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Plato Academy Class Two
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{Class Two}
Read Aloud Questions 2
Rhyming Memory Game 3
Willoughby Wallaby Woo 10
Nursery Rhymes 13
Sound Match Up 15
Say It! Clap It! Slap It! 20

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Questions to ask AS you read:
What do you think will happen next?
What does _____ (the name of a character) want?
Where does the story take place?
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Do you think ____ (the name of a character) made good or bad choices? Give
an example.
How does this story make you feel?
Questions to ask AFTER you read:
{Read Aloud Questions}
What is the same about this book and _____ (the name of another book you
have read together)?
What do you think happened after the story ended?
Do you think _____ (the name of a character) liked the way the story ended?
If you could choose one character from the story to be your friend, who
would you choose and why?
Pretend that I have not read the story. Tell me what happened.
If you were in the story, what would you have done differently?
What lesson did the main character learn?
Would this book be a good movie? Why?
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{Rhyming Memory Game}
Whether you call this classic game
“Memory” or “Concentration”, your child
is guaranteed to love the challenge of
hunting for rhyming pairs.
{Time}
10 minutes
{Directions}
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{Supplies}
Pages 4-­‐‑9: Memory Game.
Scissors.
1. Cut out the memory
game cards and spread
them out face down on
a flat surface.
2. Invite your child to
turn over two cards
and read the names of
the pictures he sees out
loud.
3. If the two words
rhyme, your child
keeps the cards.
4. If the two words don’t rhyme, he flips them back over and Player Two takes a
turn.
5. The player who has the most matches when all of the cards have been turned
over is the winner.
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ing fox flag
swing box bag

hat run house
bat sun mouse

stairs wall sock
bears ball lock

corn tree school
horn ski pool

cart shell light
heart bell kite

jar bone clip
car phone ship

ed duck frog
sled truck dog

{Directions}
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{Willoughby Wallaby Woo}
{Supplies}
Pages 11-­‐‑12: Willoughby Wallaby
Woo.
Scissors.
Optional: Tape and craft stick.
Optional: Die, circle stickers and
marker.
{Time}
5 minutes
Class Two
This silly song is one of my kindergarteners’
favorite ways to practice rhyming.
1. Cut out one of the printable elephants. Optional: Attach a popsicle stick to the back
using a piece of tape.
2. Use Page 11 to sing the Willoughby Wallaby Woo song. Each time that you sing the
name of someone new, place the elephant cutout above the person’s head.
3. Optional: Stick one circle sticker on each side of a die. Write a different consonant
on every sticker. I like to use {m, r, z, t, l, f}. Roll the die. Sing the song using the
letter that you roll. For instance, if you roll {r}, you would sing “Rilloughby Rallaby
Roo…”
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{Willoughby Wallaby Woo}
Willoughby wallaby woo, an elephant sat on you.
Willoughby wallaby wee, an elephant sat on me.
Willoughby wallaby /w/ , an elephant sat on __________.
Willoughby wallaby /w/ , an elephant sat on __________.
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Learning how to rhyme
prepares children to recognize
word patterns when they read
and spell later. Nursery rhymes
are a classic way to help
children learn this skill because
they are packed with them.
{Nursery Rhymes}
{Time}
10 minutes
{Directions}
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{Supplies}
Page 14: Nursery Rhymes.
1. Explain that your child is going to listen to a nursery rhyme and listen carefully for the
words that rhyme.
2. Read the nursery rhyme out loud to her, making sure to exaggerate the rhyming words
by saying them louder than the others.
3. Ask your child to name the words that rhyme.
4. As your child becomes better at identifying the rhyming words, use less and less
exaggeration.
5. Optional: Write down the pairs of rhyming words. After you have written several sets,
ask your child what she notices about the words. Do they end in the same letters?
Typically, the answer is “yes”.
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Nursery Rhymes for You
and Your Child
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for my master, one for my dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
And everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule.
It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out but still it lingered near.
And waited patiently about till Mary did appear.
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?” the eager children cry.
“Why Mary loves the lamb you know,” the teacher did reply.
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle diddle. The cat and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue come blow your horn.
The sheep’s in the meadow, the cow’s in the corn.
But where’s the boy who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack fast asleep.
Will you wake him?
No, not I – for if I do, he’s sure to cry.

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{Time}
10 minutes
{Directions}
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{Supplies}
Pages 16-­‐‑19: Sound Match Up.
Scissors.
{Sound Match Up}
Listening for the beginning and
ending sounds of words helps your
child learn to sound out words he
reads and spells later. This game is a
power-­‐‑packed activity to help your
child practice a critical pre-­‐‑reading
skill.
1. Cut out the pictures that are framed in black.
2. Place the black-­‐‑framed cards upside down in a pile.
3. Ask your child to choose the top card and read the picture he sees out loud.
4. If your child is working on beginning sounds, he will lay the card next to the first
picture on the rainbow mat and say the name of both pictures out loud. If they start
with the same sound, it’s a match and he will place the black-­‐‑framed card in a pile on
top of the picture. If they do not start with the same sound, your child will move the
card to the next picture on the mat and try again.
5. If your child is working on ending sounds, he will lay the card next to the first picture
on the rainbow mat and say the name of both pictures out loud. If they end with the
same sound, it’s a match and he will place the black-­‐‑framed card in a pile on top of the
picture. If they do not end with the same sound, your child will move the card to the
next picture on the mat and try again.
6. Play ends when all of the cards have been sorted into the correct spot on the mat.
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{Say It! Slap It! Clap It!}
Breaking words into parts helps children spell words later. In this high-­‐‑energy game, your
child will playful practice separating words into syllables.
{Time}
5 minutes
{Directions}
{Supplies}
Page 21: Say It! Clap It! Slap It!
1. Explain that good readers can break words into parts. Today, you are going to
play a fun game that will help your child learn how to do that.
2. Show your child how to play by giving an example. If you use the word
{elephant}, you will first break it into parts as you say it out loud:
/el/ /e/ /phant/
Then clap it out: /el/ (clap) /e/ (clap) /phant/ (clap)
And finally, slap it out on the mat: /el/ (slap) /e/ (slap) /phant/ (slap)
3. Ask your child to play the game using these words and any others that come to
mind: giraffe /gir/ /affe/ horse /horse/
running /run/ /ning/ rainbow /rain/ /bow/
Olympics /O/ /lym/ /pics/ fish /fish/
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