Classified Reading Cards: Three-Part Cards

Materials:

• Collections of pictures dealing with:

a)  the social, cultural, or scientific environment. Each card in these sets is a different picture within a particular classification.  (Note: these refer to types of…)

b)  Illustrations of geographical, geometrical, biological, and scientific terms.  Each picture is the same object with a different part highlighted. (Note: these refer to parts of…)

• There are two sets of the cards for each classification. Mute cards with detached labels and a set of control cards with the name attached. They are in a folder or box with an indication of the classification on the outside.

Purposes:

• Reading exercises to introduce the child to the written form for the vocabulary they already know from the Enrichment of Vocabulary Exercises.

• To help the child in their classification of the environment

• Preparation for further studies

• Practice in Reading

Age: 4 and up

Preparation:

• The child will have been introduced to the names of the classification through the Enrichment of Vocabulary exercises.  

• The child has experience reading labels and placing them in the environment.

Presentation: 

• Invite the child for a lesson on the Three-part Cards, to lay out a rug, bring the cards. 

• Open the packet and one at a time show the child a picture card (the mute card) and have them name the image.

• After each card is identified, lay the cards in a column down the left edge of the rug. Leave a few inched of space between.  Turn this over to the child. 

• Pull out the labels, explain that there is a label for each card. Turn them face down.

• Have the child take a label, read it, and place it under the corresponding image.

• After a few, fade a little as the child continues.

• When the child is done, model how to use the control cards by placing them on the right of the matching picture and reading text on the card and the label. If the labeling is wrong, move it to the bottom of the rug, but keep the control card in place.

• After all are placed, the child will figure out where the mismatched labels go.

• Invite the child to pick up the mute cards and mix the labels to do it again or take another packet. 

Control of Error: The Control card

Following Exercises: None

Pedagogical Notes:

• Classified Cards are the Spoken Language version of Three-Part Cards.  The child should already have been presented the Classified cards for the Three-Part Cards they will have in this lesson.

• Try your best to use two hands when picking up the cards. Children can’t often pick them up onehanded.  

• You will want 5-8 sets (each set with about 10 cards) on the shelf at a time (a variety of classifications is important).  Rotate them regularly  

• These cards can be made easily or purchased for convenience.

• Make sets of cards that align with the interests of the children. 

• Spoken Language Enrichment of Vocabulary and Classified Reading exercises bring order to the child’s language.