Kindergarten, week 17, day 1

Review the letter sounds

1. Point to each letter learned so far (m, s, a, t, p, i, n, d, c, o, g, h, e, l, r, u, f, b, k, j, w, v, x, y, z and qu); your child says its sound.
2. Go back over any sound that is slow, with a word that starts with it.
3. Spin the letter wheel for a quick game: say the sound of whatever it lands on.

• Letter wheel A to Zteach.peabody.kids/wheel/letters
• Letter sound cards (printable)teach.peabody.kids/printables/reading/word-wall-sounds

Counting by tens

1. Count by tens to 100 together: 10, 20, 30, all the way up.
2. Each ten is one full ten frame. How many ten frames would 100 need?

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart

Sleeping through winter

1. Some animals, like bears and bats, sleep through much of the winter.
2. Build a cozy den from blankets and pillows.

Read-aloud: The Bear Who Could Not Sleep

1. Read “The Bear Who Could Not Sleep” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. Before reading, look at the title and the first page and ask: what do you think this story is about?
3. On the read-along you can show the pages on a big screen, or let it read the words aloud while each one lights up.

• The Bear Who Could Not Sleep, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-bear-who-could-not-sleep