For example, after doing the Long a work you should be able to "add a silent e" as one of your strategies to write a long vowel word. Also, if you see a long vowel word in your reading, you can use this information to sound the word out.
can cane
short vowel long vowel
You can see how one letter sound can completely change the meaning of a word.
Directions For Starfall Homework
Below, you will find directions for completing Starfall homework.(This information is also in your Language book.)
Click on the link below. When you are on the Starfall site, click on Learn To Read.
There are 3 main sections on this page - Play, Book, and Skills.
The activities on this page are numbered (red numbers on left side of page). Scroll down to the number I have asked you to work on, and follow the directions below.
Play (This section has 2 games for each red number.)
1. Go to the game number I have asked you to work on.
2. Play the game and write the words you make into your Language book.
(Sound the words out loud!!)
3. Make up a sentence for each word and write the sentences into your Language book.
4. Read your sentences out loud at least 2 times to make sure they;
*make sense and sound right;
*have articles before nouns; (a dog, an octopus, the store)
*start with capital letters and end with punctuation. ( . ? ! )
5. What is the game you played trying to teach you? (Answer in a sentence.)
(I may ask you to do something different with the 2nd game like a word sort, alphabetize the words, make up a word search, etc. I will let you know when I assign the work.)
Book (A story based on the phonics skills just learned from the games in 'Play".)
1. Go to the story I have picked for you to read.
2. Try to read it to the end without help. (Click the words only if you can't work them out.)
3. Read the story again. Copy the sentence from each page, after you have read it, into your Language book. Use a coloured pencil to mark the sound being taught every time you see it in your copied sentences. (For example, if the long a is being taught, mark every long a in the story with a long vowel line above the long a and an arrow from the silent e to the long a.)
4. Read the story again from the computer, and then again from the sentences you copied. Look carefully, there should be NO copying mistakes.
5. Make sure you know all the words and are reading fluently.
Skills (Various activities to review or consolidate a skill.)
1. Go to the skill I have picked for you.
2. Watch the whole movie/video.
3. What is it trying to teach you? Write a sentence or two about it in your Language book. Remember to write a title first.
4. Copy the words from the movie/video into your Language book.
5. Make up 10 more words following the same pattern. You may look in books for help.
Click here to go to Starfall.
