Here is a little review of what homework looks like tonight for Words Their Way. Children are doing a BLIND SORT tonight. They need a partner (Mom or Dad)!
Blue Sort Kids: Lay down one word from each of the "h-brothers" as a header
Yellow Sort Kids: Lay down your four headers - short a CVC, long a CVCe, long a CVVC, oddball
Pink Sort Kids: VC, VVC, VCC, VCe
The rest of the words are for the partner (Mom or Dad). Read the words aloud to your second grader, not showing them what it looks like. Some words may need a sentence (tale/tail, mane/main).Your child must indicate by pointing where the word goes without seeing it. Lay it down and let your child move it if he or she is wrong. Repeat if your child makes more than one error. Sometimes having your child do a regular WORD SORT first (like last night) helps them have the patterns fresh in their minds. If there are lots of errors, please have them sort the words into categories like the ones we did in school. They should read each word aloud during this activity.
We will revisit this procedure together again tomorrow during Word Work. Remember, this is new to us and we are still learning!
*C is for consonant and V is for vowel
