Handwriting Tips:
Honeybee
Most kids have little or no difficulty making the letter "h". Teach them to first make an h and then turn it into a b.
Handwriting Without Tears "Magic c"
c turns into d
Make a c, up like a helicopter then come back down.
Spelling Practice Ideas
Spelling aerobics-spell words on body or arm
Dry erase board and marker
Letter tiles/Make paper letters with thick crayon
Cheerleader spelling ~make spelling words into cheers
Spell the words in flattened Play Dough with a white colored pencil
Tape record yourself spelling the words and then play them back
Spell the words using a flashlight in a dark room
Type or write them on the iPad
Build a word with legos
Shower spelling
Sing/Rap
Jump rope, Jumping jacks, bounce a ball while spelling the words
For more ideas visit
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/75-fun-ways-to-practice-and-learn.html
Spelling websites:
www.spellingcity.com
www.kidsspell.com
There are 220 Dolch sight words that make up between 50-70% of the words we encounter in text. Many of these words can not be sounded out and should be learned to read by "sight". Below are some websites that will help your child learn these high frequency sight words and help increase reading fluency.
sightwords.com/sight-words/dolch/
http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
http://k12reader.com/dolch-word-list/
http://www.turtlediary.com
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/context-and-definitions/
Check out http://www.readingbear.org/. It teaches beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English. The best part is it is free!
More free websites to check out:
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
www.abcya.com
https://www.storylineonline.net
http://henryanker.com/
www.mathschase.com/ is a free website to practice multiplication facts
Honeybee
Most kids have little or no difficulty making the letter "h". Teach them to first make an h and then turn it into a b.
Handwriting Without Tears "Magic c"
c turns into d
Make a c, up like a helicopter then come back down.
Spelling Practice Ideas
Spelling aerobics-spell words on body or arm
Dry erase board and marker
Letter tiles/Make paper letters with thick crayon
Cheerleader spelling ~make spelling words into cheers
Spell the words in flattened Play Dough with a white colored pencil
Tape record yourself spelling the words and then play them back
Spell the words using a flashlight in a dark room
Type or write them on the iPad
Build a word with legos
Shower spelling
Sing/Rap
Jump rope, Jumping jacks, bounce a ball while spelling the words
For more ideas visit
http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/10/75-fun-ways-to-practice-and-learn.html
Spelling websites:
www.spellingcity.com
www.kidsspell.com
There are 220 Dolch sight words that make up between 50-70% of the words we encounter in text. Many of these words can not be sounded out and should be learned to read by "sight". Below are some websites that will help your child learn these high frequency sight words and help increase reading fluency.
sightwords.com/sight-words/dolch/
http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm
http://k12reader.com/dolch-word-list/
http://www.turtlediary.com
http://www.vocabulary.co.il/context-and-definitions/
Check out http://www.readingbear.org/. It teaches beginning readers vocabulary and concepts while systematically introducing all the main phonetic patterns of written English. The best part is it is free!
More free websites to check out:
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
www.abcya.com
https://www.storylineonline.net
http://henryanker.com/
www.mathschase.com/ is a free website to practice multiplication facts