This quarter ends in one month. Please practice the skills listed below, so your child can be successful!
-identifying the shapes
(circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, cube, cone, sphere, and cylinder)
-identifying numbers 0-20 out of order
-reading three letter CVC words (bug, not, sit, rob)
-hearing beginning and ending sounds in words and writing them (ct=cat, rp=rope)
-reading the sight words in the homework
-writing the numbers 0-20
-re-reading small books we read in school and send home to share
-answering questions about books we read in class and sharing their ideas
-predicting what might come next in a book we are reading
-identifying the characters and setting in a book

Room 106 News!

This week we began by learning about some presidents. We wanted to know why we had Monday off of school! We read a story about Abraham Lincoln and brought a book home to complete. Also, we learned about George Washington!
We began practicing our letter Pp this week too. We practiced writing it and hearing its sound in words. Continue this practice at home.
In math, we continue to work on counting and identifying numbers. We practiced comparing numbers 0-20. We identified the larger number and smaller number. This can be a game at home as well.
We are working hard on our writing skills. Please challenge your child to write in complete sentences at home. Don’t forget those ending marks!

Counting to 100 and back down to zero!

Today was the 100th day of school! We practiced counting to 100 a lot, including starting at 100 and counting down to zero. The picture above is a number chart with all the numbers 1-100. Please help your child practice counting up to and back from 100, you can create this chart and use it to help them as they count. We will have a big celebration on the 100th day of 2011, which is on Monday April 11th! We love that number 100!!

Up Coming Events!

Parents!!

We have some fun Valentine's events happening soon. Please make sure your child brings in 25 Valentine's cards with their first and last name on the envelope. We will share these on the 14th! Also, send in a treat to add to their Valentine bags before the 11th! Lastly, we have an all school dance on the 11th to celebrate Valentine's Day, please come and have a ball.

We can read!

I know that your children are excited because they are now working to decode words, blend and segment words, and read those sight words we have been practicing so much! Please encourage your child to read often at home, anything with print is a perfect place to start!

*Cereal boxes
*Newspapers
*Magazines
*Recipes
*Commercials on TV
*Street signs
*Menus
*Computer/internet sites


*A helpful tip…

If your child cannot read the whole word have them get their mouth ready to say the word and say the first sound. Sometimes that is all we need to help us guess the correct word if we have picture clues and other text to help identify the word!