A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n
School-Home Links Reading Kit - February 1999
Cover page | A Word to Families and Tutors
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reading and Literacy Skills
- Knows the Parts of Books and Their Functions
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Begins to Track Print
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Recognizes and Names All Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Understands That Words Consist of a Sequence of Sounds
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Learns One-to-One Letter/Sound Correspondence
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Recognizes Some Words by Sight
- Connects Information and Events in Text to Real Life
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Listens to/Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
- Repeating sentences aloud
- Listens Attentively to Books Read
- Listening attentively when books are read
- Identifies Words that Are Similar or Different
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Identifies Words that Share the Same Sound
- Recognizing words that rhyme
- Merges Sound Segments into Words
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Rhymes
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Uses Sounds and Letters to Spell
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Writes to Express Own Meaning
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Builds a Vocabulary of Words
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Writes Own Name
- Writes Most Letters and Some Words
Or select a single activity from the topics below...
- Knows that Words Join Together to Make Sentences
- Noticing each word in a sentence
- Follows Directions (k87.pdf)
Book Links
- Connects Information and Events in Texts to Life and Life to Text
- Making connections between things in a story
- Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
Or select a single activity from the topics below
- Listens Attentively to Books Read
- Listening for good reading of books and stories
- Correctly Answers Questions about Stories
Or select a single activity from the topics below
- Makes Predictions about Stories
- Using pictures to guess what might happen in a story
Acknowledgments
[Compact for Reading Home]