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School-Home Links Reading Kit - February 1999
Table of Contents Kindergarten Activities

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Listed below are 100 School-Home Links activities for the kindergarten level. The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to this grade. Under each specific skill, there are varying numbers of activities to help children develop their ability to read and write. For the categories that have multiple activities, you can download the entire section or the individual activities within that section by selecting from a pull-down menu.

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Listed below are 100 School-Home Links activities for the kindergarten level. The activities are organized by reading and literacy skills appropriate to this grade. Under each specific skill, there are varying numbers of activities to help children develop their ability to read and write. For the categories that have multiple activities, you can download the entire section or the individual activities within that section by selecting from a pull-down menu.

get acrobat reader The School-Home Links activities below are available to download as PDF files. In order to read or print these files, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you may download from Adobe .

If you need more information on using these PDF files or the Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to our Adobe Help Guide.

NOTE: You may also download the entire Kindergarten Activities volume [1.7MB] in PDF format.

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Reading and Literacy Skills

  1. Knows the Parts of Books and Their Functions
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  2. Begins to Track Print
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  3. Recognizes and Names All Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  4. Understands That Words Consist of a Sequence of Sounds
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  5. Learns One-to-One Letter/Sound Correspondence
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  6. Recognizes Some Words by Sight
  7. Connects Information and Events in Text to Real Life
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  8. Listens to/Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
  9. Listens Attentively to Books Read
  10. Identifies Words that Are Similar or Different
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  11. Identifies Words that Share the Same Sound
  12. Merges Sound Segments into Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  13. Rhymes
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  14. Uses Sounds and Letters to Spell
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  15. Writes to Express Own Meaning
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  16. Builds a Vocabulary of Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  17. Writes Own Name
  18. Writes Most Letters and Some Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  19. Knows that Words Join Together to Make Sentences
  20. Follows Directions (k87.pdf)

Book Links

  1. Connects Information and Events in Texts to Life and Life to Text
  2. Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
    Or select a single activity from the topics below
  3. Listens Attentively to Books Read
  4. Correctly Answers Questions about Stories
    Or select a single activity from the topics below
  5. Makes Predictions about Stories

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