Sight word APPROACH

Tic-Tac-Toe Help children learn how to read and write sight words by playing this fun game! Select at least 9 words that your students know and write them on the board. Have them fill in the tic-tac-toe board. The first student to have 3-in-a-row wins! (Can be played in the small group and whole group setting!)

Flashlight, Flashlight During the first few weeks of school, CVC and CVCC words are added to the Word Wall. Throughout the year, add non-decodable words to the wall. Using a flashlight, turn off all of the lights, sing the song, and shine the flashlight on a word. Have a child say the sounds in that word and put them together to "read" the word. Repeat this song and shine on another word to be read! Word Wall Pizza Have students write a word (that they can read) from the Word Wall on each crust. Students color a pepperoni slice when a word is called out that they have written. Once all of the pepperonis are colored, the student calls out "Word Wall Pizza" and reads all of their words to the class.

Language experience APPROACH In the classroom Preparing food (sandwich, French toast, salad, popcorn) Making cards (thank you notes, get well cards, holiday cards) Class projects (simulations, In the community Taking field trips (to the bank, market, malls, library, city hall) Mapping the school or the neighborhood.

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PHONICS APPROACH
This is the first of several activities designed to help you develop your ability to associate the correct sounds with the letters representing the consonants and short vowels of the English language. Select the letter you wish to work with by selecting it from the list of letters above. You will be taken to a picture which displays the letter in both capital and lower case form along with a picture and the printed word for the object represented by the picture. To hear the correct sound of the letter click on the "Play Sound" button below the picture. The Short Vowel A

The Consonant B