Kindergarten, week 35, day 1

New: two-part words

1. This week: two-part words. Two short words joined into one: sun + set makes sunset; read each part, then the whole.
2. Read these words together, running a finger under each one as you say it: sunset, cupcake, bathtub and sandbox.
3. Your child finds a two-part words 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

Counting to 100 again

1. Count to 100 by ones, then by tens.
2. Which way is faster? Which way did your child find easier?

• Hundreds chartteach.peabody.kids/hundreds-chart

Long days

1. In summer the days are long and the nights are short.
2. Notice what time the sun sets this week, and compare it with winter.

Read-aloud: The Sun Is a Star

1. Read “The Sun Is a Star” 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.

• The Sun Is a Star, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/the-sun-is-a-star