THE BOOK-IT PROGRAM FROM PIZZA HUT BEGINS IN OCTOBER!
Research tells us the importance of reading to your child and Pizza Hut wants to help. When you read to your child for ten minutes or when your child read to you for ten minutes, please initial that day on the calendar that was sent home. If 12 days on the calendar are initialed your child may bring the calendar back to me to receive a certificate for one FREE personal pan pizza! The calendars are due back to me by October 31st!
Happy Reading!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:
*The book order due date has changed! This is to ensure that the books will get here in time for fall and/or Halloween.
October 9th: BOOK ORDERS DUE!
October 14th: SMILE! It's picture day!
October 15th: Early Out; Dismissal at noon.
October 16th: No School!
October 17th: No School!
October 31st: Happy Halloween!
Bring back the signed Book-it calendar for a free personal pan pizza!
End of the first quarter.
READING UPDATE:
We are in full wing with our reading routine. We are in the middle of our first unit of LEAD 21. We are currently learning about how each and every one of us is made unique, what makes each one of us special, and how our feelings effect ourselves and others. I am so excited to be starting LEAD 21 with your kiddos. Throughout the unit we are learning all kinds of reading strategies like pictures walks, determining important information, making predictions, comprehension, etc. All things that you can practice at home while reading to your child.
Throughout this unit we are working with a few sight words as well. These are words your child should learn by heart.
SIGHT WORDS WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON:
the, I,see, a, an, am, at, in, it, is, here
(An easy way to practice with sight words, besides flashcards, is to have your child find and highlight the sight words in the newspaper or their favorite magazine.)
We are also working on holding a pencil the correct way, the correct letter formation, and finding the alphabet in all kinds of different print and fonts. We are also working on learning ALL of the letter sounds. This is a key component in teaching your child to read. He/she will need to be fluent with ALL letter sounds.
MATH UPDATE:
We will continue to work on number recognition, focusing really on 0-10. We are also working on comparing numbers 0-10. (Which number is bigger? Which number is smaller? Are the numbers the same or equal?) The math game for this month focuses on this skill. We are moving into decomposing numbers into pairs. (For example: 5 can be split up into a group of 2 and a group of three, or a group of 4 and 1) Please continue counting orally with your child. In kindergarten your child is expected to count from 1 to 100 fluently. Practice helps with this.
