Parents, We are having 5 0r 6 children late everyday. It is important that your child be here on time. School starts at 7:30.
This week we will be going Christmas caroling at the fire and police station. This trip will not cost you anything. In between all the fun activities, we will be reviewing all the letters, sounds, numbers 1-10 and all sight words. If your child has not mastered these basic skills by the end of this 9 weeks, she or he will be considered below grade level. If your child is below grade level there is a chance that they might have to spend more time in Kindergarten next year. If you have not been working with your child at night, you still have time to help your child master these skills. I will send a list of sight words home this week for you to work on. I know this seems a lot but we have been working on these skills since the beginning of the year. Please remember to check their folder everyday. This is really the only way I can communicate with you on a daily basis. Your child has notes that need to be signed and work that your child has worked on. I can not give your child credit for their written homework unless it is in their folder the next day. I will keep them in a few minutes during playtime to work on one of the assignments if they miss very many.
Our unit of study this week will be Christmas, and The Night Before Christmas. All our activities and skills will center around these topics.
Reading
Our shared reading book this week is The Polar Express. The letter we are working on is Rr. We have covered the letters- Qq, Cc, Pp, Ss, Tt, Ww, Aa, Ff, Bb, Oo, Jj Mm, Xx, Gg, Hh, Ii, Qq, Zz, Gg, Ee, Nn . Your child should be able to recognize and be able to tell you the sound of each letter. Even though we have not focused on all the letters, we do go over them everyday. If your child is paying attention, he or she should be able to recognize all of the letters and sounds at this time time.
The sight words we are reviewing are:
the color words, I, a, and, is, said, look and like, have, the, all number words, see .can, will, not, want, no, go, got, all, down, up, am, are, the at family . I have begun testing for word recognition and can see that many of the children are not going over them at home. Please work on them. Through our shared reading book this week, we will learn about the characters of a story, the setting, what the problem in the story is and how it was solved. We will break up our story into the beginning, middle, and end. We will work on putting a story in order or the sequence of events. We will be focusing on the an and am family. Have your child practice sounding out words that are in the at family such as can, man, fan, Dan, Jan, pan, tan ect.
Math
We are working on recognition of numbers 11-20 while continuing to review 1-10. Your child should be able to recognize numbers 1-10 and write them correctly.
I will be testing the children on:
recognition of numbers 1-12
matching objects to the correct number
putting numbers in order
ability to tell time to the hour
ability to recognize a penny in a set of coins and how much it is worth
Reminders
1. Make sure to sign your child's folder.
2. Read with your child every night.
3. Review all you child's work each night.
4. Encourage your child to follow the classroom rules.
Needs for the Classroom
THANK YOU
Thanks to everyone for sending the gingerbread houses. We will be doing them Wednesday or Thursday.
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