Hi Jess, Thanks for the update. b and p are often letters children get mixed up with, and it can take some time to see progress in this area. It is important we focus on the multisensory input when practicing these letters; focus on the starting points, which bit might be tricky, chat about how they look, and engage in any activity you can think of where you can practice writing or creating the letters. The online decodable readers will have a different level system to what she has at school, you could try early reader level 2 as a step between level 1 and 2, if you’re reading them on an ipad I would recommend locking the screen with guided access so she can still track with her finger (there is a how to guide on this in the FAQ tab at the top of the screen). At the moment we need to build up Mia’s confidence, try to talk as little as possible, if she makes a mistake you can either let it slide, make a quick comment like “that says ‘and'” then move on, or read the passage back to Mia at the end and have her track along with you. The little words are the words most kids muck up because they think they know it. At the moment Mia is reading one word at a time without much flow, once her reading fluency improves it is hoped that her amazing oral language skills will help her automatically select the correct word based on the context of the sentence. Usually once the kids start to have improved confidence I will remind them to “watch out for those little words”, I might ask them “did the sentence make sense?’, or I might read the sentence back exactly how they read it and see if they can spot the error. See you Wednesday. Innika

Hi Emily,
“re” is an open syllable. We don’t see many 1 syllable words that are open syllables, however we encounter open syllables in bigger words. The prefix (the bit we add to the front of words) re- means “again,” “anew,” or “back”. When added to the front of a base word, it shows that an action is repeated or moving in reverse. For Example: rewrite, rebuild, recall, reconvene, redo, refill, refund, reheat, reiterate, restart, return etc

Thanks. Great pick up. It’s been fixed 🙂

Hike is 3 sounds /h/ /i/ (long vowel sound) /k/

hike is just a silent-e syllable where the e jumps over to help the i say its name. We use a K in hike because its followed by an e\

Hope that makes sense

Great pick up!!! All fixed. $5