Getting Ready to Read and Beginning to Read, Week Two
Week Two of Getting Ready to Read and Beginning to Read at Steveston Community Centre, Fall 2011
In Getting Ready to Read this week, we talked about letter “G”. As adults, we know that “G” can make two different sounds. The sound we hear in garden, gate, go, green, gloves, glue is referred to as the hard “G” sound. This is the “G” sound we talked about in class.
As the children move ahead with reading, they will learn that “G” also makes the sound we hear in gym, giraffe, gem, giant. This sound is referred to as the soft “G” sound. We are not going to confuse the children by introducing the soft “G” sound at this stage. When they are ready to learn about the soft “G” sound, you will want to know that “G” usually makes the hard sound when it is followed by “A” (gate), “O” (go), “U” (gum) or a consonant (great). It usually makes the soft “G” sound when followed by “E” (gem), “I” (giant) or “Y” (gym).
Our story this week was Honk! – The Story of a Prima Swanerina written by Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrated by Henry Cole.
Honk!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina at Amazon.com
Honk!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina at Amazon.ca
In Beginning to Read this week we talked about the “et” word family (bet, get, jet, let, met, net, pet, set, wet). Our tricky word was “quiet.”
Our theme was Bathtime and we played a fishing game – fishing for rubber ducks (each had one of our word family words on it). Our story was Once Upon a Bathtime by Vi Hughes and illustrated by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin.
For more bathtime fun, check out our free downloads
Bathtime Chants
Add actions to these fun chants for bathtime. A free printable for home and preschool.
I love using word families with beginning readers. If you wish, you can download and print off more word family materials for your child here.
Once Upon A Bathtime at Amazon.com
Once Upon a Bathtime at Amazon.ca
