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English & Writing — Kindergarten

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  1. 1. Where do you start most letters?
    1. A. At the bottom
    2. B. At the top ← Answer
    3. C. On the side
  2. 2. What kind of letter starts every sentence?
    1. A. A small letter
    2. B. A capital letter ← Answer
    3. C. A number
  3. 3. What is the name of the small dot that ends a telling sentence?
    1. A. Question mark
    2. B. Exclamation point
    3. C. Period ← Answer
  4. 4. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'fan'?
    1. A. f ← Answer
    2. B. v
    3. C. s
  5. 5. What is a conversation?
    1. A. One person reading a whole book out loud to nobody
    2. B. A song that the whole family sings together before bedtime at night
    3. C. Two or more people talking and listening about the same thing ← Answer
  6. 6. What is an opinion?
    1. A. What you think or feel about something ← Answer
    2. B. The name of a book
    3. C. Something true for everyone
  7. 7. What is a topic?
    1. A. The last word you write on the page
    2. B. A picture of you
    3. C. What your writing is all about ← Answer
  8. 8. What is an event?
    1. A. Something that happened ← Answer
    2. B. A feeling word
    3. C. A kind of animal
  9. 9. Which one is an uppercase letter: B, b or d?
    1. A. B ← Answer
    2. B. d
    3. C. b
  10. 10. When you write the word I to mean yourself, how do you write it?
    1. A. Capital only at the start
    2. B. As a small i
    3. C. Always as a capital I ← Answer
  11. 11. What is the name of the mark that looks like a hook with a dot under it?
    1. A. Exclamation point
    2. B. Period
    3. C. Question mark ← Answer
  12. 12. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'man'?
    1. A. w
    2. B. n
    3. C. m ← Answer
  13. 13. What is your turn in a conversation?
    1. A. The time when you talk and the other person listens ← Answer
    2. B. The time when you are allowed to leave the room quietly
    3. C. The last minute before bedtime
  14. 14. What does favorite mean?
    1. A. The one you like best ← Answer
    2. B. The one you like least
    3. C. The biggest one
  15. 15. What is a fact?
    1. A. Something you wish for or want
    2. B. Something true that you know ← Answer
    3. C. Something you made up
  16. 16. Which words help tell a story in order?
    1. A. First, next, last ← Answer
    2. B. Big, small, tall
    3. C. Red, blue, green, gray
  17. 17. Which one is a lowercase letter: M, N or m?
    1. A. m ← Answer
    2. B. M
    3. C. N
  18. 18. What is a capital letter?
    1. A. A small letter
    2. B. A dot at the end
    3. C. A big letter, like A or T ← Answer
  19. 19. What is the name of the mark that is a straight line with a dot under it?
    1. A. Period
    2. B. Question mark
    3. C. Exclamation point ← Answer
  20. 20. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'van'?
    1. A. b
    2. B. v ← Answer
    3. C. f
  21. 21. What do you do with your mouth while someone else is talking?
    1. A. Hum a tune
    2. B. Keep it quiet ← Answer
    3. C. Keep talking about your own idea the whole time
  22. 22. What is a topic?
    1. A. What your writing is about ← Answer
    2. B. A feeling
    3. C. The end of a story
  23. 23. Which one is a fact?
    1. A. Cows are the best.
    2. B. Cows say moo. ← Answer
    3. C. I wish I had a cow.
  24. 24. Which word tells what happened at the very beginning?
    1. A. Next
    2. B. First ← Answer
    3. C. At last
  25. 25. What is another name for an uppercase letter?
    1. A. A number
    2. B. A capital letter ← Answer
    3. C. A small letter
  26. 26. Which word in a sentence gets a capital letter?
    1. A. The first word ← Answer
    2. B. The last word
    3. C. The longest word
  27. 27. Which mark ends an asking sentence?
    1. A. Period
    2. B. Question mark ← Answer
    3. C. Exclamation point
  28. 28. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'ten'?
    1. A. t ← Answer
    2. B. p
    3. C. d
  29. 29. What do you do with your eyes while someone is talking to you?
    1. A. Look at the speaker ← Answer
    2. B. Close them so you can picture something else
    3. C. Watch the window
  30. 30. Which one is an opinion?
    1. A. Grapes can be green.
    2. B. Grapes grow on vines in a field.
    3. C. Grapes are the best snack. ← Answer
  31. 31. Which one is a fact?
    1. A. Snow is fun.
    2. B. I love snow.
    3. C. Snow is cold. ← Answer
  32. 32. Which word tells what happened at the very end?
    1. A. First
    2. B. Next
    3. C. Last ← Answer
  33. 33. Which is the lowercase partner of A?
    1. A. a ← Answer
    2. B. o
    3. C. e
  34. 34. Which sentence starts the right way?
    1. A. The cup is red. ← Answer
    2. B. the Cup is red.
    3. C. the cup is red.
  35. 35. Which mark ends a sentence said in an excited voice?
    1. A. Period
    2. B. Question mark
    3. C. Exclamation point ← Answer
  36. 36. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'jet'?
    1. A. j ← Answer
    2. B. h
    3. C. d
  37. 37. What does it mean to listen?
    1. A. To say your words as loudly as you can
    2. B. To pay attention so you hear what someone says ← Answer
    3. C. To sit near a person without hearing
  38. 38. Which one is an opinion?
    1. A. A dog has a tail and four legs.
    2. B. Dogs can bark.
    3. C. Dogs are the best pets. ← Answer
  39. 39. Which one is a fact?
    1. A. Birds have wings. ← Answer
    2. B. Birds are my favorite.
    3. C. Birds are pretty.
  40. 40. Which word tells what happened in the middle?
    1. A. First
    2. B. Last
    3. C. Next ← Answer
  41. 41. Which is the uppercase partner of small t?
    1. A. I
    2. B. T ← Answer
    3. C. F
  42. 42. Which sentence starts the right way?
    1. A. a frog can hop.
    2. B. A frog can hop. ← Answer
    3. C. a Frog can hop.
  43. 43. Which mark ends a plain telling sentence?
    1. A. Exclamation point
    2. B. Period ← Answer
    3. C. Question mark
  44. 44. What letter do you write for the first sound in 'leg'?
    1. A. r
    2. B. l ← Answer
    3. C. y
  45. 45. How many people does a conversation need?
    1. A. At least two ← Answer
    2. B. Only one, as long as that person talks for a long time
    3. C. Exactly six
  46. 46. Which one is an opinion?
    1. A. Summer comes after spring.
    2. B. Summer is the most fun. ← Answer
    3. C. Summer is hot.
  47. 47. Which one is a fact?
    1. A. Ice cream is the best.
    2. B. Ice cream can melt. ← Answer
    3. C. Ice cream is yummy.
  48. 48. Which one is a feeling?
    1. A. Table
    2. B. Happy ← Answer
    3. C. Running
  49. 49. To print uppercase L, you start at the top and pull your pencil which way?
    1. A. Around
    2. B. Up
    3. C. Down ← Answer
  50. 50. Which sentence starts the right way?
    1. A. It is hot. ← Answer
    2. B. it is hot.
    3. C. it Is hot.
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Top-Down Letter Builders

The child will print several uppercase and lowercase letters with correct strokes, starting each letter at the top. · 40 min

Warm-up — say this

“Letters are like little buildings. Today we will learn to build them from the top down!”

Worked example

Show how to print uppercase E.

Answer: Start at the top and pull straight down. Then make three short lines going across: one at the top, one in the middle, one at the bottom. Starting at the top keeps the letter tall and neat.

A mistake students make

It does not matter where I start a letter.

How the book fixes it

Show the child two versions of L, one started at the bottom and one at the top. Explain that starting at the top makes letters faster and neater, and that all readers expect letters built this way.

Note to the parent

Short daily practice of 5 to 10 minutes builds better handwriting than one long session, so keep it light and stop before the child gets tired.

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  1. It teaches.Each topic is a forty-minute lesson that tells you what to say, in order: a five-minute warm-up, twelve minutes of teaching, ten minutes guided, ten minutes on their own, three minutes to close. Written for a parent who has never taught.
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  3. It reviews.Every answer comes with a short explanation, not just a key. And every topic has its own question bank, so a student who needs another go gets different questions rather than the same page again.
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