1. My how time is flying! It is hard to believe we only have ten more days of school left for 2009!! Your children are thriving wonderfully, and we are fortunate to have them in our class!
2. We have been busy working on our holiday theme and encouraging our students to explore their creative ability. We are proud to say there are all very talented :)
3.All of our students are doing a great job learning their "popcorn" words. I have created a display on the bathroom door where students can move their name from various popcorn boxes labled, 25,50,75,100,150,175,200,230+. Several students will be earning a reward for reading 75 words! We have worked on approximately 50 words.They are all not in the same order as the list I sent home.
4. Please watch for the list of popcorn words in their folders. Help them study them, and sign it showing they are ready to be tested. We will then test them and send a new list home with them.
5.The children have been working hard to learn word families. We have concentrated on the following word families so far: at, an, all, ing, ay. The next two will be the og and et families. Please review these word families at home. I will be giving an informal assessment about two times a week.
6. All library books need to be turned in by December 18th. We will return to the library to check out more on January 8th. Please continue to keep track of books read at home. We will put an extra sheet in their folders. More details about our Eagle Ridge reading club to follow soon.
7. All students can benefit from practice in counting at home. Any objects will do. Counting objects to 30 it the goal. Counting pennies is a good idea. Making stacks of 5 or ten pennies and making fair trades for nickels and dimes is a great learning activity!