Reading

We have now finished all the letters!!!  We will be focusing on reading and 
writing.
You can practice at home by giving your child a word and asking them to tell 
you a complete sentence using that word.



Popcorn Words:
     Popcorn words(sight words)are words that keep "popping up" around us.  
They are high frequency words that are repeated often in books and 
environmental print.  These words will help us to become more fluent readers 
and writers.  We will be studying a couple of words a week.  I am sending 
home a Popcorn Word Flashcard Ring which we will be adding new words to each 
week  and this is a good way for you to practice them at home.  Please help 
your child find a bookshelf or special place to keep the flashcard ring so 
they may practice often and add the new words I will be sending home in the 
Friday Behavior folder each week.  Each of these words will also be added to 
our classroom Word Wall.  The children will be able to use the Word Wall 
while they write in their journals.  Each word will be introduced using 
activities such as chanting, spelling, writing them on dry erase boards and 
playing games.

I, a, at, the, see, and, go, no, you, is, me, be, good, look, Boo, Zoo, had, 
in, get, to, has, can, red, one, blue, two, three, he, she, like, love, mom, 
dad, was, yellow ....