Please remember to sign your child's behavior calendar each night and if you have any questions, please write to me in our communication notebook!

We are learning a new nursery rhyme every two weeks. Ask your child to say it for you. Make sure you ask him/her what the words mean. We are working on vocabulary. We have studied "Baa Baa Black Sheep," "Jack Be Nimble", "Counting Apples", and "Itsy, Bitsy Spider" so far.

Our sight words for the first nine weeks are: I, a, to, have, the, be. These are words that need to be learned by sight so they can be read quickly. These words appear in text frequently. Please help your child to learn these at home.

We are learning to recognize shapes. At home you can help us by pointing out items and asking your child what shapes they are.  

We have begun writing workshop. During this time, your child is an author and illustrator. S/he draws or writes about something familiar. We encourage the children to include characters, setting, and details in their pictures. After writing, we have share time. Please take a look at the writing in your child's folder that we are sending home. You will begin to notice changes as the weeks progress.

Thank you for all you have done to make the beginning of our year so successful. The children have adjusted well to our class.

Remember that homework is due on Fridays. I will not collect it until then. However, you may leave it in your child's folder until then if you wish.