My 5 picks for inexpensive teaching tools

Teaching Kids Clues to Determine the Word Endings le, el and al

How to Teach Kids CVCe and CCVCe syllables (cake, baseball, duplicate)

How to Teach Your Kids #Onset (initial sound) and #Rime (ending pattern)...

Welcome Parents to Teaching Kids Sight Word Phrases 1, 2, and 3. #sightw...

How to Teach Your Kids #Sight -Words- flash cards, word searches, scramb...

Teaching kids easily confused #word endings, #tion and #sion. Both mak...

Letters are symbols that must be understood and practiced to read and make meaning from print

Can you read this?

Strategies may include illustration support, knowledge that letters make words

What strategies did you use?

Symbol Recognition

Letter matching (identification) and reading for meaning plus background knowledge of the story - Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Success!

Beginning Skills - Letter Recognition

Letter Sound Association

Picture Word Match

Alphabet Activities - Missing Letters, Uppercase, Lowercase and Beginning Sounds

Filling in the Missing Letter Activities

Uppercase Letters

Lowercase Letters

2nd Uppercase Letters

Lowercase Letters

Modeled Example 

Answers:1. cat, 2. doughnut, 3. frog, 4. gate, 5. lion, 6. star, 7. ten, 8. whistle 

 Student Practice Page

Alphabet Chart

Video

sorting beginning sounds

Print Knowledge - Concepts About Print

Letter Naming and Concepts About Print

Share both Charts Below.  As you point to each letter, have the child say each letter.  If he/she  doesn't know the letter, say it  - after a few seconds.

Uppercase Letter Chart 

Lowercase Letter Chart

This next activity takes a few minutes and provides information about a child's current understanding of print. Ask the child to point to the following things:

1) point to the number, 2) point to the letter that is standing alone, 3) point to the word that is standing alone, 4) point to the sentences,  5) Point to where you would begin reading the sentences.  Next, point to the first set of words (fan, fantastic) and ask the child to point to the one that says fantastic. Repeat this procedure for the word cupcake.

Concepts About Print

Some Activities for Letter Naming

Great Summer Activity - Fishing for Letters

Words and Sentences

First Grade Whole Class Concept Development, Word Knowledge and Sight Word Activities

During the first few days of school, I complete whole class activities with the students.  I focus on concept development, word knowledge (beginning sounds, word families and vowel sounds) and sight words  These are fun activities that focus on these  skills  In this first activity, I start with the title, two blank circles.  At this time there are no pictures or  categories at the bottom.

I begin with the words  - First Grade (since everyone is now a first grader).  Next, I explain that everything that is placed in the first circle is in my category.  Everything in the second circle is not. 

I begin with the paintbrushes.  I tell students that the paintbrushes are in my category  Next, I put the puppy in the second circle and tell the students that the puppy is not in my category.

Next, I add the  paint in the first circle and then the tractor in the second circle following the example above.  I continue the routine until all pictures are placed.  At that time the category is determined - In the classroom

 

Next, we sort the picture/word cards of the above activity according to beginning letter/sounds.

Additional  Name My Category  Practice Pages (Pictures and then Words)
My Category - Things that Fly - bird, helicopter, Eagle, air balloon, kite and bee. 
The following activities are great to place on the ELMO to project for everyone to see.

Name My Category - Fruits/Vegetables that are Juices -  pineapple, grape, carrot,

lemonade, tomato, orange, apple and grapefruit plus blender (use as a hint) 

     

My Category - words that end in at.

My category - sight words

Templates for First Activity

Templates for Second Activity

Templates for Third Activity

First Grade Advantage

Sight Word Booklet, Activities and Demonstration Video - I used these booklets in class and provided them for parents to use at home.  Sight words are irregularly spelled words that can't be sounded out and/or words that occur frequently in text and need to be recognized on sight.

Children are expected to know lists 1-6 by the end of first grade.  If they master these lists early, have them continue with lists 7-11.  Learning sight words with automaticity will improve reading fluency and reading comprehension.

(1) Print the 6 pages (2) Fold each page on the folded line (right side fold) (3) place pages in order starting with the cover and staple them together on the left  side, (4) place decorative tape over the staples

Sight Word Booklet For Practice and Assessment
As children master each list check the yes box on the cover.
Cover Page and List 1

Lists 2 and 3

Lists 4 and 5

Lists 6 and  7

Lists 8 and 9

Lists 10 and 11

Fun Activities to practice sight words: Flashcards and Concentration

Words in Content and Dictation

Sight Word Bingo

Word Scramble and Crossword Puzzle

Sight Word Certificate

Sight Word Practice Using Flashcards - Example uses sight word list 4

Practice with all sight word lists



 

      Sight Word Handouts for Parents of First Graders

I used these handouts last year and parent support was strong and effective
Sight Words are irregularly spelled words that can't be sounded out and/or words that occur frequently in text and need to be recognized on sight.

 

Front and Back of the Five Handouts

Sight Word Lists Suggested for First Grade Students
Sight Word List 1

Sight Word List 2

Sight Word List 3

Sight Word List 4

Sight Word List 5

             

               

Video with all 11 sight word lists

 

Downloadable Slide Show
https://www.slideshare.net/lynnsuccess/sight-wordhandouts-for-parents-of-first-graders