Kindergarten, week 11, day 3

Blend and read words

1. Blend these words: say each sound, then slide them together. fan, bad, bus, bit, bin and fog.
2. Mix them up: point to a word at random and see if your child can read it.
3. New sight words: “big” and “little”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

• Short u (CVC): decodable sentencesteach.peabody.kids/decodables/short-u
• Dolch pre-primer sight words: flash cardsteach.peabody.kids/sight-words/pre-primer
• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games

Writing 16 to 20

1. Write 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.
2. Twenty starts with a 2 because it is two tens. Show it with two full ten frames.

• Number strip 0 to 20 (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/desk-and-door/number-strip

Water for animals

1. Put a shallow dish of water outside where birds can reach it.
2. Check it a few times this week: who visits?

Read-aloud: A Bath for the Birds

1. Read “A Bath for the Birds” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. Afterward, ask your child to tell the story back to you: first, next, last.

• A Bath for the Birds, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/a-bath-for-the-birds