Exploring Word Families: A Lively Beginning Reading Class
In this ongoing class, emerging readers will use songs, stories, games, writing, social and listening skills while building reading confidence using short vowel word families.
Kelly Bowe
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(322)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekAssessment
Informal assessment during classClass Experience
If your child has a strong grasp of most letter sounds and names or has started to blend words to read, then this will be a great fit to build skills and confidence on their reading journey. Each class includes: *A song to introduce the week’s word family *Many colorful slides to keep the class engaged *A story, with pictures, they may listen to to search for words from our family *Time to build, blend and read words from the family *A chance to practice writing and filling-in letters to make our words (Optional worksheets are provided, or they may “air write”, write on a white board or on their own paper) *Discriminating between words both in and out of our family with “Rhyme Time” *Playing a game to review and wrap-up Word Families we study include: at, ab, ad, ed, et, ell, it, im, og, ob, ut, ub (and many more!) **Your child may join in at any time, as we will be working on a new word family each week until we have completed them all and will then begin again with "at".**
Learning Goals
Students will:
*learn to blend sounds together to read short vowel words
*use auditory and visual discrimination to identify our word family words
*practice their rhyming
*practice their writing
*grow in confidence and independence in relation to their reading
*have fun as their reading skills develop!
Other Details
Supply List
Children may bring printed worksheets (to be provided) to class or may use a white board, pencil and paper or just write in the air if they would like.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2020
5.0
322reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in English from Hanover College
For 23 years I was a 3-6 Montessori teacher and I was able to guide children from sound acquisition through Word Building and writing, and beyond. I love to integrate song, games and a bit of silliness into my classes to make learning fun. I let the children know that "mistakes are how you learn" and that they should never be afraid to try!Reviews
Live Group Class
$13
weekly1x per week
30 min
Completed by 277 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-7
1-6 learners per class
