Kindergarten, week 29, day 1

New: double letters

1. This week: double letters. Two of the same letter, one sound: be-ll, ki-ss, pu-ff, bu-zz.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: bell, hill, doll and kiss.
3. Your child finds a double letters word in a book or on a box at home.

• Phonics games (peabody.kids)peabody.kids/learning-games/phonics-games
• How phonics works, for parentsteach.peabody.kidshttps://parent.peabody.kids/school/reading/how-phonics-works

Heavier or lighter?

1. Hold an apple in one hand and a grape in the other. Which is heavier?
2. Try three more pairs from the kitchen.

Six legs

1. Insects have six legs and three body parts.
2. Look closely at an ant or a picture of a beetle and count the legs.

• Insects and bugs bingo cardsteach.peabody.kids/bingo/insects

Read-aloud: Ants Are Strong

1. Read “Ants Are Strong” aloud. It is above what your child reads alone, on purpose: hearing longer stories builds words and understanding.
2. This one is true. Afterward, ask: what is one new thing you learned? Then find one more fact in it together.
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.

• Ants Are Strong, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/ants-are-strong