Classroom Info

• Students will have the opportunity to eat snack in the morning and the afternoon.

• Please send two healthy snacks, packed separately from their lunchbox.

• Please send your child with a labeled, reusable water bottle. Water is only permitted in our classroom, but other drinks are acceptable in the cafeteria.

• On the first day of school, your child will be given a Home to School Folder that will be used to send homework and notices to and from school.

• Please remove and review papers and notes in this folder, daily.

• Please put any notes you have for us in this folder, as we review it first thing every morning.

• Whenever there is a change in how your child goes home, via a new bus, or another designated adult picks up your child, a note is necessary.

• Written notification of any change from regular transportation arrangements is REQUIRED by our school policy in order to keep your child safe.

• On your child's birthday, he or she will be the star of the day! We will celebrate your child's birthday with a special song.

• We ask that you refrain from sending in a special snack this year.

How Can I Help My Child Develop His/Her Literacy Skills?

• Read and talk about books with your child.

• Locate title and discuss the parts of a book.

• Identify the author and illustrator and discuss their role.

• Take a picture walk prior to reading. Have your child make predictions before and during reading and evaluate predictions at the end of the story.

• Change your voice for character roles—have fun!

• Check for comprehension by asking questions as your read.

• Have your child locate sight words in the story.

• Have your child retell the story in his or her own words; change the ending to the story.

• Play with sounds and words.

• Play games to promote phonological awareness (ability to notice and play with sounds).

• Read or say familiar nursery rhymes together.

• Sing songs that contain rhymes.

• Read rhyming books (omit the rhyming word and have your child respond with one).

• Make or practice alliterations (Wacky Wanda walked to the wild west).

• Clap the syllables of words.

How Can I Help My Child Develop His/Her Math Skills?

• Practice counting together by ones and tens (for a challenge try fives ).

• Practice counting on from different numbers.

• Practice writing and identifying numbers.

• Play board games that reinforce and practice math skills.

• Look for 2D and 3D shapes in your home and outside.