Kindergarten Homework
Home reading in Kindergarten is crucial for reinforcing skills learned in class. We encourage parents to support their child with daily home reading and establish a routine that works for your family.
Kindergarten
Daily Home Reading (compulsory)
Math Seeds (optional)
In addition to these homework tasks, teachers may assign occasional additional tasks to support learning programs.
Reading- Decodable Readers, Class Library and School Library
A regular routine with daily reading where possible is proven to greatly benefit children’s reading progress. In Kindergarten and Year One, students are encouraged to read aloud to an adult for at least 10 minutes daily. In Years 2-6, as they become more independent, students should read silently or aloud for a minimum of 20 minutes per each day.
Students will borrow and return 2-3 readers for the week every week. In addition, students should also borrow different types of books from the school library.
Decodable Readers
Decodable texts are texts specifically written for beginning readers as they are developing their blending and segmenting skills and their knowledge of the alphabetic code. Decodable texts contain a very large percentage of words that incorporate the letter-sound relationships that students are being explicitly taught in class. They increase with complexity as the student learns more of the phonetic code. In K-2, students read decodable texts at home, for home practice.
If your child brings home any decodable texts, please encourage them to read these texts several times, as repetition is key in reinforcing their phonics skills. It's perfectly okay if they find these texts easy; this indicates they are successfully applying their knowledge. Additionally, we encourage you to work with them to complete any suggested activities that are recommended in the book to further support their learning.
Class library
Each week, your child will choose a book of interest from the class library to take home. These books are not levelled. The purpose of sending them home is to offer the opportunity for students to read a text they can access, across a range of topics, to encourage wide reading. Exposure to a range of different texts, about different topics, assists hugely in developing a child's background knowledge of the world. It also assists in developing a robust vocabulary, which helps with reading comprehension.