Ms. Mary’s Message
Week of September 9-13
Focus This Week:
Letter Tt—Sound, Shape, and How to Make
Number Sense—1, 2, 3, 4.
Shape—Rectangle.
Color: Green
Unit—New Reading Unit: We’re A Family: How families are different, things we do and share with our families.
Upcoming Events:
Book Fair This Week, September 9-13th.
Mid-Term Ends September 11th (Reports Go Home Next Week)
Family Night This Thursday, 12th, %:00-7:00. Free Supper Starts at 5:00, PTO Meeting at 6:00. Book Fair Open to Families.
Family Conferences Next Week, 16-20, will send note to schedule.
MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Testing Next Week.
Fly On the Wall:
With MAP Testing coming up next week, your child really, really needs a good set of earphones! We have just enough for everyone, with no extras. However, some sets have static or other problems, and all sets could play out on any given day. We should have included this item in the requested school supplies. I do apologize for that oversight and for any inconvenience to you and your budget.
A reasonably good set of earphones can be bought somewhere like Wal-Mart or Radio Shack for around $5.00. “Reasonably good” means that the set will probably last one or two years, if your child is careful with them and doesn’t chew the cords or constantly take them on and off. (We have had $5.00 sets that have lasted 5 years or more.) If your family can afford this supply, please buy a pair for your child. (Earbuds are not as wonderful and cost about a $1.00 at a dollar store—they sometimes tear up at the first use.)
A quality set of earphones costs about $10.00. “Quality” means that the cord is reinforced, the head set is fully adjustable, doesn’t bend easily, has larger ear cups, and fits comfortably on your child’s head. A quality set might last 4-5 years, on average.
Earobics and other computer programs will be scheduled soon after MAP testing. Every child needs at least a reasonably good set of earphones. We do use them daily!
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Your child should know how to make an Ss, Mm, Rr and a 1 and 2. He/she should know that 1 means one thing and 2 means 2 things. Children should be beginning to recognize I, me, see, my, one, two, and the color words red, blue and yellow.
It is important that the students realize that printing neatly means that the letter you are making has a certain relationship to the line you’re making it on. For example, to make a capital S, start between the fence and the sky, circle left up to the sky and then right back down to the fence and then circle to the left (backwards). Touch the ground. Keep going until you end up between the fence and the ground. For lower-case, just pretend that the fence is the sky, and that there’s a fence between the pretend sky and the ground.
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