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{Class Two}

Read Aloud Questions 2

Rhyming Memory Game 3

Willoughby Wallaby Woo 10

Nursery Rhymes 13

Sound Match Up 15

Say It! Clap It! Slap It! 20

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Plato Academy Class Two

Plato Academy

! Questions)to)ask)AS)you)read:)

What!do!you!think!will!happen!next?!!

What!does!_____!(the!name!of!a!character)!want?!!

Where!does!the!story!take!place?!!

Do!you!think!____!(the!name!of!a!character)!made!good!or!bad!choices?!Give!an!example.!!

How!does!this!story!make!you!feel?!)

Questions)to)ask)AFTER)you)read:))

What!is!the!same!about!this!book!and!_____!(the!name!of!another!book!you!have!read!together)?!!

What!do!you!think!happened!after!the!story!ended?!!

Do!you!think!_____!(the!name!of!a!character)!liked!the!way!the!story!!ended?!!

If!you!could!choose!one!character!from!the!story!to!be!your!friend,!who!would!you!choose!and!why?!!

Pretend!that!I!have!not!read!the!story.!Tell!me!what!happened.!!

If!you!were!in!the!story,!what!would!you!have!done!differently?!!

What!lesson!did!the!main!character!learn?!!

Would!this!book!be!a!good!movie?!Why?!!

Who!is!the!most!important!character!in!the!story?!!

-Read Aloud Questions-

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Whether you call this classic game “Memory” or “Concentration”, your child is guaranteed to love the challenge of hunting for rhyming pairs.

{Supplies}

Pages 4-‐‑9: Memory Game. Scissors.

{Time}

10 minutes

{Directions}

1. Cut out the memory game cards and spread them out face down on a flat surface.

2. Invite your child to turn over two cards and read the names of the pictures he sees out loud.

3. If the two words rhyme, your child keeps the cards.

4. If the two words don’t rhyme, he flips them back over and Player Two takes a turn.

5. The player who has the most matches when all of the cards have been turned over is the winner.


{Rhyming Memory Game}

ring fox flag

swing box bag

hat run house

bat sun mouse

stairs wall sock

bears ball lock

corn tree school

horn ski pool

cart shell light

heart bell kite

jar bone clip

car phone ship

bed duck frog

sled truck dog


{Supplies}

Pages 11-‐‑12: Willoughby Wallaby Woo.

Scissors.

Optional: Tape and craft stick.

Optional: Die, circle stickers and marker.

{Time}

5 minutes

{Directions}

1. Cut out one of the printable elephants. Optional: Attach a popsicle stick to the back using a piece of tape.

2. Use to sing the Willoughby Wallaby Woo song. Each time that you sing the name of someone new, place the elephant cutout above the person’s head.

3. Optional: Stick one circle sticker on each side of a die. Write a different consonant on every sticker. I like to use {m, r, z, t, l, f}. Roll the die. Sing the song using the letter that you roll. For instance, if you roll {r}, you would sing “Rilloughby Rallaby Roo…”

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{Willoughby Wallaby Woo}

This silly song is one of my kindergarteners’ favorite ways to practice rhyming.

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{Willoughby Wallaby Woo}

Willoughby wallaby woo, an elephant sat on you.

Willoughby wallaby wee, an elephant sat on me.

Willoughby wallaby /w/ , an elephant sat on __________.

Willoughby wallaby /w/ , an elephant sat on __________.

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{Supplies}

: Nursery Rhymes.

{Time}

10 minutes

{Directions}

1. Explain that your child is going to listen to a nursery rhyme and listen carefully for the words that rhyme.

2. Read the nursery rhyme out loud to her, making sure to exaggerate the rhyming words by saying them louder than the others.

3. Ask your child to name the words that rhyme.

4. As your child becomes better at identifying the rhyming words, use less and less exaggeration.

5. Optional: Write down the pairs of rhyming words. After you have written several sets, ask your child what she notices about the words. Do they end in the same letters? Typically, the answer is “yes”.

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{Nursery Rhymes}

Learning how to rhyme prepares children to recognize word patterns when they read and spell later. Nursery rhymes are a classic way to help children learn this skill because they are packed with them.

Nursery Rhymes for You and Your Child

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One for my master, one for my dame, And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle. The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such fun, And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule. It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school. And so the teacher turned it out but still it lingered near. And waited patiently about till Mary did appear. “Why does the lamb love Mary so?” the eager children cry. “Why Mary loves the lamb you know,” the teacher did reply.

Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn. The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn. But where’s the boy who looks after the sheep? He’s under a haystack fast asleep. Will you wake him? No, not I – for if I do, he’s sure to cry.

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{Supplies}

Pages 16-‐‑19: Sound Match Up.

Scissors.

{Time}

10 minutes

{Directions}

1. Cut out the pictures that are framed in black. 2. Place the black-‐‑framed cards upside down in a pile. 3. Ask your child to choose the top card and read the picture he sees out loud. 4. If your child is working on beginning sounds, he will lay the card next to the first

picture on the rainbow mat and say the name of both pictures out loud. If they start with the same sound, it’s a match and he will place the black-‐‑framed card in a pile on top of the picture. If they do not start with the same sound, your child will move the card to the next picture on the mat and try again.

5. If your child is working on ending sounds, he will lay the card next to the first picture on the rainbow mat and say the name of both pictures out loud. If they end with the same sound, it’s a match and he will place the black-‐‑framed card in a pile on top of the picture. If they do not end with the same sound, your child will move the card to the next picture on the mat and try again.

6. Play ends when all of the cards have been sorted into the correct spot on the mat.

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{Sound Match Up}

Listening for the beginning and ending sounds of words helps your child learn to sound out words he reads and spells later. This game is a power-‐‑packed activity to help your child practice a critical pre-‐‑reading skill.

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{Say It! Slap It! Clap It!}

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Breaking words into parts helps children spell words later. In this high-‐‑energy game, your child will playful practice separating words into syllables.

{Supplies}

: Say It! Clap It! Slap It!

{Time}

5 minutes

{Directions}

1. Explain that good readers can break words into parts. Today, you are going to play a fun game that will help your child learn how to do that.

2. Show your child how to play by giving an example. If you use the word {elephant}, you will first break it into parts as you say it out loud:

/el/ /e/ /phant/

Then clap it out: /el/ (clap) /e/ (clap) /phant/ (clap)

And finally, slap it out on the mat: /el/ (slap) /e/ (slap) /phant/ (slap)

3. Ask your child to play the game using these words and any others that come to mind: giraffe /gir/ /affe/ horse /horse/

running /run/ /ning/ rainbow /rain/ /bow/

Olympics /O/ /lym/ /pics/ fish /fish/

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