Communication is of the utmost importance concerning
your child's education. The unvoiced concern does not offer the ability for
resolution or clarification. Please feel free to write me a note
(planners are checked every day!) or call the school and leave a message. I
will get back to you as soon as my teaching schedule allows. Thanks for your
understanding! Along the lines of communication, please be sure to check
and sign your child's planner daily and check the take home folder at least
once a week! Ask your child what he/she learned in school each day, and stay
informed! Homework is assigned Monday through Thursday nights. This
involves math and some sort of language arts activity. So that adequate
progress in reading fluency is achieved, students should read at home for at
least 10 minutes nightly, including weekends. Math fact packets have also
been sent home, and ideally, the goal is to do one page nightly. Contact me
if you need another packet! You can help your child at home to become a
more strategic reader! Ask your child to make predictions before reading, to
summarize as he/she reads, and to describe character traits based on a
character's actions and words. Students should be encouraged to support
their answers with specific examples from the text, and try to make
connections to other texts or personal experiences. Nonfiction test skills
involve identifying text features and stating how they are helpful, and
making suggestions as to how an author could improve a piece of nonfiction
text by using these features. Ask your children to point out text features
in recipes, sets of directions and newspapers! Writing is a crucial
lifelong skill. Keeping a dialogue journal is a great way to have family
time and develop your child's writing skills in one shot. Using a special
notebook (you can decorate this together!), write to your child about a
topic of interest, or a memory you have. Then, it is your child's turn
to respond in writing! You can do all sorts of things together, such as
writing a story collaboratively or sharing memories from different points of
view. It can develop persuasive writing skills in your child (write to me
explaining why you want a puppy) and is just a great way to bond! If you
have any questions, concerns or kudos, the door is always open! Here's
to a great year! |
