Kindergarten, Reading, Week 37

Genres from our textbook were:

• fiction
• historical fiction

Activity: Oops from Games for Reading -- this activity gives your child practice in phonics

• Cut squares (mine are 2" x 2") and write a letter on each square
• In the book are five lists going from easy to difficult
• Each list has 19 - 25 letters for groups of letters
• Put the squares in a pile.
• Your child picks up the top square and says the SOUND that letter makes -- NOT the name of the letter.
• If your child does it correctly, he goes on to the next letter.
• If he does not give the correct sound, you write "O" on a paper, and he goes on to the next letter.
• For each mistake you write the next letter of the word "OOPS". If the whole word gets written before he completes the stack of letters, he loses the game.
• Of course, you'll want to practice the ones he made mistakes on, but probably not during the game.