Kindergarten, week 15, day 3

Blend and read words

1. Blend these words: say each sound, then slide them together. fix, yet, six, yam, yes and mix.
2. Mix them up: point to a word at random and see if your child can read it.
3. New sight words: “red” and “blue”. These are read by sight, not sounded out. Write each on a card and read the cards every day this week.

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

Take-away stories

1. Make up three take-away stories with toys, starting from 5 or less.
2. Your child acts out each one and says how many are left.

• Two-color counters on screenteach.peabody.kids/manipulatives/counters

Rough and smooth

1. Put a towel over the ramp and roll the car again.
2. What changed? Why might a rough ramp slow it down?

Read-aloud: The Gingerbread Man

1. Read “The Gingerbread Man” aloud. Give the characters different voices; it helps a young listener follow who is talking.
2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?

• The Gingerbread Man, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-gingerbread-man