Week 18: Winter, Predictions, Inferences, Weather, & More!

Words of the Week (W.O.W.): you, in

Word Family of the Week (WFW): _ot (example: pot, hot, dot, and not. The initial sound referred to as an onset. The word family is referred to as a rhyme. Using this vocabulary will help in identifying the parts of the word and building familiarity with how to choose rhyming words.) 

This weeks' read alouds: 





Reading Strategy: Predictions & Inferences

3) Rhyming: Please work with your child on words that rhyme. Begin with words that follow our word families. Reading poetry and seeing how others use rhyme can be a fun way to begin this journey! Dr. Seuss is a great resource for this activity!



Please continue work with both beginning sounds and segmenting words at home. 

Beginning Sound Practice: 

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2d Student will be able to isolate and pronounce the initial sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant or CVC) words. This does not include words with the ending sounds /l/, /r/, or /x/.

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "cat"?

Answer: "C! C says /k/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "mom"?

Answer: "M! M says /m/"

Prompt: What is the first/beginning sound you hear in the word "bed"?

Answer: "B! B says /b/"

Phoneme Segmentation:

Kindergarten Skill Standard: RF.K.2c Student will be able to blend and segment onsets and rimes of single syllable spoken words. 

Example: Tell me the sounds in the word cat answer: /c/ /a/ /t/



Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word man 

Answer: /m/ /a/ /n/



Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word hit 

Answer: /h/ /i/ /t/



Prompt: Tell me the sounds in the word box 

Answer: /b/ /o/ /x/

Composing & Decomposing Numbers: Composing with Legos