Kindergarten Homework

Kindergarten Homework

1. Each Monday, the children will be sent home with a list of 5 Sight words. The children are expected to study these words and to be prepared to spell the words for me either orally or on paper. The informal quizzes will not begin until October, as I don’t want you or your child to begin the year stressed out. They will either be quizzed on Friday or the following Monday. I will send home a Sight Word game each week for you and your child to play. These suggestions invite the children to read, spell, write, draw, etc. the sight words. Making these words part of your child’s sight vocabulary means more fluent reading. You can make up your own games as well. For example, I created Enter/Exit with my daughters. I tape a sight word to the entrance of rooms in our house. In order for them to enter the room, they must be able to read the word on the door. I do the same on the other side of the door for them to exit.

2. The students will also receive a weekly reader that goes hand and hand with our Scott Foresman Reading Street Language Arts curriculum. I would like for the children to practice reading the booklet each night. This does not need to be returned to school. If your child can read the book very easily, I recommend that you visit this website:

http://bartlettes.scsk12.org/~cordonc/LeveledReaders.html

These are our leveled readers that can be read online. I always send home the first reader, but the others underneath are more challenging. Use these if your child is showing eagerness to read more.

3. Math Journals are also part of homework this year. The Math Journals are a nice way for the children to record how they understand a math idea by either drawing or writing. The Math Journal is a way for the children to express their mathematical thinking in their own way creatively and artistically. They will have one Math Journal exercise each night.

4. Lastly, I am encouraging the children to become ‘Helpful Hands’ at home and within their community. This ties in with our curriculum because Kindergarten is a time to learn sharing, helping, and independence. Many times the children who leave messes behind or do not offer help to others do not have responsibility at home. I am asking that each child perform one simple chore a day at home to instill sharing, helping, and independence.

An organized homework packet will be sent home on Mondays and are due back the following Monday. This gives your family a full week to work on the assignments.

5. Good Morning Presentations are also an extension of Kindergarten homework. This handout will be separate.