Here you will find reminders of homework activity that is due for the week. Homework Folders are distributed on Monday and are due back on Friday. Thank you for partnering with me in your child’s education!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Black
Homework for May 27th – May 30th, 2013
Please return homework on Friday, May 31st, 2013
Day 1
Help your child practice writing his/her telephone number.
Skill: Recall / Numeral Writing
Day 2
Before we had clocks, people used sundials to tell the time of day. Help your child make a sundial by pounding a long stick into the ground in a sunny spot. Measure the stick’s shadow at different times in the day. Discuss the changes in the length of the shadow and what these changes mean.
Skill: Time Recognition
Day 3
Choose a shape. Ask your child to draw pictures of things that are that specific shape.
Skill: Shape Recognition / Fine Motor Development
Language Arts: School-Home Links
School-Home Links worksheets are designed to help families reinforce reading and language arts skills needed to help your child learn at school. Please review assigned activities together with your child and sign each worksheet upon completion.
- School Home Links: Blend vowel-consonant sounds orally to make words or syllables.
- School Home Links: Writing Strategies.
Writing: Practice Daily
Writing activities are encouraged to be done on a daily basis. However, it is important to remember, that with any fine motor skill, young children develop at their own pace. Keep the joy of learning alive! Kindergarten writing practice should be kept to about five minutes a day. Gentle reminders of proper letter formation and celebrating effort and achievement will help develop a happy, confident writer!
- Practice writing first name.
- Practice writing numbers 1 -30.
- Practice writing the letters of the alphabet.
Reading: Story Charts
Dear Parents,
Please use Story Charts to help your child practice reading at home. Help your child point to the words making sure to move from left to right and from the top to the bottom of the page. Help your child to sound out the words as he/she reads with you.
Please practice this activity daily. You will receive new Story Charts as we work on them in our class. Practice the new charts daily as well as reviewing previous story charts. It might be a good idea to put the story charts together in a book for your child to practice.
I know that your child will be successful if we work together to practice reading.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Black
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