Jedi Reading - ET Word Family with free printable

We are moving on with the Jedi Reading program that I have been working on with my kindergartener, Kaleb. Kaleb wasn't quite ready to learn to read but he had already learned all of his letters and sounds. So, instead of putting reading off for a year, I created a small reading program that focuses on word families. This week, Kaleb focused on the ET word family.

Kaleb practiced the words by reading the word cards and covering the word with a counter chip.

He made his words with the linking word blocks. I love using these, they definitely make learning how to read "hands-on."

He matched the words with the pictures using a free worksheet that I found from Polka Dots Please (link below).

He worked on a word search, finding the ET word family words. This came from Kindergarten Works (link below).

As a review, every day, Kaleb reads the words from the word sliders. They have just about all of the word families that we have worked on so far.

Another hands-on activity, he makes the words using the magnetic letters. I try to include all kinds of activities that will engage him to learn the word families. HE works well with this type of learning. If you would like to download the Jedi Reading file, link is below. Hope you have an awesome day.

Download Jedi Reading ET Word Family HERE.

Links

Polks Dots Please - has some activities for the ET word family.

The Kindergarten Connection - has another free emergent reader for the ET family.

Kindergarten Rocks - has a word search for the word family ET.

Kaitlyn Albani - has the bubble gum cut and paste activity for the ET word family.



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Jedi Reading - EN Word Family with free printable

We are continuing with our Jedi Reading series and Kaleb had moved on to the short E word families. This week, we worked on learning EN words. I typically stay away from blends but Kaleb has asked me to include them, so I included the words then and when.

We start our word family practice by reading the word cards and making the words with the letter magnets. This gives him hands-on practice while he is learning to read.

He played a simple game that I found at The Printable Princess but it seems she took the free printable game down - sorry:(  He spun the paper clip and covered the word for the picture selected.

He worked through one of the games that I created for Jedi Reading. He spun the paper clip and wrote the word that was chosen. This game is in the Jedi Reading pack (link below).

Using the word cards that I created for the word family, he picks a card, reads it, and then covers the word on his word board. We practice this often during the week.

He worked on a word sort that I found from This Reading Mama (link below).  He read the word cards and sorted them to the short e word families.

He stamped his words for the week. He really likes this activity. I found this freebie at Melissa Moran's TPT store (link below).

And he practiced the words using the alphabet linking blocks. Kaleb passed his Jedi test and earned his EN light saber. I am so proud of him and his reading progress. If you would like the Jedi Reading games for EN word family, click on the link below. Have an awesome day.

Download Jedi Reading - EN Word Family HERE.

Links

This Reading Mama - has a free printable emergent reader for the EN word family plus some games.

1 plus 1 plus 1 = 1 - has a mini unit for the EN word family.

Hubbard's Cupboard - has some free EN word family emergent readers.

Melissa Moran - has a free EN word house printable that we used.

The Teaching Texan - has a free EN craft that is super cute and easy to do. We had already done this and I didn't want to repeat it.

K Play - has a super cute pond based word sort game for free download.

Jedi Reading - ED Word Family with free printable

Another installment of our new reading program - Jedi Reading. This is a simple program that uses practice of word families to aid in learning how to read. My son Kaleb had already learned all of the sounds of the alphabet but he wasn't ready to move on to a formal reading program this year. So I developed a program that would help him recognize word families to keep on the path of learning to read. We have moved on the E CVC words. This week, Kaleb worked on the ED word family.

I began to add some sight words in our word study. I made a small ring of sight word flash cards and we review them daily.

Kaleb worked on an ED worksheet that I found from Kindergarten Mom (link below).

Kaleb loved his word linking blocks. He worked with them for his ED words.

Riley, in the back ground, likes working with the math linking blocks as well.

I added the word Jedi to his reading list. He thought it was great. It is an ED word, sort of:)

Again, Kaleb working with his linking blocks and, from the table, you can see our reading materials - word sliders, sight word ring, emergent readers, etc...

I always try to find an emergent reader with the current word family. Sometimes, it is difficult but this week I found one from This Reading Mama (link below).

Kaleb felt that my sight word ring was missing some sight words that we were coming in contact with. So, he made a few of his own that he thought belonged so he could practice.

Kaleb is finishing his week with his Jedi test. He has several layers of testing to complete before he can earn his light saber. Here, he is stamping the words that I said to him. He passed his reading test and earned his light saber. Yay!

Download Jedi Reading Games - ED Word Family HERE.

Links

Kindergarten Mom - has a set of free ED worksheets.

This Reading Mama - has the free ED word family Emergent reader.

Our 24 Family Ways with free printable

We finished our sibling bible study and we are onto another devotional - Our 24 Family Ways by Clay Clarkson. I wanted to continued our morning bible time but didn't want to pick up Telling God's Story Book 2 until next school year. I found this complete with coloring pages which seems to be the fav right now with my kids. To go along with this bible study I made several notebook sheets. My first draft of notebook sheets included too much writing for the time I allotted for our bible study. So, I changed it and now, they are art journaling. After every reading, they draw a few things to help them remember what was read.

There is a memory verse for each week so I try to find an extra coloring sheet for the verse. They can color it while I read.

Our first week of Our 24 Family Ways - our journal page, verse coloring sheet, and the coloring sheet from the book.

Here's a view of both Kaleb's and J's journal sheets for the week. The write the memory verse in the bracket and the family way at top. They draw what they want to remember from the bible readings.

This is my completed bible journaling page for our new devotion. Notice there are only four squares for journaling through the week. I just couldn't manage five squares but I figure they can journal Friday's lesson on the back. Each day they work a lesson, the color in the number flag. If you would like a copy of my journal page as well as the others I created that required more writing, look below. I hope you enjoy these. The kids and I have - I am right beside them for this and I like how these pages are working out. See you soon.

Download Bible Journaling Pages HERE

Frog & Toad Mini Unit

Recently, we have obtained some tickets to see a play called A Year With Frog and Toad. I couldn't think of a better time to do a mini unit on the Frog and Toad books. I was hoping to finish the unit for all of the books before the play but that might not happen since we are finishing up our other literature unit. We will at least have two of the books finished though, which is better than nothing. My fourth grader wanted to join in on the fun as well even though she read those books several years ago.

As I researched items and activities to do with Frog and Toad, I couldn't find anything out there that was free. I truly sat down one night intending to complete my own unit and printables for them when I found a Frog and Toad Reader's Notebook by Michael Friermood (link below). It isn't free but I had to decide if I had the time to create my own unit (while in fact I am working on many others) or buy one. I was truly looking for a lap book but the reader notebooks looked super cute. I liked how I could print two notebooks on one sheet of paper and how they were able to be used with my older and younger child. I took the plunge and bought the three pack.

Each notebook has a pre-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activity. There were review questions and vocabulary, learning about toads and frogs, drawing and researching. The kids loved them! Here are a few of the activities that we accomplished with our unit.

J is working on drawing her picture of what makes her grumpy for the pre-reading activity of chapter one.

Kaleb is working on his vocabulary word of green. He drew a picture that matched the definitions of the word in each block.

We learned about the differences between frogs and toads. They completed a Venn diagram and watched a mini movie (links below). We went to the play and they loved it. It was a cute musical about Frog and Toad's Year and it had every part that we read in the books. Love it! Hope you have an awesome weekend.

Links

Parents as Partners - has a youtube video of the differences between frogs and toad, complete with review questions at the end.

Michael Friermood - has the bundle for the Frog and Toad book, reader notebooks.

Happily Ever After Education - has the free printable Venn diagram and a writing project for the differences between frogs and toads.

Jedi Reading - AB Family with free printable

My son Kaleb is currently in kindergarten and, if you have been following along, he wasn't quite ready for a formal reading program yet. He did, however, know all of the letters and sounds of the alphabet and I just couldn't see going back thru the alphabet one more time. But I did not want him to lose the letter sounds and I still wanted to work on some reading with him. I created Jedi Reading. It combines his favorite - Star Wars AND my favorite - reading. Instead of a formal reading program, I am concentrating only on word families that fit into the CVC category (no blends and no long vowels for the moment). This week, we concentrated on the AB word family.

I always try to find a beginning reader for the word family but it is proving to be too difficult. I couldn't find one for the AB word family, so we created our own story. It was called Gab the Cab. We wrote a simple silly story about Gab the Cab going to the lab to nab Tab. (My mom will get that joke.) Kaleb illustrated it and we used it for the whole week of the AB family.

He worked on an AB word family sort. This free printable came from Spelling and Technology (link below).

He used paper letter tiles to create the AB word family using this free worksheet from Lettie's Lessons (link below).

He practiced his words using the letter blocks. I believe this was the best purchase for him this year. I love that the blocks are blue and red for letters and vowels. He likes building the words.

He took his Jedi test which requires him to read his reader, make the words with magnets, make the words with the letter blocks, and write the words. He does all of this without any help or the reading cards. I call a word to him and he writes/makes it. No cheating:)

He is working on his words with the letter magnets. We were using the magnets from All About Reading but I decided to use the magnet letters that I bought. They are all different colors but I think they are easier to use at the moment.

He passed his Jedi test and he placed all of his word cards on the word wall as well as his lightsaber for the AB family. I had planned on moving on to the short e words but I changed my mind. We will do a week of Short A review with a few new printable Star Wars games - stay tuned:)

Download Jedi Reading Printable for the AB word family HERE.

Links

Education - has a free worksheet matching the AB words.

Spelling and Technology - has a free AB word family printable using bubbles. and another set of AB word family printables.

Lettie's Lessons - has some free AB word family printables as well.

My Father's Dragon - Part 2

We are on our second week of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stilles Gannett. Kaleb is loving his map of Elmer Elevator's adventures. We worked hard to complete the book this week and put together our lap book.

After every chapter that we read, Kaleb makes each animal from paper scraps and places them on his map. He has really taken to this activity - I must think of more map activities for him!

He made a paper plate tiger after Elmer Elevator came across the seven tigers and convinced them to chew gum, instead of chewing him!

He cleaned the rhino tusk - an egg that was soaked in soda. He used toothpaste and a toothbrush. Rhino was very happy after he cleaned the tusk:)

Another project that Kaleb enjoyed was creating his paper plate lion with the crazy hair. He used pipe cleaners for hair and notice the sad face on the lion. He was super unhappy about his messed-up mane.

Kaleb fixed the lion's mane by tying ribbons and making curls. The lion was ready to see his mom.

He added the lion to his map complete with a ribbon bow.

I made a find the word activity for the chapter where Elmer meets the gorilla. The gorilla has fleas that he can't get rid of and Elmer gives the monkeys magnifying glasses to find the fleas. For this activity, I placed the words that he was working on (AB words) in small print on a gorilla and had Kaleb find them and write them. He asked me to make more of these word searches.

Lastly, he made a dragon mask to end the unit on My Father's Dragon. We put all of his mini books into a lap book and we have moved on to the next book in the series - Elmer and the Dragon. Not so much to do for this next book but still much fun to read. See you soon.