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__**At Home Links & Information**__ __**Page Purpose:**__ //This page will serve as a resource for parents and teachers to find helpful links and strategies for "at home" applications of literacy content skills.//

(Erika Johnson)

__Links for parents to use with their children to work on reading and math skills:__

Here is a short video (five minutes) showing my "Lucky Card Technique" with some kids practicing sight words. This would be a great thing for parents to see in order to get ideas for making practice more fun. Just a little description: I use a deck of cards such as UNO cards, but any card game will do. I make one card the "SUPER LUCKY" card by putting four stickers on it. I choose four or five other cards and put one sticker on each. These are "lucky cards." The child reads his sight word, names the letter, spells a word or does the math fact. If correct, the child gets a card, placed face down in front of him. If the child is incorrect, the teacher/parent takes the card, placing it face down. You can quickly get in 50 practice attempts with one deck of cards. When done, turn your pile of cards over. If the child was 100% correct, he'll have all the lucky cards. If he missed a few, the teacher or adult may have a lucky card. This works well with a group of 3-4 also. If anyone looks at their cards, they go back to the bottom of the pile. Some kids are thrilled with being lucky. In a small group, one child could have ten correct answers, but no lucky card. It's not who is the winner, just who is lucky that day. Occasionally, I might have time for a quick game of UNO with the kids. (Hint: only deal out 5 cards to each child. Remove all +3 and +4 cards. Only draw one card when you don't have a card in your hand. It makes the game go a lot faster.)

-Janet Wanamaker

Math Links

[|Cool Math]

[|Brainpopjr jr.]

[|Abc ya]

[|Aaa math] [|Time Quiz]

[|Fun Brain]

[|Abc Teach]

[|Counting by twos video]

Literacy Links:

[|Teaching Books]

[|Enchanted Learning]

[|Ed helper]

For more literacy links see the comprehension page in this wiki.