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This Week in Kindergarten
Week 19
Beginning & Ending Blends
Beginning & Ending Blends
Listening for blends help 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
Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!
Activity
Play Letter-Sound Hopscotch!
Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Activity
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
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
Picture Strategy
Lesson plan
Picture Strategy
Students will practice using drawings and images to support them as they practice solving subtraction equations within 10. This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Spring Subtraction Equations lesson plan.
kindergarten
Math
Lesson plan
Ski Racer: Subtraction Patterns of 1 Less
Game
Ski Racer: Subtraction Patterns of 1 Less
This digital game helps preschoolers and kindergarteners practice simple subtraction with single-digit numbers.
preschool
Math
Game
Tricky Words
Tricky Words
Practice reading with your child as you learn about the holiday of Hanukkah! 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.
Practice reading with your class while learning about the holiday of Hanukkah! 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.
Hanukkah Traditions
Worksheet
Hanukkah Traditions
Children will read about four Hanukkah traditions, then write about a tradition of their own, with this festive writing prompt.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Hanukkah Rebus Story
Worksheet
Hanukkah Rebus Story
Complete this Hanukkah story by selecting the correct pictures instead of words.
kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Hanukkah Banner
Worksheet
Hanukkah Banner
This Hanukkah banner will brighten up your house during the Festival of Lights. Make a Hanukkah banner with your child this winter.
kindergarten
Arts & crafts
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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