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Spelling Lists for Grade 6 students using Ozspeller, which is a Free Australian Online Spelling Tutor and Game for students and everyone wanting to improve their spelling skills. It features spoken (voiced) words, hints, dictionary and sentence prompts, a The words included in each of the Lists for Grade 6 are shown below. Note the name of the list and use it to set student tasks. More lists are being added all the time so check for updates. You can print each list with five columns for students to do manual exercises. Click the link shown below, click the list name and print the page (landscape). Grade 6 - Easy 1 against almost alone also always anyway army aunt beach become begin begun belong beside boat body born both bought bread Grade 6 - Easy 2 bridge broke brought build built carry case caught cause centre chain change charge check chest cold collect collide cool copy Grade 6 - Easy 3 death deep died discuss doctor dollar done down dozen dream dresses drink drive duck dugong during easy eclipse enter evening Grade 6 - Easy 4 except expand expect explore extra fair family feel few fight fix float floor flour flower follow forget front fuel powder Grade 6 - Easy 5 Grade 6 - Easy 6 Grade 6 - Easy 7 Grade 6 - Easy 8 Grade 6 - Easy 9

200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites... This col­lec­tion pro­vides a list of free edu­ca­tion­al resources for K‑12 stu­dents (kinder­garten through high school stu­dents) and their par­ents and teach­ers. This page is being updat­ed and cleaned up dur­ing the COVID-19 cri­sis. Please tell us if we’re miss­ing some­thing valu­able. Below you will find free video lessons/tutorials; free mobile apps; free audio­books, ebooks and text­books; qual­i­ty YouTube chan­nels; free for­eign lan­guage lessons; test prep mate­ri­als; and free web resources in aca­d­e­m­ic sub­jects like lit­er­a­ture, his­to­ry, sci­ence and com­put­ing. Home School­ing Resources Dur­ing COVID-19 Amaz­ing Edu­ca­tion­al Resources: A spread­sheet of 300+ edu­ca­tion com­pa­nies offer­ing free sub­scrip­tions due to school clos­ings. Free Audio Books, eBooks and Text­books Free Audio Books: Our col­lec­tion of 450 free audio books includes many chil­dren’s clas­sics. For­eign Lan­guages Video Lessons/Tutorials Art & Visu­al Cul­ture (Web Resources)

Letter Sounds (Phonics on the Web) Consonant Sounds Consonants are the letters which stop or limit the flow of air from the throat in speech. These are the sounds, or phonemes, of single consonants: Sometimes the vowel u takes upon itself the consonant sound of w, as in quick or suave. This is usually the case when q is followed by u, as in quiet and quaint. Vowel Sounds A vowel is a sound made by the relatively free movement of air through the mouth, usually forming the main sound of a syllable. Each vowel has two sounds: a long sound and a short sound. When a single vowel letter is in the middle of a word (or syllable), it usually says its short sound (e.g., got, bed.) The following is a list of vowel sounds, shown along with their diacritical marks: The letter y sometimes substitutes for i and is a vowel when it does so.

Phonics Page Need help with your child's phonics homework?The following rules have been covered in our class.As we learn more about letters and their sounds I will add to this list. Pig Out on Phonics Rules vc RuleA vowel followed by a consonant is short; code it with a breve.A breve looks like a smile placed over the short vowel.Examples of words following this rule:log cat sit tug wet v RuleAn open, accented vowel is long; code it with a macron.A macron is a line -- placed over the long vowel.Examples of words following this rule:no me so we go hi Twin ConsonantsTwin consonants are two identical letters side by side in a word with only the first letter making the sound.To code a word with twin consonants cross out the second letter of the pair.Examples of words following this rule:ball class stuff Consonant DigraphsA digraph is two letters that come together and make one sound.This is different from a blend. K and C RulesThere are two ways to spell the /k/ sound. Combinations

Reader's Theater Editions (Readers Theatre, Free Scripts, Short Children's Plays) Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for any noncommercial purpose, except they may not be posted online without permission. As noted in the listing, some scripts come also in a “Team Version,” scripted for four readers with at least two females. These scripts are offered primarily for smaller groups such as after-school programs and homeschoolers, as well as for college and professional readers. Special features are available for many scripts.

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25 Activities for Reading and Writing Fun These activities have been developed by national reading experts for you to use with children, ages birth to Grade 6. The activities are meant to be used in addition to reading with children every day. In using these activities, your main goal will be to develop great enthusiasm in the reader for reading and writing. You are the child's cheerleader. It is less important for the reader to get every word exactly right. It is more important for the child to learn to love reading itself. Activities for birth to preschool: The early years Activity 1: Books and babies Babies love to listen to the human voice. What you'll need: Some books written especially for babies (books made of cardboard or cloth with flaps to lift and holes to peek through). What to do: Start out by singing lullabies and folk songs to your baby. As you read to your baby, your child is forming an association between books and what is most loved – your voice and closeness. Activity 2: Tot talk Yourself and your child Storybooks

Guided Reading Keep checking this page for more free resources and activities to help you with your guided reading instruction! Research is clear about the need for early, effective reading instruction. Low-performing first grade readers will likely be the lowest performing readers in the fourth grade. As many schools are adapting to an ever-increasing range of learners, it becomes important to develop instruction to respond to these diverse students. Guided Reading is a teaching approach that is designed to help individual students learn how to process a variety of increasingly challenging texts with understanding and fluency. This type of teaching and learning is most effective when instruction is delivered in the smallest group possible to address the specific literacy needs of the students. Tyner (2005) highlights key points that make guided reading successful: Small-group instruction provides comprehensive coverage of the strategies required to move students to greater achievement in reading.