Kindergarten Homework Menu
Student ______
(Student must write his/her own name.)
Choose 21 activities to complete with your child for the month of November. Please initial each activity you complete. This menu is to be completed by Monday, November 30.
Tell a family member the names of five friends in your class. Name a word that rhymes with each of their names.______/ Play sight word memory using the attached sight word cards. (Limit the game to a total of 6 pairs.)
______/ Read a book with your child on the Raz-Kids website.
http://www.raz-kids.com/main/Login
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Ask a family member to listen to you count from 1 to 50.
I counted to the number ______on my own.
______/ Choose any book and have your child point to the title. Ask him/her to identify what the author and illustrator do. Discuss characters and setting.
______/ Practice writing simple sentences using familiar sight words and word families. (Ex: I see a fat cat. I love to go... I like…)
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Choose two different family members and practice counting by 10’s to 100. Raise both hands in the air as you count, waving them when you reach 100.
______/ Have your child create a booklet and share a personal story that includes characters, details, and a setting. Label the pictures or write a simple sentence on each page.
______/ Name a color word (red, blue, white, etc) and have your child think of two rhyming words. Repeat with additional color words.
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Look for familiar sight words in your library book or book from home.
______/ Build sight words with interactive magnets on a refrigerator on the ABCya website!
http://www.abcya.com/alphabet_number_magnets.htm
______/ Practice clapping syllables in words (Tur/key- 2 claps; Pil/grim- 2 claps, Horse- 1 clap, In/di/an- 3 claps).
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Practice writing sight words or simple sentences with a white crayon. Color over them with a marker. It’s MAGIC!
______/ Have your child write a thank you note to someone special. Encourage him/her to use sight words and stretch unfamiliar words. ______/ Practice writing your first and last name correctly using a marker, crayon, or pencil.
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Name the five vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Remind your child that the vowels have two sounds. Think of words that start with vowels (apple, elephant, igloo, umbrella, etc.) ______/ Perform an experiment at home. Have your child make a prediction and state observations.
______/ Go on a Magical Shape Hunt to find all of the 3D jewels.
http://pbskids.org/peg/games/magical-shape-hunt
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Talk about how the Native Americans and Pilgrims worked and lived together. Discuss how their lives were different from ours (housing, food, clothing, etc.) ______/ Practice beginning sounds with the Between the Lions Quiet Machine.
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/
______/ Write numbers 10-20 (using your finger) in one of the following: shaving cream on a table, sand/dirt outside, grits in a large container.
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Complete a math page in your My Math Workbook.
______/ Ask your child to use his/her body to create several letters of the alphabet and make the letter’s sound.
______/ Go on a number hunt and look for numbers 10-20. Look in newspapers, magazines, books, etc.
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Using small objects (coins, cheerios, buttons), create two groups. Have your child compare the two groups using key vocabulary (more/greater, less/fewer, equal/same). Repeat.
______/ Go on a shape hunt and look for 3D shapes. (Sphere- ex: basketball, orange; Cylinder- ex: candle, soup can; Cube- ex: tissue box, dice; Cone- party hat)
______/ After reading your child’s library book, ask him/her some comprehension questions (who, what, where, when, why, how).
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This month I enjoyed ______
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My Math: Chapter 12 (3D Shapes) and Chapter 4 (Compose & Decompose Numbers to 10) will be taught during the month of November. The My Math Workbook is an optional resource and supplement to review math skills at home. You can access the workbook online. Click on “Create a New Account” under “New Users.” Enter the redemption code (TFES-5E1O-4PZQ): http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do
First Nine Weeks Sight Words: I, a, cat, dog, the, see, my, go, at, can, no, is, it, in, am, like
Second Nine Weeks Sight Words: and, he, she, said, me, we, was, big, are, but, not, look, will, have, do, play, mom, dad, to, love