I have a few reminders. Please have your child read 20 mins a night and fill in their reading logs located inside the front cover of their homework journals. We will be starting our Pizza Hut Book It program as a reading incentive.
Today was our first MAPS test. We have three more MAPs tests left. The dates of these tests are located on the behavior calendar. Make sure your child has had a good night sleep and a good breakfast.
We having been learning new reading strategies in Reading Workshops. Have your child tell you about our fun strategies (owl eyes, lips to fish, stretchy the snake, trying lion)
In Writing Workshop we are working on writing narratives. We have been discussing small moments in writing and enhancing our writing by unfreezing our characters. We are showing this through writing how our characters move, talk, feel, and think. Encourage your child to add details to small moments stories written at home by making characters move, talk, feel, and think.
In Math Workshop we are learning how to count on starting at any number. We are also learning about the communative property (4+5=9 and 5+4=9). At home you can encourage your child to count objects found around the house, play card games, or show you the math games we have been learning (games: how many am I hiding, heads or tails, peas and carrots). In addition, continue to work on number formation by writing numbers down after counting objects.