Share Fair Activity

Share Fair Activity Worksheet

§ Target language: common vocabulary words spelled with three or four letters

§ Target student (age, level): students who do not know how to read in English, ages 5-12

§ Topic/Theme: stories

§ Skill focus: reading, short and long vowels

§ Objective: to learn how to blend letter sounds together to make words and read sentences

§ Time: 5-15 minutes per lesson for 20 lessons for conversation-focused English lessons

§ Software/Web address: starfall.com

§ Procedure for the activity:

Part 1: Looking at the index page of stories, I click on the play activities. I review the letter sounds as they are first displayed. Then I turn the volume down. As the picture is shown, students take turns clicking on the appropriate letter to spell the word. That student reads the word. All students then read the word. After the words have all been introduced and they all appear on the screen as a list, all students read all words together aloud. Sometimes, students read individually.

Part 2: Looking at the index page of stories, I click on a story and turn the volume down. Students take turns reading a page and clicking on the pictures to see the animations. Teacher and other students assist with reading when necessary.

§ Assessment (how will you know that students have learned?):

Follow-up activities offer further practice and assessment. Print readers offer stories with three letter words for continued practice of short vowels and four letters for continued practice of long vowels and for review of vocabulary. Worksheets also provide further practice of letter sound recognition, writing practice of letters and words, and reading of those words.

Students play various games, which informally check their reading and comprehension of words.