What Your Child Will Learn in Kindergarten:
| CCSS Strands | Standards |
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| Reading: Literature/Informational Text |
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| Foundational Skills |
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| Writing |
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| Speaking and Listening |
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| Language |
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SMCPS Resources:
Additional Helpful Resources:
- Common Core State Curriculum
- Parent Roadmap: Supporting Your Child in Grade Kindergarten, English Language Arts
- Guía Para Los Padres: Apoyando A Su Hijo En Kindergarten, Artes Del Lenguaje En Inglés
- Helping Your Child Learn to Read: A Parent Tip Sheet
Resources to Support Your Child at Home:
Generic Resources
- Florida Reading Center- A collection of activities/centers to support phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
- St. Mary’s County Library- Use your library card to download books from the library through the OverDrive App
Resources Available through SMCPS
Recommended Reading/Online Books
- Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Notable Children’s Books 2020
- ALSC 2019 Summer Reading Lists
- St. Mary’s County Public Library Recommended Reading for Kids
- Storyline Online- A collection of authentic, high quality children's books read aloud by famous actors, no account necessary
- OxfordOwl- Website that includes tips for parents on how to support their children with reading and free online books for children to read/listen to, parents will need to create a free account
- StoryTime From Space- In-orbit reading alouds by real astronauts
- Tumblebooks- TumbleBooks is an online collection of animated, talking picture books for beginning readers offered by the St. Mary’s County Library, you will need a library card to access
Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
- Reading Rockets Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Activities- Eight phonological and phonemic awareness activities to get your child ready for reading
- Reading Rockets Blending and Segmenting Games- Games and activities to support your child with blending and segmenting syllables and sounds
- Scholastic Phonological Awareness Activities- Activities to support phonological awareness, many of which are paired with authentic children’s books
- Reading Resources Phonological and Phonemic Awareness Activities- Activities for playing with words, blending syllables/phonemes, segmenting syllables/phonemes, deleting syllables/phonemes, and manipulating syllables/phonemes; each of these activities can be done in just a few minutes
- ABCya!- Educational games for grades PreK through 6 that will keep kids engaged and having fun
Phonics
- Fundations- Ideas for how you can continue to support your child using the SMCPS Foundational Skills Program
- Reading Rockets Letters and Sounds: Practical Ideas for Parents- Activities to help your child learn that written words are made up of letters that match the sounds in spoken words
- Reading Eggs Phonics Games and Activities to Help Your Child Learn to Read- Quick and easy games that can be played at home to support phonemic awareness and phonics
- ABCya!- Educational games for grades PreK through 6 that will keep kids engaged and having fun
- Starfall- Educational games for grades PreKthrough 3, includes a talking library so your child can listen to books being read online
Reading Comprehension
- Reading Rockets: Reading for Meaning with Your Child- Quick tips for supporting your child before, during, and after reading
- Reading Rockets: How Parents Can Support the Common Core Reading Standards- Ideas for talking points and questions to ask your child that will support the Common Core Reading Standards
- Reading Rockets: Think Alouds to Build Comprehension- Tips on how to use think alouds while reading to your child to support making connections while reading
- Scholastic Question Stems- This document provides questions you can ask your kindergarten child before, during, and after reading that will support the Common Core Standards
- Writing
The following articles provide tips to support writing at home: