Level 2

Level 2 – Word Awareness

The activities in this section help children to identify words within sentences.  When speaking, children do not usually concentrate on individual words, but this is necessary when they are learning to read.  In these activities children will develop an awareness of words in spoken and written sentences and understand that word order has an effect on sentence meaning.  Compound words are introduced to encourage the child to look within the word for meaningful parts.

Compound Words

Use pictures to discuss compound words, they are words created by bringing two words together.  E.g. rain  bow

Teacher holds two pictures together and children discover it can make the word rainbow.  Teacher:  “Say rainbow. Now say it again but don’t say “bow” Students “rain”