Purchase an inexpensive stick horse from a dollar store or create one from ideas found on Pinterest. Your child is sure to enjoy this “galloping” reading lesson!

stick horse

Backyard Buddies – Lesson 17

I can decode sentences.

Objective: To decode sentences. (RF.K.4)

Materials: stick pony, sentence strips, marker, clipart

Procedures: Create decodable sentences. Print clipart to match. Place the clipart around the room or outside around the yard. Your child will choose a sentence strip and read the sentence. Then he will gallop around to find the picture that matches his sentence.

Conclusion: Your child will read each sentence again and choose two sentences to write on lined paper.