Weekly letter January 18

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a great weekend. Evaluations went by smoothly. Please take note of the following information.

• Remember to read to your child 10-15 minutes daily. This is homework.
  
• Congratulations to our Student of the week Bella !
  
• Please remember it is very important for you to read the blog at least once a week.
  
• Show and Tell is every Wednesday. Please help your child choose an object he or she will share. Sharing helps students develop oral language and boost their confidence.
  
• We are getting close to our 100^th Day of School! To celebrate this day, students must prepare (with parents help) a white t-shirt with 100 small items glued, pinned or sewn on to it. Please no stickers because these fall off. Be creative!!! This t-shirt must be in school by February 1^st.
  
• Also, to celebrate our 100^th Day of School, please send with your child 100 small objects. These may be small erasers, pencils, sharpeners or any small party favors. You may find a big variety at Yip Store. No candy please.
  
• This quarter we will begin working with sight words. Sight words are words that children will find often when reading, and use in their writing. Children must identify these words by sight. This will help them become strong readers and writers. Sight words will be evaluated every Friday. It will be done in a cumulative way, starting with 4 then 8 ect..
  
• Report Cards will go home on January 25^th. If you have any questions please contact me.
  
• There will be a values presentation on Thursday, January 28^th from 5:00 – 6:30 in room #62. "Acompañando el crecimiento de nuestros hijos". Presentado por el Lic. Roger Martinez.
  
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  Thursday, January 21^st is a staff development day. Students will be dismissed at 10:45. On this day assignments will be posted on the blog for your child to do at home and bring back on Friday. Thank you for your support.
  

  
  

This week we will be learning about:

Language: Letter Gg, sound, vocabulary and letter recognition.

Sight words: My, in, I, the.

Phonemic Awareness: Oral blending of phonemes with letter flash cards.

Math: Reading bar graphs and numbers 1-30.

Science: Plants

Values: Growing up healthy.

Virtue of the Month:
Perseverance
"I will do my best."