1. Plant a Garden at Old MacDonald’s Phonics Farm! Whitney Imhoff May 12, 2009

2. Child Activity Professor Garfield  Phonics Games  Matching Games Get Ready to Read  Phonics Games  Interactive Stories

3. Reflections Journals - Motivation Reflection Daily Entry (Parent = Left Side) Strategy Tried (at least 3 days) Amount of Time Personal Response (questions, concerns) Response / Feelings (Child = Right Side)

4. Introduction - OAT OAT  Decode - Reading Stretch the Sounds Blend Together Names Make Up Similar Say First Letter Joey carried her pail to the living room and settled into the window seat… (MARCH 205) The word microbe is made from two other words: micro, meaning small, and bios, meaning life. (MAY 2008)

5. Introduction - OAT OAT  Encode - Spelling Find and Copy Provable Answers Match Sounds Say, Stretch, Tap, Write C.O.P.S Capitals (Box) Order (Reread) Punctuation (Circle) Spelling (Sight Words Correct)

6. Introduction - OAT OAT  Keywords in Text Write Key Word Main Idea – Sentence, Paragraph  Keywords in Questions Circle Action Describe List Compare GIVE DETAILS – Provable

7. Discussion Phonemic Awareness / Phonics Adams, M.J., Foorman, B., Lundberg, I., & Beeler, T. (2004). Phonemic activities for the preschool or elementary classroom. Readingrockets. Retrieved March 10, 2009, from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/377?theme=print  Sequence of Sounds – Order  Nonsense Words  Clapping Names – Syllables  Finding Things – Initial Phonemes  Take a Sound Away – Analysis  Add a Sound – Synthesis  Two Sound Words – Two Phonemes Blend  Troll Talk – Blend Sounds into Words

8. Discussion Sitton Spelling  Do unit skills at home  Talk about sounds and patterns  Sound out, review rule, or tell word (exceptions) 2 vowels go walking, first does the talking Sneaky “e” makes vowels say their name Compound words, word families Kiss the cat – try c for /k/ unless by a watch out vowel e,i,y FLOSS rule – double f, l, s, or z if end of short vowel word Strategies  Elkonian Boxes - Sounds  Tic-Tac-Toe – Game Board  Making Words – Real / Nonsense

9. Parent – Child Activity Journals  Weekly Triangle 3 Things Learned 2 Strategies to Try 1 Self-Challenge Discuss Strategies  Choose 2 Potted Plant  Child – Decorate Plant Pot  Parent – Use Strategies What rhymes with soil? – Real and Nonsense Clap the names of vegetables that could be planted – Syllables What does flower begin with? – Initial Sounds