After our -at and -an word activities (see former posts), ALuv and I moved onto comparing -an and -ad word families. I decided to keep the -an family so I wasn't moving on into all new territory with him. We used the word and picture sort #7 from Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Letter Name ... Read More about -an & -ad Word Activities
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Green with Literacy
In honor of St. Patrick's Day and upcoming Earth Day, I thought I'd share some ways we go "green" with literacy: Cereal box puzzles-not sure where I originally got this idea, but one place I saw it just recently was Chasing Cheerios. Make a book cover using cereal boxes. Cut out the ... Read More about Green with Literacy
ALuv’s Progression as a Writer
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 ... Read More about ALuv’s Progression as a Writer
Non-Fiction Text Features and Text Structure
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Time to Start Word Families!
Okay, so what do you do if your child knows his letters and most letter sounds? Word families! A Word Family is a set of words that have the same ending chunk in them like the at family: cat, sat, rat, fat, etc. Keep it simple at first and only add one letter to the front of -at, so words like ... Read More about Time to Start Word Families!