How to Help Your Students at Home

 

All Kindergartners Should Know

*How to write your first and last name
*Student lunch number
*Letter names and sounds (see the song Action Alphabet by Dr. Jean below)
*How to rote count to 20 and how to count up to 20 objects

Aa

 

apple

Bb

bounce

Cc

cut

Dd

dig

Ee

elbow

Ff

fan

Gg

gallop

Hh

  

hop

Ii

  

itch

Jj

   

jump

Kk

   

kick

Ll

love

Mm

   

munch

Nn

   

nod

Oo

  

opera

Pp

 

push

Qq

 

quiet

Rr

 

run

Ss

 

sew

Tt

 

talk

Uu

 

upside-down

Vv

   

volley

Ww

  

wiggle

Xx

 

x-ray

Yy

 

yawn

Zz

  

zigzag

 

 

 

 

 

What do you do when you get stuck reading?

 

Look at the pictures!

 

 

Get your mouth ready!

 

Think about the meaning

of the story.

 

     Does it make sense?

     Does it sound right?

      Does it look right?

 

It didn’t make sense?

Go back and read it again!

 

 

Look for chunks you know-

can, sat, get!

 

 

 

Skip the word; think; then go back and read the sentence again.