Foundational Students must be able to… Read to your child and Reading point to each word as you Skills Grade say it. Help your child to play this recognize that each PK Standard Practice identifying the interactive game to practice letter has its own 3 letter sounds of familiar identifying common letter sounds. specific sound and (RF.PK.3) words (your child’s name, begin to identify the etc). most common Point out common signs, sounds of some billboards, product labels, Work with your child to complete consonants. etc as you go about your this activity. recognize their own day with your child (e.g. “I names and common see the big blue P so I sounds and labels in know we’re at the grocery their environments store”). (e.g. stop sign, crayon Write your child’s name labels, etc). clearly on his/her belongings, so he/she becomes familiar with what it looks like. Foundational Students must be able to Read with your child often. Reading demonstrate Set aside reading time during which you allow Skills Grade pre-reading Try this activity with your child using a your child to look through books on his/her own and you read your own book to model PK Standard behaviors (e.g. pretend variety of texts he/she enjoys. reading behaviors. 4 reading, listening to read (RF.PK.4) alouds). Sit with your child and allow him/her to “read” to you. Look through the pictures and encourage your child to make up his/her own story as if he/she were reading the words. WRITING STANDARDS Parent Notes Standard What does this What can I do at home? Resources Code standard mean? Writing With guidance from an adult, Prompt your child to complete Grade PK students must be able to use these sentence starters with words Standard 1 some combination of or images… (W.PK.1) drawing pictures, dictating to an adult, and/or writing to “My favorite character Print the activity sheets. Then help your communicate their opinions is…because…” child to complete them using drawing, about what they have read. writing, and/or dictation. “The part of this story I like best is…because…” Writing With guidance from an adult, Prompt your child to create stories
Foundational Reading Skills Grade PK Standard 3 (RF.PK.3) Students must be able to… recognize that each letter has its own specific sound and begin to identify the most common sounds of some consonants. recognize their own names and common sounds and labels in their environments (e.g. stop sign, crayon labels, etc). Read to your child and point to each word as you say it. Practice identifying the letter sounds of familiar words (your child’s name, etc). Point out common signs, billboards, product labels, etc as you go about your day with your child (e.g. “I see the big blue P so I know we’re at the grocery store”). Write your child’s name clearly on his/her belongings, so he/she becomes familiar with what it looks like. Help your child to play this interactive game to practice identifying common letter sounds. Work with your child to complete this activity. Foundational Reading Skills Grade PK Standard 4 (RF.PK.4) Students must be able to demonstrate pre-reading behaviors (e.g. pretend reading, listening to read alouds). Read with your child often. Set aside reading time during which you allow your child to look through books on his/her own and you read your own book to model reading behaviors. Sit with your child and allow him/her to “read” to you. Look through the pictures and encourage your child to make up his/her own story as if he/she were reading the words. Try this activity with your child using a variety of texts he/she enjoys. WRITING STANDARDS Parent Notes Standard Code What does this standard mean? What can I do at home? Resources Writing Grade PK Standard 1 (W.PK.1) With guidance from an adult, students must be able to use some combination of drawing pictures, dictating to an adult, and/or writing to communicate their opinions about what they have read. Prompt your child to complete these sentence starters with words or images… “My favorite character is…because…” “The part of this story I like best is…because…” Print the activity sheets. Then help your child to complete them using drawing, writing, and/or dictation. Writing With guidance from an adult, Prompt your child to create stories
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