I enjoyed seeing you at the Parent Orientation! I know there was a lot of information...please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions.
It has been wonderful getting to know your children. They really are a sweet group of students. As we begin "academics" this week, the children will be practicing how to work independently. This is a process for sure! Any practice at home with having your child do a few more things "on his/her own" would benefit this process. For example, asking your child to pick up some toys or give him/her a challenge to build something independently with blocks/Legos and tell them you will check back in a few minutes to see their progress (but do not do it for them:).
HERE is a short article with some realistic suggestions on how to build independence in your child.
This week, the students will:
LANGUAGE ARTS-
focus on the letters t, b, f
here are short videos to show you how we teach the children the proper formation and how to pronounce the letters
learn a new "trick word"= like
practice writing routines this week and complete directed drawings and representational drawings.
differentiate between the 3 letter (t, b, f) sounds while playing games and completing activities
begin Module 0 in our Wit and Wisdom language arts curriculum (the theme is Wild About Books)
MATH-
represent numbers 0-5 with objects and or pictures
sequence numbers 0-5
name numbers 0-5
count to 10 in a variety of ways (orally as well as dot to dot counting)
name shapes and recognize shapes in our environment
Social Emotional-
complete Second Step lesson #3: following directions (look for a home link to come home mid week!)
here are a few videos to watch with your child:
how to listen:
following directions:
learn more about the components of H.E.A.R.T
continue to build our classroom community, review classroom rules and learn each others' names
