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Welcome to Kindergarten Theme 1: Look at Us! Theme 2: Colors All Around Theme 3: We're a Family Theme 4: Friends Together Theme 5: Let's Count Theme 6: Sunshine and Raindrops Theme 7: Wheels Go Around Theme 8: Down on the Farm Theme 9: Spring is Here Theme 10: A World of Animals

REOCCURRING COMPONENTS [|Keynote Presentation for Day#4] This quicktime slideshow helps students blend words, build fluency, and get ready to read the little book of the week. So refer to your TE for more indepth directions. Click on the slideshow to advance to the next screen. For Phonics Practice, review the vowel sound of the week. As the letters fly onto the page have the students sound out the word. When the word has been built, have students blend and guess the word. Click to advance to a picture that will tell them if they are right. Continue until all words (4) have been built. For Flueny Practice, have students try to guess at the words without sounding them out. If they make an error, go back and sound it out. Make them aware of the letter that has been removed. "If we take off a /t/ and add a /d/, what do we get?" I found that students had a hard time keeping all the sounds in their head, and really they won't need to when reading, so why not teach them to use the visual clues. For getting ready to read, guide students to read title first, predict what the story will be about and prepare for some story words by practicing whole class. Don't forget to set a purpose before students begin reading.
 * Preparing to Read**

[|Beginning Sounds-Choose a letter]
 * Phonics**

[|Writing Guide] Watch Spinner, the Writing Spider, actually draw the letters of the alphabet. He's a good and tireless model to follow!
 * Penmanship**

This site walks your students through making an alphabet book. [|Alphabet Organizer]
 * Alphabet Book**

This site has some simple but fun stories that are read aloud. Words light up as they are read. Student turn pages by clicking the mouse. [|Read Me a Story]
 * Online Listening Center**