Kindergarten-1st Grade Literacy “Bites” for Family Engagement
A reorganized tool from WCSD Striving Readers
Edited by: WCSD Office of Communications
In Partnership with: Curriculum & Instruction and Family-School Partnerships
Use the following short videos and tips to help families practice necessary literacy skills at home with their kids. Each video provides an example on how families can help their child learn a literacy skill. The videos target specific literacy skills for children in K-1.
- We recommend that the videos and tips shared with families align with the skills the child needs to improve so it becomes relevant to their learning.
- You can cut and paste the suggested text into Class Dojo, use messenger in Infinite Campus, send it out through Twitter or paste the information into your newsletter. We suggest that you send no more than one or two tips per month.
- Make the language your own!
K-1 Letter Identification: How to Help Your Child Learn the Alphabet
One of the first steps to help children learn how to read is to identify letters. This video will explain the importance of learning the letters of the alphabet:
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K-1 Letter Identification: Sing the Alphabet Song
Singing is a great way to help children learn the alphabet. You can watch this video with your child to learn the alphabet song and sing together.
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K-1 Letter Identification: Read the Alphabet Book
When children are learning the letters of the alphabet, it is important to teach them both capital and lower case letters. You can watch this video with your child to learn all the letters of the alphabet using the Alphabet Book.
To obtain a copy of the Alphabet Book, click here. You can also get acopy of the Alphabet Book from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Letter Identification, click here:
K-1 Letter Identification: Letter Hunt Game
Learning the alphabet can be a fun game for your child. This video will show you how to play a game of finding the letters of the alphabet to help your child learn the alphabet.
To obtain a copy of the worksheet with the alphabet, click here. You can also get a copy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Letter Identification, click here:
K-1 Letter Identification: Letter Match Game
Learning the alphabet can be a fun game for your child. This video will showyou how to play an easy and fun game of matching lower case and upper case letters.
To obtain a copy of the worksheet with the alphabet, click here. You can also get a copy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Letter Identification, click here:
K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Hearing Sounds in Words
The best way for children to learn about words is to learn the sounds of the letters, and then blend those sounds together to make words. Watch this video with your child to become familiar with hearing sounds in words.
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K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Do you have a hat?
A good way to help your child learn the letter sounds, is to listen for the end sound of words. This video will show you a fun game to help your child learn word sounds by finding items that have that sound.
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K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Can you match the beginning sounds?
You can also help your child learn the letter sounds by identifying the beginning sounds of words. This video shows a matching game of letters with sounds. To play this game, please obtain a copy of the worksheet with images and letters to match.
To obtain a copy of this game, click here. You can also get acopy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Phonemic Awareness, click here:
K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Can you match the ending sounds?
Once your child has practiced hearing the beginning letter sounds, you can practice learning the end sounds of words by playing a matching game shown in the video. To play this game, please obtain a copy of the worksheet with images and letters to match.
To obtain a copy of this game, click here. You can also get acopy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Phonemic Awareness, click here:
K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Sound Boxes
To learn how to read, children need to practice hearing the letter sounds. You can watch this video with your child to learn a fun game to make words by putting letter sounds together. To play this game, please obtain a copy of the sound box letter sheets and picture sheets included in the worksheet.
To obtain a copy of this game, click here. You can also get acopy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Phonemic Awareness, click here:
K-1 Phonemic Awareness: Make your own words
Once your child is able to identify letter sounds in words, they can practice making their own words. In this video, you can see examples on how to help your child make their own words.
To obtain a copy of this game, click here. You can also get acopy of the worksheet from your child’s teacher.
For the full video with more activities about Phonemic Awareness, click here: