Language Lessons

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Update on how we go about our spelling and reading activities at home.

We are wrapping up Consonant Blends this month. I've added another set of activity sheets for our Consonant Blends and this is the Trace and Spell version. If you have been following my blog, I have a version of this for CVC words as well. Read about it here and here.

Consonant Blends Trace and Spell Worksheets

The file Consonant Blends Trace and Spell also contains list of words with pictures highlighting the blends' use. Here we use Melissa and Doug magnetic letters to identify the beginning blends and the ending blends and how they are pronounced.

See how my son works it out. By mastering the "sound" of the blends, he was able to spell the words perfectly. He's just confused with 'sc' and 'sk' though, and the use of the double letters like 'll' and 'ss'.

You can purchase the file by clicking the picture below.

Now when it comes to reading, I have no problem with it for he's such a good reader. He can read complicated words and my explanation to this is that he was exposed to reading early on. I read books to him before he turned 1 yr old and by so much exposure I guess, he can now easily decode the words.

Since he is now five, I wanted to train him how to understand what he reads. It's not good enough that he knows how to read. I think that he should also learn how to understand what he is reading and be able to grasp and absorb the concepts. I came across this English workbook in a local bookstore and thought that it would be a good material for reading analysis. I can't say it is the best, but it's good enough to have something like this to practice on. This worksheet is for 1st graders actually but he likes it and never gets bored as it challenges him.