Status of the Class

Reading
We are wrapping up our unit on fables and folktales this week.  Students are being assessed on their listening comprehension as well as their knowledge of fable and folktale characteristics.
Starting next week we will begin our unit study on the human body.

Skills
We are continuing to review the short vowel sounds as well as decoding 3-letter CVC words.  Every week we will do a making words activity in conjunction with the short vowel sound we are working with.  You will see these letters go home in folders for your child to practice with at home.
We have also been doing a lot of oral word games were students are practicing a variety of skills including identifying beginning and ending sounds, rhyming, and letter/sound manipulation.

Math
Number combinations has been the focus of the past 3 weeks.  Students have been introduced to a variety of new math techniques including sprints and number bonds.  I will be e-mailing a parent letter for everyone to look at that helps you decode some of this new terminology and will hopefully help you in assisting your child with any math work that is sent home.

Writing
We started the year by reviewing the correct formation of letters with an emphasis of taking your time.  Students have transition into the basics of writing a sentence with proper capitalization, spacing, and punctuation.

i-ready
We can't leave this component out!  All students will be finished with the diagnostic assessments for reading and math by the end of the week.  I will be sending home the parent letter to let you know how your child did on these assessments.  It can be a little overwhelming to look at the report so please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns.  Don't fret if your child was placed at a level that is labeled as "Kindergarten".  That leaves a lot of room for growth and does not effect their classroom grade.  What I would prefer you focus on is that actual lessons they are completing at home (and school).  You can check their progress periodically on their log-in page.  We want to make sure they are not consistently failing lessons and having to repeat them.  When using the computer at home, please make sure this area is free of distractions for the time they are on the computer.