Kindergarten Learning Packet for week of June 1, 2020

Reading Review Games

Fun Fact: Repeated practice with connecting sounds to written letters is the key to becoming a

reader. The more practice, the better new words will stick in your child's memory. Below is a menu of all the fun games you've seen so far that will help build these skills. Pick a few to play again!

Letter Game Menu

Letter Sound Hunt

Instructions: 1. Point at an object such

as a ball, and ask: what

is the first sound in

ball?

2. Ask your child to select

the correct letter from

the four letter cards.

3. Challenge your student

to find another object

that starts with /b/.

From May 4th Packet

Letter Name iSpy

Instructions:

1. Tell your child you are

going on a letter hunt and

give them the four letters

for reference. Their job is

to find letters around the

house. Look on food boxes,

posters, labels on

appliances, etc.

2. When they find it, say the

name of the letter and the

sound it makes.

From May 4th Packet

Letter Spot It

Instructions:

1. Place down 5-10 letter

cards on table or floor.

2. Tell your student the goal is

to be the first to spot the

correct card. If they find it,

they keep it, if not, you

keep it.

3. You can mix up asking for a

letter sound or name. Once

you find it, touch it.

From May 4th Packet

ABC Song Sheet Letter Board Game

Instructions: (Using ABC Song Sheet)

1. Choose if you want your child to

practice letter sounds or names.

2. Have students touch each item as they

sing it. (EX: touch apple when you say

apple)

a. If you chose letter names to

practice, when your child

touches the letter, they will say

the name. If you chose sound,

they will say the sound that

letter makes.

From May 11th Packet

Instructions:

1. Decide if you are going to play based on letter

sounds or by naming the letter.

2. Play! Game rules:

a. Everyone starts in the start spot. Role

your dice to see how many spots you

can move.

b. Draw a letter card. Say the proper

sound or name. If you get it right, you

can move the number of spots you

rolled. If you get it wrong, you stay in

your current spot.

c. Play until someone gets to the finish

spot.

From May 18th Packet

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Kindergarten Learning Packet for week of June 1, 2020

Phonological Awareness Game Menu

Noticing Syllables Putting Syllables Together First Sound First

Words are made of parts, or

syllables. Every syllable has a

vowel sound.

Instructions:

1. Place your hand under

your chin.

2. Say your name.

3. Every time your chin drops,

that is a syllable

4. Repeat with names/word.

From May 4th packet

Now that you have practiced

breaking words into syllables,

next practice putting them back

together.

Instructions:

1. Say a word one syllable at a

time and your child puts it back

together.

Example: Adult: Jor – dan

Child: Jordan!

2. Switch roles.

From May 4th packet

Now that you can break words into syllables, start breaking syllables into the first sound followed by the rest of the word.

Instructions:

Use the words on the CVC lists to say the first sound and the rest of the word. Your child tells you the word.

Example: Adult: /b/-ug. What is the word? Child: bug!

From May 11th packet

Sound Away Add a Sound Away and Add

If you take the first sound of a Make a word from the different This game is a combination of the

word away, a new word may parts. This is the opposite of the previous two games and is the

result. game: Sound Away. most advanced skill needed to sound out new words.

Instructions: Instructions:

Do the example below and try Do the example below and try a Instructions: a few of your own! few of your own! Do the example below and try a

Example: Example: few of your own! Adult: /f/ /f/ /f/ -eat. Now Adult: eat… /m/ /m/ /m/ - Example:

you say it. eat. Put /m/ and -eat together and what is the

Adult: - I am going to say the word

Child: /f/ /f/ /f/ -eat. word? ‘feat.’ Adult: If I take /f/ away, Child: meat! - Now take away the /f/ and

what is the word that is change it to an /m/.

left? - What is the word?

Child: meat! Child: -eat

From May 18th packet From May 25th packet -- New game --Games adapted from Phonemic Awareness in Young Children, Adams, Foorman, Lundberg and Beeler, 2006

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