I forgot to mention…

Beginning next week your child will be bringing home a BOOK BAG with a couple of books in it.  Your child is to read the books to you during the week and return the BOOK BAG on the day indicated.  On “their day” I will meet with them in a small reading group or on a one-to-one for reading strategies, etc.  Another reading opportunity for you with your child.  Connect child to text, text to text (“Does this remind you of another book we have read?”), text to world connections…

MATH-on Mondays I will send home a MATH PACKET.”  They pages are to be completed throughout the week and returned on Fridays.  I will be teaching the lessons all week so your child should recognize the Homework page when they see it that night.  Monday I will start with Lesson #14.  so look for HOMEWORK HELPER # 14 to reinforce they day’s lesson.

As you may have noticed, we are going very slowly at the beginning of this program.  I participated in piloting this program last Spring and the district has purchased the program for 5 years.   Your Kindergarten child is in the perfect spot to begin this learning.  We are already working with composing and decomposing numbers! Do you remember doing that when you were in Kindergarten??

I’ll post later for next week’s happenings.

Thank you to all those who attended last night’s Parent Meeting.  You are making an investment in your child’s education and, to your child, you show them how important their education is to you.  Thank you so much.

Mrs. Smith