These are the short word study lessons that I put together.
I follow this lesson but just change the 2 letters we learn about. First I did "b" and "d", then "g" and "j", then "a" and "e", ect. We do Word Study every class for about the first 15 minutes. I've found that studying letters in short bursts every class has really helped to reinforce his skills.
Lesson One:
Objective: Learn the sounds of "b" and "d"
Reinforce proper way to write "b" and "d"
Materials: -Several cards with pictures that start with "b" or "d"
- Magic bag (Any grocery bag or old purse) filled with several objects that start, end or contain "b" and "d"
- Puppet - if have one availble
Procedure:- Have student identify the "b" and "d" on the chalkboard. Write the letters slowly, then have
him re-write them properly. Do a picture sort, putting into either "b" or "d" category.
-Use the puppet to describe items in the magic bag. Let student guess each item. Help him by writing the word and leaving letters blank. Have him guess the letter, then fill in the missing letters.
Example: Puppet describes a ball. One the board, write " b __ __ __" After giving clues about the
ball, have the student fill in the blanks to practice writing.
Lesson Two:
Objective: Recall words that start with "b" and "d".
Procedure: Have student draw pictures of "b" and "d" words and encourage him to write the word, even if he misspells it. Make sure to correct any incorrect handwriting techniques.
Lesson Three:
Objective: Be able to pick "b" and "d" words out of magazine
Practice cutting skills
Materials: Magazines, scissors, glue
Procedure: Make a collage of "b" and "d" words.
Lesson Four: Game Day!
This is a game similar to Candy Land. Create a board that has lowercase letters from start to finish. Then create a pile of picture cards. If he picks a card that starts with a "b", move to the next "b". Same with the "d". This will help with recognition of the different letters.
BLIND SENTENCES:
Another
thing I like to do is something I refer to as Blind Sentences. I just
write a sentence on the board that contains words he really knows, he
kinda knows and ones I think he could figure out. We go through the
sentence together first with him underlining all the words he knows.
Then we read through and sound out the ones he doesn't. Here are some
of our sentences:I ate a bad piece of pizza and got sick.
The dog ran around the car.
The boy had a big dog who liked to climb trees.
READING AND WRITING
These are lessons and activities to help teach language arts!
I don't really follow a strict type of language arts curriculum, although I'm serious considering switching my methods. What I usually do is introduce two or three letters per lesson. We go over the sounds, then do some sort of game or activity using that letter. We also have a "word family" chart on the wall that we review periodically.
Writing Prompts:
To help develop better handwriting skills, I do a writing prompt every class. I've noticed a major improvement in a very short period of time, especially with letters that he previous has found tricky to write. Here are some of our prompts:
If you were a superhero, what power would you have?
If you were President, what law would you make?
If you could take a bath in something other than water, what would it be?
If you could travel anywhere, where would it be and why?
If you could be any animal, what would it be and why?
Beginning and Ending Sounds
I've noticed that my kid can spell out a word, but then guesses what it is. So if the word is "bug", he'll say "ba-uh-g...bat!". So in order to help him with sounds, we focus on beginning and end sounds. I write a word on the board with a beginning or last letter missing and we work to figure out the missing letter. When my kid starts getting frustrated, I give multiple choice answers.
Hangman
Even though my kid is still pretty new in terms of learning the words, he still really gets a kick out of playing hangman. I've found that as long as I include his name (which he can recognize and spell) then it will keep his interest. I let him fill in the letters to practice his writing and we've used this game to help him with sight words.
Bob Books
I'd been told about these books and thought I'd give them a try. They're pretty good for early readers. There's just a few words on a page, with a picture, and it gives readers a chance to learn sight words and word families.
Letter Scavenger Hunt
Have your child search through the house and find items that start with a certain letter.
Lily Pad Letters:
Cut out a lily pad for every letter of the alphabet. On one side, write a single capital letter of the alphabet. Flip it over and write the lowercase. Do this for every letter of the alphabet. Now it's time to hop like a frog! Call our a word and have your child hop to the lily pad that has the correct first letter. You can do it with lower or uppercase, or you can call out words and have them hop to the end letter.
Letter Songs:
Here are some songs my husband and I made up to help our song learn his letters / the sound the letters make / how to write letters he has difficulty with:
To the tune of London Bridges:
(This song is to help kids remember what side the "belly" goes on when making a lowercase d.)
Small d has a small belly
small belly
small belly
small d has a small belly
on his left side.
To the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars:
(This is a song to help remember what sound and "f" makes, as well as identify body parts. We act this song out, pointing to the body parts and doing the actions.)
Fingers Fingers Forehead Feet
Body parts are really neat
Flap your arms and flick your nose,
Feel your head and feel your toes,
Fingers fingers forehead feet,
body parts are really neat.
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