February Word Study
For the month of February we
will be continuing to tap out CVC words. Students will continue to blend and read
three-sound short vowel words. These
words are called CVC words. Students
will now have the opportunity to tap to read and tap to write CVC words in a
word study notebook. (example: map, sat, lip, wet, hop, cup, Tim). This will
give them the opportunity to spell these words in all lowercase or use a
capital for a name. This will improve
and help with their handwriting mechanics during writing time.
As a review, here is an
example of how tapping out might look :
bat
b-thumb taps the pointer finger
a-thumb taps the middle finger
t-thumb taps the ring finger
**then sweep thumb across all
the fingers that were tapped, blend the sounds back together, say the word
aloud and write it.
Students will also be given a
simple sentence to write. A sentence
will consist of word wall words and a CVC word.
For example: He can sit. OR Ben
is in the bed.
This will help with spacing
between words, writing word wall words and tapping to write CVC words. Also, making sure they begin the sentence
with a capital and end with a period.
At home you can help by:
.
-practice tapping out the words that show up in their
homework worksheets as review
-continue to notice if they
“tap out” the words when they are tricky for them (recommend when they don’t)
-practice word wall words on
the ring card
Here
is a list of words we will be working on in class:
