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Barbara Fischer
E HANFORD DOLE ELEMENTARY
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                     Snowwed on house

Welcome to Ms. Fischers Class

Just a reminder, as the weather has gotten colder the students are beginning to loose hats, mittens, coats, etc. Please help us return these to you faster by putting your child's name in clothing. Remind your children often to check the lost and found box if they are missing something.


As we soar through the 2009-2010 school year I just want to say, Thank you for the opportunity to work with your children. It is proving to be a very busy but productive year. I hope you feel your child is having a good year and are anxious to see what the rest of the year will bring.


Snow days are now hopefully over and it is time to buckle down and get those brains working to capacity again. Keep your children reading and using there environment to learn new information daily. Keep them motivated to learn by picking up good books at the library and reading with them or at least encourage them to read.  As you are driving down the road have them play number or word games that will reinforce those words and mathematical operations they have worked so hard to learn so far this year.

As they are out enjoying the environment or extended family have them also explore new objects or territories and then write about them. This will help keep those fine motor skills working and improve their creativity and language skills at the same time.
 

 There have been some changes in the services provided this year. I am working with most of your children in their classrooms, only a few in resource room, and some of them in both settings. Many of the children like the extra help in the classroom and being able to do the same work as their peers. This has helped in keeping the group sizes down also. The pull out groups I do have are anywhere from 2 to 6 children at this time.
 The children will receive coins/points again this year for their participation and behavior in the resource room and can trade these points/coins for rewards throughout the year. Those that participated last year can tell you what types of rewards were offered.

 I have included the sight word flashcards that your child should be able to read and spell by the end of the year. They are divided by grade level. Please remember that a child in first grade should know the K and 1 decks. A child in second grade is responsible for knowing the K, 1 and 2 deck.  Please help your child practice and learn these words at home. The more sight words they can learn and remember the easier it will be for them to do the grade level reading they are also expected to do daily.




Keep up the good work with helping your children with their studies at home. Encourage your children to read everyday and expand their vocabulary through words and experiences. Make a goal to read everyday for at least 15 minutes with your child. If they see you reading and being supportive of the written word they will spend more time reading and learning the words also.



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