Plant a Garden at Old MacDonald’s Phonics Farm!

Whitney Imhoff

May 12, 2009

Child Activity

Professor Garfield Phonics Games Matching Games

Get Ready to Read Phonics Games Interactive Stories

Reflections

Journals - Motivation ReflectionDaily Entry (Parent = Left Side)

Strategy Tried (at least 3 days) Amount of Time Personal Response (questions, concerns) Response / Feelings (Child = Right Side)

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)

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)

Introduction - OAT

OAT Keywords in Text

Write Key Word• Main Idea – Sentence, Paragraph

Keywords in Questions Circle Action

• Describe • List• Compare • GIVE DETAILS – Provable

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

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

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