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This Week in Kindergarten
Week 11
Short Vowels
Short Vowels
This week continue to practice listening for the short vowel sounds in words. Play this game with your child: Write two consonants at the top of a piece of paper (like c_t, p_g, etc.) and plug in different vowels to make words that are real and made up.
This week continue to identify the vowel sounds in CVC words with your class. Make it fun by playing games! Try writing two consonants on the board (like c_t, p_g, etc.) and plugging in different vowels to make words that are real and made up.
Missing Vowels
Worksheet
Missing Vowels
Help your child learn vowels and improve his spelling skills with this printable kindergarten worksheet.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Short I or Short U?
Game
Short I or Short U?
Name that vowel! Kids must sort short vowel words to pack up for school.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Game
Short Vowel Sounds
Worksheet
Short Vowel Sounds
Review short vowels from a to u with this word match worksheet.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Measurement
Measurement
This week introduce measurement! Provide a variety of hands on experiences for your child to practice making comparisons. Encourage comparing things that are heavy and light or short and tall to understand the concepts of comparison and measurement.
This week introduce measurement! Provide a variety of hands on experiences for children to practice making comparisons. Encourage comparing things that are heavy and light or short and tall to understand the concepts of comparison and measurement.
Comparing Weights
Worksheet
Comparing Weights
Do you know how much you weigh? Introduce your kindergartener to the concept of measurement by weight with this fun comparison worksheet.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Estimating Volume
Worksheet
Estimating Volume
Help your child practice his skills with volume with this printable worksheet, which asks him to estimate how much liquid things can hold.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Draw It: Heavy or Light
Worksheet
Draw It: Heavy or Light
Help your kindergarten students practice identifying which items are heavy and which are light with this worksheet.
kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Shared Reading
Buddy Reading
This week work on reading fluency with your child. Try reading a book aloud in a new way: read every other page, then have your child read the rest.
Have students practice reading books aloud to a friend or family member. Encourage students to set up a plan for how to read the book together, such as reading with one voice or taking turns reading one or two pages.
Sharing Ideas with a Friend
Lesson plan
Sharing Ideas with a Friend
In this fun lesson all about sharing ideas, students will get an overview of partnership rules, and time to practice working with a partner. This can be used as a stand alone or pre-lesson for the Me and My Partner lesson plan.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Me and My Partner
Lesson plan
Me and My Partner
Students will build relationships and reading skills with this fun partner-themed lesson.
preschool
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
My New Friend: Level B
Story
My New Friend: Level B
This leveled book introduces kids to simple sentence structure, and tells a story they might be familiar with.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Story
Blending Words
Blending Words
Have your child sound out all the letters in a word to help spell it. Make sure they do this multiple times as they write the word.
When students are spelling words in their writing, instruct them to say the word several times. Make sure they are listening to all the sounds as they write it.
Building Sight Words
Worksheet
Building Sight Words
Get your word building hammers ready! These words need to be finished. Can your little speller help?
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Letter Roll Reading: Blending Sounds
Lesson plan
Letter Roll Reading: Blending Sounds
Read and roll! This interactive game can be used as an engaging activity or an assessment tool that allows you to easily monitor your students’ ability to blend phonemes together to create words.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Blending Sounds and Spelling Words
Lesson plan
Blending Sounds and Spelling Words
Use this fun kinesthetic awareness and spelling lesson to help your ELs practice identifying and blending together the sounds in common CVC words. It can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for Letter Roll Reading.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
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