It is hard to believe that February is here already! Students have been working hard to do their personal best in both classroom work and in social interactions with their peers at recess times. Ask your child how they are being a "great classmate?" As the weather continues be quite cold and snowy, please make sure your child has an extra pair of mittens and socks in their backpacks.
Reading at Home
Please remember that your child should be reading at least 10 minutes each night, at home. A good goal to work on is becoming a fluent reader. As your child reads, listen for fluency (the tone and rate at which they read). To achieve fluency, your child may have to read their book many times. Fluent reading sounds very natural. If your child is reading word by word, ask them to "make it sound like talking" and see if this makes a difference. You may also want to record your child reading and play it back for them, asking if they think they sound expressive? Thank you for continuing to read at home regularly!
Writing
The students have been working hard to develop their writing skills and are learning to use capitals and periods appropriately and to remember to put finger spaces between their words. While phonetic spelling is accepted and even encouraged, the children are expected to spell the words that are on our "word wall" correctly. Now we are working on including describing words and detail in our writing. The children have been working in their journals to print two sentences. We have also been practicing identifying and printing rhyming words and putting words in alphabetical order (ABC order).
Please mark your calendars... A reminder that on Monday, February 11th, we will be celebrating 100 days of school, 100 days of friends and 100 days of fun!! Thank you for your help at home on the 100th Day project. It is greatly appreciated!
Please look for our Valentine's mailing list (classmates’ first names) in your child’s agenda!
Together in learning,
The students have been working hard to develop their writing skills and are learning to use capitals and periods appropriately and to remember to put finger spaces between their words. While phonetic spelling is accepted and even encouraged, the children are expected to spell the words that are on our "word wall" correctly. Now we are working on including describing words and detail in our writing. The children have been working in their journals to print two sentences. We have also been practicing identifying and printing rhyming words and putting words in alphabetical order (ABC order).
Please mark your calendars... A reminder that on Monday, February 11th, we will be celebrating 100 days of school, 100 days of friends and 100 days of fun!! Thank you for your help at home on the 100th Day project. It is greatly appreciated!
Please look for our Valentine's mailing list (classmates’ first names) in your child’s agenda!
Together in learning,
Mrs. M. Novak
