This will be our last week of school for 2011. It is amazing how quickly the year has gone and how much the children have learned. We will not be having Reading Street lessons this week; therefore there will not be a Family Ties or Reader this week. We will be reviewing all learned letter sounds, decoding, letter names, and a few various other items this week. I encourage you to still take time to read to your child and continue to work on letter sounds and simple 3 letter words. This is important as we will be having our DIBELS assessment when we return from break. In addition, the children will be bringing home a journal to be able to write in during their time off. When we return we will be doing a lot more writing and journaling. This is probably one of my favorite things to teach young children; I love writing. I look forward to reading what the children did over their time away from school. The children can return these to school on January 3rd or 4th. I will read them and allow the children to read them to the class. (Please note I do not expect words to be written correctly. I encourage the children to segment the word and write the sounds they hear. For example, if your child was trying to write "pick," I would expect to see the word "pik" or "pic." If your child was trying to write "present," I would probably see "prznt" or "prezt")
In addition, I have completed the first round of math assessments. Many children are having difficulty with counting to 50. Many children are able to count to 39 and then skip to 50 or they make it to 49 and skip to 60. The second quarter requires children to be able to count to 50. The children have also been exposed to 4 3-D shapes, which they will be assessed on this coming week or when we return from break. These shapes are: cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder.
I hope you all have a great holiday break! I look forward to seeing everyone back at school on January 3rd for the B class and January 4th for the A class!
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