Sunrise Readers Book Six – Family and Friends
Flashcards:
Here are two sets of flashcards (and a set of relevant wordlists to be cut out and sent home for home review if desired). These contain the words introduced in Sunrise Readers Book Six. Click on the links below for these free, downloadable resources:
i Large flashcards to be used for whole class sessions. (Or in groups).
ii Small flashcards to be used in groups, or for games, or to be taken home in a soap box for homework review.
iii Word lists for each story, to be cut out and pasted in a small A6 notebook to go home for review.
Short cvc words to sound out
Many of these are sight words, but some are simple cvc words that can be sounded out once the learners have learned the sounds that the letters make. (Teachers will be introducing letters and their sounds systematically whilst also introducing sight words). By the time a learner is reading Book Six, she may be able to sound the following Book Six words out for herself.
Sound Say the
It out: word: Make a sentence:
l-o-t – lot We ate a lot of ice-cream.
c-a-p – cap. I wear a cap on my head.
b-u-t – but. I want a dog but my Mum says “No!”
h-a-t – hat. We must wear hats outside.
g-e-t – get etc.
h-a-d – had
m-e-t – met
s-i-x – six
m-i-x – mix
Story Wordlists:
Teachers may now prefer to send sight words home to be reviewed in lists rather than as flashcards. (This is mainly for convenience sake, as the flashcards have multiple benefits including being reviewed in games.)
These lists include the sight words for every story. They are introduced and reviewed before learners begin to read the book.
Please find the free downloadable pdfs for word lists by clicking the link below.
Reminder: Why are flashcards useful?
- They appeal to all learning styles It’s a good way to focus the children’s attention – remember the multiple intelligences present in the room, we learn in different ways. Having a visual clue assists the many visual learners, along with verbally saying the word for auditory leaners, letting children hold the card if used in a game can help kinaesthetic learners. (I’ve made cut out letters from sandpaper in the past, or written over the word in glue and sprinkled it with sand!), to let these learners trace over the letters.
- Little and often is key to building learning at any age and stage. Flashcards can be picked up and used for a few minutes’ practice throughout the day, reinforcing a more structured lesson. Take relevant words outside for PE – hold up an action word, such as jump, run, hop, go, stop, come. Blow a whistle to change the word – hold up the next word. The children don’t have to read aloud – their actions are enough and the goal is to have fun whilst learning.
- Aids and trains memory: Flashcards help the brain to do what it does naturally! Set out a few picture OR word cards (keep them separate especially at the start). I’d start with 4 or 5 and build up to about 9. After practicing, remove one card at a time (or turn over if the back is blank), but still get the children to say the word that was in the space.