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Guess The First Letter

Team AckoFeb 8, 2024

Here’s a true game challenge that you can use with your first grader the next time you read together.

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Requisites: A picture book with clear, large print that your child likes and has read with you at least once before, small post it flag papers, a blank paper for scoring and a pen.

Steps:

1. Take the picture book and 10 little post-it flags. Use them to cover the first letters of key words throughout the book.

2. As you read, you’ll open to the pages where you’ve placed the flags. Although you’ll be doing the main reading, invite your first grader to tell you, what letter goes at the beginning of those words? She can then lift the flag and see immediately if she was right.

3. Each round consists of 10 words. Give your child a point for each correct one, and see if she can keep track of her personal best over several days.

4. If she keeps scoring 10, she’s ready for higher levels: Level One: Words that start with single consonants, like 'cat' or 'dog'. Level Two: Words that start with two letters together, such as 'chair' (cover the 'ch'), or 'start'. Level Three: Words with 'two vowels'—can your child tell which two vowels belong in the word? for example, in 'chair' or 'clear'?

When she reads to you, she’s practicing her decoding skills and learning to read text smoothly. When you read to her, you can read more challenging level books, and help her increase her vocabulary.

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