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8 Parts of Speech - A Quick Reference for Parents During School Closures

All of the words we use fit into eight groups that make up the parts of speech.  This is a Quick Reference for parents during school closures.  The groups are: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

Mitigate lost learning time during school closures - Preparing your kids...

Y is a tricky letter for kids.  Y can be a vowel or y can be a  consonant.  Further confusing kids, y makes different sounds depending on its position in a word.  Once you teach kids these rules it will be much easier for them to decode and read words spelled with y(s)

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How to teach kids plurals - When to add s, es or ies. Easy rules & fun ...

Adding s is the most common ending used to form plural words:  cats, kids, pets, books, pictures, shells.  Add es when words end in s, ss, sh, f  ch, tch and x: buses classes, dishes, lunches, patches, boxes.  Add ies when words end in a consonant  followed by a y.  Before adding ies drop the y: cities, cherries, families, stories, parties, babies.  Video involves interactive activities, games and fill in the blanks.  Link for templates:

https://www.slideshare.net/lynnsucces....

Teaching Kids at Home to decode two syllable words following the 6 types...

Teaching kids at home is a video for parents on how to teach kids to decode two syllable words following basic patterns of breaking the words into syllables: closed syllables, open syllables, silent e syllables, vowel combinations, vowel r and consonant -le. Kids need to know that every syllable has a vowel sound.

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Kindergarten Parents You Got This! Teaching Third Trimester Word Families

With school closures, kids are missing needed instruction. Much of effective instruction involves fun learning activities. This video shows six fun learning activities you can do at home to teach your kids word endings and to prepare them for first grade reading.