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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Weekly Home Enrichment Activities small medium large "READ TO SUCCEED!" In our Kindergarten class, it is mandatory that you and your child read together nightly for at least 10 minutes. Upon finishing the story, you and your child must engage in a brief and specific meaningful discussion about one or more elements of the story (ex.-favourite part/character, setting- where and when the story took place, a new ending, etc. The possibilities are endless.). Should your child wish to draw and write about the discussion, he/she may do so on a piece of paper or within a workbook. Pictures/Drawings should always be done using crayons only (enocuraging your child to use at least five colours in his/her picture). If your child wishes to print some words/phrases or wishes to scribe to you his/her thoughts about the story or about his/her drawing, pencil must always be used. Furthermore, correct letter formation and other concepts of print are musts (by this we mean correct use of upper and lowercase letters, left-to- right directionality, correct punctuation, and proper finger spacing). When writing with your child, always verbalize everything. Once again, his/her responses to what has been read may be in the form of words/phrases/simple sentences, just pictures, or a combination of pictures and words/phrases/sentences. Again, he/she may dictate his/her thoughts to you for you to scribe. However, we do not encourage this on a consistent basis. We prefer that your child "shares the pencil" with you and that you and your child interactively (take turns) write. He/She should be using "invented spelling" as he/she writes(stretching out the words and hearing the sounds the letters say). Please DO NOT spell words for him/her; but rather, celebrate and embrace his/her attempts! Each response must have a thoughtful/meaningful plan behind it, and it must demonstrate a connection to what the child has just listened to or read. In addition to this nightly reading, you and your child may wish to complete this week's optional enrichment activities; which are listed below. ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 14TH TO DECEMBER 18TH: 1. Practice reading the Kindergarten high frequency sight word list. (known as, "SNAPPY WORDS-see, know, say in a snap")using flash cards. 2. Sing and read continually this week's songs and poems. 3. Recognizing and printing his/her first name neatly and correctly the "school way" (uppercase letter for the first letter only; lowercase letters for the remaining letters). 4. Saying his/her address, birth date, and phone number. 5. Continuing to complete each day's activity on our optional monthly enrichment homework calendar. 6. Practice reading the take-home AR text; as part of our optional "Accelerated Reading" enrichment program. 7. Reading daily with an adult and upon reading, engaging in a brief but detailed "after reading" comprehensive discussion about an aspect of the text (characters, setting, plot/problem/solution, new ending, etc.) *MONTHLY HOME LEARNING PROJECT-visit the "Clever Critter Creations" icon to learn of the project and its instructions. PINK (a song to the tune of "Jingle Bells") pink, pink, pink pink, pink, pink p i n k, "pink" A piece of gum A piggie's thumb p i n k, "pink" UP (a song to the tune of "Jingle Bells") up, up, up up, up, up u p, u p, "up" Up goes the cat. Up goes the rat. u p, u p, "up" EIGHT (8) Make an "S" But, do not wait. Go back up To make an "8". DECEMBER It's hard to think of anything But, the holidays in December. There's so much to look forward to And so much to remember! HOLIDAY What holiday do you celebrate? Which is your special one? Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa..... They all are a lot of fun! At Christmas, we give presents And trim the tree with lights. On Hanukkah, we light candles To brighten all eight nights. For Kwanzaa, we light candles too, This time for seven days. The holidays are celebrated In many different ways. FIVE LITTLE EVERGREENS Five little evergreen outside in a row. The first one said, "Let's look at the snow." The second one said, "Oh no, it's getting cold." The third one said, "The holidays are coming, so I am told." The fourth one said, "I hope someone decorates me." The fifth one sid, "You'll have to wait and see!" GINGERBREAD CHILDREN Gingerbread children stand in a row. Very good children, always you know. They never will jump or kick, or leap, Or start to cry when it's time to sleep. They never run off or look around, And no one has heard them make a sound. Gingerbread children are fine to meet, But, much better still.....they're good to eat! SANTA Two bright and merry eyes A quirky little nose A long snowy beard Cheeks red as a rose Around, chubby man A toy-filled sack Hooray for Santa We're glad he's come back! THE REINDEER The reindeer has antlers on his head At Christmas time, he pulls a sled. He lives at the North Pole Where it snows the most. But, his brown coat of fur Keeps him warm as toast. WAITING FOR CHRISTMAS I've been waiting for Christmas And it's almost here. I've been waiting for Christmas Santa's getting near. Can't you hear the sleigh bells ringing? Reindeer up so high Can't you hear the children singing? As they look up to the sky. SNAPPY WORDS TO DATE: child's first name, red, a, one, circle, blue, I, two, square, yellow, and, three, triangle, green, it, four, rectangle, orange, is, five, oval, black, on, diamond, six, seven, brown, no, said, purple, like, pink, up, eight OUR "SOUNDING OUT" STRATEGY: 1. KNOW the sounds. 2. BLEND the sounds. 3. READ the word. SOUNDS TO DATE USING OUR "SOUNDING OUT" STRATEGY: "continuous" sounds (meaning the sound is held for 2 to 3 seconds)-a (as in "cat"; the vowel sound), e/ee (as in "he" and "see"; the letter name), i (as in "it"; the vowel sound), f, m, n, r, s, th "soft and quick/short stop" sounds (meaning the sound is said softly and quickly once)-t WORDS TO DATE USING OUR "SOUNDING OUT" STRATEGY: miss, mass, this, fan, ram, Sam, rim, seem, seen, than, man, fee, thee, ran, math, at, it, sit, that, sat, rat, tan, tee Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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