Kindergarten
Students will continue to work with word families to create rhyming words and they will listen for short /i/ at the beginning of words. Students will blend words saying individual sounds while sliding chips into Elkonin boxes. They will segment words by chopping it into individual sounds. Students will also add and delete sounds at the beginning of words to create new words.
First Grade
Students will create rhyming words specific to categories and word families. They will blend individual sounds and will chop the sounds into individual phonemes. Students will identify final sounds within a series of words, they will substitute, add, and delete sounds in words. Students will also work with -r blends this week: dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, br, & cr.
Second Grade
Students will continue to work with singular possessive nouns, base words, and noun endings. They will continue to write in their journals, trying to include words that have the nd, ng, or nk endings. Students will also listen to a read-aloud this week while focusing on comprehension, specifically cause/effect and questioning.