Parent Letter 11/7/11

11/7/11

Dear Parents,                                                                        

I hope that everyone is enjoying the first snow of the season!  It seems that the students are excited and ready for it, I hope that I am ready for it too!  Here are some of the main things that we will be working on this week.

Weekly Objectives

Reading:  Connections

Making a connection to the story is one way that the student shows that he/she comprehends the story. Children make personal connections with the text by using their schema (background knowledge).  There are three main types of connections we make while reading text.

·       Text-to-Self (T-S) refers to connections made between the text and the reader's personal experience. 

·       Text-to-Text (T-T) refers to connections made between a text being read to a text that was previously read.

·       Text-to-World (T-W) refers to connections made between a text being read and something that occurs in the world.

It is important to activate children's schema (background knowledge) before, during, and after reading.

Writing:  Adjectives and Synonyms:

Students thoroughly explore identifying synonyms and adjectives before using them to add variety and interest to their own writing.

Math:      Operations-Addition and Subtraction within 20.

The students will fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.

Spelling: Words that end with nd, ng, nk, nt, mp

Cold Weather Gear:

Please send your child to school with winter gear (ie: Winter Jacket, Snow Boots, Gloves, Hats, and Snow pants.)  The students will be going out for recess as long as the weather is above zero degrees.  In order to play out in the field or on the Big Toy the students must be wearing snow pants and snow boots otherwise their recess is confined to the blacktop.

Classroom Behavior:

After conferences some parents have expressed that they would like to know how their child is doing each day in class.  Therefore if your child has to “owe a number” during the day I will let you know with our Weekly Behavior Chart.  The students and I will fill out these charts each day and put them in the back sleeve of their STAR folders.  Please check and send them back each day.

                                                                      Sincerely, Mr. Josh Anderson