Week of January 20, 2014           

Dear Parents,

OPEN HOUSE: Sts. Simon & Jude School will be hosting their Open House this Sunday, January 26. We will begin the day with Mass at 9:30 and our classrooms will be open after that, from 11:00 until 1:00. The children are looking forward to showing you their Farm Books, the baby chicks, and their artwork in Colman Hall. I hope you are all able to attend this special event.

SRA READING: We will be introducing the beginning and ending sounds of  Dd and Pp this week. I strongly recommend that you review these sounds as well as those of Ss and Mm at home by giving your child words and have them discriminate the different sounds. Having them sort pictures according to the beginning sound is also good practice. We are also introducing the word family-----at, and having the children change the beginning sound to make new words.(e.g. mat, bat, sat etc.) Our reading program moves very fast this semester and it is vital that you reinforce these new concepts at home. Reading their pre-decodables every day will  also help them to become fluent readers. We will be learning 20 sight words this year, and next year they will be learning a total of 100 sight words.

FARM PICTURES: Thank you to the families that have sent in pictures of their children at the farm for our Open House bulletin board. If you have not sent your pictures in, please do so by Friday.

Have a great week!

Edde Chalk