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This Week in Kindergarten
Week 17
Digraphs
Digraphs
Have your child read books to you. In repetitive books, make sure that your child pays close attention to the text rather than just following a pattern.
Digraph study can help to move students from a level B to a C in reading. Model how to read digraphs during a reading mini lesson. It is important that students attend to the text and not just follow a pattern while reading.
"Wh" Words: A Word Family Book
Worksheet
"Wh" Words: A Word Family Book
Help your child learn beginning word sounds with this printable phonics worksheet, which is all about "wh" words.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Roly's Blending Sounds Quiz
Game
Roly's Blending Sounds Quiz
Help kids build phonemic awareness by blending sounds in this cute quiz.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Game
Mixed Beginnings!
Worksheet
Mixed Beginnings!
Your kindergarteners will have fun determining between the digraph st or sk with this worksheet.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Math Review
Math Review
Use this week to review key math skills such as addition and number recognition. You can also show your child how to decompose numbers by breaking them apart into separate, smaller numbers. For example, 6 and 3 make 9.
Use this week to review key math skills such as addition and number recognition. You can also show students how to decompose numbers by breaking them apart into separate, smaller numbers. For example, 6 and 3 make 9.
Super Numbers
Worksheet
Super Numbers
Use this super-powered worksheet to help your students break apart numbers. They will love filling in the missing numbers to make each equation true.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Number Maze: Monkey Pirate
Worksheet
Number Maze: Monkey Pirate
Kids help a monkey pirate, drawing a path from the monkey to treasure island by counting and tracing numbers from 1 to 20 on this kindergarten math worksheet.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Tracing Numbers & Counting: 16
Worksheet
Tracing Numbers & Counting: 16
On this kindergarten math worksheet, kids trace the number 16, then write their own. Then they count the stars they see in the picture and make a graph.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Sounding Out Words
Sounding Out Words
You can teach your child to 'stretch out' words they don't know by sounding out each letter very slowly before saying it faster to figure out what the word is.
Focus on your word work with digraphs in your reading instruction. Your students will be so excited when they discover digraphs in their leveled books and that they can sound out "big words."
Make a Mini Story Book: Little or Big?
Worksheet
Make a Mini Story Book: Little or Big?
This little story book that kids can cut out and make themselves is just the thing to get kindergarteners excited about learning how to read.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Grocery Shopping: Level B
Story
Grocery Shopping: Level B
This leveled book uses a familiar setting and simple sentences to familiarize beginners with the world of reading.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Story
Blending Sounds
Lesson plan
Blending Sounds
This is a great introductory lesson to teach about beginning blends. Kindergarten students will love learning all about how to blend consonants together while reading a hilarious story!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Writing Practice
Writing Practice
Do a check-in at this point in the year to make sure your child has the fundamentals of writing. Review your child's writing at home or ask your child's teacher about potential areas of improvement.
When working on a writing unit be sure to focus on mehanics as well as content. This is a great time of year to review finger spacing and proper formation of lower case letters.
Finish the Fish Alphabet
Worksheet
Finish the Fish Alphabet
Use this fun ocean-themed worksheet to review the lowercase letters of the alphabet with your students. Kindergarteners will enjoy drawing in the missing letter on the different fish!
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write a Story!
Worksheet
Write a Story!
Use this fun open-ended writing prompt to support your kindergarteners as they practice their budding writing skills.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Stretch a Sentence
Worksheet
Stretch a Sentence
Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Little writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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