WRITING WHAT? We are writing like you wouldn't believe in here! Some of the things we are getting better and better at writing are:
HELPING AT HOME: Pretty soon we will start sending home bags of leveled books for students to practice reading at home. If you have not done so already, please establish a daily routine of reading with your child (books of your choice right now) at a designated time after school. This will help ease the transition to asking your child to read to you at a designated time each day. Today we are sending home a sheet of sight word cards to cut apart and use to play Sight Word Memory (lay cards out in a grid face down, flip 2 over, READ THEM OUT LOUD--this is the whole point of the game...reading the words...don't skip that--keep if they match, or flip back over and next person takes a turn if they don't). Please play this at least once in the next few days to find out whether or not your child knows these 8 words "quick as a snap". If he/she reads them immediately, use them to make sentences or start a word wall at home with familiar words. If he/she needs more practice to know them by sight, please make it a routine to play at least once a day until these 8 words are mastered. In social studies we are learning the address, city, state, and country where we live. We are also learning that lots of friends in the class live on the same streets! If your child does not already know your (Decatur) address, please take some time to help him/her memorize it. Here are some ways that might help:
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES Next week you will get an email with directions for how to sign up for parent teacher conferences. The sooner you sign up, the more likely you'll get the date and time that's best for you, so be on the lookout for the email! YOU'RE INVITED TO OUR FIRST COMMUNITY CIRCLE!!! Community Circle is held every Friday morning at 8:00. The whole school gathers in the auditorium to sing songs, celebrate what we're learning, and enjoy being together. Starting next Friday, September 11, you are invited to join us...every time! Here we are having "community circle practice" today. SPECIAL GUESTS
Today we had the privilege of meeting the author and illustrator of the children's book "I Will CHOMP You!" The kids enjoyed hearing the book read by the characters themselves, and then learning what it's like to be a real author and illustrator!
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Jon Eggleton
9/4/2015 12:57:12 pm
Thanks for this update! I have seen a huge difference in how Max responds to signs and words over the past couple of weeks. I also see him doing the rubber band motion with his hands when trying to sound out a word he doesn't know. :)
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