Word Decoding

Quick Instructor's Message:
Each assignment listed below can be completed orally or in written form. Decide what will fit your child's needs the best. Showing interest in your child's reading skills and supporting them through this learning process shows your dedication as a parent.
Keep up the good work!

Assignments For Parents and Children

Word decoding strategies should be reinforced everyday.

Don't spend more than fifteen minutes each day working on strategies.

This will keep the activties fresh and make all this practice seem less like work.

Parents please pre-view each activity so you know what
to expect as you explore these with your child.

Using Picture Clues		In this PowerPoint pictures have been paired with text. Read the first two pages with your child to give them the sentence pattern. Then ask them to read the rest of the book using the picture as a clue to the changed word.
Breaking Down Words Into Their Sound Parts		Beginning and Ending Sound Activity pages (These can be printed out and completed at home) Use the discussion board to share more ways that your child enjoys practicing "saying the sounds" of words. Please read the other posts and comment on the ones you like.
Cutting The Word Into Chunks		These pages can be printed out. Rhyming Page One Rhyming Words Rhyming Word Fun Challenge Page
Skipping And Going Back		In this PowerPoint, read the sentence with a missing word. Then click to the next slide and read the sentence with the beginning letter of the missing word. Do you know what it is? Click again to see if you are right.