There is a lovely little book by Rosemary Wells called Read to Your Bunny. In the school I last worked in before moving to district coaching, we gifted this book along with a copy of Mem Fox's Reading Magic (we had a grant) to participants in a summer pre-kinder day camp.
Lori On 4/18/08 6:01 AM, "KENNETH SMITH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think a welcome packet would be a great idea. A book from A-Z might be a > good idea so that parents can be prepared for what will be expected of their > kids. It seems like I remember an A-Z book called "Getting Ready for School", > but I'm not sure of the level. I think sight words might be a bit much, but > maybe instead you could do something with the alphabet. You might be able to > find a file folder game or an activity off of the FCRR website to produce, > giving them a set of alphabet flashcards to manipulate. You could produce > upper and lower case letters, some pictures with Elkonin boxes under, maybe > filled-in, except for beginning sound - you might be able to find worksheets > that can be laminated and then include a dry erase marker. I would also > suggest a sentence strip (or name plate) with the child's name (first and > last) - this, too, could be laminated for the child to practice. If you did > want to do something with sight words, there is a great sight with a complete > Dolch kit that can be downloaded. It's called theschoolbell.com. There are > flashcards, a practice book, games, and phrase lists. I would think this would > be a better welcome to first grade item, though. I would suggest teaching the > parents about the 5 components of reading, and then focusing them on the > phonemic awareness area and giving them ideas of how to work with sounds with > their kids. Again, the FCRR website has lots of info you could use. Hope that > helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Wall" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies > Email Group" <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 > 6:24:30 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: [MOSAIC] Kindergarten > preparation Does anyone do a "Kindergarten Welcome Packet" type of thing for > their entering Kindergarteners in the Spring? Our superintendent is thinking > of starting this - sort of a "Welcome to K" packet of possibly a book and/or > sight words and/or parent tips - that would be for the kids we've registered > to begin K in the fall. We'd try to get it to them before summer starts. I'm > thinking perhaps we could get a free sample level A book from readinga-z.com > (everything has to be very cheap to do it county-wide), and possibly some > parent tips from readingrockets.com I'm not sure about the sight words. What > do you think? Should a pre-K student be studying sight words? We're a rural, > high ESL population in general, with pockets of middle class families. Any > ideas you have that can help, or if you've done something like this before, > would be greatly appreciated! Heather Wall/ Instructional Coach/ Georgia NBCT > 2005 Literacy: Reading - Language > Arts _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing > list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership > please go > to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. S > earch the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing > list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership > please go > to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. S > earch the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
