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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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Read and Match Activity (Food Theme)

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The IB approach also uses the transdisciplinary method of teaching and learning. This means that it incorporates other subjects like Math and Language as part of the inquiry. This is different from teaching these subjects as a standalone. Let me elaborate. If you have read my previous posts, my homeroom is learning about food and ingredients. Thus, I could teach the children about the names of ingredients used in different dishes. I could make an activity to help them read and identify words of different ingredients. In doing so, the children are developing language skills within the inquiry. This is the Food Ingredients activity: Objectives: -To learn about ingredients in a meal -To learn to read different ingredient names Steps: 1. Print out the activity pages. 2. Cut out the food ingredients (the circular pieces). 3. You may want to print this activity on thicker paper or laminate it so that it is more durable. 4. Child selects a picture mat of a specific dish and tries to find the
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