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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 abl...
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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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