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WELCOME!
Thank you for reinforcing skills at home--positive parental involvement
helps children get excited about learning! Keep up the good work! Be on the
lookout for nightly purple folders Monday through Thursday. Each folder has
students' nightly bookbag and weekly practice packet. Here are some
additional skills to reinforce:
Phonemic Awareness Fitness: Practice beginning (initial) sounds with your
child. Ex. "I see a cat--c-c-cat...what is the first sound you hear in c-c-
cat?"
Phonics Focus: Students should be familiar with all letters and their
sounds.
Reading Readiness: Reading with your child nightly is one of the most
important things you can do to improve his/her reading abilities. Parents
can also use this read-aloud time to model skills such as tracking (placing
finger under letters/words as you read) or identifying words/letters. Also,
practice reading phrases using sight words such as a, my, the, I, see, that,
they, said, have, for, of, we, has, was, here, what, are.
HELP STUDENTS RE-READ CLASS BOOKS EVERY NIGHT! These rhyming, decodable, or
predictable books will help students develop reading skills, and they are an
integral part of our daily literacy routine. Don't forget to focus on those
sight words! Remind students that these are words we "just have to know"
rather than sounding out!
Writing: Our writing time focuses both on the Writer's Workshop and
handwriting. It is very important to help your child write their thoughts
down on paper in sequence while stopping to sound out each word.
Handwriting practice can now move forward from letters in isolation to
practicing "shadow writing" (copying correctly written text) new sight words
and decodable sentences.
Math Mania: Practice identifying #1-30, counting 1-100, identifying shapes,
and continuing a pattern ( * * ^ * * ^ * * ___).
You can reinforce this at home by asking children to help count/add plates
to the table, vegetables to a bowl, etc. These simple at-home activities
will leave a lasting impact on your child's path to acquiring fundamental
math skills.
My World and Me: Help your child learn to tie his/her shoes, recognize and
write his/her name (first and last), and practice saying home phone number
and address.
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