Kindergarten Information

Reading /Language Arts

Alphabet Arc

• Used to teach order of alphabet• Sounds of letters• Building Words c-a-t• letter deletion • *Say cat without the /c/ = at• letter substitution• *Change the /s/ in sat to /b/ = bat

Phonics Song

Letter Expert

• Every child gets to be a Letter Expert• Your child will bring home a bag/envelope

with a cardboard letter, sentence strip, and a book.

• Help them find pictures to represent the beginning sound of the letter.-Use clip art or magazine pictures.

• Read the book with them.

Sight Words

• Words will be listed in our Homework folders and websites.

• Most sight words can not be sounded out. Must be learned by sight.

• Fun games to review the words. Ex: Which words rhyme with bike - like

• Make flash cards out of words to review at home.

• Children should be able to read and write them.

Read with your child

• Discuss with your child *parts of a book – cover, title page... *who are the characters? *what is the setting? *what do you think will happen next? *what words rhyme?

3 Ways to Read a Book

• Read the pictures (Picture walk) discuss what is happening in the pictures.

• Read the words. (Parent or child)

• Retell the story. (Stories such as the Gingerbread Man)

Listening Comprehension

• After you read a story to your child, have them:

*Draw a picture of what happened. *Predict what might happen at the end of story. (When you leave off the ending) *Sequence the story. Story retell

Reading Grades

• *Reading Sight Words (flash cards or in sentences).

• *Retell a story orally

• *Letter and Sound recognition

• *Listening Comprehension

Writer’s Workshop

• Daily Message –Count words in sentences, Capital letters, spacing, ending marks.

• Journals

• Predictable Charts

• Writing in books

Fun Activities to help your child write

• Chalk• Shaving cream• Paint with water/paint• Dry erase boards and markers/ page

protectors• Write with a highlighter and have them trace• Write with different kinds of markers, pens.

Language Grades

• Write dictation sentences that contain sight words. Ex: I can see you.

• Books – writing matches the pictures in the book.