

An activity resource for reading tutors
“It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading. Something that will stretch their imaginations--something that will help them make sense of their own lives and encourage them to reach out toward people whose lives are quite different from their own.”
- Katherine Patterson
What you need:
• three pennies
• paper
• pencil
What to do:
1. On the paper, draw a "sound box" that looks like this:
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Learning Benefits:
• draws attention to sounds in words (phonemic awareness)
• develops letter-sound correspondence
• provides practice writing letters
“The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
- Dr. Seuss, "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!"