In preparation of this big step to full day/full week schooling I brought out my handy-dandy list of the 100 most common used words in English.
with the gold standard being the Dolch Word List.
As we practice this '100 words list' my son is starting to memorize the small words that he will see most frequently. Relying on phonics skills to sound out each letter in a word is accurate but slow. Memorizing the words will allow him to speed up his pace as well as give his attention to more difficult vocabulary words.
I've been thinking a lot lately about what I want my son to know as he finishes kindergarten. Stay tuned for a few other projects we are tackling and please share your own 'preparation plans.' I'm all ears!