Dear Families,

Here it is....the first blog entry of the new school year! Each week I will work to share a glimpse
 of  the upcoming week.

Language Arts: Our Houghton Mifflin stories are The Cat and The Mat. These are fun stories about animals that give us an opportunity to see the difference between reality and fantasy and how to sequence a story.

Grammar: We will talk about the difference between capital and lowercase letters and when to use them.

Writing: We will write each day to our Mystery Person paying attention to spell all of our word wall words correctly and begin each sentence with a capital and end with the correct punctuation.


Word Wall Words: Your children will learn new word wall words each week and together we will put them on our Word Wall. Listed below are the word wall words from Kindergarten. It is my hope that you will make a word wall at home or make flashcards to practice daily with your child. This will help your child with reading, writing, and spelling.

as a are and am at an all be by big but can come did down do friend from go he has him had his her have here in I it if is like my me make no not of on one play see said school she so the this to them two that they up was we with what went will you who find because for get  favorite once made nice yes             

Mystery Person: Each day we will have fun discovering who is going to be the Mystery Person. This engaging activity helps students learn about their new classmates as well as practice reading, writing and spelling. Look for your child's Mystery Person book to come home!

Math: Our focus this week will continue to be using our math strategies with addition, finding missing addends, and work with number bonds.

Lexia Reading Core 5 Program: It is very helpful for you child to work in this program each day at home. This is a self directed program that helps your child with reading and spelling skills. Your child will need a head set to listen to the directions and complete it without any help as they do here at school. I receive a report as to the progress the children are making at with the program at home. I highly recommend it! You log on through the Rio del Mar website. Your child's log in cards are stapled to the homework folder.

                        Upcoming Events

• School Site Council: Tuesday, August 28th at 2:30

• Labor Day/No School: Monday, September 3rd

• Back to School Night: Thursday, September 6th

• Parent Alliance: Thursday, September 13th at 6:30

• Movie Night: Friday, September 14th at 6:00pm

• Picture Day: Friday, September 21st
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