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This Week in Kindergarten
Week 31
Vowel Review
Vowel Review
Offer vowel review activities to children still struggling with writing and reading. Keep in mind that young readers who rely heavily on visual cues may get stuck on vowel sounds.
Offer vowel review activities to students still struggling with writing and reading. Keep in mind that young readers who rely heavily on visual cues may get stuck on vowel sounds.
Short Vowel Bingo
Worksheet
Short Vowel Bingo
Short Vowel Bingo, an educational twist on a favorite classroom game. This game helps kids differentiate short vowels from long vowels.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "A"
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "A"
With this worksheet, your child will match picture names to creatures representing short "A" and long "A" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
Worksheet
Long and Short Vowels: "E"
With this phonics worksheet, kids match picture names to items representing short "E" and long "E" vowel sounds, then glue the pictures to the page.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
3-D Shapes
3-D Shapes
Go on a 3-D shapes scavenger hunt in your home! See if your child can find cones, cubes, and other 3-D shapes among your household objects.
Start a classroom collection of solid shapes to refer to throughout your 3-D unit by asking students to bring in examples of everyday items, such as soup cans and boxes of cereal.
Super Shapes: 3-D Shape Drawing
Worksheet
Super Shapes: 3-D Shape Drawing
Boost geometry knowledge and enhance creativity with this fun math worksheet.
1st grade
Math
Worksheet
Sort 2D and 3D Shapes
Worksheet
Sort 2D and 3D Shapes
Can your kid tell the difference between 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes? Kindergarten is a good time to start!
Kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Play with Shapes 3
Worksheet
Play with Shapes 3
Can your kindergartener arrange the shapes to make a truck? Let her practice her shapes with this colorful and hands-on math game.
Kindergarten
Math
Worksheet
Book Talks
Book Talks
Help your child talk about books by using prompts such as: I notice... I wonder... I think...
Offer students "book talk" sentence frames to use when reading with buddies: I notice... I wonder... I think...
"ip" Word Family
Worksheet
"ip" Word Family
Zip and dip in time to the "ip" word family. Use this word slider for rhyming and reading, along with the other word family sliders.
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Beginning Sentences
Worksheet
Beginning Sentences
How does this paragraph start? Learn to read for context clues and use inference with this worksheet on topic sentences!
Kindergarten
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Preposition Words
Worksheet
Preposition Words
How do you explain prepositions? For kids, keeping it visual and fun helps. Try this!
Kindergarten
Worksheet
Correspondence Letters
Correspondence Letters
This week, have your child write a letter to a friend or family member. It's great writing practice!
Ask students to write a letter about a real-world problem. A great way to introduce this is to have students write letters to the principal about extra things they would like for recess (chalk, bubbles, jump ropes). Give them the framework: "We need more things for recess because..."
Write a Letter to Martha
Worksheet
Write a Letter to Martha
What would you say to a dog if that dog could talk? PBS KIDS' Martha Speaks can do just that, and you can writer her a letter!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write a Spring Story
Worksheet
Write a Spring Story
Grab your colored pencils and your crayons and get your creative juices flowing with a story starter worksheet that lets you add the illustrations!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Skills Practice
Worksheet
Sentence Skills Practice
Stretch a sentence with these clever prompts! Kids will learn all about sentence structure as they come up with ways to expand the sentence.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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