Ava's class at school has been working on their "popcorn words." These are words that should "pop" into the student's head and be automatically recognized (without needing to sound them out). There are 80 words total, 40 that comprise the kindergarten list. Ava finshed ALL 80 words before Christmas!
At first taking a word for face value wasn't the easiest thing for her, since she learned phonetically how to read words (with A Beka's reading program at Lighthouse Academy). Reading phonetically should help her in the long run, though, since she'll be able to sound her way through words that might seem difficult.
She is quite the reader! Prior to the holidays, she has been reading up through level "I" in Newmark's rising reader leveled books. We haven't attempted anything above level I, yet.
Newmark's "level" chart:
This is the note that was sent home with her, which was attached to a bag of celebratory popcorn! Now that she has made her way through the popcorn words, she is working on spelling all of the popcorn words correctly. I think Ava, a little boy named Cody and Ava's friend Ansley are the first three to have moved onto spelling the popcorn words.
Go Ava!!!
Peace, love and kernels,
Shelly, Doug, Ava and Liam
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