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The Kindergarten
Teacher's Reading Page

This page is developed to provided the Kindergarten Teacher with ready-made reading resources that can be downloaded tonight and used in the classroom tomorrow. Listed below are 100 -to-home activities on the Kindergarten level. The activities are organized by literacy skills. These activities can help children develop their ability to read and write. This page is a work in progress so please check back often for additional resources

The School-Home Links activities below are available to download as PDF files. In order to read or print these files, you will need to use Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you may download from Adobe .

NOTE: You may download the entire Kindergarten Activities volume [1.7MB] in PDF format, This download contains one hundred pages.

Reading and Literacy Skills

  1. Knows the Parts of Books and Their Functions
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  2. Begins to Track Print
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  3. Recognizes and Names All Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  4. Understands That Words Consist of a Sequence of Sounds
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  5. Learns One-to-One Letter/Sound Correspondence
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  6. Recognizes Some Words by Sight
    • Reading words quickly
  7. Connects Information and Events in Text to Real Life
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  8. Listens to/Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
    • Repeating sentences aloud
  9. Listens Attentively to Books Read
    • Listening attentively when books are read
  10. Identifies Words that Are Similar or Different
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  11. Identifies Words that Share the Same Sound
    • Recognizing words that rhyme
  12. Merges Sound Segments into Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  13. Rhymes
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  14. Uses Sounds and Letters to Spell
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  15. Writes to Express Own Meaning
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  16. Builds a Vocabulary of Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  17. Writes Own Name
    • Writing her/his name
  18. Writes Most Letters and Some Words
    Or select a single activity from the topics below...
  19. Knows that Words Join Together to Make Sentences
    • Noticing each word in a sentence
  20. Follows Directions (k87.pdf)
    • Following directions

    Book Links

  1. Connects Information and Events in Texts to Life and Life to Text
    • Making connections between things in a story
  2. Retells Stories or Parts of Stories
    Or select a single activity from the topics below
  3. Listens Attentively to Books Read
    • Listening for good reading of books and stories
  4. Correctly Answers Questions about Stories
    Or select a single activity from the topics below
  5. Makes Predictions about Stories
    • Using pictures to guess what might happen in a story

The backgrounds on this page were created by *snogirl* & the above resources are from http://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading