Grade One Choice Board

Day 1

Sounds Race Do a 'Sounds Race' with your Little Letter Cards.

Day 2

Day 3

Finger TappingFind the 'Student List' in the Unit Activities. Tap out the different sounds in the words as shown in the video below.

Day 4

Writing Write three interesting sentences with words containing a particular spelling pattern. If you need help, use the 'Student Lists' or 'Review Sentences' in the Unit Activities.

Day 5

Word Building Find the 'Student Lists' in the Unit Activities. Use the Word Builder App or Little Letter Cards to build some words from your 'Student List'.

Resources

Word Detectives Find the 'Word Detective' sentences in the Unit Activities. Read them to children and then with them. Next, find and mark a few examples of the phonic concepts using the Word Detective Key. Then have children find and mark more examples.

Phonics Online - Games Login to Phonics Online and access the Phonics Games from the homepage. Play games in the Learning Journey to consolidate learning or play Skills Focus games to help develop speed and accuracy. Specific skills include Letter Shapes, Letter Sounds, Blending, Segmenting and Tricky Words.

• Easy is for Pre-K or Kindergarten
• Medium is for Grade 1
• Hard is for Grade 2.

Written Word Sort Find the 'Student List' and 'Written Word Sort' in the Unit Activities, then follow these steps:

1. Use the 'Student List' to copy the words.
2. Write List A, B or C words in the matching column of the 'Written Word Sort' .
3. A '?' column is provided for those words that don't belong in the other columns.  Have children read the all the words on the page once they have completed the 'Written Word Sort'

Phonics Online: ReadersListen and read-along. Or enjoy an adult reading a story to you! Login to Phonics Online and access the Phonics Readers from the homepage. You can also download the Phonics Readers on the Apple App Store.

Picture CodeLearn how to Picture Code some plain letter shapes using aA- zZ letters, Double Consonants & Digraphs or Short and Long Vowels.

Unit Story Find the 'Unit Story' in the Unit Activities and follow these steps:

1. Read the 'Unit Story' and explain what is was about.
2. Have children read the title and then read the underlined Story Words.
3. Let children read to themselves and then read together ('Choral Reading').
4. Discuss the story and ask questions about what happened.

Phonics Online: Meet the Letterlanders Login to Phonics Online and access the Meet the Letterlanders section from the homepage. Search for a spelling pattern and then listen to the stories, songs and chants.

Word BuildingBuild lots of words with your Little Letter Cards. If you need help choosing words, use the 'Student Lists' in the Unit Activities.

Spelling Quiz Find the 'Student Lists' in the Unit Activities and read out some of the words as a spelling quiz.

ReadingFind the 'Review Sentences' in the Unit Activities. Have children read the 'Review Sentences' to a parent, carer or sibling. Children should read the sentences to themselves, then parents/carers can ask a question about the content. Next, read the sentence again together ('Choral Reading').

Cross-CurricularTry a recipe or science experiment by downloading one of our Activity Ideas.

Pick an activity to do every day at home. Find more activities on our dedicated COVID-19 web page.

Pick an activity to do every day at home. Find more activities on our dedicated COVID-19 web page.

Pick an activity to do every day at home. Find more activities on our dedicated COVID-19 web page.

Pick an activity to do every day at home. Find more activities on our dedicated COVID-19 web page.

Pick an activity to do every day at home. Find more activities on our dedicated COVID-19 web page.

For schools giving guidance to parents/carers with little or no direct teaching contact.

Choice Boards are designed to enable students to consolidate learning at home. They can be shared with parents/carers for students to pick an activity to do every day during this unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak. Activities do not need daily guidance but may require learning packages to be sent home.

Schools will need to:

1. Provide teacher and student access to Letterland Phonics Online. We've made it possible for schools to access this resource for free whilst they are closed due to COVID-19. Just apply as a school here and it will include access for teachers and students. It's very important that schools apply on behalf of parents/carers.
2. Share the Choice Board and resources below with parents. If parents have a reliable internet connection just share this web page https://us.letterland.com/g1-choice-board. Otherwise, we recommend that you prepare learning packages to be sent home by downloading as many of the resources below as you can.

Parents will need to:

1. Make sure your school has provided you with access to Phonics Online.
2. Download the Choice Board.
3. Pick an activity to do everyday at home! (The resources you need for the activities can be found below. If you don't have a printer or reliable internet access, ask your school to send you a physical learning package of the resources found at https://us.letterland.com/g1-choice-board).