Room 9 Newsletter - November/December
Dear parents and guardians,It's hard to believe our first term is almost done. This week your child's preliminary progress report will be sent home. Please make sure you fill in and sign page 3 and return it to the school when you come for your interview.
In language, we have been considering "Who Am I?" as our theme for reading and writing. This theme can also carry into your home reading time, as you talk about characters and events in books your child is reading. In writing, we are learning to gather and organize our ideas. One of our main projects is to make a book called My Life Story. I hope you enjoy seeing the work your child has done. Thanks for sending some pictures to make the book more meaningful.
In math, we have recently been working on measurement, using non-standard units. As part of our daily routine and calendar time, we practice counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s, forward and backward. To help your child, please take time and have them count various objects for you. Also, have them look at a group of objects and break it into separate parts, so they can see how two parts add up to make a whole, and become aware of the numbers that fit together.
Our Calendar has homework information on it
In the coming weeks, I am asking you to help your child with some simple homework tasks. The calendar shows that your child is part of a sharing group, and it tells you what day your child will be expected to "show and tell" their item that they have brought (or completed) from home. It takes just a few minutes of your time, and the extra input from home will really help to enrich our learning in our Social Studies and Science units.
Thank you for all your support. I look forward to seeing you and answering any questions you may have at our interview this week.
Sincerely, Mr. Brown
