Show and Tell on Thursday may be any item that has the middle sound of “a” or “e” or a beginning blend of “r” or “l”
Study spelling words:bag, Sam, leg, net, glad, frog
Practice new sight words: what, want
Complete any paperwork sent home and return by Thursday
Begin to think about a favorite fairy tale for the book report (due May 31st). Next week your child will read the sentence about his/her favorite part of the story and talk about the pictures to classmates. Please let your child practice the book report to family members next week. Some examples of fairy tales or princess/prince stories are: Cinderella, The Elves and The Shoemaker, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor’s New Clothes, Jack and the Beanstalk
Kindergarten Homework Ideas
Although I give homework each week, these suggestions are supplements for those families that want their child to have additional homework.
Read to your child and ask comprehension questions. Who are the characters in the story? What are they like (personality)? What was the problem of the story and how was it solved? Stop during reading and ask what they predict might happen next.
Practice upper case letter recognition, lower case recognition, and the sound of each letter. Go through magazines or books and read words that aren’t common to your child and ask what the word begins with, i.e. telescope, sound, plate, country, etc. Ask for the beginning and ending sound of words.
Practice word wall words and word family words with your child. Your child can practice with flashcards, writing the words, using the words to make sentences in a journal or on handwriting paper or you can make a game board, TicTacToe board, or bingo game as alternative ways to practice words. Play “hangman” with words they are familiar with such as word wall words, word family words, holiday/seasonal words, the months of the year, or days of the week.
Practice 3 letter words with your child. Give them a word like “jet” and say it slowly /j/ /e/ /t/ sounding sound each of the 3 sounds. Ask your child to give you the beginning and ending sound of the word. Give your child simple 3 letter words for a home spelling test.
Your child may write stories in a journal or on paper using invented spelling along with word wall words and illustrate the story.
Your child may want to make books of their own with their stories and your help in spelling words. Just fold some plain paper together or staple two sheets of paper together and fold it so the book will be several pages long.
There are many books appropriate for their reading level at the teacher stores and at borders. Please make sure you read the book for each level. Level 1 and level 2 books aren’t the same, they vary by publisher. The local library and librarian is also a good resource for easy reading books.
Your child may cut out pictures with beginning sounds to match up to letters.
Practice putting the alphabet in alphabetical order.
The www.starfall.com website has alphabet activities, abc printouts, beginning reading activities, and reading activities. There are other websites listed in the "Links" on the upper right corner of this webpage with activity sheets that can be printed out to practice printing letters and sounds.
Practice printing last names.
Practice counting to 100 and making more complex patterns.
Your child needs to know his/her full name, address including city and state, and phone number. He/she will be graded on this for the second trimester marking period. Please practice this important information with your child and check every few weeks to make sure it is retained.
Your child will be graded on being able to button, zipper, snap and tie 2nd marking period. Please practice this at home as well.
You can purchase Kindergarten workbooks at almost any store including Office Max, Borders, Happy Harry’s, Wal-Mart, etc.
Practice rhyming words. There are many children’s books that have rhyming words.
Let them read, even if they have memorized the words in books such as Brown Bear Brown Bear and Green Eggs and Ham.
