Week of January 10th-14th

So far January has been a very busy, but fun month!

In the classroom this week, kids explored the new letters "q" and "z" as well as learned how to segment words into their sounds. We will continue to work on this skill so that our kids become better readers! Because this is the middle of the year, I will be assessing kids this month in Mondo Oral Language, DIBELS, and DRA2. It is exciting to see the growth in all the kids! They have been working very hard and it shows. In writing, we are working on the narrative genre. This is still difficult for the kids, so we plan one day then write our sentences the next. In this genre, kids tell what happened first, next, and last during an event. This week our topics were- "Tell about a time you helped someone," and "Tell about a time you spent with a friend." In math we explored the calculator, worked on counting by 5's, as well as interrupted counting (stopping kids and starting, sometimes changing different start numbers). We also worked on extending patterns.

**Next week I will begin working with struggling readers in the morning. Permission slips for this extra tutor time will be in the Friday Folders of the applicable kids. This means that in the mornings, I will be unavailable to watch kids. So please have your kids line up at the normal time out front and if there is an emergency that you have to drop them off early, the office would be happy to have your kid sit inside.**

Please get those permission slips for the eye screening and signed report card envelopes in to me!  I just need the signed envelopes returned, the report cards themselves are yours to keep.

This is a friendly reminder for your kids to not bring toys/dolls to school. Unfortunately, since we are so busy with our half day, we cannot do Show-and-Tell, and having toys in the room usually creates a distraction and conflicts with the kids. So please leave them at home! :)