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This Week in Kindergarten
Week 21
Beginning & Ending Blends
Beginning & Ending Blends
Listening for blends helps children learn to pay attention to the beginning and end of words while reading.
Teach children to listen for blends to help them decode words as they read.
Beginning Consonant Blends
Worksheet
Beginning Consonant Blends
This fill-in-the-bubble test is a great way to help kids familiarize with standardized testing.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Consonant Blends: Endings
Worksheet
Consonant Blends: Endings
Use consonant blends to complete the words missing their ending letters. Fill in the missing consonants and connect the words to their matching pictures.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Ending Sounds Path: K
Worksheet
Ending Sounds Path: K
On this kindergarten reading worksheet, kids circle only the pictures whose names end in the K sound as they follow the path.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Subtraction to 5
Subtraction to 5
Practice subtraction using small objects such as pennies, cereal, or buttons to help your child reinforce their number sense.
Give students manipulatives to help them solve problems before they have their facts memorized. Continue to use number bonds to reinforce number sense.
Subtracting Shapes
Worksheet
Subtracting Shapes
This worksheet provides subtraction practice within 10 for your kindergarteners.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Subtracting Toys
Worksheet
Subtracting Toys
Kindergarten students will get lots of practice subtracting as they cross out items and count to find the remainder.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Subtracting at the Zoo
Worksheet
Subtracting at the Zoo
Students will practice their subtraction skills as they figure out how many animals are left in each problem.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Tricky Words
Tricky Words
As you read with your child, encourage them to use their finger to help track where they are on a page and within a word. Tracking as they read will help them decode tricky words.
After the students have some time to read independently, allow them to work in pairs to do buddy reading. They can help each other through tricky parts in the book as well as retell the book together to improve comprehension.
My Rhyming Book: -Ock
Worksheet
My Rhyming Book: -Ock
Help your child improve his reading with this printable phonics worksheet, which is all about words that rhyme with "sock".
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
My Rhyming Book: -Ee
Worksheet
My Rhyming Book: -Ee
Challenge your child to create a rhyming book filled with words that end with the sound "-ee". Get the rhyming book worksheet.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Decoding Words
Worksheet
Decoding Words
Let your little reader play sight word sleuth with this activity about decoding words! She'll sound out words to find the missing letters in each one.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Adding Details
Adding Details
Experiment with writing shared stories with your child at home. This will help strengthen your child’s knowledge of adding details to their writing.
Use interactive and guided writing to make class books together to display in the classroom. This is helpful when modeling how to add details to writing.
Little Details
Worksheet
Little Details
This open-ended drawing prompt will encourage your kindergarten students to think about and use more details in their writing.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Detail Detectives
Worksheet
Detail Detectives
Practice retelling familiar stories using this detail-oriented worksheet!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
More Details Please
Worksheet
More Details Please
What makes a story or picture interesting? Details! Young writers and illustrators can use this worksheet to practice making their own writing even better!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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