We have been busy in K5! I have introduced letters Aa-Gg. We have listened for the sounds, brainstormed words that begin with each letter, practiced writing them, and completed a fun letter activity with each one. We are reviewing color words, number words to ten daily, and we added a and the to our stack today. You should have found a little pre-decodable book in your child's folder. Please have your child sit down and read these to you when they come home and return them to school the following day. They start out very simple using only the introduced words along with pictures for harder words. As we progress, they will get more difficult. For extra reinforcement, I recommend making word cards as new words are introduced. You will see our entire K5 word list to the right side of my blog (starting from the bottom up). Our reading curriculum workbooks haven't come in yet, so you will see I am copying workbook pages. As soon as workbooks come in, we will work from them and lessons will be sent home a unit at the time. In reading we have assessments that I will stamp for you to sign and return. These are evaluations on stories and whole group discussions in class. In math, we have been practicing writing numbers one through three and counting up to ten. I continue to stress the importance of doing your best and working neatly. Coloring helps us to improve our fine motor skills. I am constantly reminding the children to outline when coloring to help them stay inside the lines and to color in all the "peek-a-boos". Please encourage your children at home as well. They really try hard when they hear that positive feedback. I am very pleased with the progress we have made so far! They all seem eager to learn! If you have questions or concerns about your child's progress or about something we are learning at school, do not hesitate to email me at kstewart@pikelib.com

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