Kindergarten, Reading, Week 17

Monday through Thursday we read from our textbook.

• Ask questions using the Four Levels of Questioning and Comprehension
• The genres were:
• informational article
• newspaper article
• after reading the article we found the Who, What, Why, Where, When
• "based on true story"
• the true story was the newspaper article
• we talked about how they gave the same information, but the story had more information and was more fun to read

Friday we did an activity from Games for Reading

• Set the Table -- this game helps your child visualize accurately
• Preparation: take 2 paper bags and put 10 identical articles in each bag. Some that we had were: toilet paper roll, crayon, block, plastic knife, chenille wire, etc.
• Take 3 or 4 things out of your bag and set them a certain way on the table.
• Then your child takes the same articles out of their bag and makes theirs look just like yours.
• Then switch and let your child do it first.
• As your child gets better, make the game harder by adding more pieces.