Dear Parents: It is a long time from the end of one school year until the beginning of the next. Therefore, we have compiled a suggested list of activities and materials for you to use with your child during the summer to reinforce the skills developed during this past school year. There is a 3-page story booklet, the one we use in the classroom, available online for you to make copies of for your child to use at home to write stories over the summer. Really any paper will do, staple three sheets together, draw pictures at the top and write words across the bottom! Set up time for Writing Workshop at home throughout the summer. Possible Writing Topics: * End of Year Party * Things you learned in kindergarten * A family outing/vacation * Your favorite movie/story * Things you can do by yourself * Friends/Family * Things you hope to do in first grade We hope you will find this material helpful and enjoyable for you and your child. Have a wonderful summer!
Sincerely, The Kindergarten Teachers
LEARNING ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS
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Concentration matching games: Make sets of cards using: A. upper and lower case letters B. vocabulary words C. colors and color words D. numerals, number words and sets E. rhyming words F. opposites
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Language and literacy ideas: A. B. C. D. E. F. G.
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Work on information recall. After reading a short passage or page in a book, ask questions about who, where, what, when, etc. Review reading color words, number words, and sight words. Practice the words on your child’s sight word list. Cut out and alphabetize the word cards on the sight word list. Use plastic letters or alphabet cards to make words. Play concentration using word cards. Choose a letter of the alphabet. Brainstorm words that start with that letter. Have your child use his/her invented spelling to write the words. Turn all the pages into a dictionary. Cut out words from magazines. Glue them onto a piece of paper. Count and tally how many words you can read. Add new words to the list every week. Cut out words from magazines to make sentences. Practice reading the sentences. Practice rhyming families; for example, brainstorm and spell out words for the “at” family (at, bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, flat, spat). Other families include ap, am, it, ig, ip, ot, op, ox, et, ed, en, ut, ug, un, up, um. Make up sentences with words from word families; for example, The fat cat is Pat. Make books about favorite topics or interests.
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Give your child a word. Ask him to use it in a sentence; for example, “cats” - I like to play with cats. Have your child use his invented spelling to write the sentence. Make up Hink Pinks. Hink Pinks are rhyming pairs; for example, wet pet, duck truck, mouse house, tall wall. Illustrate the hink pinks and turn them into a book. Write tongue twisters; for example, Carl carries cats carefully.
III. Things to do in the car: A. B. C. D. E. F.
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Look for familiar words on signs. Look for words beginning with letters in alphabetical order; for example: automobile, bank, car, donut shop, etc. Look for things beginning with certain sounds. Look for numbers on license plates. Look for different kinds of license plates. Play "going on a trip", whereby each person adds something beginning with the next letter of the alphabet. Each person repeats the entire list to aid auditory memory. Make up rhymes. Think up all the words that rhyme with a certain word, i.e. at, cat, mat. Look for shapes and spatial patterns.
Things to occupy you while waiting in a restaurant: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I.
Count the packets of sugar. Add and subtract with them. Identify the coins in dad's pocket or mom's purse. Try making coin combinations. Find familiar words on the menu. Find specific letters on the menu. Look for things beginning with the letters. Count tables, chairs, and people. Count adults. Then, count children. Determine which group has more or less. Look for objects having the following shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, and diamond.
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Things to do in the kitchen: A. B. C. D.
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Set the table emphasizing left and right placement. Make magnetic vocabulary cards for the refrigerator. Make sentences and stories with them. Find letters and familiar words on packages. Keep a calendar in view. Practice counting. Practice the sequence of days and months. Write in special events and holidays. Discuss and sort kitchen items, i.e. foods, dishes. Involve your child in cooking activities.
Other activities: A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H.
Practice writing alphabet letters in the sand at the beach. Write letters to friends and family who are away. Clap your hands and count to thirty. Also, practice by two’s, five's, and ten’s to 100. Bounce a ball. Count how many times you can bounce the ball consecutively. Go outside and listen to sounds. Try to identify and imitate the sounds. Try to go to the library each week. Look for patterns in clothing, nature, words, and numbers. Keep a summer journal.
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AT LEAST 10 MINUTES EVERY DAY!!!
Kindergarten 75 High Frequency Words And Number/Color Words
no is can me you and he at a so on in up am we like see I go it do an the my to all are as ball be boy come day did
eat for get girl got had has her him his how if jump look man mom not now of or out play put ran read run sat saw say she sit then they this
too us was went will yes by zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten red green black brown orange purple pink white gray yellow blue
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End-of-Year Message Dear Families, It is so exciting to look back to the beginning of the year and see how much children have grown in their understanding of mathematics! The Everyday Mathematics curriculum we used this year is based on the idea that we encounter and use mathematics in our everyday lives. So, over the summer be on the lookout for chances to “talk and think” math with your child in the context of their everyday experiences. This list of Summer Math Ideas may help you to incorporate mathematics into your summer activities in fun and interesting ways. You may want to post the list on your refrigerator for handy reference. Have a wonderful, math-filled summer!
Summer Math Ideas Continue to use the Home Links and Mathematics at Home books as resources for ideas to “do math” together.
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Play card or board games, including Everyday Mathematics games sent home during the year. Choose some math-related books when you go to the library. Keep track of your activities on the calendar. Count how many more days there are until a family vacation or special event. Measure and record how tall your child is at the beginning of the summer, then again at the end of summer. Compare the measures to see how much he or she has grown. Visit a local zoo or farm and observe and describe the many different kinds and sizes of animals, as well as the patterns of animal markings. Go berry picking and count and compare numbers of berries. Weigh the berries and compare the weights of different containers. Cook together. Cooking involves reading numbers, counting, measuring ingredients, measuring time, and sequencing. Prepare a picnic with various geometric shapes (sandwiches in triangular, rectangular, and square shapes, cylindrical cans, cubes of cheese, and so on).
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End-of-Year Message (continued) Summer Math Ideas Set up an obstacle course at the park or in your yard. Go around bushes, under lawn chairs, over the toy blocks, and so on. Draw a map of the course. Read and follow the maps you find at the zoo, museum, or shopping mall. Have your child help you look up, copy, and dial phone numbers when arranging play dates or planning an outing. Allow your child to pay and receive change at the store. Look for numbers all around—on the mailbox, telephone, book pages, houses, restaurants, gas pumps, and so on. Incorporate mathematics on a family trip: How many miles will you travel? How many days will you be gone? How much money do you need for the gas or lodging? When traveling on a car trip, watch for road signs and help your child tally the shapes seen. You might also look for numbers in order as you read the signs. Measure objects using non-standard units (feet, hands, blocks, pencils), then compare the findings. Children might also enjoy using rulers and measuring tapes. Look for geometric shapes around the house, at the grocery store, at the park, in the mall, or anywhere you go! Notice both 2- and 3-dimensional shapes. Write numbers in the sandbox, dirt, play dough, or on the sidewalk with chalk. Use play dough to create 3-dimensional numbers! Use a thermometer or other source to find the temperature on different days. Create and solve number stories with family members.
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Observe and describe the patterns of animal markings.
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Reading List for Students Entering First Grade Now that your child is a reader it is equally important to make time for parent read alouds, as well as time for your child to read independently. Both will further your child’s growth and development in reading. Below you will find suggested authors/titles/book series for parents to read aloud as well as just right books for independent reading. Suggested Parent Read-Aloud Selections Authors BOOK SERIES Tomie dePaola Froggy Mo Willems Biscuit Kevin Henkes Five Little Monkeys Laura Numeroff Mrs. Wishy-Washy David Shannon Rookie Readers Pat Hutchins Elephant & Piggie Jan Brett Hello Readers- Level 2 Johnathon London I Can Read- Level 1 Dr. Seuss DK Readers- Level 1 Eric Carle Henry & Mudge Lois Ehlert Frog & Toad Ezra Jack Keats Clifford Suggested Titles Authors
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Eric Carle
Flying
Donald Crews
I Went Walking
Sue Williams
The Chick and the Duckling
Mirra Ginsburg
Spiders, Spiders Everywhere
Rozanne Lanczak Williams
Five Little Monsters
Rozanne Lanczak Williams
It Looked Like Spilled Milk
Charles G. Shaw
Ants
Cheryl Coughlan
Where’s Spot?
Eric Hill
Bad Hair Day
Susan Hood
All Kinds of Farms
Daniel Shepard
Rosie’s Walk
Pat Hutchins
Alligator Shoes
Arthur Dorros
Tough Boris
Mem Fox Robert Munsch books
Danny & the Dinosaur
Syd Hoff
My Summer Reading Log Name __________________________________________________ Keep track of all the books read over the summer on this reading log. Your child’s first grade teacher will collect this log in August when we return to school.
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First Grade Supply List Item Quantity Plastic Pencil Box (9x6) 1 Black fine point sharpies (not ultra fine) 4 70 page, wide ruled BLUE spiral notebook 1 70 page, wide ruled YELLOW spiral notebook 1 3*5 inch colored index cards-‐200 count 1 Yellow high lighters 4 4 pack Expo dry erase markers, standard colors, not thin 2 expo dry erase eraser 1 box Ziplocs-‐Gallon size 1 box Ziplocs-‐Quart size 1 Clorox wipes 2 package of 6 -‐3*3 inch post it notes 1
Sturdy "Take Home" Folder – 2 pockets – no prongs 2 Heavy duty red plastic Folder with 2 pockets and 3 prongs 1
*** No School Bags or backpacks needed. Shorecrest will be providing tote bags. *** The following are items not included in the packet. Parents please purchase the following: 1 Large parent’s t-‐shirt for art projects
