Word Study: Emergent-Early Letter Name
Word study focus was on beginning consonants, blends and digraphs, and short vowel word families. Activities included sorting with headers, drawing and labeling, word hunting in literature for similar patterns, and simple sentence use.
Word study samples:
ABC, See, Hear, Do Reading Program
Level 2: This course teaches letter sounds, phonics, and early reading skills. Fun animal illustrations are paired with dynamic hand motions to help easily remember each letter sound while engaging with simple text. This is a multisensory learning method that is simple, engaging, and effective. After learning only four letter sounds, Jacob was able to blend lowercase CVC words together.
Level 3: Blended Beginning Sounds: Visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles were used to help recognize blended sounds. In combination with the sounds learned from Level 2, Jacob started reading four-letter words.
Level 4: Blended Ending Sounds: After learning individual letter sounds and multiple blended beginning sounds, Jacob was ready to learn and read blended ending sounds. He was quickly able to read more complicated words.
Program samples:
The Good and the Beautiful Complete Kindergarten Language Arts Program
Phonics and reading skills learned:
- b and d recognition
- consonant blends
- inflectional endings: ED and ING
- one-and two-letter words
- SH, CH, TH
- short and long vowels
- short words with long vowels
- short words with Y
- sight words
- Silent E: job #1
- simple words
- the three sounds of ED
- vowels and consonants
- word families: AT, AN, ALL
- words with AY
Grammar, usage, and punctuation:
- capitalizing proper nouns
- capitalizing the word “I”
- homophones: to, too, two
- parts of speech: nouns and verbs
- plural nouns
- sentences
- starting sentences with a capital letter
- syllables
- using appropriate punctuation
Other
- antonyms
- art appreciation
- categories
- oral narration
- poetry memorization
- rhyming
- spelling patterns
- spelling: high-frequency and irregular words
Sample list of Leveled Readers used:
- Spin and Skip
- Dan
- Who Can Pray?
- Mom and Dad
- Jill
- We Love to Read
- Small Things
- I Can
- A Pet
- Ben Has a Book
- Dogs and Cats
- Is It a Dog?
- Is It a Cat?
- Boys and Girls
- Kids
- My Cat is Lost
- Kick It, Hit It, Toss It
- Level K Reader (containing multiple stories)
- Beginner Books Box A (10 books with simple 2-3 letter words and a short list of sight words)
- Beginner Books Box B (10 books with simple 2-3 letter words, a short list of sight words, and words with AR and EE)
Independent Reading or Read-to-me on Epic app:
Some of Jacob’s Favorite Picture Books:
- Nugget and Dog
- Dinosaurs Are Not Extinct
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie/If You Give a Pig a Party
- Clip Clop
- Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin
- Gregory, The Terrible Eater
- The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt
- Sam + Dave Dig a Hole
- The Case of the Missing Cake
- Goodnight Gorilla
- The Snowy Day
- The Raft
- Johnny Kaw-American Tall Tale
- The Banza
- Harvest Moon
- Curious George
- King of the Birds
- …and many more
Sample Reading Assessment:
Poem: I am Me
I am not a bug.
I am not a cat.
I am not a pig.
I am not a rat.
I do not buzz like a bee.
I do not fly like a bat.
I am me,
And that is just
What I want to be.
| Date | 12-1-21 | 1-4-22 | 5-24-22 |
| Time | 2:10 | 2:40 | 1:38 |
| # of incorrect words | 7 | 6 | 3 |
Sample Reading Assessment:
I run with my dog Bill. We go up a hill. It is fun to hop and swim. We see a frog on a log. It jumps!
| Date | 12-1-21 | 5-24-22 | |
| Time | 2:23 | 1:29 | |
| # of incorrect words | 10 | 0 |
Sample Reading Assessment:
Mom has some hugs for me. She helps me pray, and she smiles all day. Dad gives me a kiss, and we play with a ball. Mom and Dad are the best!
| Date | 5-24-22 | |
| Time | 2:38 | |
| # of incorrect words | 5 |