Henry J. Kalfas Elementary

 Welcome to our Reading and Writing page

Daily Reading Assignments:  Your child needs to complete: 

      1. 30 minutes of Smarty Ants Everyday

2. 30 Minutes of Kids A-Z Everyday

 3. 30 Minutes of Journeys Everyday

• - Watch Journeys slidehow powerpoint

     - Complete Color Coded Daily Assignments (Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday)

Daily Writing Assignment 

Reading  and Writing Goals                                                                                                 Sight Words to practice

• Letter naming
• Letter sounds
• Letter writing
• Rhyming
• Beginning, Middle, ending sounds
• Tapping out words consonant,vowel, consonant(CVC words)
• Sight words
• Writing simple sentences
• Retelling a story (Beginning, middle, end)
• Asking and answering questions
• Reading to a family member
• Having a family member read to you for 20 minutes a day
• Talking about your favorite part of a story and WHY it was your favorite
• Talking about where the story took place (setting) Who were the characters? What was the problem in the story? How did the problem get solved?
• Write about your favorite part.  My favorite part of the story was....

Reading Assignments for Week of April 13th                                  

 The First part of our Journeys Lesson 21 is our daily slideshow.  

Click on the blue words .                                                                                                             

After you open it remember  to click slideshow at the top of the toolbar,

and then from current slide.

Day 1-Monday April 13th                                               

Day 2-Tuesday April 14th

Day 3-Wednesday April 15th                                                                                                                    

Day 4-Thursday April 16th                                                   

Day 5- Friday April 17th

          Click here for Daily Power Point   Journeys Lesson 21 

After you watch the Slide Show.....

Day 1 Monday April 13th-Unit 5 Lesson 21

Go to Symbaloo and Click on Think Central 

Read Student book 2, p.90,91

Listen to Read Aloud-Simon and Molly and Hester

Day 2 Tuesday April 14th-Unit 5 Lesson 21

Go to Symbaloo and Click on Think Central

Read Student Book 2,  Your Turn p.92

Listen to Big Book Zin,Zin,Zin a Violin , Click on title below

Day 3 Wednesday  April 15th-Unit 5 Lesson 21

Go to Symbaloo and Click on Think Central

Read Student Book 2, Make it Pop p. 94

Day 4 Thursday April 16th-Unit 5 Lesson 21

Go to Symbaloo and Click on Think Central

Read Leveled Reader My Dog Tom p.100

Day 5 Friday April 17th-Unit 5 Lesson 21

Listen to, or reread a favorite book of your choice

Big Book-Zin Zin Zin a Violin

Read Aloud-Simon and Molly and Hester

Daily Writing Assignments for week of April 13th

 Please try to write your assignments in a journal or notebook and save it for me to look at!

You need to write everyday while you are home.

Monday-Write your letters  Aa-Zz upper and lower case

Tuesday- Write about what you like to do with your friends. Start your sentence with a capital letter, use spaces in between words, use a period at the end of your sentence.

I like to _________with my friends.

Wednesday-Write your sight words:make,them,play,say and new

Thursday-Pick one of the books you heard this week and write about your favorite part. My favorite part was when______________.

Friday-Draw a picture and try to write a sentence about what you drew. Here are some ideas! I drew a rainbow.  I drew my teacher.