We do have school on Monday. This is our track out day! I hope everyone has a fabulous track out. Please, please, please make sure that your child is practicing his/her reading, writing, and math over the break.
Your child is encouraged to read both fiction and non-fiction books on his/her level each day. As we have discussed, the end of year benchmark is a level 15/16. Also as we have discussed, please make sure your child is focusing on retelling the stories read. The school library is an excellent resource for you to use if you need assistance finding books on this or any other level. Parents are allowed to check out 5 books at a time. The librarian or assistant can help you locate the books. I do suggest calling ahead of time to make sure the library is open and that an adult is available to assist you if needed. The school phone number is 890-7333.
I also suggest that your child keep a daily writing journal. He/she is encouraged to choose a topic and write. Your child may want to write about what they do each day in their journal. Students should focus on spelling word wall words correctly and applying correct capitalization/punctuation. We have also spent a lot of time working on using describing words and transition words in the stories that we write.
In math, please work on the skills that we discussed at your child's student led conference. The handout that I provided is also another resource for you to refer to.
Please feel free to email me with any questions/concerns. I do try to check my email over the break at least a couple of times a week.
As always, thank you for all that you do to support your child's learning at home!
