Kindergarten Language Arts Success By Sylvan Learning - Excerpt

Alphabet Activities Contents 1 The Letter Aa

2

15 The Letter Oo

58

2 The Letter Bb

6

16 The Letter Pp

62

3 The Letter Cc

10

17 The Letter Qq

66

4 The Letter Dd

14

18 The Letter Rr

70

5 The Letter Ee

18

19 The Letter Ss

74

6 The Letter Ff

22

20 The Letter Tt

78

7 The Letter Gg

26

21 The Letter Uu

82

8 The Letter Hh

30

22 The Letter Vv

86

9 The Letter i

34

23 The Letter Ww

90

10 The Letter Jj

38

24 The Letter Xx

94

11 The Letter Kk

42

25 The Letter Yy

98

12 The Letter Ll

46

26 The Letter Zz

102

13 The Letter Mm

50

Answers

106

14 The Letter Nn

54

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Reading Readiness Contents Letters and Sounds

10 Words to Know

170

1 Alphabet Zone

110

11 Colors

174

2 Consonant Sounds

114

12 Big and Little

178

3 Beginning Sounds

136

13 More Words to Know

180

4 Ending Sounds

140

14 More Colors

184

5 Short Vowels

144

Reading Comprehension

6 Let’s Rhyme

154

15 Story Characters

188

16 Story Setting

192

Words, Words, Words 7 Words to Know

160

17 Story Sequence

196

8 More Words to Know

164

9 Up and Down

168

18 Story Problem and Solution

200

Answers

204

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Beginning Word Games Contents 1 Seasons

210

11 Word Endings

262

2 Word Endings

214

12 Rhyming Fun

268

3 Rhyming Fun

220

13 The Body

272

4 Shapes

224

14 Word Endings

278

5 Word Endings

230

15 Rhyming Fun

284

6 Rhyming Fun

236

16 Food

288

7 Animals

240

17 Word Endings

294

8 Word Endings

246

18 Rhyming Fun

302

9 Rhyming Fun

252

Answers

306

10 What to Wear?

256

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Kindergarten Alphabet Activities

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The Letter Aa Practice the Letter A TRACE the uppercase letter A. Start at the green arrow.

1

2

Ant

3

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

Now WRITE three uppercase As.

A

1

2

3

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The Letter Aa

1

Practice the Letter a TRACE the lowercase letter a. Start at the green arrow.

a 1

alligator

2

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

a

Now WRITE three lowercase as.

a

1

2

3

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The Letter Aa Match the Letters FIND the lowercase a. DRAW a line from the uppercase A to the lowercase a.

A g

a

c

p

Now COLOR the ants that are wearing lowercase as.

a

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a u

a

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Kindergarten Reading Readiness

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Alphabet Zone Alphabet Letter Search The alphabet letters are playing hide and seek. CIRCLE each letter when you find it in the picture.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

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Alphabet Zone Alphabet Maze

1

FOLLOW the path marked with lowercase letters to help the bunny go home.

W

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Alphabet Zone Complete the Alphabet FILL IN the chart with the missing letters.

Mm

Ww

Aa 2

1

Ss

Bb

Ff

Cc Dd Ee

Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk

Ll

3

Qq Rr Vv

5

Nn Oo Pp 4

Tt Uu

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Kindergarten Beginning Word Games

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Seasons X Marks the Spot LOOK at the words in the word box. Can you find these things in the winter picture? PUT an X over each one.

snow

tree

owl

rock

fox

snowman

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Seasons Mystery Picture

1

FIND the spaces with the word fall. COLOR those spaces red to see the mystery picture.

spring

summer

winter

fall

winter

fall

fall

summer

nt

fa l l

wi

winter

fall

fall

fall

fall er

spring

fall

spring

fall

winter

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Seasons X Marks the Spot LOOK at the words in the word box. Can you find these things in the summer picture? PUT an X over each one.

sun

ant

ball

bird

grass

dog

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Copyright © 2009 by Sylvan Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.tutoring.sylvanlearning.com Created by Smarterville Productions LLC Producer: TJ Trochlil McGreevy Producer & Editorial Direction: The Linguistic Edge Writers: Margaret Crocker (Alphabet Activities), Erin Lassiter (Reading Readiness and Beginning Word Games) Cover and Interior Illustrations: Duendes del Sur Layout and Art Direction: SunDried Penguin Art Manager: Adina Ficano First Edition ISBN: 978-0-375-43029-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request. This book is available at special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions or premiums. For more information, write to Special Markets/Premium Sales, 1745 Broadway, MD 6-2, New York, New York 10019 or e-mail [email protected]. PRINTED IN CHINA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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