READING FOLDERS
- Remove the cards and booklets.
- Place the card with the phonogram that the child knows, under the folder.
- Place the booklet that goes with it in front of the child and familiarize the child with it.
- Have the child read the first booklet.
- Conversationally discuss any words the child might not know.
- Show a second way of symbolizing the sound and place it in front of the child.
- Tell the child that these two letters make the same sound. They make the sound “ai”.
- Repeat as with the first booklet.
- Repeat for the third sound and booklet.
- Introduce the fourth way of making “ai”.
- Tell the child that these two letters also make the sound “ai”.
- Indicate the dash and say, “This is the place where we put anther letter.”
- Place the “m” in front of the ‘a’ and the “t” from the letter dish over the dash. Cover the “e” with your hand and sound out “mat” with the child. Uncover the “e” and say that this is called a silent “e”. When we see it, it changes the “a” to an “ai”. Read “mate” with the child.
- Give the child the booklet to read the few examples.
- Show the child the prepared slips with each way to make a given sound.
- Bring a book to the table.
- Tell the child that there are many words that use these letters to make the sound.
- Look for words that use the phonogram in the title and pages of the book.
- Show the child to place the slip over the words and to slide it over to check each word.
- Choose two folders to work with (for the first one, choose ‘ai’ and ‘ie’).
- Place the folders out with the booklets to the left, out of the way.
- Mix the cards from the two folders.
- Give the cards to the child to sort.
- The child says the sound and places it below the appropriate folder.
- Repeat until all of the cards have been sorted.
- Turn over all of the cards on one column and check the back to see if it was a correct sorting.
- Check the other column in a similar manner.
- The child can repeat.
- Once done, the child can put away the work.
- Place the Moveable Alphabet in the top left corner of the mat.
- Ask the child to show all the different ways to make a particular sound by representing it in the Moveable Alphabet.
- Once done, check with the cards.
- If the child is interested, he can be presented another sound.
- Place the Moveable Alphabet in the top left corner of the rug.
- Ask the child to show all the different ways of making a sound (do this on a horizontal mat).
- Space them all out.
- The directress chooses words from the booklets to dictate to the child to spell.
- The child listens to the word and with the Moveable Alphabet, spells out the word under the correct letters that make the sound.
- To add interest, choose two words that sound the same but are spelled differently, such as mail and male. But be sure to explain what the word means in each case.