<p> March 28, 2012</p><p>Dear Parents,</p><p>Storytown This week we started a new theme called In the Neighborhood. We read the book, Swing High, Swing Low, and talked about opposites. Our comprehension skill for this theme is understanding the difference between reality and fantasy. </p><p>Sight Words The children have been introduced to two new sight words this week: up and down. Please continue to practice all the sight words at home. </p><p>Vowels with x We have been doing a lot of work with the three vowels a, i and o with x at the end. These are called word families. The children should be able to differentiate between these three vowel sounds in order to blend and read these real and nonsense words:</p><p>-ax -ox -ix tax sax box rox six fix max rax sox fox hix mix lax fax mox lox lix trix</p><p>Decodable Books Decodable Book #7 “Fix It Up Decodable Book #8 “ Will Ron Fix His Rig?” Please practice these books at home with your child.</p><p>Math This week, we are continuing to work on number partners for the “teen” numbers. The children have used various manipulatives to create number partners.</p><p>10 7 5      5      5      2   </p><p>We have also introduced the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. The children played a math game in which they made towers and compared numbers. They also had a chance to practice making the greater than, less than, and equal to signs. One way to help children remember which sign to use is to say that the alligator is “eating the bigger number” so his mouth is open toward the bigger number. Another way to help children remember this is to write the two numbers and put two dots near the larger number and one dot near the smaller number. Then they can connect the dots to make the correct sign for greater than or less than.</p><p>8 5</p><p>Friendly Reminder</p><p>If you have not done so, please sign and return your child’s report card envelope.</p><p>The Kindergarten Teachers</p>