{"id":1626,"date":"2014-10-13T13:01:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T20:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:03:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T20:03:34","slug":"popcorn-words-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2014\/10\/13\/popcorn-words-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Popcorn Words?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2013\/10\/popcorn3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1316\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/files\/2013\/10\/popcorn3.jpg\" alt=\"popcorn3\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>What are popcorn words?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Popcorn words are words that should just <strong>pop<\/strong> out of your mouth the\u00a0instant that you see them.\u00a0 They are also called sight words.\u00a0 A large sight word vocabulary enables\u00a0children to read with more confidence and allows them to focus on making sense of\u00a0 what they are reading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Here are some ways to support sight word mastery at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>READ EVERYDAY!<\/strong> Reading sight words in context is the best way to reinforce words your child practices at school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>Use the provided &#8220;popcorn&#8221; word cards to play these games:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>Scavenger Hunt<\/strong>: have your child look for a particular word in a book.\u00a0 See how many times they can find it in one minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>Flashlight Words<\/strong>: choose up to ten words and lay them flat on the floor.\u00a0 Turn off the lights and use a flashlight to illuminate one word.\u00a0 Have your child read the word out loud as you light it up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>Swat the Word<\/strong>: lay the cards flat on the floor.\u00a0 Say a word and have your child swat the correct word with a fly swatter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><strong>Stepping Stones<\/strong>:\u00a0 use chalk to write the words on the pavement.\u00a0 Have your child step along the &#8216;stepping stones&#8217; reading the words out loud as they jump from one to another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><em>Remember to have fun!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are popcorn words?\u00a0 Popcorn words are words that should just pop out of your mouth the\u00a0instant that you see them.\u00a0 They are also called sight words.\u00a0 A large sight word vocabulary enables\u00a0children to read with more confidence and allows them to focus on making<a href=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/2014\/10\/13\/popcorn-words-2\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/gourlays\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}