Kindergarten, week 36, 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

Shape and number hunt

1. Hunt around the house for five kinds of shapes and five written numbers.
2. Draw a picture of what you found.

• Shapes wheelteach.peabody.kids/wheel/shapes

How I have grown

1. Stand your child against the wall where you marked their height at the start of the year.
2. How much have they grown? Mark it again.

Read-aloud: Priya Moves Away

1. Read “Priya Moves Away” 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.

• Priya Moves Away, read-along on screenteach.peabody.kids/read-aloud/priya-moves-away