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Learning to read is the most fun whenever the materials are colorful and engaging and the activities are clever and effective. That is why I love this month's free download from our sponsor Lectura para niños! The download is a set of engaging worksheets to accompany McGraw-Hill's Lectura Maravillas reading program that Leah uses with her students.
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This week focuses on the letter G and new sight words: quién and al. It also reviews all previous words taught from the other little reader books.
Each week these books get progressively harder while adding a new letter/syllable of the week as well as 2 new sight words.
The 1st and 2nd pages introduce picture vocabulary that begin with the sound /g/. The 2nd page also provides a game board to use as you wish. In my class I teach them how to play so when I send this home for homework, they can play with their family to make reading a little bit more fun. In class, we mainly just read around the board. This helps the child focus on the word. I like the colors with this game because children with visual focusing disorders have a hard time tracking. The colors help with this.
On the 3rd page there is fluency practice to review a) lowercase letters taught to date, b) uppercase letters taught to date, c) sight words taught to date, d) syllables of the week
With my INTENSIVE students, I make sure if there is an error made, we go back two letters and keep reviewing until we have the letter correct.
With my at level and above level students, we read this page for speed and automaticity.
On the 4th page the students have to
a) Listen to the teacher say 2 words that begin with the /g/ sound and find a picture that begins with this sound.
b) Listen to the teacher say 2 words with the /g/ sound in the middle of the word, then find a picture that has the /g/ sound in the middle of the word.
On the 5th page, the students have to
a) Look at the picture at the beginning of the column, then circle the WORD that has the same BEGINNING sound.
b) Look at the picture at the beginning of the column, then circle the WORD that has the same MIDDLE sound.
Leah says:
This week focuses on the letter G and new sight words: quién and al. It also reviews all previous words taught from the other little reader books.
Each week these books get progressively harder while adding a new letter/syllable of the week as well as 2 new sight words.
On the 3rd page there is fluency practice to review a) lowercase letters taught to date, b) uppercase letters taught to date, c) sight words taught to date, d) syllables of the week
With my INTENSIVE students, I make sure if there is an error made, we go back two letters and keep reviewing until we have the letter correct.
With my at level and above level students, we read this page for speed and automaticity.
On the 4th page the students have to
a) Listen to the teacher say 2 words that begin with the /g/ sound and find a picture that begins with this sound.
b) Listen to the teacher say 2 words with the /g/ sound in the middle of the word, then find a picture that has the /g/ sound in the middle of the word.
On the 5th page, the students have to
a) Look at the picture at the beginning of the column, then circle the WORD that has the same BEGINNING sound.
b) Look at the picture at the beginning of the column, then circle the WORD that has the same MIDDLE sound.
On the 6th page, the students have to read words and draw a line to the corresponding pictures.
On the 7th page, the students have to practice segmenting words while looking at the sounds as well as with their eyes closed!
On the 8th page, the students have to read the sentence and draw a line to the picture that corresponds with the sentence.
This link will take you to all of the little reader books that I have created to go along with Maravillas reading series. You do not need this series in order to use these books. These books all reinforce phonemic awareness and phonics in the Spanish homeschool and or classroom.
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On the 7th page, the students have to practice segmenting words while looking at the sounds as well as with their eyes closed!
On the 8th page, the students have to read the sentence and draw a line to the picture that corresponds with the sentence.
This link will take you to all of the little reader books that I have created to go along with Maravillas reading series. You do not need this series in order to use these books. These books all reinforce phonemic awareness and phonics in the Spanish homeschool and or classroom.