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CVC Puzzles Short Vowel O

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  3 Types of readers in children Whether you are a parent or teacher, working with children and helping them learn to read is rewarding. I had the opportunity to teach 6 year olds this past year and I have observed that there are three types of students: strong readers, emerging readers and weak readers. Strong readers  have good phonemic awareness and are excellent decoders. (Please refer to my introduction to phonemic awareness and decoding words) Emerging readers  are on the way and are expanding their knowledge of phonics sounds and applying it to decode familiar and unfamiliar words. Weak readers  need frequent prompts for segmenting and blending the sounds together. In severe cases, they may even struggle to remember letters and consonant sounds. HOW DOES THE BRAIN PROCESS WORDS? ·           Through Phonological awareness (i.e learning the sounds of words) and orthography (spelling of words). Skilled readers were able to process the word by seeing the letters “chair” faster compa
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Consonant Vowel Consonant Game Cards

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Now that your child has learned to recognise and sound the letters, the next step towards learning to read is blending Consonant Vowel Consonant (CVC) words. Here's an activity that can help do that! USING THE CARD GAMES These CVC Game Cards consist of 23 short vowel word pairs + 1 old maid card: /a/: hat, sat, jam, ham /e/: hen, den, web, net, nest /i/: bit, hit, pig, wig, rip /o/: hop, pop, frog, fox /u/: mug, rug, bun, bus, hug You can print out the cards on thicker paper, cut them out. Alternatively, you can laminate the cards to make them last longer. Another benefit to printing on thicker paper is that the image will not be seen on the reverse side when the card is faced downward. I also like using these foam sheets as backing for the playing cards so that it is easier for the children to turn the cards over when playing them on the table. HOW TO PLAY MEMORY GAME The object of the game is to collect the most number of matching pairs. Lay the cards in a grid layout. Pick a pl
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Telling Time Matching Cards

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Here is a printable that you can use to help your preschooler practise reading the time on the clock face. It covers time by the hour and half-past. Simply print the pages on art paper, or laminate it to reduce wear and tear. The objective of the activity is to match the correct digital time to the clock face. In the process, children can learn counting the minutes using skip counting by 5. Click here for Telling Time Full Printable TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOM I am teaching my preschoolers about telling the time on the clock face. I use a big clockface for lessons so that the children could see the hour and minute hands of the clock. A big clockface also helps them see clearly. I start by teaching them time by the hour. I explain that most clocks have two hands: the short hour hand and the long minute hand. The shorthand would point to the numbers on the clock face from numbers 1 to 12. Therefore, time by the hour could be 1 o'clock, 5 o'clock, 12 o'clock. PAPER PLATE CLOCK T
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