FIRE SAFETY WEEK This week was fire safety week. I hope your child has shared some of the things we've learned about smoke detectors, matches/lighters, safety in the kitchen, what to do if he/she is in a fire, and what we learned from our local fire fighters. One thing we talked a lot about was making an escape plan and doing a practice fire drill at home. Today I'm sending home a paper your child can use to draw an escape plan for your family. This is just for your child's use at home. Do not return it to school. Please decide on a meeting spot outside the house and rehearse a fire drill at home. We will be talking about our safe meeting spots next week. Here we are learning about fire fighter gear, putting out fires, and how to prevent fires. HOMEWORK READING BAGS
Thank you all for reading with your children using the new homework reading bags of books this week. Please use some of the suggestions on the card in the bag for things to talk to your child about while reading together. I've heard great feedback from the kids about how they knew SO many/ALL of the words! Remember, these are books on their independent reading levels, so this is supposed to seem fairly "easy" right now. We are helping them build confidence as readers! Please make sure your child is pointing under the words as he/she reads (not memorizing the pattern of the book and saying the words without looking). Books can either be returned on the Friday of the week you get them or the Monday after. Please do not return books any day but Friday and Monday, and make sure they've all been read before sending them back to school. Thanks for your help! SIGHT WORDS Here is an updated list of sight words we have on our word wall. I sent home cards several weeks ago that had some of these on them. Please make additional cards for the remaining words and continue to practice sight words at home, especially focusing on the newer words. Thanks for your help teaching the children to read fluently!
Have a great weekend! Allison
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