What are we learning about in Reading?
This last month we explore our reading super powers. Pointer power, touching each word as
we read. Picture power, using the picture as clues to unknown words. Reread power,
rereading to better understand what the author wrote. Snap word power, finding snap words
(sight words) we know. Partner power, encouraging our partners to use our new super reading
powers. Sound power, using letter sounds to sound out words. Pattern power, finding the
familiar pattern and reading it fluently. Perseverance power, knowing that when one power
doesn’t work, we can always try another. Book talk partner, talking with our partners about our
books and retelling the parts of the book. You can try these powers on at home with your
child!!! Sight words this month: at, by, will, with, said, get, make, have
Ways you can support your child at home:
Practice the sight words
Read to your child every night
Use flash card to blend sound together
Break apart words, say a word ask them to tell you all the sounds they hear.
What are we learning about in Math?
In math, we’ve learned the numbers 0 –20. We also have been learning the
language one more, one less, fewer, greater than, and less than. Encourage your
child to count out loud to 100, and point out numbers as they see them. Teen
numbers can be tricky, they need as much practice as possible!
Ways you can support your child at home:
Practice counting to 100!
Use the number flash cards and beans to count and compare numbers.
What are we learning about in Writing?
We are getting so good at writing true stories. This month we’ve been learning
to turn our labels into sentences to help tell our true stories. We’ve been
working really hard to sound out words and write them down. We’ve been
given lots of tools to help make our true stories readable, like magic pencils
that can be used to reread our stories, vowel charts to help up put vowels in to
our words, and our own word wall to keep track of those words we don’t have
to sound out anymore! We’ve also started using ‘spaceman’ to help us put
spaces in between our words in the sentence.
Ms. Robertson’s
Classroom
Connection
Reminders:
Early Dismissal at 1:40
on Friday 1/8, 1/15, 1/22,
and 1/29
If you have any questions or concerns, please
don’t hesitate to ask.
No School on Monday,
1/18 for M.L.K. Day!!
206-631-4336
Kindergarten Parent
Night, Monday 1/29,
5:30 – 6:30
PTO Fun Friday, Jan.
29th Popcorn 50¢, Free
Dress Friday
PTO Movie Night
(Inside Out), Friday 1/22,
6 – 8pm
Library books are due
EVERY Wednesday!!!!
Please make sure you child comes
or brings to school appropriate PE
jodi.robertson@highlineschools.org
Thank you to all the
families that
brought in goodies
for our
Gingerbread Man
We’ve started guided reading in our classrooms,
please make sure you child is reading or being
read to for at least 20 minutes every day!!!! We
celebrations! A
huge thank you to
the volunteers that
are learning the parts of the book, how to follow
helped in the
the words with our finger, check the picture for
classroom to make
clues when we come to a word we don’t know, and
the day so special
recognizing sight words quickly. These are few
things you can also practice at home while reading
and FUN!!!
with your child.
January’s Homework went home today. Please complete
each activity with your child and initial next to the activity.
All activities that are marked ** please have your students
complete in their homework notebooks. Homework
calendars and notebooks are due Friday, January 29th!
It’s getting cold outside, please make sure your
shoes on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s
child is dressed for appropriate weather and
Boot, dress shoes, and sandals are
brings a coat to school every day!!! We want
not allowed in PE, these types of
shoes worn on Tuesday’s and
Thursday’s will affect their PE
grade on the report card.
the students bundled up when they go outside
but it’s important that they can put on their
own coat, hat, and gloves independently and in
a timely manner!!!