Upcoming Week/Magazines

Dear Parents,

I thoroughly enjoyed my first week of school getting to know each of my students and engaging them in some fun and challenging projects.

I’m looking ahead to this week and I would like to construct a creative art project with my students; however, I need help from you!!  In order to complete this project I require a number of old magazines that the students can cut up.  Please note that you will not be receiving these magazines back so please be sure that you are OK with donating them.  If you are able to send in old magazines by Wednesday/Thursday that would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I sent home the Scholastic book order last Friday.  If you would like to order some books please send back your book order and I will submit it.  It is expected that each student read a minimum of 20 minutes per day; this may include proper level reading books, our classroom blog, magazines, etc.  If you have any questions in regards to this please let me know.

There are a number of strategies that parents can help with their child’s understanding of reading.  Some of these Daily 5 strategies include:

1)    When reading to your child, stop periodically and say, “Let’s see if we remember what I just read. Think about who the story was about and what happened.” Do this 3 or 4 times throughout the story.

2)    When reading to your child, stop and have them practice checking for understanding by saying, “I heard you say...”

3)    Ask your child the following questions:

a)   Who did you just read about?

b)   What just happened?

c)   Was your brain talking to you while you read?

d)   Do you understand what was read?

e)   What do you do if you don’t remember?

I look forward to our upcoming weeks.  If you have any questions in regards to last week or the upcoming weeks please let me know.

Regards,

Mrs. Quilley