I am so thankful for the wisdom and knowledge of friends! Emily struggles with focusing on her school work. I can't believe the skills that kindergarteners are working on these day!!!!!!! WOW! I know that some of the words she needs to know are words that I was doing in the first and second grades. I have a close teacher friend who suggested I get Emily a metronome to practice her sight words with. We tried it this afternoon. I think we have the answer. She did better on her sight words than she has EVER done!!!!!!! My friend said that it helps some children to focus on their work. Have you ever heard of such?
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2 letters - If you're happy and you know it
3 letters - 3 blind mice
4 letters - My Darling Clementine
5+ letters - Bingo
2 - If you want to spell is say i - s (i-s) if you want to spell is say i-s
3- a-n-d, a-n-d that spells and, that spells and, a-n-d spells and, and
4- t-h-e-y t-h-e-y, t-h-e-y spells they, t-h-e-y t-h-e-y, t-h-e-y spells they
5- There is a word that we know and their is the word- o t-h-e-i-r
sorry this got so lengthy! emily will get the hang of it - kindergarten is hard work! :)
Emily will get the hang of it. It takes time for them to get used to spending so much time focusing on work instead of play. Geez, when I was in K, it was pretty much watch the Letter People (remember them?), snack and play time. Now they expect them to read by mid-year!