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Dear Family, Your child is learning to follow the text of

a book from the top to the bottom of the page.

Using a book sent home by your child’s teacher or

one you already have at home:

• Put a book in your child’s lap with the cover

facing up.

• Use your finger to point out the title of the book as

you read the title.

• Look at the pictures on the cover and on the

first page.

• Point to where the story begins and where the

story ends.

• Read the first page. Use your finger to point to

each word as you read.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning how to hold a book and

how to turn the pages properly.

Using a book sent home by your child’s teacher or

one you already have at home:
• Put a book in your child’s lap with the cover
facing up.
• Use your finger to point out the title of the book as
you read the title.
• Look at the pictures on the cover.
• Turn the book over to the back.
• Point out to your child how the front and back of a
book are different.
• Open the cover to the first page.
• Show your child how you begin reading on the first
page and turn one page at a time.
• Have your child practice turning pages one at a
time until you reach the end of the book.
• Read the book together. Allow your child to turn
the pages.
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Dear Family, Your child is learning how to care for a book

properly. Please read this page to your child.

• You are going to make a mini-book called “How

to Care for Books.”
• Cut out the pages for the mini-book.
• Staple the pages together.
• Turn the pages. Start at the front of the book and
move to the back.
• Listen as I read this book to you.

Keep
Turn book
books away
How to Care pages
from food
for Books carefully.
and water
1 2 3

Wash your Put books Return

away when
hands before you have
library
reading finished books on
a book. reading them. time.
4 5 6

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Dear Family, Your child is learning how pictures and words

go together to tell a story in a book.

• Put your child in your lap or right next to you.

• Open the book sent home by your child’s teacher

or one that you already have at home.

• As you read, put your finger under each word.

• Show your child a picture that describes what you

have read.

• Ask your child to tell you who or what is in

the picture.

• Ask your child to find an important character or

special object in the picture.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that we read English

from left to right and from top to bottom.

• Read the text of the story “Numbers” (below) to

your child.
• Use your finger or pencil to point to each word as
you read.
• Have your child repeat each line after your
read it.
Numbers
1. One flower

2. Two socks

3. Three pumpkins

4. Four clowns

5. Five teddy bears

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that English reads from

left to right and top to bottom.

• Read the story “I Like to Play” (below) to your child.

• Put the eraser end of a pencil or your finger under

each word as it is read.

I Like to Play

I like to run.

I like to skip.

I like to hop.

I like to jump.

I like to play.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that we read English

from left to right and from top to bottom.

• Read the words in “Colors” (below) to your child.

• Put the eraser end of a pencil or your finger under
each word as it is read.
• Have your child color each picture.
Colors
A red apple

An orange ball

A yellow star

Green grass

Blue jeans

Purple flowers

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Dear Family, Your child is learning where to begin reading

on a page.

• Read the title of the book sent home by your

child’s teacher or one that you already have
at home.

• Look at the cover.

• Open the book to the first page.

• Point to where the text begins on the first page.

• Read the first page. Use your finger to point to

each word as you read.

• Have your child point to where the text begins on

the second page. Read the second page.
Continue until you have read the whole story
together.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning what words are and how
to find words on a page. Please read this page to your child.

• Use a pencil to circle each word in the story

“Good Dog.”

Good Dog

Mia is my dog.

She is a good dog.

Mia can sit.

Mia can stay.

She likes to lick my face.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning what words are and how
to point out the spaces between them. Please read this page
to your child.

• Use a pencil to draw a line between the words in

each line of the story “Yummy!”

Yummy!

Birds eat seeds.

Mice eat cheese.

Giraffes eat leaves.

I eat many foods! Yummy!

• More Fun: Have your family write a sentence

about you. Draw a line between the words.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that words are read from
left to right. Please read this page to your child.

Circle the beginning of the word. f o x

Circle the middle of the word. c a t

Circle the ending of the word. h a t

Circle the beginning of the word. b o x

Circle the middle of the word. c u p

Circle the ending of the word. s i x

Circle the beginning of the word. b e d

Circle the middle of the word. j e t

Circle the ending of the word. p i g

Circle the beginning of the word. b u s

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Dear Family, Your child is learning what a letter is and how

to find letters on a page. Please read this page to your child.

• Find the letter “w” in the story below and point it

out four times.
• Find a “p” in this story.
• Find all the “m’s” in the story.
• Find all the “o’s” in the story.

On the Farm

I saw a pig on the farm.

I saw some chickens on the farm.

I saw a dog on the farm.

I saw a horse on the farm.

I liked the farm.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that words are made up

of letters. Please read this page to your child.

• Point to the “J” at the beginning of this story,

“Jake’s Car.”
• Draw a box around the first word in the story.
• Underline all the “c’s” in the story.
• Circle each word in the story.

Jake’s Car

Jake’s car is very dirty.

Jake gets a bucket.

He gets a towel, too.

He fills the bucket.

Jake washes his dirty car.

Now Jake’s car is clean.

Jake is all dirty!

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to recite the alphabet.

Please read this page to your child.

• Cut out the pieces of the alphabet strip and glue

the pieces together to make one strip.
• Put the strip in front of you.
• Sing the Alphabet Song.
• Point to each letter as you sing the name of
each letter.

a b c d e f g h i j

k l m n o p q r s t

u v w x y z

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to recognize and name

each letter. Please read this page to your child.

• Use a pencil to circle the “s” and the “p.”

o s t j p

• Circle the “n” and the “y.”

e n y m f

• Circle the “c” and the “o.”

c p k o t

• Circle the “r” and the “v.”

r t h i v

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Dear Family, Your child is learning the name of each letter.

• Read the name of each letter below and ask your

child to point to the letter on the chart.
• Continue until you have named each letter in the
alphabet.

a b c d e f g h i j

k l m n o p q r s t

u v w x y z

• More Fun: Which letter is your favorite letter?

Write it 5 times.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to match upper- and

lowercase letters for the same letter. Please read this page to
your child.

• Use a pencil to circle the two letters that are the

same in each row of letters.

1. H p t I h

2. A w x a G

3. Z z u O N

4. J c d D E

5. K b k O L

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to spot letters that are the
same within a row of letters. Please read this page to your
child.

• Use a pencil to circle the two letters that are the

same in each row.

• Name the matching letters.

1. R T L T M

2. A D I N I

3. J B K R B

4. O U X X C

• More Fun: Name all of the letters in all of the rows.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to name all the lowercase

letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to your child.

• Read all the letters of the alphabet in order from

left to right.

a b c d e f g h i

j k l m n o p q r

s t u v w x y z

• More Fun: What is the first letter of the alphabet?

What is the last?

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to name all the uppercase

letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to your child.

• Read all the letters of the alphabet in order from

left to right.

A B C D E F G H I

J K L M N O P Q R

S T U V W X Y Z

• More Fun: Write the initials of your first and last

names in uppercase letters.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to name each uppercase

and lowercase letter of the alphabet. Please read this page to
your child.

• Point to one letter at a time and name it.

m R E I a H C t P

j O X u K D w p T

k B U d F Q c h G

S f b J A N X L R

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to match the upper- and
lowercase letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to
your child.

• Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters in the

boxes below. Put all of them face up in front of you.
• Show your child six pairs of cards at a time (A, a;
B, b; C, c). Match the pairs of uppercase and
lowercase letters.
• Repeat until your child has matched all of the pairs.

a b c d e

f g h i j

A B C D E

F G H I J

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to match the upper- and

lowercase letters of the alphabet.

• Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters.

Put all the letters face up in front of you.
• Show your child six pairs of cards at a time
(example: K, k; L, l; M, m). Match the pairs of
uppercase and lowercase letters.
• Repeat until your child has matched all of the
pairs.

K l m N O

p q r S T

k L M n o

P Q R s t

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to match the upper- and

lowercase letters of the alphabet.

• Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters.

• Put them all face up in front of you.
• Show your child six pairs of cards at a time
(example: U, u; V, v; W, w). Match the pairs of
uppercase and lower case letters.
• Repeat until your child has matched all of the
pairs.

u v w X

x y z Y

U V W Z

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to recognize uppercase

and lowercase letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to
your child.

• Read each letter.

• Draw a circle around each lowercase letter.

M c R V F O P m

A m X D g L H I

T E W I J B S z

• More Fun: Ask your family for a newspaper or a

magazine. Find one sentence. Circle one lower
case letter in each word in that sentence.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to read uppercase and
lowercase letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to
your child.

• Read each letter.

• Draw a circle around each uppercase letter.

I h M c A E m F

I h A G b J f L

D K L B k G c j

• More Fun: Ask your family for a newspaper or a

magazine. Find one sentence. Circle all the
uppercase letters in that sentence.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to get information from

different print sources. Please read this page to your child.

• Read the letters and numbers on car license

plates below with your child.
• Ask your child to read the letters or numbers on
the plates:

2PHY471 4LMO231 9JME831

6CRLO11 5BTH0867 ADQ438

• More Fun: Go out into your neighborhood. Look at

car license plates. Read the letters and the
numbers on the license plates.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to put sounds together to

read simple words. Please read this page to your child.

• Look at each letter in the words below.

• Make all of the sounds of the letters in the word.

• Say the sounds again quickly.

• Say the word.

fun can dip

cat ten fox

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to listen for each sound

in a short word. Please read this page to your child.

• Cut out the words in the boxes below.

• Look at one word at a time and name the sounds
you hear in the word.
• Say the word.

m-e- t s-a-t b-i-g h-i-t

t-i-p r-u-n a-s-k c-u-p

s-a-t s-i-p p-a-t g-e-t

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to listen for sounds at the

beginning of words.

• Say each word to your child.

• Ask your child to tell you the /sound/ (not the
letter) the word starts with.

1. rake /r/ 6. van /v/

2. sock /s/ 7. has /h/

3. tire /t/ 8. wagon /w/

4. book /b/ 9. feet /f/

5. nose /n/ 10. lamp /l/

• More Fun: Pick words from books you are reading

with your child. Say a word to your child. Ask your
child to tell you what sound he or she hears at the
beginning of the word.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to listen for each sound

in a short word.

• Point to each word and say it slowly for your child.

• Ask your child to listen for all the sounds in the
word.
• Repeat the word for your child.
• Ask your child to name the sounds.

d-i-g r-u-g c-a-t

n-e-t p-i-g b-o-x

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that several words can

begin with the same sound. Please read this page to your
child.

• Name the first picture in each row.

• Look at the other two pictures in the same row.
Which one has the same beginning sound? Circle it.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to name letters by the

sounds they make. Please read this page to your child.

• For each letter, say the sound that the letter

makes.

• Name the letter that matches the sound.

1. /r/ as in rat 5. /h/ as in hot

2. /u/ as in under 6. /y/ as in yes

3. /i/ as in igloo 7. /x/ as in x-ray

4. /p/ as in pet 8. /m/ as in mom

• More Fun: Write your name. Say the names of the

letters in your name.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that beginning sounds in

a word can be represented by letters. Please read this page to
your child.

• Name each picture. Listen to the beginning sound

in the word.
• Circle the letter with the same sound.

b m t b m t b m t

b m t b m t b m t

b m t b m t b m t

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that every word has an

ending sound. Please read this page to your child.

• Name each picture. Listen for the last sound.

• Write the letter for the last sound you hear.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to say the sound of each

letter in a word. Please read this page to your child.

• Look at each word (cat).

• Point to each letter and make that letter’s sound
(/c/a/t/).
• Repeat with each word on the page.

1. cat 5. fun 9. get

2. in 6. not 10. can

3. dip 7. rug 11. ten

4. hit 8. sat 12. fox

• More Fun: Sound out the letters in your name, one

at a time.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning the sound that each letter
makes.

• Read each line to your child (A is for “apple”).

• Have your child tell the letter for the sound he or

she hears at the beginning of the word.

1. A is for “apple” 7. S is for “sock”

2. M is for “man” 8. T is for “turtle”

3. R is for “rain” 9. I is for “ice cream”

4. B is for “blue” 10. L is for “lion”

5. P is for “puppy” 11. G is for “girl”

6. D is for “drum” 12. N is for “nut”

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to read some words

quickly without sounding them out.

• Tell your child that some of the words below can

not be sounded out (is, are, the, my, you, I, of).
They need to be remembered.
• Read the words on each strip to your child.
• Ask your child to practice reading the words
with you.

a is can are

the my you me

I and of we

• More Fun: Can you find any of the words above in

a book you are reading with your family?

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to read some words

without sounding them out.

• Read the story below to your child, pointing out the

words as you read.

• Read the story again and when you come to an

underlined word, ask your child to read the word
to you.

I Like My Cat

I like my cat. My cat is a good cat.

We like to play. Do you like cats?

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that speech can be

written down and has special meaning.

• Ask your child to look at the picture on the page

and to tell you about the picture.
• Write down what your child says under the picture.
• Read your child’s words back to him/her.

___________________________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that speech can be

written down and has special meaning. Please read this
page to your child.

• Make a list of your favorite animals.

• Make a list of three people in your family.

Animals Names of family members

1.____________________ 1._________________________

2.____________________ 2._________________________

3. ____________________ 3. _________________________

• Make another list of 1._________________________

your favorite foods
or favorite colors. 2._________________________

3. _________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that speech can be
written down and has special meaning. Please read this
page to your child.

• Draw a picture in the box below.

• Tell someone about your picture.
• Ask a person in your family to write down what
you said.
• Read the words together.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to get information from

different print sources. Please read this page to your child.

• Cut apart the words in the boxes.

• Get a fork, bag, pan, and cup from your kitchen.
• Read the words.
• Put the word in front of the item.
• Read the words again.

pan bag

fork cup

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to get information from

different print sources. Please read this page to your child.

• Cut apart the words in the boxes.

• Tape the label to the item in your home.
• Read and reread the paper signs.

lamp dresser bed floor

chair door table wall

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to get information from

different print sources. Please read this page to your child.

• Read these signs with someone in your family.

• Talk about what each sign means.

This sign tells you where to find a

boys’ or men’s bathroom.

This sign tells you where to find a

girls’or women’s bathroom.

This sign tells you where you can

leave a building.

This sign tells you to stop.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to repeat sentences out

loud. Please read this page to your child.

• Read the following sentence with your family.

My dog loves to run and jump.
• Now repeat the sentence exactly the way you
heard it.
• Draw a picture of a dog who loves to run
and jump.

• Tell your family what other things dogs like to do,

other than to run and jump.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to listen when read to.

Please read this page to your child.

• Listen carefully to books and stories and poems

your family reads to you.

• What can you remember from what your family

read to you? Write three things you remember.
Ask your family for help if you need it.

1.

2.

3.

• More Fun: Ask your family to tell you a story about

themselves. When the story is over, tell them three
things you remember about their story.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that some words are alike
and some are different. Please read this page to your child.

• Say the three words in each row.

• Pick the word that does NOT belong.

1. cat ran cat

2. bird fit fit

3. pet pet rock

4. rabbit hot hot

5. cut jump cut

• More Fun: Cut out the word cards above. Match

every pair of words that are the same.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that some sounds are

alike and some are different. Please read this page to your
child.

• For each row, point to each letter and say the

sound that it makes.
• Tell which sound in the row is different (does
NOT belong).

1. /m/ /p/ /m/

2. /l/ /l/ /h/

3. /n/ /v/ /n/

4. /s/ /s/ /d/

5. /b/ /r/ /b/

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Dear Family, Your child is learning that some words are alike
and some are different. Please read this page to your child.

• Say the three words in each row.

• Use a pencil to circle the word that is different

(does NOT belong).

1. sun fun sun

2. hat hat mat

3. lip lip lid

4. up up out

5. open over open

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to recognize words that

rhyme. Please read this page to your child.

• Point to each word and read it.

• Put an X on each word that rhymes with cat.

1. mat car jam

2. tree bat sat

3. red cup rat

4. hat fat sun

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Dear Family, Your child is learning the sound each letter

makes in a word.

• Say each word to your child with a short pause

between the letters (b-o-x).
• Have your child repeat the letter sounds back to
you (b-o-x).
• Repeat each word with a shorter pause between
the letters (box).
• Have your child say the word (box).

1. b-o-x 4. c-u-p 7. b-e-d

box cup bed

2. c-a-p 5. c-a-t 8. h-i-t

cap cat hit

3. d-o-g 6. p-o-t 9. s-a-t

dog pot sat

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to notice the number of

syllables in a word.

• Read each word.

• Have your child clap once for each syllable in

the word.

1. cat (cat) (1 clap)

2. sing (sing) (1 clap)

3. baby (ba/by) (2 claps)

4. silly (sil/ly) (2 claps)

5. puppy (pup/py) (2 claps)

6. water (wa/ter) (2 claps)

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to listen to the number of

syllables in a word.

• Get a spoon or pencil and give it to your child.

• Read each word to your child.
• As you read each word, ask your child to tap the
table for each syllable in the word.

1. wagon (wag/on) (2 taps)

2. marigold (mar/i/gold) (3 taps)

3. butter (but/ter) (2 taps)

4. pickles (pick/les) (2 taps)

5. strawberry (straw/ber/ry) (3 taps)

6. chair (chair) (1 tap)

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to make a rhyme. Please

read this page to your child.

• Point to each word and say it out loud.

• Say a word that rhymes.

• Write the rhyming word on the line.

• Read the rhyming pair out loud.

1. bag

2. cap

3. dish

4. pan

5. bike

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to make a rhyme. Please

read this page to your child.

• Point to each word and say it out loud.

• Say a word that rhymes.

• Write the rhyming word on the line.

• Read the rhyming pair out loud.

1. rat

2. ball

3. fish

4. dog

5. cake

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to spell simple words.

Please read this page to your child.

• Look at each picture and name the object.

• Sound out the word for each picture.

• Write the letters that spell each word on the lines

under the picture (bus, cat, mop, bat).

______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to spell simple words.

Please read this page to your child.

• Look at each picture and name the object.

• Use a pencil to circle four of the things you like best.
• Sound out each word for the four pictures.
• Write the letters that spell each word on the lines
below the picture.

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to write words that are

important to know in school.

• Show your child how to write two words that are

important to know in school, such as “look.”

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

• Ask your child to name and write the first letter of

each word.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

• Ask your child to name and write the last letter of

each word.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to use new words when

speaking.

• Help your child write down three new words he or

she has learned at school.

____________ ____________ ____________

• Write a sentence for your child using one of the

new words.

__________________________________________

__________________________________________

• Now read your child’s sentence to him or her.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to talk about ideas in sen-

tences. Please read this page to your child.

• Tell your family about your day at school.

• What was your favorite part of the school day?
Start with the words, “My favorite part of the
school day was...” Ask your family to write the
words you say below.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________
• Draw a picture of your favorite part of the school day.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to follow the text of a

book from the top to the bottom of the page. Read this page
to your child.
• Tell a story about your family in your own words.
Ask your family to write it for you below:

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

__________________________________________________

• Now ask your family to read the story to you.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to write messages. Please

read this page to your child.

Write a message to your teacher.

Dear Teacher,

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Your student,

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is red.

• Draw and color something red in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word red four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________
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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is orange.

• Draw and color something orange in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word orange

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is yellow.

• Draw and color something yellow in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word yellow

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is green.

• Draw and color something green in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word green

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is blue.

• Draw and color something blue in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word blue four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is purple.

• Draw and color something purple in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word purple

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is brown.

• Draw and color something brown in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word brown

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about colors. Please read

this page to your child.

Our color of the week is black.

• Draw and color something black in the box.

• Practice writing and saying the word black

four times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about where things are.

Please read this page to your child.

• Where is the dog? Is it inside the circle or outside

the circle?____________________________________

• Draw a dog outside the house.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning words that show where

something is. Please read this page to your child.

• Draw a ball next to the bat.

• Write the word ball. ___________________

• Draw another ball. Then draw a picture of yourself

next to the ball.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning words that show where

something is. Please read this page to your child.

• Draw a picture of where you live.

• Draw a picture of yourself standing in front of
where you live.
• Write the words I live here under the picture.

____________________________________________________

• Tell your family where you are in the picture.

• Tell your family what you like about where you live.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about connections

between words. Please read this page to your child.

Here are some words:

red green blue yellow brown

• How are these words like each other?

Here are some more words:

dog cat cow hen horse

• How are these words like each other?

• Can you think of some other words that go

together?

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Dear Family, Your child is learning about shapes. Please read

this page to your child.

Each picture is made from a circle.

• Use a crayon to draw around the circles in

the pictures.

• Write the word circle twice.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning new words through

listening. Please read this page to your child.

• What are some new words you heard in school or

at home today?

• Do you know what these words mean?

• Ask your family to work with you to write some of

them down.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to use new words. Please

read this page to your child.

• Pick out a book and name its title and author.

Title: __________________________________

Author: ________________________________
• Read the book with your family.

• Ask your family to help you write down three new

words you found in the story.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________
• Ask your family to help you write a sentence using
one of these new words.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to print words. Please

read this page to your child.

• Here is a list of words you will see many times when

you read. Write each word five times.

up ____________________________________

down__________________________________

in______________________________________

out____________________________________

• Ask your family to help you write some of these

words in a sentence.

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to use new vocabulary

words. Please read this page to your child.

Our word for the week is like.

• Practice writing the word like.

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________
• Ask your family to help you finish the following
sentences:

I like _________________________________

I like _________________________________

I like _________________________________
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to write his or her name.

Please read this page to your child.

• Practice writing your first and last names five times.

1. _____________________________________

2. _____________________________________

3. _____________________________________

4. _____________________________________

5. _____________________________________

• More Fun: Write your name with a crayon and put

it on the refrigerator door so you can see it
everyday.

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Dear Family, Your child is learning to notice each word in a

sentence.

• Read each sentence below to your child.

• Have your child clap each time you read a word.

1. The house is big.

2. The mouse is small.

3. I see a tall tree.

4. I like to read.

5. The box is red.

6. I see a green ball.

• More Fun: Speak slowly to your child, pausing

between each word. Show your child how to clap
once for every word you say.

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