Assessment Sheets & Helpful Resources

Today in your child’s green folder you should have received an assessment sheet with 3 columns (uppercase letters, lowercase letters, and letter sounds) on the front page. On the back there is a list of sight words we will learn this year.

Anything that was highlighted in pink means that your child did not know the material. Please review and practice all highlighted items with your child.

Mastery of the alphabet and letter sounds is imperative to learning how to read and write.

If your child knew all or most of the letters and their sounds, you may choose to start working with them on the sight words on the back of the paper.

For those children that knew all of the sight words, I attached another list of words for you to work on throughout the year.

I do not expect all of these words to be mastered at this point in the year.

The most important thing to remember about the sight words is that while your child may be able to read them to me, if I am not seeing these words in their daily writing, then they have not mastered them. Please be sure to practice writing with your child in order to practice using the words in sentences.

While you may choose to make flash cards for your child to study the sight words, there are many other ways you could help your child learn these words. Here are a few suggestions:

Put paint inside a ziploc baggie and have them use a q-tip or their finger to write the words. I love this idea because it is mess free!

You could also take a cookie sheet and put shaving cream or whipped cream on it and your child could practice writing sight words. This activity and the paint one above will also help to build fine motor skills which will help improve their handwriting. These activities can also help with the formation of the letters.