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Instructional Videos
Please click the button to the right to access literacy instructional videos.
Secret Reader
Secret Reader
Click on the corresponding day to access clues and the read aloud video.
Day 1: Secret ReaderDay 2: Secret ReaderDay 3: Secret ReaderDay 4: Secret ReaderSkills Buddy Stories
Skills Buddy Stories
Each unit has 5 different stories, with a blank page in between. Each story consists of 7 pages for your child to practice their reading. Unit 1 is very simple sentences and as you move through the units, sentences get more complex.
Skills Buddy Stories-Unit 1Skills Buddy Stories-Unit 2Skills Buddy Stories-Unit 3Skills Buddy Stories-Unit 4Skills Buddy Stories-Unit 5Follow this link or click the name above to access more online books for your child to read. Each section tells you what the books focus on.
All kindergarteners should be focusing on books in Part 1: VC, CVC Words.
Some kindergarteners are ready to focus on books in Part 2: CCVCC Words (Blends).
Reading A-Z Digital Books
These will need to be printed to read correctly.Reading A-Z Digital Books
If you are needing more books for your child to practice reading, here are some links to some. They are digital files of the books and get more complex as you go. They do incorporate sight words and words for children to practice blending. You may read them digitally or print them at home.
Writing Paper
Writing Paper
Click the button below for access to a digital file of the writing paper we use.
Click on the title to access our sight word cards. We have learned all of the words in units 1-3 and the words are, that, do from unit 4. Feel free to start teaching the other words from unit 4. Heres an example of how we teach them and practice:
EX: This is the word ______.
Can you say the word?
Let's spell the word.
Say the word one more time.
Handwriting Practice
Handwriting Practice
Click the button below for access to a digital file of lowercase handwriting practice sheets.
(also known as hangman)
Click here or on the title to access a virtual game of swingman.
Rather than building a person on a swing though, it will be a flower. The goal is to guess all the letters before the flower runs out of petals. Once your child guesses all the letters, they can practice reading the word.
Some children may be able to play this independently.
(also known as hangman)
Click here or on the title to access a virtual game of swingman.
Rather than building a person on a swing though, it will be a flower. The goal is to guess all the letters before the flower runs out of petals. Once your child guesses all the letters, they can practice blending and reading the CVC words.
Unscramble the Sentence then Draw!
Unscramble the Sentence then Draw!
Materials: paper and pencil, scissors optional
Directions: Unscramble these sentences then draw a picture to match the sentence. You can first write each word on individual small pieces of paper to make it easier to move the words around. Here are some clues. What does every sentence start with? What does every sentence need at the end?
More Unscrambling!
More Unscrambling!
Here is another set of sentences you can pick from to unscramble. You can print the pages you want or just copy the sentences onto paper at home.
If you want a challenge, try to unscramble some of the sentences verbally or create your own sentence scramble!
Word Family Scramble.pdfPrinting Practice With Water
Printing Practice With Water
Materials: cup of water, a paint brush and a sunny day!
How to: With a grown-up take your cup of water and paint brush outside and paint letters and sight words on the driveway, a fence, or anywhere the water will show up. Can you paint your name? Can you paint words you can sound out? How many sight words can you spell?
Picture Prompts for Storytelling:
Picture Prompts for Storytelling:
Materials: paper, pencil. You can also just tell your story to someone!
How to: Directions:
Choose a set of pictures and create a story using the pictures as inspiration.
Include a main character, setting and plot.
You can tell your story to someone or write it down. If you’re writing your story remember to sound out your words and leave spaces between words.
Draw your own pictures to go with the story
Missing Letters
Missing Letters
Look through these pictures and see if your child can identify the missing letters.
This will help your child isolate and identify beginning, middle, and ending sounds in words.
Missing letterPictionary
Pictionary
Similar to missing letters, you could play a modified version of pictionary. Draw a picture of something and have your child guess what it is. Then ask your child to either tell you the beginning, middle, or ending sound of that object. You could even ask them to try writing the whole word!
Some words you could try are: sun, rat, cow, pig, dog, cat, hat, mop, bug, bun, bat, map, *frog, *sled, *fork, *crab, *drum
* *words that have blends for more of a challenge**
Sight Word Tic-Tac-Toe
Sight Word Tic-Tac-Toe
Using anything you have to write on, you can play tic-tac-toe using our sight words.
You can specifically work on words that your child does not know. Ask them to spell the word each time they write it and then read it to you once they are done.
First one with 3 in a row wins!
Build It With Clay
Build It With Clay
Practice building sight words using model magic, clay, or playdough.
Don't have the materials at home?
Follow this link for a recipe on how to make your own playdough.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch
Get outside and build your own hopscotch with chalk. Your child can practice handwriting by writing the words themselves then play and practice reading the words as they jump on them!
This can be done with sight words or consonant-vowel-consonant words that they have to blend when they land.
Write with Chalk
Write with Chalk
Tape a sight word onto a plastic bowling pin (bottles or cups will also work well). You can play two different ways:
Calling out a word first and then trying to knock that pin over.
Roll the ball and then read the words you knocked over.
We have played this game before using letters and numbers.
This is another game that can easily be adapted to meet the needs of your child. You can use sight words or write some consonant-vowel-consonant words for your child to sound out.
Ways you can play:
Tell your child which word to swat.
Swat any word, read it, and spell it.
Write letters or words on plastic cups. Hide an object underneath one of the cups. Your child must read the letter/word as they lift the cup to find the hidden object.
**CHALLENGE: If you do letters, have your child say the letter AND the sound it makes**
Write sight words on plastic cups. Have your child read the word and then use the cup to build a tower. They can read the words as they take down the tower as well.
You can also write letters or consonant-vowel-consonant words on the cups for children who need more of a challenge.
Sound Hunt
Sound Hunt
This can be done 2 ways:
Set a timer for 5 minutes. Identify the sound you want to hunt for. See how many objects you can find that start with that sound before the timer goes off.
Identify a letter and the sound it makes. Try to find 5 objects that start with that sound.
Rainbow Hop
Rainbow Hop
Write letters on paper, sticky notes, or anything you have at home. Mix up the letters as you put them down in any line formation. Practice how fast your child could say the letters as they hopped, jumped, or walked. You can also have them say the sounds of the letters instead of the letter name.
You can also have your child write the letters to make the game for extra handwriting practice.
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