Practice Makes Perfect!

Over the holiday break you may want to practice some of the skills that we have been working on so far this year.

In Math we are working on identifying and writing numbers 0-30. We have been using ten frames to help us learn the numbers 10-30. We have also been working on the number line. After the holidays I will begin some assessments for our report card. It would be good to review equal parts, symmetry, counting from 1-31, patterns, shapes, colors, spatial relationships (above, below, over, under, top, middle, bottom, left, right).

In Writing, we are working on writing independently in our kid writing journals. Please encourage your child to write independently at home. Students should be able to write at least one complete sentence. They should remember to leave meatball spaces between the words, use punctuation, and start the sentence with a capital letter.

In Language Arts we are working on identifying plot (beginning, middle, end). We are also reviewing character, setting and main idea. We also reviewed nouns and verbs this week as well. Now that we know our letters and sounds we have been working very hard on decoding words and reading sentences and short stories. Please encourage your child to read to you at home. If your child is unable to read an entire book ask him/her to read some sight words or decodable words in the story to you! Here is a list of some decodable words for your child to practice reading at home (kid, did, dip, Kim, sad, kin, mat, pan, fan, fits, fin, rim, rat, ribs, nap, ram, man, cabs, Nan, rap, ant, sip, bat). Please also remember to save the decodable readers that come home each week. Those books are great practice for your child!

Thanks for your support and cooperation!
Have a Happy New Year!