SEALS Welcome to Selinsgrove Elementary’s First Grade Literacy Night!

Capitalize dates and names of people, use end punctuation, and spell words drawing on common spelling patterns, phonemic awareness, and spelling conventions. Identify the main idea and retell key details of text.

Compare and contrast the adventures and experiences of character in stories. Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide range of text types. Form, write and support an opinion with reasons related to the opinion.

Phonics and Sight Word Activities You Can Practice With Your Child

o Phonics allows your child to connect the sounds he hears to the written letter or word.

1. White Board Spelling 2. Change-a-Letter frog bat c

3. Writing Words 4. Silent Rhyming hot pot not got

5. Bathtub Phonics 6. Word Family Collage

7. Fancy Fingers 8. Building Words hat hathat b a t d o g

o Sight words refer to the words that are most frequently used and repeated in books. Sight words are also sometimes referred to as high frequency words, star words or vocabulary words.

1. One Breath Word Boxes 2.I SPY Sight Word Bottles

3. Sight Word Swat what how can not 4. Hamburger/Pancake Flip Sight Words Flip Sight Words see when from

5. Sight Word Parking Lot 6. Mystery Words Coloring

7. Sight Word Aerobics t o p

8. Using Manipulatives

9. Sight Word Scavenger Hunt 10. Sight Word Relay the to a e f o b d g s n bu t

Guided Reading Guided reading occurs when a teacher meets with a small, flexible group of students with a common reading goal. During guided reading, your child has the opportunity to develop reading strategies in order to read increasingly difficult stories independently.

o Read aloud every day! o Answer your child’s questions, even if they interrupt the story.

o Talk as you read. Ask questions like: “What do you think is going to happen next?” “Why did that character do that?” “What would you do?”

o Read books that are interesting to your child. o Encourage your child!

o Have your child retell the story in his or her own words. o After finishing the book, talk with your child about what you read.

Thank You for Attending Selinsgrove Elementary’s First Grade Literacy Night!