Working+Together

= Read together every day for 15 to 20 minutes. Practice writing daily using nouns, action and describing words in your sentences/story. Practice sight words...count to 100......recognize numbers 0-30... recognize and learn the alphabet letters and sounds. =



[[file:Homework Expectations.doc]]
Rainbow Words ** -Write your words in three colors. ** Backwards Words ** -Write your words forwards, then backwards. ** Picture Words ** -Draw a picture and write your words in the picture. ** Words Without Vowels ** -Write your words replacing all vowels with a line. ** Words without Consonants ** -Same as above, but replace consonants with a line. ** Scrambled words ** -Write your words, then write them again with the letters mixed up. ** Surround Words ** -Write your words on graph paper and outline in colors. ** Ransom Words ** -Write your words by cutting out letters in a newspaper or magazine and glue them on a paper. ** Pyramid Words ** -Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words. ** Words-in-Words ** -Write your word and then write at least two words made from each. ** Delicious Words ** -Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter, or anything you can eat! ** Good Clean Words ** -Write your words in shaving cream on a counter or some other surface than can be cleaned safely. ** Dirty Words ** -Write your words in mud or sand. ** Pasta Words ** -Write your words by arranging alphabet pasta or Alphabits. ** 3D Words ** -Use modeling clay rolled thinly to make your words. ** Choo-Choo Words ** -Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words. ** Silly String ** -With a long length of string, "write" words, using the string to shape the letters. ** Backwriting ** -Using your finger, draw each letter on a partner's back, having the partner say the word when completed. ** Flashwriting ** -In a darkened room, use a flashlight to draw letters in the air. ** Popsicles ** -Make words using popsicle sticks. ** Every child will learn the following list of words and more in kindergarten. You can help at home by: 1) Make flashcards 2) Write the word and have your child copy it  3) Say the word and have your child practice sounding it out  3) Write the word and have your child write it  4) Say the word and have your child "clap out" the sounds and letters  5) Cut the letters out of magazines and glue on a piece of paper 6) Use letter stamps or stickers to spell the words 7) Have your child write a story using the words
 * Here are some ** creative ways to practice sight words ** at home. Have fun! **

= Sight words: a at an and am can do go he in I is it like me my no see so the to up we =