Homework Ideas
While I don't typically recommend homework for Kindergarten students after a long day of school, here are some optional ways your child can keep up with their learning while traveling or when home sick.
Reading: Listen to read-alouds every day AND spend time doing independent reading time every day. Students can "read" books by rereading familiar stories or creating their own language to match the pictures they see, until they are ready to read the words in books. Students can practice singing the ABC song while pointing to the letters on their ABC chart in their folder, practice finding different letters that are named, and say the sounds that these letters make.
Writing: Students can write stories every day by thinking of an idea and drawing a picture to show their ideas and words when they are ready. Encourage them to write their name on the top and to add lots of details and colors to the pictures. We'll be learning more about adding letters and words later this year. Students can practice writing capital and lowercase letters. Students can practice writing CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant), reading the words by blending the sounds together, and then deciding if it's a real word or a non-sense word.
Math: Students can practice counting by 1s or 2s or 5s or 10s. They can point to the number chart in their folders while counting OR they can count while moving/exercising. Students can play card games with their families that involve numbers and determining which numbers are more, less, or equal. Students can also practice writing their numbers.
Reading: Listen to read-alouds every day AND spend time doing independent reading time every day. Students can "read" books by rereading familiar stories or creating their own language to match the pictures they see, until they are ready to read the words in books. Students can practice singing the ABC song while pointing to the letters on their ABC chart in their folder, practice finding different letters that are named, and say the sounds that these letters make.
Writing: Students can write stories every day by thinking of an idea and drawing a picture to show their ideas and words when they are ready. Encourage them to write their name on the top and to add lots of details and colors to the pictures. We'll be learning more about adding letters and words later this year. Students can practice writing capital and lowercase letters. Students can practice writing CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant), reading the words by blending the sounds together, and then deciding if it's a real word or a non-sense word.
Math: Students can practice counting by 1s or 2s or 5s or 10s. They can point to the number chart in their folders while counting OR they can count while moving/exercising. Students can play card games with their families that involve numbers and determining which numbers are more, less, or equal. Students can also practice writing their numbers.