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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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A Word to Families 1
How to care for Books 4
Parts of a book and their functions 5
Vocabulary Development 6
Left-to-right Orientation 12
Using Picture Clues 18
Story Telling 19
Copying words and letters 21
Reading labels and signs 27
Recognising Lower and Upper Case letters
of the alphabet 29
Understanding printed materials 54
Phonemic Awareness - Rhyming
Sounds and Beginning Sounds 56
Understanding and following oral directions 60
Visual Discrimination - Similarities and differences 64
Syllables 66
Reading simple one - syllable and high frequency words 69
Colours 70
Spatial Relationships 73
Writing and Reading sentences 76
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Archived Information
School-Home Links Reading Kit - February 1999
A Word to Families and Tatars About the Use

of the School-Home Links Activities
Research tells us that when a family works with their child

on schoolwork and becomes involved in their child's
learning, their child is more likely to succeed academically.
Whether you are a family member or a learning
partner/tutor, supporting your child in his or her schoolwork
can make a real difference!
The School-Home Links activities provided in this kit are

keyed directly to reading activities that teachers typically
do with children in school. These School-Home Links
provide your family with an extra opportunity for learning at
home.
The School-Home Links are intended to be family activities.

Your child will need your support in completing these
activities.
Remember that every child learns at his or her own speed,

and most children learn within three-year developmental
periods. Some children acquire the skills of a
developmental period early; others will take longer and
may need to work harder. This means your child may find
the School-Home Links very easy, or on grade, or difficult,
depending upon your child's rate of growth. Wherever your
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child is, when you work with your child daily on the School-
Home Links and similar reading activities, you can help your
child grow steadily in reading and improve important skills.
Here are some tips for working on the School-Home Links

activities:
• Start each School-Home Links activity time by reading

the gray, boxed note, starting "Dear Family." This note
explains to parents the purpose of the specific School-
Home Links activity, and the literacy skill it addresses.
• Next, read the directions for the activity. If the

directions are addressed to you, work with your child
on the School-Home Links as suggested. If the
directions are written to the child, read them out loud
to your child, unless she/he can read them alone.
Remember, the more a child practises reading, the
better a reader he/she will become.
• If you or your child would like extra support, ask your

child's teacher for help and inquire about a learning
partner or tutor who could meet regularly with your
child after school. There are many community
organizations, such as your local library, that can
provide tutors.
• Provide any comments you may have about your

child's reading or activity assignments on the bottom
or back of the School-Home Links page. This
information can help your child's teacher adjust the
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level of the exercises or provide in-school help to
better meet your child's needs.
. Finally, each School-Home Links activity ends with a

space for your child to sign the page, showing he or
she has worked on the activity. There is also a space
for you to sign, showing that you have worked with
your child on the activity.
Enjoy! The time you spend helping your child read and
write is a gift for a lifetime! Literacy is the foundation for all
other knowledge!
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Child's name
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.
r r r
Keep Turn book

How to Care books away pages
for Books from food carefully.
and water
1 2 3
r r
Wash your Put books Return

hands before away when library
reading you have books on
a book. finished time.
reading them.
4 5 6
Child's signature
Parent's (Learning Partner's) signature
K/Reading 1.0: Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development
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Child's name
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 practise 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.
Child's signature
KlKnows the Parts of a Book and Their Functions/2
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Child's name
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.
Child's signature
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Child's name
bear Family, Your child is learning new words through listenm
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.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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, slide your marker across the page

from left-to-right.
■ 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.
Child's signature
K/Knows the Parts of a Book and Their Functions/4
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning that we read English from left to
right or)0 frQm tQpto bottQ,
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■ Read the text "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
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1. One flower ,be
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2. Two socks ,). 11.
3. Three pumpkins e, 0 (4..,,

4. Four mangoes
5. Five teddy bears g

w.I a
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning how to hold a book and how to
turn the pages properly.

■ 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.
Child's signature_
K/Reading 1.1: Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning that English reads from left to
right and top to bottom.
■ Read the sentences below to your child.
■ Slide a marker under each sentence from left to

right as you 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.
Child's signature
K/Begins to Track Print/2
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to follow the text of a book from
the top to the bottom of the page.

• 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 a marker to slide left-to-

right as you read.
Child's signature
K/Reading 1.2: Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page.
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Child's name
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 sentences

below, "Good Dog."
Good Dog
Mia is my dog.
She is a good dog.
Mia can run.
Mia can stay.
She likes to play with me.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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.
Cows eat leaves.
I eat many foods! Yummy!
■ More Fun: Have your family write a sentence about

you. Draw a line between the words.
Child's signature
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning that we read English from left to
right and from top to bottom.
■ Read the words in "Colours" (below) to your child.

■ Put the eraser end of a pencil or your finger under
each word as it is read.
Have your child colour each picture.
Colours
Itn
A red apple
lir
An orange ball
A yellow star
Green grass
Blue jeans
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e.
s,, Wit
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p r .,
Purple flowers ..., 6. ..., . ..., ed
Child's signature
K/Reading 1.2: Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom on the printed page.
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Child's name
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. d o g
Circle the middle of the word. c a t
Circle the ending of the word. h a t
w.
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. e t
Circle the ending of the word. i g
Circle the beginning of the word. b u s
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Reprinted by permission from How to tutor Your Child in Reading and Writing by CRIC and the Family Learning Association
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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 a marker to slide across

the page from left to right 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.
Child's signature
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Child's name
■ 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, use a marker to slide across the page

from left-to-right as you read.
■ 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.
Child's signature
K/Reading 2.2: Use pictures and context to make predictions about story context.
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to remember what happens in a

story. Please read this page to your child.
■ Pick out a book and name the title and author.
Title:
Author:
• Read the book with your family.

• What happens at the beginning of the story? Ask
your family for help if you need it.
What happens at the end of the story?
Child's signature
K./Reading 2.4: Retell familiar stories.
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Child's name
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.
Child's signature
K/Reading 2.5: Ask and answer questions about essential elements of a text.
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to copy words. Please read this
page to your child.
• Copy the following words.
the
you
he
she
■ More Fun: Point these words out to your family in a

magazine.
Child's signature
KlWriting 1.0: Writing Strategies
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to copy words. Please read this
page to your child.
■ Write these words twice.

We
We
like
like
books
books
• Can you write these three words together?

We like books
■ More Fun: Copy a sentence from a book you are

reading.
Child's signature
K/Writing 1.0: Writing Strategies
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to write his or her name. Please
Practise 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 wall so you can see it everyday.
Child's signature
K/Writing 1.3: Write by moving from left to right and from top to bottom.
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Child's name
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.
Child's signature
K/Writing 1.4: Write uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently...
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to write letters of the alphabet.
• Practise writing the letter A.
A
A
A
• Practise writing the letter a
a
a
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KlWriting 1.4: Write uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently.
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to write letters of the alphabet.
• Practise writing the letter Nt and M.
AA INA Nt
m m m
• Write the names of the AA months.
March
May
• Name four things in your home that start with the
letter ni.
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K/Writing 1.4: Write uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet independently.
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to get information from different
print sources. Please read this page to your child.
• Cut apart thezword in the boxes.

• Tape the label to the item in your home.
• Read and reread the paper signs.
book window bed floor
chair door table wall
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K/Reading 1.3: Understanding that printed materials provide information.
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■ Read these signs with someone in your family.

■ Talk about what each sign means.
This sign tells you where to find the

boys' washroom.
This sign tells you where to find the girls'

washroom.
This sign tells you to go.
This sign tells you to stop.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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 rag, too.
He fills the bucket.
Jake washes his dirty car.

Now Jake's car is clean.
Jake is all dirty!
Child's signature
KiRecognises and Can Name All Uppercase and Lowercase Letters/2
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to recite the alphabet. Please
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 ef g h i j
c. I mnopqr s t
u v wxyz
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■ Use a pencil to circle the two letters that are the

same in each row.
• Name the matching letters.
1 L M
2. A N
3.
4. O U X X
■ More Fun: Name all the letters in all of the rows.
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KlRecognises and Can Name All Uppercase and Lowercase Letters/7
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Child's name
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 I 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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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to name all the uppercase letters
Read all the letters of the alphabet in order from

left to right.
A B C D E F G H I
J K I 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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Child's name
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 0 X u k D w p T
k B U d F Q c h G
s f b J A N X I II
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Child's name
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
ou.
■ 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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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to match the upper-end
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, I; M, m). Match the pairs of
uppercase and lowercase letters.
K I m N 0
P q r S T
k L M n o
P Q R s t
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to match the upper- and
■ Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters.

■ Put them all face up in front of you.
(example: U, U; V, v; W, w). Match the pairs of
uppercase and lower case letters.
u v w X
x y z Y
U V W Z
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Child's name
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."
0 s t j p
• Circle the "n" and the "v."
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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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to recognize uppercase and
child.
• Read each letter.
■ Draw a circle around each lowercase letter.
M c R V F 0 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.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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 K B k G c 1•

magazine. Find one sentence. Circle all the
uppercase letters in that sentence.
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Child's name
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 I m n o p q r s
u v w x y z
• More Fun: Which letter is your favourite letter?

Write it 5 times.
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■ 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:
PGG5955 HA8886 PBB2031
HA401 1 PJJ5066 HA1438
• More Fun: Go out into your neighbourhood. Look

at car license plates. Read the letters and the
numbers on the license plates.
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Child's name
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
2.
3. J B K R B
4.
• 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
• Read all the letters of the alphabet in order from

left to right.
a b c d e f g h i
j j I 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?.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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 0 X u lc 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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4.
Dear Family, Your child is Iearningio match the upper

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.
a b c d e
f g h i j
A B C D E
F G H I J
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lowercase letters of the1 alphabet
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'..411:410 pgr4! M1111$0,
• Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters.

Put all the letters face up in front of you.
(example: K, k; L, I; M, m). Match the pairs of
uppercase and lowercase letters.
Repeat until your child has matched all of the pairs.
K I m N 0
P q r S T
k I. M n o
P Q R s t
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Child's name
• Cut apart the uppercase and lowercase letters.

■ Put them all face up in front of you.
(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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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to recognize uppercase and
child.
■ Draw a circle around each lowercase letter.
M c R V F 0 P m
A m X D g L H I
T E W I J B S z

magazine. Find one sentence. Circle one lower
case letter in each word in that sentence.
Child's signature
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Child's name
Dear Family, Your child is learning to read uppercase and lowercase
letters of the alphabet. Please read this page to your child.
• Draw a circle around each uppercase letter.
h M c A
h A G b
• More Fun: Ask your family for a newspaper or a

magazine. Find one sentence. Circle all the
uppercase letters in that sentence.
Child's signature
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Child's name
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."
0 s t j p
• Circle the "n" and the "v."
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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ChEd 9 0 Enzame
Dear Facrn y, Your cN[cis Eearnngt hat speech can be wfitten down
pecaI meanjng.
ant has s peas
Ask your chId to ook athe pcl- ure on the page

and to eI you about the pcture.
Wrote down what your chEd says under the pcture.
Read your a. ,I.d 9 s words back to Nm/her.
Cil2'f.9
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K/Reading :3: Understand that printed materials provide information.
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lap
Dear Family, our c s learning that speech can be written down
and has special meaning. Please read this page to your child.
• Make a list of your favourite animals.

• Make a list of three people in your family.
Animals Names of family members
2.
3.
• Make another
list of your favourite
food of favourite
colours.
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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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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 H bag
fork cup
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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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• Point to each word and say it out loud.
Say a word that rhymes.
■ Write the rhyming word on the line.
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
■ 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, sun, hat).
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to spell simple words. Please
■ 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 follow two—step directions.
■ Draw a box on this paper.
■ Then draw your favourite toy in the box.
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to repeat sentences out loud.
• 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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• Point to each word and say it out loud.
• Say a word that rhymes.
• Write the rhyming word on the line.
1. rat
2. ball
3. fish
4. dog
5. cake
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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 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.
rabbit hot Hot

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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 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).
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sun fun sun
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open over I open
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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.
cat (cat) (1 clap)
2. sing (sing) (1 clap)
3. baby (ba/by) (2 claps)
4. silly (sally) (2 claps)
5. puppy (pup/py) (2 claps)
6. water (waiter) (2 claps)
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Dear Family, Your child is learning 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. parrot (par/rot) (2 taps)
2. banana (ba/na/na) (3 taps)
3. butter (but/ter) (2 taps)
4. plantain (planitain) (2 taps)
5. gooseberry (goose/beery) (3 taps)
6. chair (chair) (1 tap)
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Dear Family, Your child is learning to notice each word in a
sentence.
m 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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Dear Family, Your child is learning to read some words without
sounding them out.
■ Read the story below to your child, sliding a marker

from left-to-right 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 about colours. Please read this
page to your child.
Our colour of the week is red.
■ Draw and colour something red in the box.
■ Practise writing and saying the word red four times.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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page to your child.
Our colour of the week is green
■ Draw and colour something green in the box.
■ Practise writing and saying the word green four

times.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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page to your child.
Our colour of the week is blue
■ Draw and colour something blue in the box.
■ Practise writing and saying the word blue four

times.
1.
2.
3.
4.
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Dear Family, Your child is learning about where things are. Please
• 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 to use new vocabulary words.
Our word for the week is like.

• Practise writing the word like.
1.
2.
3.
4.
• Ask your family to help you finish the following

sentences:
I like
I like
I like
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School-Home Links Reading Kit - February 1999

A Word to Families and Tatars About the Use

Research tells us that when a family works with their child

The School-Home Links activities provided in this kit are

The School-Home Links are intended to be family activities.

Remember that every child learns at his or her own speed,

Here are some tips for working on the School-Home Links

• Start each School-Home Links activity time by reading

• Next, read the directions for the activity. If the

• If you or your child would like extra support, ask your

• Provide any comments you may have about your

. Finally, each School-Home Links activity ends with a

Dear Family, Your child is learning how to care for a book

■ You are going to make a mini-book called "How to

Keep Turn book

Wash your Put books Return

Using a book sent home by your child's teacher or one

■ Help your child write down three new words he or

■ Write a sentence for your child using one of the

■ Now read your child's sentence to him or her.

• What are some new words you heard in school or

• Do you know what these words mean?

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

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

■ Open the book sent home by your child's teacher

■ As you read, slide your marker across the page

■ Show your child a picture that describes what you

■ Ask your child to tell you who or what is in the

■ Ask your child to find an important character or

■ Read the text "Numbers" (below) to your child.

3. Three pumpkins e, 0 (4..,,

5. Five teddy bears g

Using a book sent home by your child's teacher or one

■ Read the sentences below to your child.

■ Slide a marker under each sentence from left to

Using a book sent home by your child's teacher or one

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

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

• Look at the pictures on the cover and on the first

• Point to where the story begins and where the story

• Read the first page. Use a marker to slide left-to-

• Use a pencil to circle each word in the sentences

She is a good dog.

Mia can run.

Mia can stay.

She likes to play with me.

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

Birds eat seeds.

Mice eat cheese.

Cows eat leaves.

I eat many foods! Yummy!

■ More Fun: Have your family write a sentence about

■ Read the words in "Colours" (below) to your child.

Purple flowers ..., 6. ..., . ..., ed

Circle the beginning of the word. d o g

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. e t