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Reading is one of the key cornerstornes
to your child's first grade learning experience. A number of
daily activities will take place in order to help your child
become an energetic, successful, and enthusiastic reader.
Morning language arts activities will consist of using Interactive Writing to write the daily "news",
Making
Words with magnetic
lettters, choral
reading of Poetry, Reading Strategies practice during guided reading, Independent Reading and Spelling Activies, along with Reading Centers.
In the afternoon students will
meet as a whole group and read chorally from big books and reading
anthologies. During this time students will practice Story Retellings.
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The following is a list of
Reading
Strategies
that will be used throughout
the school year in order to help your child become a better reader.
While reading at home, try to use these same strategies when
working with your child.
To help
myself read, I can:
1. Check the picture.
2. Go back and read the word/sentence again.
3. Say the first letter sound of the word.
4. Ask - Does it sound right? Does it look right? Does it make
sense?
5. Find the chunks that I know: I know at so, I also know cat, rat, mat, sat, pat.
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Listed below are the 30 high frequency Spelling Words that your child will be expected to
spell correctly by the end of first grade.
Gradually, throuhout the school
year, students will be held accountable for these words during
daily writing activities. Spelling "tests" will be
given at the end of each marking term in an effort to monitor
your child's progress.
If you notice your child not
spelling these words correctly after January, please encourage
him/her to use this list to correct their errors.
the
of
and
a
to
in |
is
you
that
it
he
for |
was
on
are
as
with
his |
they
at
be
this
from
I |
have
or
by
one
had
not |
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Through the course of the school
year Story
Retellings will be
a key indicator of your child's ability to remember and comprehend
a story. After reading a story together at home ask your child
about the:
Characters (Who was in the story? or Who was
the story about?)
Setting (Where did the story take place? or
Where were the characters?)
Plot/Events
(What
were the problems? or What happened first, second, third?)
Solution/Ending
(Was
the problem(s) solved? or How did the story end?)
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Taking small
words apart:
1. Take the word apart with your finger.
shake ======> sh--->ake
deep ======> d--->eep
2. Do you know a word that looks like this word? Can it help
you read it?
shake ===> make
deep ===> see
* Use the known word to help you read the new word.
Words
that look the same sound the same.
Taking big
words apart:
1. Look at the first 3 or 4 letters. (hardest===>h ar d est)
2. Take it apart with your finger. (hard--->est)
3. Do you know a word or see a "chunk" you know that
looks like part of the word that can help you read it?
(h ar d ===> c ar)
4. Look at the next 3 or 4 letters. (est===b est)
5. Do you know a word or see a chunk
you know that can help you read this part?
6. Use what you know to help you read each part and then say
the parts quickly all together.
**Remember to always reread and think what would make sense and sound
right while your taking
words apart.
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Listed
below are the 50
high frequency words for
grade one. While reading
your child should begin
to be able to recognize and read
the following words:
a
all
and
are
as
at
be
but
came
for
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from
go
got
had
have
he
her
him
his
I
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if
in
is
it
me
my
of
on
one
out
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said
saw
she
so
that
the
their
then
there
they
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this
to
up
was
we
went
were
with
you
your
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Ways to practice high frequency
words:
-Find these words in books
-Make the words with magnetic letters
-Make games with these words: Bingo, Memory, Go Fish
-Make flash cards |
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Parent's
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Why
Should I Read to My Child? |
How Should I Read to
My Child? |
* Your
child will develop a stronger sense of language and vocabulary.
* You and your child will have the opportunity
to share quiet time together.
* You are encouraging your child to become
a reader by modeling your love of books and reading.
* Your child will understand how books
work and will develop many important concepts about reading that
are crucial for success in school.
* Your child will grow to appreciate
reading and begin to author their own books.
* Reading is a skill for life! |
* Let your
child help choose books. The books you read together should be
interesting to your child.
* Talk about the pictures before you
begin reading. Ask your child to predict what the story will
be about.
* Stop occasionally during reading and
discuss the story with your child.
* Invite your child to link events in
the story with events in his/her life.
* Read with expression. This will provide
a model of fluent reading for your child.
* Ask you child about the characters,
settings, problems, and solutions in the books you read together. |
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