I am VERY grateful to those of you who have agreed to be our Spelling Specialists!  Thank you thank you thank you! You will be making more of a difference than you know!

We have been seeing some GREAT strides in reading the last couple of weeks.  As a reminder, the benchmark for Kindergarten is to have cleared a level A and be working on a B in class by this time.  Reading at home to and with your child is still the best support you can give toward your child's education.  The reality is that the way the Kindergarten curriculum is now is very very rigorous, and keeping up with reading practice, sight words, math practice, etc. is absolutely essential.  Kindergarten can't be thought of as a "breaking-in time" or an "easing into school" time, if our kids miss things here, it may seriously impact their work and abilities to keep up in later grades.  Let's get these kids ready for the rest of their educational lives.  The key, again, is reading.  Of course, play is also necessary, and we talk in class a lot about having balance in our lives.

The holidays are coming!  We will be going hard right up until the bitter end!  thanks for your support!

mr. matt