April 20, 2009 Dear Parents, We are continuing our unit on "Spring". In math, we are working on Addition, Subtraction, and Measurement. The students will be writing stories in their journals. The sight word "run" will be added to the following sight word list: " are, she, is, it, to, we, at go, you, and, for, the, can, like,this,see, play, come, a, help, big, in, little, jump, look, me, and my, not,and play". Please practice these with your child. I will continue to send Sunshine Books home with the students. Please have your child read the story several times. They need to be able to recognize the words, punctuation marks, charaters in the story, what happened at the beginning, middle, and end of the story. When they can do these skills, return the book to school in the plastic bag and I will send home another book. The students have a 2-week period to return their homework packets. Please have your child return their "Spring Break" journal to school if they haven't already. Journal writing would benefit all the children. Please have your child practice writing numbers to 20 and letters without any reversals. We are also working on identifying number words one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. Remind your child to give you all the papers in their folders. Also, help them remember to place a snack in their book bag each day. Our Media Center day changed to Monday of this week instead of Friday. Thank you for all your support. Bev Miller