SUPERKIDS Update

Dear Family,
At the end of Adventures of the Superkids, we read a story that took place in an attic. You could fill a huge attic with the reading skills your child has learned so far!

In Units 9 and 10, your child learned to read and spell words that have two vowels
together, as in train and boat. In words with this pattern, the first vowel is usually long and the second vowel is silent. We also learned to read and form contractions such as didn’t,can’t, and won’t and compound words such as cupcake and mailbox.

The Reader stories for these units were filled with drama. Ask your child about the
show the Superkids put on in “The Spingle Spangle Talent Show.” Then have your child tell you what happened in “The Contest”—a play we read that’s based on an Aesop’s fable.

As you look through the Student Book for Units 9–10, try some of these activities
with your child:
• Ask your child to read aloud the sentences with long-vowel words on page 2 and
rhyming words on page 3. Then have your child read aloud the list of words on
page 4 several times. Encourage him to read the words faster and more smoothly
each time.
• Have your child look at pages 6–7 and tell you what happened in the story,
“The Straw Horse.”
• Have your child read aloud the compound words on page 22 and identify the
smaller words in each one. Together, think of other compound words that are
made up of some of the same smaller words, such as backpack and sunset.
• If your child enjoyed the fable told in “The Contest,” read and discuss other fables together. Look for books of fables at your local library.

While we have finished Adventures of the Superkids, your child’s adventures in
reading will continue as we begin the next level of the Superkids program, More Adventures of the Superkids.