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Kindergarten

Math 

• Zearn – Activities to develop numeracy
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• Moby Max – (Clever) – Wide variety of material available. 
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.
• Math-A-Thon (math facts practice)- iLearn

Language Arts

• Storyline Online– The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.  
• Readworks–  Provides K-12 teachers with a large, high-quality library of curated nonfiction and literary articles, along with reading comprehension and vocabulary supports, formative assessments, teacher guidance, and more.  Must have an account, but they are free.
• MobyMax- Access through Clever
• ReadWriteThink.org– reading and writing resources across grade levels.
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.
• MAISA Reading and Writing Units- See DEC

Science

• Mystery Science – Mystery Science features multimedia science units for K-5. Each lesson consists of a series of short videos and prompts guide student discussion. This is followed by an experiment that can be done at home. Teachers can send students specific lessons via a link. Students do not have to be logged on to Mystery Science! Click this link to MyPD to watch a video about how to find these student links and the different ways you can share the link with your class.
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.

Social Studies

• MI Open Book – Myself & Others (Teacher Correlation Guide available in MyPD Remote Learning course)
• BrainpopJr.- Free stuff section includes Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and SEL information
• Discovery Education– Educational videos that cross grade levels.  Log in with Google.

he Michigan Department of Education has some very useful resources in regards to the Read by 3rd grade law. Please OClick on This Link!N to access an awareness toolkit and stay informed on this law.

Welcome back to school after our Winter (Christmas) break. The month of January is a very busy month in kindergarten. We will continue to see our LLI reading groups, but we will also be giving our Middle of the Year assessments. At this time, we will reassess the students on the same literacy tasks that we gave in the Fall. We expect to see lots of growth in our students! Continue to read each night with your child, and don’t forget to practice their blue LLI words as well!

By now, your child has a book bag, inside you will find 1 or 2 books and a small bag of words. Each night your child should read the book with you, take time to ask your child to find a word on the page “Can you find the word ‘see'”? “Show me the word “Come””. Also, don’t forget to practice reading the sight words quickly and continue to work on letters and the sounds that each letter makes.

Have fun together!

Your child is working on a number of beginning reading strategies including:

Voice/Print match: “point to each word as you read it”
Return Sweep: “When I finish reading one line of text, I know to continue to the next line. left to right”.
Beginning sounds: “What sound do you hear at the beginning of “Dog””?
Illustrate a story: “I can draw a picture to match the story, and label it with the sounds I hear”.
Writing my name: “I can write my name while holding the pencil correctly and form my letters properly”.

stamina

You may hear your child talk about “stamina” at at home. Your child is referring to the way we prepare our young readers to spend longer amounts of independent time reading a book. Click on the link about to find out how you can help your child build reading stamina at home!

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Click here to read about the “Read by 3rd Grade Law” in Michigan that affects your child!

Read by 3rd Grade

Here students are drawing a picture related to the story that they just read, then they are labeling pictures using sounds and letters they know. Some students are even using tools to help them find letters that they are unfamiliar with!

Great job!