Handwriting.mp4

Journal Entry & Handwriting Practice Information

Two "off screen" activity choices this week are:

1) Write an entry in your 2nd grade Journal

2) Handwriting Practice

In this 3 minute video, I will show you these resources and provide a few suggestions for how to approach these weekly off-screen activity choices.

Gmail.mp4

How to send an email in Gmail:

Please have your child send me an email this week! This video shows how to compose a new email in Gmail to send to Brin.

If your child is a hybrid learner, they can compose an email to Meg Chingery or Lorraine Bramble!

CompleteSentences_BareBones.mp4

Sentences Week of 9/21:

Watch Brin's video about writing COMPLETE SENTENCES, below. Follow along and answer at home as you watch.

Then, please write 5 complete sentences in your slides from google classroom for the week of 9/21.

Click on the Umbrella to access this week's PA videos.

Watch and follow along with the teacher at home.

Click on the OWL to access online books and word cards related to this week's phonics concepts.

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