Before Coming to Kindergarten Practice independence Tying shoes Opening drinks or food containers Button own pants or fasten own belts Use restroom and wash hands independently Sending a change of clothes to keep at school is recommended

Before Coming to Kindergarten Recognize capital and lowercase letters Recognize first name Understand print concepts and reading behaviors

Print Concepts- Front of the Book

Print Concepts- The Title

Print Concepts- Print Carries a Message

Print Concepts- Where to Begin Reading

Print Concepts- Direction to Read

Print Concepts- Where to Go at the End of a Line

Print Concepts- One-to-One Matching

Print Concepts- Find One Letter

Print Concepts- Find Two Letters

Print Concepts- Find a Capital Letter

Print Concepts- Find a Lowercase Letter

Print Concepts- Tell the First Sound in a Word

Print Concepts- Tell the Last Sound in a Word

Print Concepts- Find One Word

Print Concepts- Find Two Words

Print Concepts- Find the First Letter in a Word

Print Concepts- Find the Last Letter in a Word

Print Concepts- A Sentence

Print Concepts- First Word in a Sentence

Print Concepts- Last Word in a Sentence

Print Concepts- A Period

Print Concepts- A Question Mark

Reading Behaviors Maintain Language Pattern Sound out unknown words Recognize sight words

Before Coming to Kindergarten How can you help at home? Join a summer reading program at the library Practice letters and sounds Read to your child and talk about the books Today you will get a bag of materials that can help your student prepare for kindergarten.

What is in the bag? Dry Erase board, marker, and eraser- practice writing your student’s first name Sight word cards- read, spell, read method to practice ABC cards Alphabet match- upper and lower case Number cards

Beginning the Year in Kindergarten Recognize and write first name Recognize capital and lowercase letters Produce the sound and give a word for each letter Recognize numbers to 10 Count to 10 Recognize quick images (dice, dominoes, etc.) Understand more/ less

Beginning of Year Example of a Level A reader

End of Year Example of a level E reader