Week of November 10, 2013

Dear Parents,

 

CONFERENCE WEEK: This is conference week and all students will be dismissed at 12 noon on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday will be a full day of school. We are allotting 30 minutes per conference, so we will have time to discuss your child’s report card as well as any questions or concerns you may have regarding your child’s progress.

Here is an overview of this week:

 

Religion: We will be talking about sharing and how it shows God’s love to others.

Math: We will continue discussing graphing.

Animal of the Week: Frogs and geese.

SRA READING: We will be introducing the letters Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg and Hh. We will be reviewing the three High Frequency Words we have learned: a, and & the. Please make flash cards of these words and have your child read them EVERY day.

PRINTING: We have begun to write our letters each day in class. Please have your child practice writing at home, using a pencil and lined paper. Make sure they start ALL letters from the TOP. If they learn to make them incorrectly, it is very difficult to change their direction. I will be giving you printing guides at our conference.  One of the speakers at our in-service meeting on Friday stressed the importance of printing as a way to strengthen their reading skills and reinforce alphabet recognition.

I am looking forward to meeting with all of you.

Edde Chalk