Tomorrow, December 21, 2018 is our last day of school before break. It is a full day of school. We will return to school on Monday, January 7, 2019.

Over break please read with your child daily. We have been working extremely hard to improve our reading strategies, but they only get stronger with practice. Please, Please, Please read over break. Set aside a time during the day like bedtime or after breakfast to read. Also, I am sending home a homework packet to review phonic and math skills. Please do a few pages each day. Don’t wait until Sunday night. Waiting is too stressful and not really helpful in maintaining skills.

We will be taking our second NWEA test when we return in January. Use Freckles, and the NWEA RIT practice and Clever on the Dearborn Public Schools website. dearbornschools.org

Good areas to focus on are measurement and data, geometry, problem solving, vocabulary including syllables, compound words, synonyms, and antonyms, prefixes and suffixes.

It has been a very busy year in 2018. I can’t wait to see how much the students grow as independent learners in 2019.