Skip to main content

My Reading Specialist

Search This Blog

New Posts Coming Soon!

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Hi Y'All! Sorry there have been no posts this week. Hubby and I were house-hunting out of state, but I will be back up and running Monday.
Please stay tuned!

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular Posts

Why do preschoolers revert to improper past tense?

My husband asked me a great question the other night "why has our almost 4 year old all of a sudden reverted back to poor past-tense usage?" I had noticed as well that our son, who has extremely good verbal skills for a boy his age, had started using odd word choices for past tense, such as: "like-ed" "good-ed", etc. The reason I have found after years of working with children as a Reading Specialist, is that at this age children tend to start analyzing the oral language and their usage of it. Beforehand, they were merely recreating the speech patterns they heard around them, but now (around 3.5 or later depending upon the child) they are starting to think about the words they say and the patterns in which they say them. It is very common at this age that they begin to say the "ed" sound at the end of words, or pause to rethink words with improper past tense, such as: flew (for fly), and went (for go). I find that when my son started to do

Why High Frequency Words Are So Important

High Frequency words (or Sight Words) are grouped into lists of 100 of the most commonly found words in the English language. At my public school (in California) it is suggested that students master the first 100 words by the end of first grade, up to 200 words by second, 300 by third, etc. When I say master, I mean they must be able to read the word immediately without a chance to sound it out. High frequency words (HFW) are often called sight words because they must be memorized by sight. The reason for this is that many HFWs can not be sounded out. These words should be memorized a few at a time, and constantly revisited until the child is able to read, write, and spell them easily. Here is a link to lists of high frequency words . Often you will see the words Dolch or Fry's which refers to the author who compiled the list. At my school we frequently use the Fry's list of HFWs . There are many different ways to teach sight words, and I feel that the flashcard met

Lakeshore Products I Am Using Right Now For My Early Reader

This first product from Lakeshore Learning is the Word Detective Slider . These cards are fantastic because they have 3-letter consonant-vowel-consonant words that can be sounded out by your reader on his/her own. It also helps with the various colors to distinguish between the beginning sound, vowel sound in the middle, and ending sound. It comes with a sheet of directions, and is easy enough for your reader to do on their own. The second product I am using is the Phonics Word Builder Card Library and a pocket chart . I really like this particular card library for many reasons: It contains every consonant, vowel, blend and digraph in English It has multiples of every letter so you can make most words It has a different color for every skill (vowels are red, etc) The letters are printed in ball-and-stick which is used now in most schools They are on sturdy card stock and just the right size for a pocket chart These letter are really good for building your own words, or for

Powered by Blogger