O Family Pack 1 Site
O Family Pack 1 Site
O Family Pack 1 Site
Tuesday to Thursday:
Space the activities in this pack over the days Tuesday to Thursday. Choose those suitable for your child but try to get a range of
different activities each day; reading, writing and consonant blend work. If there is an activity your child enjoys, the feel free to
repeat it.
Friday
Do this dictation.
The dog is on the box. The fat cat ran at the dog.
Lesson For the child to know these five words so well that s/he does not need to sound them out (although the child should never be
Aims: told off if s/he needs to do so). When the words are very well known this requirement will naturally drop away but until then
it is the child’s security.
You need 5 counters. Place 1 counter on each circle as a reward. Up to 5 counters can be rewarded in a lesson. Reward for cooperation and
effort during each activity. Start with a counter if the child says the vowels - whether correctly or not. Reward another for being willing to
read the words on the list - whether correct/or not/need to sound out/or not. Reward for willingness to persevere when the going gets tough.
Give a chance before not rewarding. Do not make it a punishment to not get a counter, just refuse to give one. Do not reward for sulking/
arguing. Do not take counters away - just do not give them.
Try to be generous and encourage the child to do the right thing as much as possible. Praise genuine effort and success. Tell the child what
he has done well. Extra counters can be rewarded for above ordinary success/effort. Aim to give 5 every lesson if at all possible. Train the
child to appreciate the sense of having achieved and cooperated. Understand that this is hard work and painful for him – the incentive just
helps to ease the way and one day hopefully you can drop it.
on top box
dog frog of
fox got hot
not stop lost
Key skills: letter formation
o o o o o o
O O O O O O
Draw yourself under the tree. Place a counter over each apple. Pick the apples by lifting the counter and
reading the word on the apple. Practice until you can read them all easily.
top
on dog
frog box
Key skills: blending tracking word recognition
Practice reading the words across the lines. Start slowly and try and increase in speed each day.
Accuracy is the most important thing- so go at a speed that allows you to be accurate.
Spread the /a/ and /o/ family word cards (only those being studied this week) on the table.
Read a sentence a word at a time, giving time for the child to find each word and lay it in position to make a row.
Then ask the child to read the completed sentence, pointing to each word as it is said.
After dictating some sentences to the child, allow the child to use the cards to make sentences of his/her own and read
them back.
Keep to the same words. Start with short sentences and build up to longer ones. Do not overdo this - you can always do
some more another day. Here are some suggestions:
on top of
Key skills: blending phonemic awareness auditory processing
1. Cut out the strip of letters below.
2. In turn, place each letter in the box and sound out the word you have made.
3. If it is a real word, write it on a line. Read your words when you have 6 words. Can you hear that they end in the same way?
We say that these words rhyme!
b t d n f j c l
Key skills: blending phonemic awareness auditory processing
1. Cut out the strip of letters below.
2. In turn, place each letter in the box and sound out the word you have made.
3. If it is a real word, write it on a line. Read your words when you have 6 words. Can you hear that they end in the same way?
We say that these words rhyme!
h w l m p j t z
Key skills: blending phonemic awareness auditory processing
1. Cut out the strip of letters below.
2. In turn, place each letter in the box and sound out the word you have made.
3. If it is a real word, write it on a line. Read your words when you have 6 words. Can you hear that they end in the same way?
We say that these words rhyme!
c m g h l n p z
Key skills: blending tracking word recognition
dag dog
Key skills: blending tracking word recognition