Today we're working on words like “ale” and “sale.”
Rhyme It
Parents, read the following words out loud. Then ask your child which one does NOT rhyme with the others?
wheel whale tale ------------------------------- Say It Have your child point to the word "ale" and say it three times: ale
ale
ale
------------------------------- Blend It Have your child read these words: male
sale
tale
Dale
pale
stale
scale
whale
telltale
female
Read It
Have your child read the passage below.
Fifty Cents a Cap!
“Caps for sale! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!” yelled the guy at the market.
I wanted to help him. I really did.
The poor guy needed to freshen up his pitch.
So I smiled at him. I looked him in the face. And I waited awhile.
But he would not look at me. Even when I scolded him for saying the same stale line over and over again, he would not listen to me.
So I gave up. And as I walked away, I could hear him chant, “Caps for sale! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!”
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Explain It
Now have your child answer a couple questions about the story:
What is another word for "cap?"
What happened in the story?