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Learn to Write
Spelling/reading
Although a child is not required to do the lessons in the order below, I would still recommend it. The Letter blends are offered in a loose 'easiest to hardest' order and each lesson is progressive in adding phonetic rules. Click on each item to take you to a page that gives more detail on teaching the concept.
Preschool topics: Letters - Know the sounds for all the consonants Letters - Know the short vowel sounds Letters - Identify the name of each letter Letters - Recognize that a Capital and lowercase version of the same letter means the same sound (and name). Letters - Learning the Alphabet Order (alphabet song) Speech Skills Book Skills Kindergarten topics: Short Vowel 'a' words Short Vowel 'i' words Short Vowel 'o' words Short Vowel 'u' words Short Vowel 'e' words 2-Letter Blends - BL, FL, CL, GL 2-Letter Blends - BR, FR, GR, DR variation in vowel - ALL 2-Letter Blends - PL, SW, SK, -NK 2-Letter Blends - CR, TR, SL 2-Letter Blends - PR, -ND variation in vowel - OW (as in 'cow'), & - SL 2-Letter Blends - SM, CR, SN, NT 2-Letter Blends - ST, -MP 2-Letter Blends - SH , TW variation in vowel - EE 2-Letter Blends - TH, -CK 2-Letter Blends - CH, SC 2-Letter Blends - WH, QU 2-Letter Blends - -LK 2-Letter Blends - -FT variation in vowel - OO variation in vowel - AR variation in vowel - IR, ER |
Grammar/Handwriting
Concepts in this section do not need to be learned in the exact order given.
Preschool Topics: Proper Grip on Writing Instrument Forming Letters Forming Numbers Using Lined paper to size letters Sequencing Listening Skills Rhyming Words Syllables Child's Name Space between words Kindergarten Topics: Capitalize the word 'I' What is a Sentence? Full Stop (period) at the end of a sentence Capitalize the first letter of a sentence Capitalize people's names Question mark at the end of a question Letters vs. Words Know a vowel vs. a consonant Exclamation point Introduce nouns Review Rhyming Add an 's' on the end to pluralize a word Review Opposites Using titles (Mr. & Mrs.) Use 'A' vs. 'An' properly How to read a comma (,) Quotation marks (") Abbreviations Using commas with the word 'but' Silent 'e' and long vowels Review nouns Introduce verbs Introduce adjectives Pluralizing special endings (i.e. 'x', 'sh', 's') Using contractions (i.e. I'm, Can't, Don't, etc.) Possessive ( 's) Ending past tense with 'ed' Using commas with lists Capitalize days of the week Present tense with 'ing' |