Return back to school on Friday, January 8.
Letters learned so far: Aa, Mm, Ss, Pp, Tt, Ii, Nn, Cc, Oo
Sight words learned so far: am, I, the, we, see, can, like, see, a, go, to, have, is
Color Words learned so far: all colors
New Letter: Ff New Sight Word: play (Yellow flashcards going home to practice sight words)
Monday, January 4—No School
Tuesday, January 5—Phonological Awareness--Rhyming Words. Have your child write 1 sentence and illustrate it using any of the following tworhyming words. (For example: I pat the cat. The pot is hot. Then I need a picture (colored) to go with the sentence). Work with yellow flashcards.
1)hot, pot, tot, spot2) pop, top, mop, cop3) pan, can, man, fan4) tap, map, sap, cap5) sit, pit, fit, mitt 6) pat, cat, mat, fat
Wednesday, January 6—Math--Counting to 100 by tens.Practice counting to 100 by tens. Practice counting from 1-60.Have your childwrite their numbers from 0-20.Work with yellow flashcards.
Thursday, January 7—Phonological Awareness--Isolating Ending Sounds. Give your child 10 words. Have them tell you either the last/ending letter or last/ending sound of the word. For example, you say “pot.” They need to tell you the ending sound /t/ or the letter is “t.” Work with yellow flashcards.
Friday, January 8—Return all homework to schooltoday. Bring something to “Show and Tell” that begins with the letter “F.”
Reminder—Parents I will no longer put happy or sad faces on your child’s monthly calendar. They will earn pennies (fake) instead and be rewarded/punished for their behavior by either giving or taking away a penny. At the end of the week, they will use their pennies to buy items out of the treasure box. If there is a severe misbehavior, then it will be recorded on the monthly calendar and I need it initialed by you. Otherwise I will no longer need your initials on the calendar either. If your child happens to take home a penny in their pockets, just return it to school. Please do not allow your child to bring pennies from home (your money or their money). I will try to use fake pennies, nickels, and dimes, but sometimes I run out of fake pennies and have to use the real thing.
This second semester is going to begin to get tough for your child. We are going to be learning 2 letters in one week very soon. It is important that you do the weekly assigned homework with your child so they do not get behind. Work with yellow flashcards daily and make sure your child knows all those sight words. Make up games with them to keep it interesting and fun. Work on Lexia at home whenever possible but no longer than 30 min. at a time. This program is very important and helps them with the skills taught in the classroom and helps on testing on the computer. Remember that your child needs to pass Level 5 by the end of Kindergarten. They can still continue on with the program but reaching Level 5 is a must. Thank you for all your help. If you have any questions, call me.