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Early Elementary K - 2 Lessons

Elementary

Listening Skills

• Listening Skills in Comprehension

• Listening Skills in Interpretation

Reading and Comprehension Skills

• Following Directions

• The Alphabet and Alphabetical Order...We use letters to write words. There are 26 letters in the alphabet. We put letters in order from A to Z. This is called alphabetical order. Sometimes it is called ABC order.

• Consonants

• Phonological Awareness and Phonics

• Identifying Beginning and Ending Sounds...Each letter makes a sound. Listen to each sound in a word. You can figure out how to spell the word. Begin with the first sound and the last sound. Then try to hear the sounds in the middle.

• Syllables and Syllable Segmentation...Syllables are chunks of sounds that are found in words. Every word has at least one syllable. Finding the syllables in words can help you to read the words.

• Word Families...The words in a family have the same ending. The words cat, mat, sat, and fat are in the same family. The words big, dig, wig, and fig are in the same family. The words in a word family rhyme.

• Word Attack Skills – Decoding

• Picture and Caption Clues

• Categorizing, Classifying, and Using Context Clues

• Thinking about Reading

• Comprehension Strategies

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Fairy Tales...Fairy tales are full of magic. They teach life lessons. There are many elements of a fairy tale. You will have fun reading about kings, frogs that talk, and birds that sing.

• Graphic Organizers

• Distinguishing Fact from Opinion

• Poetry (Rhyme and Rhythm)

• Introduction to KWL Technique

• Making Connections

Vocabulary Skills

• Word Families and Rhyming Words...Some words have the same pattern and sound the same. They belong to one family. Words in the same family rhyme! Hot, not, rot, and tot are all part of the –ot family. There are many word families.

• Contractions and Possessives...We use apostrophes to help us make two words into one or to show possession. Contractions combine two words. Possessives show ownership of something.

• Multiple Meaning Words and Compound Words

• Synonyms and Antonyms

• Similes and Metaphors

• Homonyms, Homographs, and Homophones

Spelling Skills

• Spelling Rules and Techniques

• Sight Words

• Consonants

• Consonant Blends

• Vowel Digraphs...A vowel has a special sound in a word. The vowels are “a,” “e,” “i,” “o”, “u,” and sometimes “y.” A vowel can have a short sound. Read the word “mop.” It has a short “o” sound. Some words have two vowels. Often, the rule is, the first vowel does the talking. The second vowel does the walking. Read the word “boat.” The “o” has a long vowel sound. The “a” has no sound. The “o” does the talking in the word “boat.” Read the word “treat.” The “e” has the long vowel sound. The “a” has no sound. The “e” does the talking. The “a” does the walking.

• Vowels

Grammar and Usage Skills

• Parts of a Sentence ...A complete sentence has two parts. The first part is the subject. The second part is called the predicate. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. The subject is the naming part of the sentence. The predicate tells something about the subject. The predicate is the telling part of the sentence.

• Parts of Speech: Nouns ...Nouns name a person, a place, or a thing. Doctor, playground, and basketball are nouns. Nouns can be common or proper. A common noun names general people, places, or things. A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. Singular nouns name one person, place, or thing. Plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing.

• Parts of Speech: Verbs ...A verb tells about the action in a sentence. It tells what is happening. It tells what the noun is doing. This action could be happening now (present tense). It could have already happened (past tense). It could not have happened yet (future tense).

• Capitalization and Punctuation...Sentences need a capital letter to start the sentence. Proper nouns and the word “I” are always capitalized. Sentences need punctuation to end the sentence. You use a period when you are ending a telling sentence. You use a question mark when you are ending an asking sentence. You use an exclamation mark when you are ending a sentence that is excited, surprised, scared, or angry.

• Types of Sentences...A sentence is a complete thought that begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark. A sentence has a verb. There are four types of sentences. A statement is a sentence that is telling something and ends in a period. A question is a sentence that asks something and ends in a question mark. A command is a sentence that tells the reader to do something and ends in a period. An exclamation is a sentence that shows feeling and ends in an exclamation mark. We use these types of sentences to show meaning and make our language more interesting.

• Complete and Incomplete Sentences ...A complete sentence makes sense. It tells who or what the sentence is about and tells what is happening. A complete sentence has a verb. A complete sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and punctuation at the end. When a sentence does not have these things, it is incomplete.

Written and Oral Language Conventions

• What is a Paragraph?...A paragraph is a group of sentences put together that talk about the same idea, or topic. A paragraph has a topic sentence and three detail sentences. Each sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark, such as a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point.

• The Writing Process

• Expository Writing

• Writing Skills

• Who, What, When, Where, Why and How

• Narrative Writing

• Response to Literature

• Other Types of Writing

• Creative Writing

Study Skills, Research, and Reference Skills

• Using Dictionaries, Thesauruses, and Other Resource Materials

• Parts of a Book ...You have learned the main parts of a book! All the parts of a book tell us something special. They all work together to help us learn more about the book.

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