parent's corner
How to help your child at home:
- Reflect with your child about their day at school
- Review the letters of the alphabet and the sound of each letter
- Practice sight words with your child
- Read with your child often
- Encourage writing in all aspects (letter to a friend, note to parent, to-do list, etc.)
- Provide opportunities for your child to express creativity and explore their curiosities
- Encourage problem solving and perseverance in difficult situations
- Reflect with your child about their day at school
- Review the letters of the alphabet and the sound of each letter
- Practice sight words with your child
- Read with your child often
- Encourage writing in all aspects (letter to a friend, note to parent, to-do list, etc.)
- Provide opportunities for your child to express creativity and explore their curiosities
- Encourage problem solving and perseverance in difficult situations
- I feel ____________ when ___________________________________.
- Next time, can you ________________________________________.
- Can we agree? Yes or no
Sight Word List
- Kinder list
- Kinder list
Reading Strategies (Bookmark)
Please use these strategies at home when reading with your child. We have been practicing them in class!
Please use these strategies at home when reading with your child. We have been practicing them in class!
Kid-Friendly Websites
-McGraw Hill Math: Use your login to play online games, view lessons, and complete assignments.
-BrainPOP Jr.: Provides educational videos and activities for kids.
-Starfall: Gives children the opportunity to read, hear, and interact with a variety of books for beginning readers.
-Scholastic: Provides games, stories, and videos featuring popular characters such as Clifford and the Magic School Bus crew.
-PBS Kids: Offers a variety of educational, interactive games, many of which are based on well-known characters from children's literature.
-PEAK Student Energy Actions: Explore this website to learn more about how to take care of our world.
-McGraw Hill Math: Use your login to play online games, view lessons, and complete assignments.
-BrainPOP Jr.: Provides educational videos and activities for kids.
-Starfall: Gives children the opportunity to read, hear, and interact with a variety of books for beginning readers.
-Scholastic: Provides games, stories, and videos featuring popular characters such as Clifford and the Magic School Bus crew.
-PBS Kids: Offers a variety of educational, interactive games, many of which are based on well-known characters from children's literature.
-PEAK Student Energy Actions: Explore this website to learn more about how to take care of our world.
How can parents volunteer?
- Share your talents. If you have a special talent or hobby and would like to share it with the class, please let me know. We are looking for experts to share their knowledge!
- Parents are always welcome to volunteer during the school day to provide support to the students. Feel free to make arrangements with me beforehand.
- Share your talents. If you have a special talent or hobby and would like to share it with the class, please let me know. We are looking for experts to share their knowledge!
- Parents are always welcome to volunteer during the school day to provide support to the students. Feel free to make arrangements with me beforehand.
What will we learn?
A glimpse of what kindergarteners will learn this year in reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and as citizens at Spencer Valley Elementary.
A glimpse of what kindergarteners will learn this year in reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, and as citizens at Spencer Valley Elementary.