Review Day: The Farmer and the Banker

Welcome back to Read Not Guess. Today is a review day. We’ll practice blending the sounds we learned this week and then give your kids a short “decodable” text to practice.

Both parent and child will need to be able to see the screen.

Let’s get started.

Word Practice

We’re going to work on blending sounds into words. Your child can start slowly by saying each sound individually, but each time, they should try to say it just a bit faster.

Ask your child to say the correct sounds as they point to the letters:

m ay

may

And:

b oy

boy

Now let’s try some harder ones:

p er ch

perch

And:

sh ir t

shirt

And:

f ir st

first

And:

wh ir l

whirl

Decodable Story

Now see if your child can read this short story:

The Farmer and the Banker

One of them digs up roots.

The other adds up numbers.

One works in a barn.

The other fixes my math.

One runs after foxes.

The other helps me do my taxes.

That’s it for today. We’ll see you next time.