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Issue: # 6 June, 2010

JUNE CALENDAR

June 19 - Juneteenth - The oldest known holiday celebrating the end of

slavery. It started on June 19th 1865 when the union soldiers, led by
General Granger came to GalvestonTexas and announced that the war was Book of
over and the slaves were free. General Granger read the Emancipation the Month
Proclamation freeing about 250,000 slaves throughout Texas. Some US
States list it as an official holiday. Also called "Freedom Day" More
about JUNETEENTH In This Issue
June 20 - Father's Day SEVERAL NICE FATHER'S DAY STORIES
June 21 First day of Summer Summer Reading
June 24 - Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day a celebration for all French-Canadians How To Use
Membership

SUMMER READING IS FOR PLEASURE Brain Teasers!

Daddy's 1st Father's

Summer Reading Day
by Gloria Goldsmith A Homeschooling
Recently I have responded to several inquiries about
Mom's Blog
techniques of teaching reading. I w ill discuss this subject
more in the July new sletter, but a short piece today is
w arranted for summer reading selection.
Brain Teasers for
********** Kids and Adults
SUMMER READING should be relaxing and lots of fun. Kids need 1. There is one word
some down time to let their imaginations run wild and stir their interest in the English langu-
about something beyond their current scope of knowledge. Summer reading age that is always
is a great time to experiment with various kinds of books, fiction, nonfiction, pronounced incor-
biographies, historical novels, graphic novels, etc. Click this website into rectly. What is it?
your "Favorites" page. It has 10 great sites (including #2. Summer Library Program 2. A man gave one
Reading Lists for Kids. It goes from Picture Books for Non-Readers to Fiction for Older son 10 cents and
Teens). Summer Reading Lists another son was
given 15 cents. What

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FOR TEENS of all ages: 500 of the most popular books. You will need to time is it?
make your own decisions about interest and suitability. It has books 3. A boat has a
separated into subject matters as, adventure and survival, autobiography ladder that has six
and memoirs, classics, edgy, trend setting, fantasy, graphic novel, historical rungs, each rung is
etc. one foot apart. The
bottom rung is one
500 Books for Teens
foot from the water.
The tide rises at 12
Reading for Pleasure - When selecting a book for pleasure reading
inches every 15
encourage your student to look for books that have these qualities: easy to
minutes. High tide
read, understands all words, needs little to no help, very interested in the
peaks in one hour.
subject, eagerly reads, laughs out loud when reading, tells others about the
When the tide is at
book.
its highest, how
many rungs are under
How to Get the Most Out of AVKO Spelling water?
4. There is a house
Program in 3 Easy Lessons: Lesson 2 with four walls. Each
Lesson 2: wall faces south.
How There is a window in
to Use the Membership Books
each wall. A bear
to their Greatest Potential walks by one of the
windows. What color
Membership? What's that? Why should I bother with it? is the bear?
As a non-profit organization, AVKO exists to HELP adults and kids learn 5. Is half of two plus
how to read and spell. AVKO has an annual membership which provides the two equal to two or
REFERENCE MATERIALS every child's classroom (even at home) should three?
have available. Membership also gives you a 25% DISCOUNT on all AVKO 6. There is a room.
books and DVD's. For only $25. you can receive the E-book version of 6 The shutters are
books. We suggest you download the e-books to a CD. The six books are: blowing in. There is
broken glass on the
The Teaching of Reading and Spelling: A Continum from K - College floor. There is water
A book for the parent/teacher to learn HOW and WHY. on the floor. You find
Starting at Square One Sloppy dead on the
floor. Who is Sloppy?
Lesson Plans for teaching alphabet for all ages using AVKO Method How did Sloppy die?
The Reading Teacher's List of Over 5,500 Basic Spelling Words 7. How much dirt
Find true reading level, check decoding and comprehension sk ills. would be in a hole 6
To Teach A Dyslexic feet deep and 6 feet
For those NOT dyslexic, better understand their children who ARE. wide that has been
The Patterns of English Spelling & New Word Families in Sentence Context dug with a square
Resource books for every AVKO spelling program- see below edged shovel?
8. If I were in Hawaii
and dropped a
How to Use the M embership Books bowling ball in a
The entire review of the Membership Books is on AVKO's BLOG. bucket of water which
In this Newsletter, I have included that portion most helpful for your is 45 degrees and
students. dropped another ball
of the same weight,
For Use with ANY AVKO Spelling Program mass, and size in a
The Patterns of English Spelling & New Word Families in Sentence bucket at 30 degrees,
Context 10 Volumes both of them at the
Recently combined, these two books are now over 1600 pages. McCabe same time, which ball
was not content with just the word families that fit cleanly into rimes, he would hit the bottom
also explains spelling oddities of w- and r- controlled clans, basic suffixes, of the bucket first?
-y families and their relatives, advanced suffixes, advanced patterns of /k/ Same question, but
spelled -qu, -ch, and /sh/ spelled -ch and other miscellaneous relatives, and the location is in
even Greek and Latin prefixes, roots and suffixes. It contains EVERY word Canada ?

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family in the English language and is a universal resource for the entire list 9. What is the
of spelling and reading books AVKO produces. significance of the
following: The year is
How to Use: (alphabetic index pgs 23-93) 1978, thirty-four
Pages are numbered 101A, 101B, etc. minutes past noon on
A pages: Word Family& Power Words, B pages: Sentences May 6th.
1. Find and review (A page) the ENTIRE word family you are studying. 10. If a farmer has 5
Sequential Spelling 1-7 has a selected grouping of the word family, NOT haystacks in one field
every word; therefore this book allows you and students to review all word and 4 haystacks in
family words, not as spelling words, but as vocabulary. the other field, how
2. Power Words - listed on the same page, these are to be used for many haystacks
developing multisyllabic pronunciation and comprehension. would he have if he
Great Word Meaning Game: Go over the words and their meaning in the combined them all in
dictionary. Students write the word on one side of paper, on the other they the center field?
draw the meaning of the word. Be sure the drawing expresses some feeling 11. What is it that
of the word meaning. Hang up drawings around schooling area. When you goes up and goes
have four or five pix start a weekly game where you either show them the down but does not
word and they have to tell the meaning of the word by describing the picture move?
OR they look at picture and tell what word it represents. Laugh, give hints,
make it fun and give lots of praise. FIND ANSWERS
3. On the opposite (B page), you will find sentences using the word family BELOW...
words in context. Divide into four sections. Use the sentences for dictation,
typing, handwriting and reading comprehension practice. Each of these
functions is an important sensory learning tool and beneficial for mastery of
higher education.
Spelling city.com (free) the student types in their current spelling words
(works best with base words) and chooses from 10 word games plus TWO
NEW writing features.

The rest of the Membership Books are described in the AVKO BLOG. Daddy's 1st
Father's Day
Gloria Goldsmith
By Michele Zipp

ANSWERS to Brain Teasers A Mom writes about

1. The word "incorrectly. " how this year's
Father's day will be
2. 1:45. The man gave away a total of 25 cents. He divided it between two her husband's first
people. Therefore, he gave a quarter to two. and hopefully without
the drama of last
3. None, the boat rises with the tide. year's Mother's Day,
which saw him having
4. White. If all the walls face south, the house is at the North Pole, and the emergency surgery. It
bear, therefore, is a polar bear. is a short, but heart-
warming story.
5. Three. Well, it seems that it could almost be either, but if you follow the ~~~~
mathematical orders of operation, division is performed before addition.
Read the Interview
So... half of two is one. Then add two, and the answer is three.

6. Sloppy is a (gold)fish. The wind blew the shutters in, which knocked his
goldfish-bowl off the table, and it broke, killing him.
Homeschool Mom's
7. None. No matter how big a hole is, it's still a hole: the absence of dirt. BLOG

8. Both questions, same answer: the ball in the bucket of 45 degree F water A Mom discusses
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hits the bottom of the bucket last. Did you think that the water in the 30 homeschooling
degree F bucket is frozen? Think again.
and how her son
The question said nothing about that bucket having anything in it. Therefore, has excelled and
there is no water (or ice) to slow the ball down... is now truly ready
for college.
9. The time and month/date/year American style calendar are 12:34, 5/6/78.
BLOG
10. One. If he combines all of his haystacks, they all become one big stack.

11. The temperature.

Book of the Month: To Teach A Dyslexic

Save Don McCabe, the author of almost every book the AVKO Foundation sells, wrote his
33% autobiography to help parents and teachers who are NOT dyslexic, better understand
what their children who ARE dyslexic or learning disabled, may go through during their
lives. He emphasizes the need for excellence in teacher training, and how he
developed his own teaching strategies based on spelling patterns. Don is himself,
dyslexic. He found ways of coping when learning and not only excelled in his own
school days, but thrived as a teacher and Director of AVKO.
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