The Regional Educational Liboratory Southeast (REL-SE) - Family Activities 

Strong parental involvement is a key component of student success. Other than helping your children to grow up happy and healthy, the most important thing that you can do for them is help them develop their reading skills. This read-at-home plan includes information and resources connected to the essential components of reading: oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.    By utilizing the resources below, you can support your child with developmentally appropriate and evidence-based strategies.   Build your child’s literacy skills by engaging in the activities below at home.

 KINDERGARTEN 

    Quarter 1 - Developing Language

•      Q1: Video - Talking While You Read (Bear Says thanks)
•      Q1: Activity - Talking While You Read Trifold

   Quarter 2 - Linking Sounds to letters

•      Q2: Video -  Add a Sound to Make a New Word 
•      Q2: Activity - What's the First Sound Song?

    Quarter 3 - Blending letters, recognizing, and writing words

•      Q3: Video - Memory Using High Frequency Words
•      Q3: Activity - High Frequesncy Words Memory Game

     Quarter 4 - Reading for Understanding

•      Q4: Video - Echo Reading (Little Blue Truck)
•      Q4: Activity - Practice Reading Out Loud Bookmark 

First Grade

    Quarter 1 - Developing Language

•      Q1: Video - Language Development in the Kitchen
•      Q1: Activity - Grocery Shop Talk

   Quarter 2 - Linking Sounds to letters

•      Q2: Video -  First Sound? Middle Sound? Last Sound? 
•      Q2: Activity - First Sound? Middle Sound? Last Sound? 

    Quarter 3 - Blending letters, recognizing, and writing words

•      Q3: Video - Prefix, Base Word, Suffix
•      Q3: Activity - Prefix, Base Word, Suffix

     Quarter 4 - Reading for Understanding

•      Q4: Video - Reading Together (The Pout - Pout Fish)
•      Q4: Activity - Practice Reading Out Loud  

Second Grade

    Quarter 1 - Developing Language

•      Q1: Video - Talking While You Read CROWD
•      Q1: Activity - Talking While You Read Trifold 1
  • Talking While You Read Trifold 2
  • Talking While You Read Trifold 3

   Quarter 2 - Linking Sounds to letters

Linking individual letter sounds to letters is typically achieved by second grade. However, if a child needs practice with pulling apart and putting together sounds in spoken words and linking sounds to letters in print (M says /m/), please visit Supporting Your Child's Reading At Home, First Grade, Recommendation 2. 

     Quarter 3 - Blending letters, recognizing, and writing words

•      Q3: Video - Fun with Consonant Blnds and Digraphs
•      Q3: Activity - Fun with Consonant Blnds and Digraphs

     Quarter 4 - Reading for Understanding

•      Q4: Video - Does that Make Sense?
•      Q4: Activity - Does that Make Sense? 

Third Grade

    Quarter 1 - Developing Language

•      Q1: Video - Incredible Inreferences
•      Q1: Activity - Incredible Inreferences

    Quarter 2 - Linking Sounds to letters

Linking individual letter sounds to letters is typically achieved by second grade. However, if a child needs practice with pulling apart and putting together sounds in spoken words and linking sounds to letters in print (M says /m/), please visit Supporting Your Child's Reading At Home, First Grade, Recommendation 2. 

     Quarter 3 - Blending letters, recognizing, and writing words

•      Q3: Video - Map a Word
•      Q3: Activity - Map a Word

     Quarter 4 - Reading for Understanding

•      Q4: Video - When You Read to Me (Dingoes at Dinnertime)
•      Q4: Activity - When I Read to you, When you Read to Me Bookmark

 Addditional Resource Videos: The Reading League's Reading Buddies 

Parents if you are interested in requesting a “hard copy” of the materials available online you may contact: The Parent Academy at CCPSParentAcademy@collierschools.com or 239-377-0001.