Farm reports week!  We already had several reports yesterday, and they were fantastic!  I'm so excited to see the rest of the reports (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday)!

A word on the several math sheets that are going home.  (Almost) daily, we are doing one 2-sided math sheet together as a class.  This sheet will be sent home blank because we do it on the board.  Feel free to check it out and do it with your child (or not), but it DOES NOT need to be returned to me.  Next, (almost) daily, we will do one side of another 2-sided sheet in class.  These will also be sent home.  The blank side can be done together at home, it DOES NOT need to be returned to me.  Lastly, (almost) daily, your child will take home a 2-sided sheet entitled "my homework."  This is the one that needs to be returned to me.  The rest is for you to see what is being presented and how we are approaching math concepts according to our textbook.

As always, remember DAILY READING.  At least 20 minutes of reading with/to your child OR your child reading and listening on Raz-Kids.  We are always assessing, and several of the children have really improved reading ability in the past month.  A lot of that comes from daily reading exposure.  Thank you!

This term, our phonemic awareness target is syllables.  We are clapping out syllables daily in class, please practice at home with your child.  This is an essential building block for successful reading.

Hope you all had a great Halloween - I liked the relative warmth of trick-or treating night.  Thanks for all your support in the things we do in class, and for your volunteer work.  Please check your schedules again and see if you might have time to come in during "centers" or "math station" time, we really could use your assistance then.

Thanks!

mr. matt