_____Read at Least 5 Books with Your Child

November 22, 2016

Dear Parents,

Next week we will be comparing and contrasting different versions of The Gingerbread Boy. We will discuss characters, settings, main ideas, and main events. We will also review rhyming words, parts of speech (nouns, verbs, and adjectives), counting on, how to write scientifically, identifying numbers to 20, and adding to 10.

____We have been working on recognizing teen numbers and then finding the tens and extra ones in each teen number. An example of this would be: 10 and 4 makes 14. I remind my students of the “magic” word they can write above a 2-digit number to help them to remember which number is in the tens place and which number is in the ones place. The word they write above the number is “to.” The “t” reminds them of tens and the “o” reminds them of ones. As you review teen numbers with your child, ask “How many ones are in this number? How many tens are in this number?” Use these numbers to review. Point to the number and ask your child which number it is and how many tens and ones are in it.

15 11 13 19 12 17 16 18 14

____ Review: a, and, am, can, come, eat, go, in, it, is, I, like, me, my, no, run, see, to, the, we, with, yes. Your child should be able to write these words without sounding them out. Have your child practice writing these words quickly.

_____Read at least 5 books with your child. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. _____My child and I read at least 50 minutes (5 books) this week. . Reminders and Notes

*Leveled books-If your child has brought home a book in a plastic bag to read to you, please send them back as soon as possible. These are the books in our class library. These books give your child extra practice reading. At first, they will memorize them, but soon they will recognize the words!

Thanksgiving Break-Wednesday, November 23-25 Students return to school on Monday, November 28th.

No “Communication Connection” this week.

PTO Holiday Workshop-Look for more information to come!

I appreciate all that you do at home to help your child be successful in school.

Your Partner in Education, Alyson Fricks

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