Before Day 1:
Be sure the child can recognize each of the consonant letters (both uppercase & lowercase) and knows the sounds they make. You can use our Preschool Theme Weeks or any "Letter of the Week"-type program.
Get the child excited about his very own Reading Notebook. You can use any 1" or 1 1/2" 3-ring binder to store all of the worksheets and activities you complete throughout the course of this program. Let him personalize it by decorating his own cover sheet.
Day 1: short "a" sound.
Listen to the "Short A Song" on Starfall.
Do the "A" Letter Find Worksheet.
Color the "A is for..." Coloring Page for your Reading Notebook. Help child to find other objects around the room that begin with a short "a" sound.
Day 2: "-at" Word Family
Using letter magnets, show the word "at." Have child blend the two letters together to read the word. Then, begin to add other beginning letter sounds to blend new words: bat, sat, cat, hat, and mat.
Complete the "-at Sight Word Search" to recognize the word "at".
Play the Pocket Chart Matching Game for the "-at" Word Family. Mix up the pictures and the beginning letter sounds. First have child put a letter at the beginning of each "-at" and read the word. Then have him/ her match the word to its picture.
Help the child put together the "-at Word Puzzles."
Day 3: Sight word "the"; "-an" Word Family
Help child fill in the "-at Word Family Flower" for his/ her Reading Notebook by using letter stamps or just writing in the words.
Introduce the sight word "the" by writing it on an index-sized flashcard. You can display this on a Word Wall or put it in a special place where you can review it each day. (Other sight words will be added over the course of this study.) Use one or two of the worksheets from Learning2Walk to practice the word (you could even use one of her sheets as your flashcard or wall display).
Using the letter magnets again, show the word "an." Help child blend letters together. Then begin to add beginning letter sounds to make new words: man, can, van, fan, and tan.
Choose an activity from 3 Dinosaurs' "-an Word Family" page: the PlayDoh Mat or the Word Family Pack (which contains the Pocket Chart Matching like you did yesterday).
Day 4: Sight word "I"; reading sentences
Complete the "-an Word Family Flower" for your Reading Notebook in whatever way you choose.
Introduce the sight word "I" in the same way you introduced "the." Display it on your Word Wall or in your special review box. Here are some practice worksheets to learn the word "I." This may be a good opportunity to teach that when the word "I" is in a sentence by itself, it is always capitalized.
Write the following sentences on the board or on a piece of paper. Show your child that now he/ she can read sentences all by himself!
Pat the fat cat.
I can fan the tan cat.
The man ran.
(Take an opportunity to discuss the period at the end of each sentence. Tell child that all sentences end with some type of punctuation mark, and in this case it is a period.)
Day 5: Sight word "on"; "-ad" Word Family
Time for another new sight word. Introduce "on" in the same way you have been introducing all the sight words. Here are some more practice worksheets for the word "on" from Learning2Walk. Review the other sight words you have learned.
Use letter magnets to introduce the "-ad" Word Family. First allow child to read "ad" by itself, then add one beginning letter at a time to sound out each word: pad, mad, sad, dad, had.j
Use some activities from the "-ad" Word Family Pack at 3Dinosaurs.
Complete the "-ad Word Family Flower" for your Reading Notebook.
Day 6: "-am" & "-ap" Word Families; review short A
On a piece of paper, write the words: am, jam, ham, Sam, and Pam. Help child to blend the sounds of each word in order to read it, in the same way he has been doing with the letter magnets. (You may have to explain that if a word begins with a capital letter, it may be a person's name.) Repeat with the words: cap, tap, lap, and map.
If your child is still having trouble blending letter sounds together to make words, you can use these Foldable Short Vowel Word Strips to show them one letter at a time. (Instructions are included in the download.)
Read the following words out loud while the child is seated. Tell him to jump up from his seat if he hears the short "a" sound in the word. Remain seated if he does not hear the "a" sound like in "apple."
pad, cot, red, tag, wet, big, got, yam, sit, can, yet, pop, gap, den, gum, rat
Help child to put together several of the Short A CVC Word Family Puzzles. Show how they can now read many words that have the short "A" sound in the middle.
Now the child can read the first book in the BOB Books, Set 1 series on his/ her own! Go through each page together, sounding out each word. (You will have to help with the word "end" but we will not introduce that as a sight word just yet.)
Day 7: short "E" sound
Listen to the "Short E Song" on Starfall.
Do the "E" Letter Find Worksheet.
Go through the Mini Book of words that begin with the "e" sound. Or choose another activity from the Printable Pack.
Day 8: "-ed" & "-et" Word Families
Review the sight words "I," "the," and "on."
Use letter magnets, or your dry erase board, to help child read the ending "-ed." Then, one at a time, add a beginning letter and help child to sound out each word: red, led, bed, fed, Ted (reminding child that often words beginning with a capital letter are a person's name).
Repeat with the ending sound "-et". Use the words get, bet, let, yet, wet, jet, and set.
Now practice reading some sentences with these words in them. You can write the entire sentence on the board or in a notebook for child to read, or you could write each word on a separate card and have fun building sentences together using the words.
I pet the sad, wet cat. (Introduce the "comma" as another mark of punctuation that separates two words.)
Set the wet pet on the mat.
Let Sam get on the red bed.
You can also build sentences using the words from the BOB Book you read on Day 6.
Choose some activities from the "-ed" Word Family Pack and the "-et" Word Family Pack at 3 Dinosaurs.
Day 9: Sight word "and"; "-en" Word Family
Complete the "-ed" & "-et" Word Family Flowers in your Reading Notebook. Review all the other flowers you have created.
Introduce sight word "and" and add it to your Word Wall or flashcard collection. Choose an activity or two from the "and" Sight Word pack at 3 Dinosaurs.
Practice reading the following words using letter magnets or just writing on the board: hen, pen, ten, Ken. Also, help the child read the word "yes," even though it is not officially part of the "-en" Word Family!
Help the child to read the following sentences you write on the board:
Ben had a red van. The red van ran.
Dad fed the tan hen at the pen.
Pam let Ken get the net wet.
The child is now able to read BOB Book Set 1, Book 2 on his/ her own. Help child go through each page, sounding out the words.
Day 10: Review short A & E vowels
Write the endings -at, -ed, -ap, -et, -an, and -en on the board in big letters, allowing room for the child to put a letter magnet at the beginning to make different words. Have him read each word as he builds it.
Sort Short A & Short E Vowel words only with this Ice Cream Scoop sorting Game.
Review the BOB Books you have already read.
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