Mrs.Folkerts Grade 1 Adventures in Primary 

These are the sight words we have learned by memory:  a, and, it, see, the, is  (We flashcard review everyday)

Now that we have finished learning all the single letter alphabet sounds, we are beginning to learn the multi-letter phonogram sounds. I will be sending home booklets to help with home review: (a blue book containing all the single letter sounds your child should by now be familiar with and a light green booklet for your reference of these sounds we are currently learning. (front page list of phonograms, back of same page sounds associated–for your reference to practise at home)  Learning these phonogram sounds is another great aid for helping your child decode words, as they begin the road of reading.  Phonograms learned so far: sh, th, ee, oo, er   (If you have any questions, regarding these booklets, please feel free to contact me via e-mail for further clarification.

Regularly we are working on word families:  at, an, ad, et, og, etc. whereby we put a consonant sound infront of the word family creating a word we can sound out (e.g. c-at=cat, b-at=bat, p-et=pet, d-og=dog) etc. Much of this is large group oral, and the students are doing great with this pre-reading, sounding out skill.