- We added several sounds to our bank of letters this month! Students are beginning to master all of the short vowel sounds. Knowing each short vowel sound helps students become more fluent at decoding words they find in our leveled books.
- We love learning science facts about animals with each new letter introduced during our Zoo-phonics lessons. Students learned facts about umbrella birds when we learned the short /u/ sound. They even made an umbrella bird to hold their writing. They also learned interesting facts about weasels and kangaroos. Did you know adult weasels are only 7 inches long? We used our rulers to investigate the size of Willy Weasel while we were making his "sound."
- Although students may use their letter-sound knowledge to read very slowly at first, this improves with repetition. Eventually, their reading becomes more fluid and meaningful. The best thing you do to grow is read, read, read!
- Check out the links on the side of our blog page for ways to practice letters and sounds.
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| Sight word practice in the sand. |
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| Learning about the letter Bb with buttons. |
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| We love to form our letters with Play-doh! |
