9-20-2016

Dear parents,

I just know you are ALL dying for more ideas and activities to work with your child at home right?!? Well here it is! I am finished making small individualized cards for your child to practice the LETTERS/SOUNDS of the alphabet. Your child’s card is to LIVE in the front of their homework folder because this is to be done nightly for about 20 minutes. Please practice the capital and lowercase letters on the card first, because these are your child’s “unknown” letters. Also, please practice the animal sound each one makes and the body movements. Your child should know how to make the movements but I will also send home a copy this week just in case they forget! There is a cool song we do this to called “Dr. Jean Lettercise” on youtube if you want to add music and movement to the activity. When your child has mastered all 52 letters and 26 sounds in the alphabet plus their name I will switch the card to a color coded sight word program with the 220 Dolch Sight words. So, begin tonight practicing the letters and sounds in the bag and make sure you  place them in your child’s BACKPACK for tomorrow. NOT the homework folder because it will be too bulky and could rip. I will also be handing out our letter/sight word/reading packs this week so letter bags will go in there at that time.

*We need your help! ALL the cards are yellow ahhhh and there are 21 students in the class. Please take some time tonight to either put your child’s first and last name on the back or their classroom “number” that’s on the front of the folder so that if your child’s letter card gets dropped or mixed with another students we will be able to sort them back out. Thank you in advance for your help with this tedious task and the gigantic task of making your child a reader!

*Many students came back excited about their letter ‘Mm” homework yay!!! Remember they are due Friday and need to have THREE pictures on the back with the spelling stretched out underneath them!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Ross 🙂