{"id":955,"date":"2018-11-16T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T21:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/missstraily\/?p=955"},"modified":"2018-11-16T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:44:36","slug":"newsletter-for-nov-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/missstraily\/2018\/11\/16\/newsletter-for-nov-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter for Nov. 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week we learned about the letters J, Q and P! We did some work with syllables and rhymes. This week we sorted our names into columns of 1,2 or 3 syllables. We also spent some time talking about the difference between letters and words. When they are writing we talk about having spaces between words and that these spaces help us know that it is a new word. This is another skill to practice at home. Write a sentence and have them count the amount of words and then the amount of letters. We also wrote about our star student, Zayn!<\/span><\/p>\n

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A note on book bags\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

There may only be a small handful of books in their bag, but they can never be read too many times! The repetitiveness is good for them. \ud83d\ude42 When I meet with them in small group, we don\u2019t always get new books. We reread familiar books, practice building words with magnets, work on rhyming, syllables, and we also write about our books. So, if you do get tired of reading the books try writing about them one night! Think of something to say about a certain book and have them try sounding out the words and then they write the sentence too.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have introduced an online program called, \u201cSeesaw\u201d. With us living in a world surrounded around technology, I am trying to get kindergartners as used to using it as possible. On this site, I can post assignments for the kids to do, they do the work, take a picture of their work, and then record themselves talking about their work. For example, this week they simply drew a picture of themselves, took a picture of their picture, and then recorded themselves talking about it! I have sent home a sheet to connect to your child\u2019s seesaw account. You will be able to see their posts on here. \ud83d\ude42 Seesaw also has an app on the phone! We are still getting used to this website, so please do not expect a lot of work to be done on here right away. Haha it will be a work in progress throughout the year! But we are excited about seesaw!<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have started our new math module on shapes, this week we talked about\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n