November post 4

Hello everyone

(1) We will be starting a Reading Club next week (thank you Samantha’s mom for the excellent idea!) in order to help the children with their reading skills. If you would be willing to assist the children please let Vicky and Anouchka know and they will assist us in setting up a schedule. Since we do Snuggle Books Tuesdays and Thursdays and we have library one day a week (the weekday varies since it follows the 5 Day schedule), I would like our Reading Club to be on Mondays and Fridays if that is all right with everyone. I would propose a 20-minute commitment on each of those two days, and it might be easier if parents chose one week to do (as we do our book bags) in order to simplify the schedule. The time would be 10:30-11:00 a.m., a time which does not conflict with any of our other activities.

I have set a small table and two chairs outside the classroom for the child and parent and I will prepare a duotang that the parent would complete as follows:

Date:
Child’s name:
Grade: (JK/SK)
Name of Book:
Comments: (here you would write which words the child can read, improvements, sounds that are challenging, progress, etc.)

I will be using the same level as our Snuggle Books (i.e. early readers) including (my favourite!) BOB BOOKS (excellent leveled readers). If the child reading for/with you is an advanced reader I will provide you and your reading buddy with a more advanced level reader. An excellent way to help your reading buddy is to encourage them to follow the words with their finger as you/they are reading.

If you would like to volunteer to be a Parent Reading Buddy, please be kind enough to let Vicky or Anouchka know (and thank you as always, Vicky and Anouchka, for your wonderful help with scheduling).

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(2) Secondly, for graphing this Friday I need your help if possible: If you can, please bring in ten wrappers of your child’s Hallowe’en candy (small items, not chip bags) so that we can graph and chart favourites, how many of each kind were brought in, etc. – a fun math-based activity. I will prepare a bin to place the wrappers and we will sort them together.

(3) Letters will be going home soon regarding Report Cards and interviews. Please note that in first term the SKs only receive report cards, but all the children’s parents will have the opportunity to meet with me for an interview regarding their child’s progress.

Thank you everyone for your continued support and assistance! 

Beverley