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Parentnewsletter11 9
Parentnewsletter11 9
Scheurer
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WeekataGlance
November11EarlyRelease&HappyVeteransdaytoanyVetsoutthere!Thankyoufor
yourservicetoourcountry!
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November10
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ParentTeacherConferences
ParentTeacherConferences
Imsoexcitedtomeetwithallofyoutodiscusstheprogressyourchildismakinginkindergarten.
Wewilltalkaboutreadingskills,mathskills,behavior,andideasforhelpingyourchildathome.I
maybeyourchildskindergartenteacher,butYOUareyourchildsprimaryteacherforlife!Ihope
wecanworkasateamthisyeartosetthefoundationforanexcitementforlearning.
Rememberthattheconferencescheduleisverytight,sopleasebeontime.Ifyouarelate,Imay
notbeabletomeetwithyouforthefull15minutes.
ReadingLogs&BookBoxes
Keepworkingonthosereadinglogsathome.Childrencanreadintheirbookboxes,booksfromthe
library,orbooksyouhaveathome.Readingdoesntmeanthattheystrugglereadingalone.
Readingcanbehearingastoryreadbyafamilymember,tellingthestorybyusingthepicturesin
storybooks,listeningtoabookontape,ortryingtoreadbooksfromtheirbookboxwithhelpfrom
you.Whateveryoudo,itsimportanttomakeitFUNandrelaxingsoyourchilddevelopsalovefor
reading!
ParentTeacherConferences
Iwillbesendinghomeaconferenceconfirmationsheetwiththetimeyousignedupforatthe
beginningoftheschoolyearorwithmeinthelastfewweeks.Ourgoalistohave100%
participation.Ifyouareunabletoattendyourscheduledconferencepleaseletmeknowassoonas
possible.
ExtraClothes
Astheweathergetscolderandyourchildgrows,youmaywanttosendinanewsetofclothesfor
yourchildtokeepintheircubbiejustincase.
Academics
Lettersandsounds
Whatwehavelearnedsofararehighlightedbelow.
a
SightWords
Thesearewordsthatwehavelearnedtoreadjustbyquicklylookingatthem.Waystopractice
thesewordsathomeisbymakingflashcards,goingonawordhuntinbooksormagazinesfor
thesewords,drawingthesewordswithdifferentmaterialslikemarkers,chalk,orevendried
spaghettisticks!
the*
to*
go
is
my*
in
out*
see
Thereisan*toindicatearedword.Aredwordisawordthatyoucannotsoundoutsowetapit
outonourarms.Askyourchildtoshowyouhow!
Vowels
Wefocusedontheletterithisweek.Weonlyworkedontheshortisoundlikethesounditsaysin
thewordpig.Whenwesaytheshortisound,ournosesriseupabit,kindoflikeapiggynose!
ColorWords
Wehaveworkedonthecolorwords:red,yellow,blue,green,orange,purple,black,&brown.
Shapes
Wehavelearnedthe5shapesthatkindergartnersneedtoknow.
square
rectangle
circle
triangle
hexagon
Ifyoueverneedtocontactmepleaseemailmeat
scheurerh@clps.org
,textonClassDojo,orcall
(586)5102700.