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 ​Reading Buddy Toolbox

As volunteers, we always take our assignments from our assigned teachers. We've put together this toolbox at your school to augment and provide context to those assignments.
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 ●Magnetic Letter Tray
●Dry Erase Board with 2 Markers and an Eraser
    
 

There are 4 kits:

  1. CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant)
  2. Digraphs (two letters for 1 sound, th)
  3. Blends (two letters and you hear both letters, bl)
  4. Magic e (kite, silent e makes the i say its name)


In each kit are a series of instructions on what letters to remove from the magnet tray and what words the student is to make with those letters.

This activity teaches students how to monitor for a visual and auditory match.  The sounds the student hears in a word match the letters they see!

It also teaches left to right visual scanning across a word 

video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0PPFjjO_W4

Making Words with Skill Kits


 

ACTIVITY BINDERS - KINDERGARTEN, 1ST & 2ND GRADES

There are multiple activities in each, complete with instructions.  More activities will be added as the year progresses.

For instance, an activity called Secret CVC Words can be for both 1st and 2nd grades. The student looks at the image and determines the first letter of that object. 

Gum, so g, elephant so e, tongue so t.  The CVC word is get.

An example for Kindergarten is Beginning Sounds.  The student will look at the picture and match magnetic letters from the tray to the appropriate picture representing that beginning sound. There are additional activities detailed in the directions.

In all cases, the goal is to have fun with your students as they learn new skills!

Games to Play Using the Toolbox