You can be riding in a car or doing jobs around the house, such as fixing a meal, while helping your child sharpen his reading skills.
Allow your child to give you an oral answer, or use pencil and paper.
1) Your child will need a pencil and paper for this one. Good for any age, goal: competency with reversible letters.
Ask your child to "do his best to spell each word," then dictate words your child does not already know how to spell. You are only looking for the correct direction of letters b, d, g, p, and q.
Possible words: marble, saber, about, nibble, libel, double, dribble, abdomen, bubble, stubble, obstruct, object, tremble, abscond, squabble, quibble, scribble / muppet, prattle, opal, grapple, pirate, wiggle, wrangle, sparkle, quill, equip. Expect your child to write k for qu.
2) With or without pencil and paper, goal: recognize short vowel versus long vowel.
Good for any age because older kids must know short vowel / long vowel when adding endings, like: ed, ing, er, or s, ly, etc.
Ask your child to name the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, Y. Teach y is a vowel.
Remind your child that long vowels say their names. Do you hear o when you say rope, poke, note? Yes. Do you hear a when you say say pain, name? Yes. A vowel is called long when it says its name.
Now, you write or say: hop. Ask if o is long or short? Letter o is called short. A vowel is called short when it does not say its name.
You write or say: stop. Ask if o long or short? (Short)
You write or say: top. Ask if o long or short? (Short)
Write or say these short vowel words: clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, jip, lip, nip, pip, equip, rip, sip, slip, skip, tip, trip, yip // nap, lap, trap, snap, slap, map, slam, cram, ham, jam // cup, rub, stub, scrub, bud, thud, mud, cut, shut, put // bet, met, set, let, pet, get, net, shed, fed, sled
Now, you write or say long vowel words: blame, flame, game, lame, maim, name, same, tame, nail, mail, bail // treat, beat, cheat, creep, sweep, delete, clean, screen, beam, speed // pipe, ripe, strike, slide, ride, shine, line, side, write // boat, float, gloat, choke, note, slope, hope, mope, store, soar, close, rose // glue, argue, continue
Being sure of short vowel / long vowel will matter later when your child is adding ed, ing, er, s, ly, ful, etc.
I have created a few books that can make a huge and rapid difference for your child. I use eBay. Please search Instant Reading Help. All my books will pop up for you. All are brand new and include my contact info; email or call for help. All my books teach a special comprehension method plus tricky sight words, and tricky phonics. Be ready for the challenge of the upper grades.
Write with questions. Thank you, Mary Maisner
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You can be riding in a car or doing jobs around the house, such as fixing a meal, while helping your child sharpen his reading skills.
Allow your child to give you an oral answer, or use pencil and paper.
1) Your child will need a pencil and paper for this one. Good for any age, goal: competency with reversible letters.
Ask your child to "do his best to spell each word," then dictate words your child does not already know how to spell. You are only looking for the correct direction of letters b, d, g, p, and q.
Possible words: marble, saber, about, nibble, libel, double, dribble, abdomen, bubble, stubble, obstruct, object, tremble, abscond, squabble, quibble, scribble / muppet, prattle, opal, grapple, pirate, wiggle, wrangle, sparkle, quill, equip. Expect your child to write k for qu.
2) With or without pencil and paper, goal: recognize short vowel versus long vowel.
Good for any age because older kids must know short vowel / long vowel when adding endings, like: ed, ing, er, or s, ly, etc.
Ask your child to name the vowels: A, E, I, O, U, Y. Teach y is a vowel.
Remind your child that long vowels say their names. Do you hear o when you say rope, poke, note? Yes. Do you hear a when you say say pain, name? Yes. A vowel is called long when it says its name.
Now, you write or say: hop. Ask if o is long or short? Letter o is called short. A vowel is called short when it does not say its name.
You write or say: stop. Ask if o long or short? (Short)
You write or say: top. Ask if o long or short? (Short)
Write or say these short vowel words: clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, hip, jip, lip, nip, pip, equip, rip, sip, slip, skip, tip, trip, yip // nap, lap, trap, snap, slap, map, slam, cram, ham, jam // cup, rub, stub, scrub, bud, thud, mud, cut, shut, put // bet, met, set, let, pet, get, net, shed, fed, sled
Now, you write or say long vowel words: blame, flame, game, lame, maim, name, same, tame, nail, mail, bail // treat, beat, cheat, creep, sweep, delete, clean, screen, beam, speed // pipe, ripe, strike, slide, ride, shine, line, side, write // boat, float, gloat, choke, note, slope, hope, mope, store, soar, close, rose // glue, argue, continue
Being sure of short vowel / long vowel will matter later when your child is adding ed, ing, er, s, ly, ful, etc.
I have created a few books that can make a huge and rapid difference for your child. I use eBay. Please search Instant Reading Help. All my books will pop up for you. All are brand new and include my contact info; email or call for help. All my books teach a special comprehension method plus tricky sight words, and tricky phonics. Be ready for the challenge of the upper grades.
Write with questions. Thank you, Mary Maisner
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