Ms. Kathy Caruso

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A New Kind of Takehome Book!  
 I am happy to hear and see so many families reading at home. I can always 
tell by the sight words the kids recognize quickly. Good work!
   Very soon the books will become DECODABLE. The primary purpose of these 
books is to practice letter sounds and blending skills. 
   I will be sending home a “lesson” for using these books. Please continue 
reading the PREDECODALE books to help commit those sight words and create 
FLUENCY in reading!
   And please remember that you can and will want to read more than one book 
a night!

‘Tis the Season...
   ...to give of ourselves. So this month we will be 
collecting change for the Friends of Strays in the city of Salamanca. This is 
a group of people who work hard to find homes for stray cats and dogs. This 
being a challenging task, they must care for these animals until a home is 
found. To help, ask that whenever you pocket a little change from paying for 
something, you send it to school with your kindgarten student to help these 
animals without homes.
   We recently read a book called, “Don’t Need Friends.” It takes place in a 
junkyard where the main characters—a rat and a dog– make friends by sharing 
the scraps of food they find to eat. The children were concerned that the 
animals in this story had no people to care for them. It is this compassion 
and generous spirit that make us human. 
   This month we hope you will send in a few pockets of spare change. Thank 
you for supporting the kids in this work!

No Gift Exchange
   Because  we would rather have the students give to Friends of Strays, we 
will not have a gift exchange in our classroom. I have bought and wrapped 
gifts for all the kids for the Christmas party. These will be enough for all.
   So once again, do not buy a gift for a gift exchange.

Glue Sticks!
   Please send some new ones. We could also use new crayons. You could send a 
box of 16 this time. Thanks!

Sight words we need to practice...
Please keep reading all your books to practice the sight words. They are very 
important! 
-a, an, and, are
-in, on, no, it
-the, this
-who, what
-here, have, has
-go, do
-up, down
-one, two, three, four, five, six
-he, she, we
-see
-small, big
-all the color words

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