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Please visit the links below for some excellent resources.
Please visit the links below for some excellent resources.
At Home Reading Support for Parents
At Home Reading Support for Parents
Kindergarten Goal: Exposure to stories, vocabulary, print and reading conventions through listening, oral language, exploration and play activities.
In the classroom, reading and literacy is taught through a gradual release of responsibility: Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, Independent Reading and Word Study (focusing on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and High Frequency Words). Parents can support student literacy through the links below.
Read-Aloud:
Read-Aloud:
Parents can read for 10-15 minutes per day with their child. Read the book or have the computer read the book for you!
https://www.storylineonline.ne
Note: no password is required
This site provides students with listening to read alouds by streams videos. It features celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
(Toronto Public Library card required)
Families have access to a collection of ebooks such as: firsts, themed books, read alongs, nonfiction read alongs, easy reads for kids, picture books come to life, beginning readers, comics for kids and more!
Shared Reading:
Shared Reading:
Parents can read with their child for 10 minutes each day. Read the book or have the computer read the book for you!
Discuss the book. Ask questions.
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.624837523
Note: The Username for the Bookflix link in the attached is "toroncdsb" and the password is "toro5988"
This site provides parents access to many fiction and non-fiction books. Options include Watch the Story, Real-Along, and Read the Book. Children can also explore the book using the activities on the website.
Word Study: (High Frequency Words, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics)
Word Study: (High Frequency Words, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics)
Students can practice phonics and sound activities every day.
Note: no password is required.
Students can use this site to develop Phonics Skills: short vowel sounds, consonants, initial blends, digraphs, long vowels, combination letters, syllables and more.
High Frequency Words by grade level.
These words comprise 80% of the words you would find in a typical children’s book and 50% of the words found in writing for adults. Once a child knows this list of words, it makes reading much easier, because the child can then focus his or her attention on the remaining words.
Frequent practice reading words on these lists will help to develop fluent reading.
Oral Language and Vocabulary Development
Oral Language and Vocabulary Development
These websites present fun activities for parents and children to participate in together.
For each calendar month, family activities are suggested that are fun and will help the child develop understandings that are the foundation of reading.
https://www.thelearningpartnership.ca/programs/welcome-to-kindergarten/family-cookbook
This cookbook provides easy and affordable recipes for you to make with your child.There are multiple opportunities for reading, writing, mathematics, science, communication and relationship skills that your child is developing through spending quality time together in hands-on learning around healthy eating.
Resources to Support Parents
Resources to Support Parents
https://www.readingrockets.org/
This site includes strategies to help our youngest children get ready to read, articles, videos, tip sheets, milestones and more. In addition there are parent tips about reading, writing, STEM, and more.
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable-booklets
Here you will find a collection of free printable booklets for emergent readers with a focus on sight words, word families/patterns and more.
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