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More of -at and -an

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Here are a few more things we did with -at and -an: Made words with -at and -an chunks and beginning letters Played “I Spy” with phonemes (or individual sounds): After laying out all of his words on the floor, I would say, “I Spy /b/ /a/ /t/,” pausing about 1 second in between each letter sound.  He would blend…
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Fun with -an and -at

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iowa lottery One of the reasons I like Word Study so much is that it’s flexible.  In my opinion, it beats doing inflexible workbook pages any day.  Click here for some of the other reasons I like Word Study so much.  Here are some more activities we did with the –an and -at word families. Just a side note: Word…
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Intro to -an Words

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oklahoma lottery DAY 1: Intro new words and pictures (10-15 minutes) I kept 5 of the -at words/pictures from our -at sort (cat, pat, rat, fat, and bat) and added 5 new -an words (can, pan, fan, van, and man) to the sort so ALuv could compare the two.  When we did the -at words, ALuv only had to focus on…
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ALuv’s Progression as a Writer

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maryland lottery 2 years of age with bathtub crayons 3 1/2 years of age-First time writing “A”! Almost 4 yrs old-practicing his name 4 1/2 years-writing his alphabet This is what he decided to do during his “quiet time” one afternoon.  He was so proud of his hard work–and so was this reading mama! Typical behaviors from young writers: (for more…
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More -at Family Fun

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ohio lottery Here are the last couple of activities ALuv and I did with his -at words and pictures. Slid the -at hat to make and write words.  (My scanner isn’t working at the moment, but when I can get it up and running, I’ll scan and post this template.) Glued pictures into his Word Study Notebook.  (This is a…
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