Dear Parents and Students,

Welcome to the Grammar School! This upcoming school year will be a very exciting and fun-filled school year. The skills we practice daily in Kindergarten are the building blocks for your child's future success in school and in life! Your child will learn so many new things as well as growing and maturing socially and academically. Be assured that we will do our best to make this school year an enjoyable time of cooperative learning.

We look forward to a productive and enjoyable school year. Thank you in advance for entrusting us with one of your most precious gifts.

Have a wonderful summer,

The Kindergarten Team

Before School Starts

Please work with your child on the following:

□Saying his or her first and last name.

□Write their first name or attempt to.

□Tell an adult if something is wrong.

□Tell an adult when they need help.

□Take care of basic needs on own (rest room, tissues.)

□Read often. (You read to them, they pretend to read.)

□Sing or recite nursery rhymes.

□Follow three step directions.

□Sing the alphabet.

□Tie their shoes on their own.

□Count to 30.

□Take turns and share.

Summer Reading

Summer is a great time to nurture your child’s love for reading. Children like to discover reading by visiting their local library, participating in a summer reading club, and enjoying family reading time. Students entering K5 are required to read assigned books during the summer months. Please complete and return the Reading Log to your teacher on the first day of school.

Each book is designed to be a read aloud book that parents can read with or to your child. We recommend reading 15 minutes each day to develop reading fluency and comprehension skills. Please record your reading minutes on the attached reading log. Here are a few suggestions to make the summer reading pleasurable and adventurous.

• Select a special time (before bedtime, after dinner, etc.). • Select a special place. • Assist your child with unfamiliar words. Do not allow your child to become

frustrated with reading. • Model reading with expression, excitement and emotion. • Ask questions as you read to check for comprehension.

Daily drills are an integral part of our daily routine in the Grammar School. Before reading a book each day, your child should practice reading 15-20 words from the Word Reading Lists. We encourage you to practice with your child daily. Remember, say-spell-say every word in a fun way, any given day.

Required Reading for K5

*Mouse Makes Words (A Phonics Reader)

-Kathryn Heling & Deborah Hembrook

*Mouse’s Hide-and-Seek Words (A Phonics Reader)

-Kathryn Heling & Deborah Hembrook

*Select 3 or more books from Reading List (attached)

Please note: Books are available through your local library or local bookstore.

If an assignment is not submitted on time, students are responsible for submitting the late or missing assignment(s) within 3 (three) school days. Five (5) points will be deducted per school day and will result in a zero on the fourth (4th) day.

Have fun and enjoy your summer reading!

Classical Literature Reading List (Read-Aloud)

Aesop for Children

When We Were Very Young

Now We Are Six

The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit

Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tales

Grimm Brothers’ Fairy Tales

Blueberries for Sal

Madeline

Mike Mulligan and His Steam

Shovel

Make Way for Ducklings

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Angus and the Ducks

Corduroy

Goodnight Moon

Mouse Paint

Mother’s Lap

Harry the Dirty Dog

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Jesse Bear Series

The Little Red Hen

The Little Engine that Could

Little Toot

The Velveteen Rabbit

The Three Little Kittens

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Story of Ferdinand

Thunder Cake

Just Plain Fancy

Mrs. Katz and Tush

You and Me, Little Bear

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters

The Story of Babar

A Chair for My Mother

Short Vowel Word List

*Students should practice reading 15-20 words from the word lists with and adult daily.*

bat hat rat

pig

wig dig

fan

man pan

cap tap

map

dog hog log

hen

men pen

hop

mop top

hug rug jug

jet

net wet

Summer Word Family List

it sit hit fit quit split

in sin win pin skin thin

ten hen pen men then when

set wet get let met yet

tip hip lip skip grip whip

nut but cut pup up cup

sun bun gun fun run shun

sick pick kick stick quick thick

suck buck duck luck stuck truck

hid did lid slid rid grid

bed led sled fed red fled

sat hat bat cat fat rat

tan pan man fan ran plan

Summer Word Family List tap nap cap gap map clap

sad had bad dad lad mad

and sand hand band land stand

end send bend tent sent bent

big pig dig beg peg keg

tug hug bug dug rug plug

tag wag gag rag flag drag

tell sell well bell fell smell

will hill pill kill skill still

him dim slim skim rim swim

am ham slam jam clam swam

not hot dot got lot spot

top hop pop mop stop drop

Summer Word Family List

dock lock rock block clock flock

sift gift lift drift swift shift

test west nest best pest rest

list fist wrist past last

fast

bump pump lump slump stump jump

camp damp lamp stamp clamp cramp

six mix fix ax tax wax

ox box fox pass class grass

less mess bless dress stress chess

wish dish fish cash dash crash

inch pinch clinch bunch lunch crunch

sing wing king bring spring

thing

Summer Word Family List sung hung lung

rung flung strung

tank sank bank

plank drank thank

ate gate hate

late plate

state

cane lane plane

bake cake lake

ape cape grape

came game name

brave cave pave

save slave wave

grade made trade

male sale stale

dine fine line

mine nine vine

bike hike like

pile mile tile

bride pride tide

side slide wide

Sight Words

Basic

a can the what

an it this who

and

Pronouns

is was with

I he us you

me

Others

she we they

my has these

Summer Math

Please complete and return the summer math packet to your child’s teacher no later than the first Friday of the first week of school to receive credit. In addition, here are a few concepts to review over the summer to better prepare your child for kindergarten:

• Identify numbers 1-30 • Count by 1’s, 2’s, and 5’s • Count 10’s to 30 • Patterns Geometric shapes • Write by 1’s, 2’s, and 5’s • Identify and count money (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars) • Tell time by the hour • Recognize and count even and odd numbers

Provided below are different math questions for your child to work on during the summer. Please print the packet. If you need more space to show your work, please use lined paper. Please be sure the extra paper is attached to the packet.

Please note: If an assignment is not submitted on time, students are responsible for submitting the late or missing assignment(s) within 3 (three) school days. Five (5) points will be deducted per school day and will result in a zero on the fourth (4th) day.

Entering K5 Summer Math Packet

Name How many of each picture do you see? Add them up and write the number in the box.

5 3

+ =

5 5

+ =

Animal Addition

Add the animals together. Write the answer on the line.

+ 2+2=

+ 2+3=

+ 2+1=

2+4=