1. 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

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

3. Print Concepts- Front of the Book

4. Print Concepts- The Title

5. Print Concepts- Print Carries a Message

6. Print Concepts- Where to Begin Reading

7. Print Concepts- Direction to Read

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

9. Print Concepts- One-to-One Matching

10. Print Concepts- Find One Letter

11. Print Concepts- Find Two Letters

12. Print Concepts- Find a Capital Letter

13. Print Concepts- Find a Lowercase Letter

14. Print Concepts- Tell the First Sound in a Word

15. Print Concepts- Tell the Last Sound in a Word

16. Print Concepts- Find One Word

17. Print Concepts- Find Two Words

18. Print Concepts- Find the First Letter in a Word

19. Print Concepts- Find the Last Letter in a Word

20. Print Concepts- A Sentence

21. Print Concepts- First Word in a Sentence

22. Print Concepts- Last Word in a Sentence

23. Print Concepts- A Period

24. Print Concepts- A Question Mark

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

26. 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.

27. 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

28. 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

29. Beginning of Year
Example of a
Level A reader

30. End of Year
Example of a
level E reader