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1 This year the Binghamton City School District is using ELA modules recommended by the New York State Education Department. These modules are built around the Common Core Standards and include more informational texts as well as fiction, literature, or stories. Below are ways you can support your child in reading, writing, and listening for Kindergarten. Library Card Broome County Public Library offers a library card to all residents free of charge. An application can be downloaded here: Library cards are free to all who live or own property in Broome, Chenango, Delaware or Otsego Counties. Your card can be used at any of the 4CLS libraries in these counties. You can find a list of all of the 4CLS libraries on their Web site. The public library located on Court Street in downtown Binghamton has an extensive collection of children books including easy readers for practicing independent reading, picture books for reading aloud with an adult or older sibling, and chapter books. The loan period is 3 weeks and can be a fun trip together to talk about interests. A librarian is available to help you find books that match your child s interests and reading level. 3 T s Strategy This strategy can be used to improve communication, vocabulary, and expression. Use this strategy when reading a book, shopping, talking about an event, or just talking about what happened that day. Tune in to what the child is looking at. Talk about it and ask questions. Take Turns talking between parent and child. Independent Reading (100 Book Challenge) Encourage your child to choose BOTH non-fiction books and fiction books. The Common Core Standards allow equal time for non-fiction and fiction texts. Every night, your child should spend 30 minutes reading both independently and with you as part of a read aloud experience. Point to the cover of the book (or illustrations and pictures inside) and ask What is going on in this book? What do you see that makes you say that? Read the author and illustrator names. Ask What does the author do? What does the illustrator do? For informational texts (non-fiction): Ask what person, place, or thing does this picture show? Ask What are some important facts we learned from the book? For literature (fiction): Ask What happened first in the story?...second or Next?...Last or finally? Look back in the book if your child has a hard time answering. Ask them to find the page the answer might be on. Re-read the page to see if they can find the answer by listening again. Talk to your child about the parts you found most interesting. Point to words that are interesting or complicated or just sound different to you and talk about why you think that. Rhyming Books or Poems Choose rhyming books, nursery rhymes or poems to read out loud everyday. As your child gets familiar with the pattern of rhymes, stop at the end of the line and ask your child to fill in the rhyming word. For example:

2 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you (child says are). Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the (child says sky). When the blazing sun is gone, When the nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the (child says night). Then the traveller in the dark, Thanks you for your tiny (child says spark), He could not see which way to go, If you did not twinkle (child says so). Use attached Nursery Rhymes for more nursery rhymes with coloring sheets. Hang finished sheets on your refrigerator or turn them into magnets. Recommended Rhyming books for Kindergarten ( The Hungry Thing, by Jane Slepian and Ann Seidler The Hungry Thing Returns, by Jane Slepian and Ann Seidler And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss Bear Snores On, by Karma Wilson The Seven Silly Eaters, by Mary Ann Hoberman Mrs. Spider s Tea Party, by David Kirk The Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss There s a Wocket in My Pocket, by Dr. Seuss The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson and Ariel Scheffler Kermit the Hermit, by Bill Peet Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I m Going to Sneeze!, by Patricia Thomas I Can t Said the Ant, by Polly Cameron The Caboose Who Got Loose, by Bill Peet Independent Writing A claim is a statement about a topic. Parents are most familiar with the terms topic sentence and thesis statement, which mean the same as claim. In any form of writing, students are asked to make a statement or claim and back it up or support this claim with supporting evidence. Teachers will ask students to draw pictures, write words or sentences. Student who can express claims out loud and give reasons why will be able to write with evidence more successfully. At home, talk about interesting news stories or books and ask your child to explain his/ her thinking by sharing specific examples. Use the terms claim and evidence in your discussions to help your child become confident in his/ her abilities. Instead of watching TV or playing a video game, encourage your child to draw a picture that shows his/her thinking from your conversation. Ask him/her to add words to the picture. Talk about other words that mean the same thing.

3 Technology Connection Here are some websites you might find useful in helping your child develop phonemic awareness (what the letters sound like) and practice reading. Letter Naming Clifford s Letter Match: Literacy Centers: Children can practice letter names, proper technique for writing letters, and creating words. Spanish, French, and German are offered as well. Paw Park: PBS Kids The Quiet Machine : Children play a game to identify beginning sounds and blends with the letters. Letter Sounds Alphabet Animal Help the Monkey : Paw Park-Sassy Seals: Alien Scavenger Hunt: Beginning Sounds The Chicken Coop: Clifford s Sound Match: Leo Loves to Spell: The Missing Letter Game: Rhyming Reggie Loves to Rhyme: Gus and Inky Rhyme Time: Garfeild s Meet the Gang: Sounding and Blending Word Blender: PBS Kids Pounce! Alphablocks: Starfall: Educational Games & Apps (Grouped by Letters, Numbers, More (Spatial shapes, drawing), and Holiday) ABCYA: Vocabulary & References Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary: Online Rhyming Dictionary: Think Map Visual Thesaurus Online Graphical Thesaurus: If you have any questions about the Literacy modules or Literacy Common Core Standards, please contact either: Tonia Thompson Jennifer Dove Assistant Superintendent for Director of Humanities Curriculum, Instruction, and Accountability (607) , ext. 321 (607) , ext. 309

4 Hey Diddle,Diddle Mary Had a Little Lamb Hey Diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport. And the dish ran away with the spoon. Mary had a little lamb Its fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.

5 Humpty Dumpty Old Mother Hubbard Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king!s horses and all the king!s men Couldn!t put Humpty together again. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone. But when she got there, the cupboard was bare and so the poor dog had none.

6 Hickory Dickory Dock Three Blind Mice Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, Hickory dickory dock. Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run! They all ran after the farmer!s wife, who cut off their tails with a carving knife. Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three blind mice!

7 Little Bo Peep Little Boy Blue Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep, And doesn!t know where to find them. Leave them alone, and they!ll come home, Wagging their tails behind them. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep!s in the meadow, The cow!s in the corn. Where is the little boy Who looks after the sheep? He!s under the haystack, Fast asleep.

8 Mary Mary Quite Contrary Jack Be Nimble Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockleshells, And pretty maids all in a row. Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack jumped over the candlestick.

9 Old King Cole One, Two Buckle My Shoe Old King Cole was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, He called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, Four, shut the door. Five, six, pick up sticks Seven, Eight, lay them straight. Nine, ten, a big fat hen!

10 There was an Old Woman There was an Old Woman There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn!t know what to do. She gave them some broth and some jam and some bread. Then hugged them all soundly and sent them to bed. There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children, she didn!t know what to do. She gave them some broth and some jam and some bread. Then hugged them all soundly and sent them to bed.

11 Jack and Jill Little Miss Muffet Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown. And Jill came tumbling after! Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away.

Compliments of Dr. Tim Rasinski and the Reading & Writing Center Kent State University 402 White Hall Kent, OH 44242. My Book of Mother Goose Rhymes

Compliments of Dr. Tim Rasinski and the Reading & Writing Center Kent State University 402 White Hall Kent, OH 44242 My Book of Mother Goose Rhymes There Was an Old Woman There was an old woman tossed