The only reason I always
try to meet and know the
parents better is because
it helps me to forgive the
children.
~Louis Johannot
N1H1
• Keep your child at home for at
least 24 hours after a fever is
gone without fever-reducing
medications
• Clean hands frequently
• Use hand sanitizer
• Cover coughs and sneezes
• Model healthy habits
Scrips Cards (Gift & Retail)
• Sold for face value, predetermined % goes to school
• Sunflower Market, Albertson’s,
Safeway, Tony’s, WalMart/Sam’s
Club, Starbucks
• Use as gift cards or in stores
you visit regularly
• KING SOOPERS—Reloadable!
Reading is more than just
saying the right word on
the page. Reading is
thinking!
Things Good Readers Do:
• Preview
• Ask questions before, during
and after reading
• Predict and revise predictions
• Infer
• Visualize
• Connect
• Summarize
• Evaluate
The Relationship Between the Amount of
Volume, Reading Achievement, and
Vocabulary Acquisition of Fifth Graders:
Percentile Rank
on Standardized
Test
Minutes of
Independent
Outside of
School Per Day
Estimated
Exposure to the
Number of
Words Per Year
90
70
50
20
10
40.4
21.7
12.9
3.1
1.6
2,300,000
1,100,000
600,000
250,000
5,000
Source: Anderson, R., Wilson, P., and Fielding, L. (1988). “Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of
School”. Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 23: pg. 285-303.
Reading at Home:
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Novels
Magazines
Instruction Manuals
Comic Books
Newspapers (Yes, the sports
page!)
Boys and Reading
Promote a love of language and interest in words
and books by:
• reading to your son and letting him choose
some of the books
• getting your son a library card and visiting the
library regularly
• making sure there are books all over the house
• letting your son see you reading for enjoyment
• asking your son questions that will encourage
description and explanation
• following your favorite sports team in the local
newspaper
• let him make a “family newspaper”
with stories about relatives
• boys tend to have an interest in
specific kinds of books – nonfiction,
action, adventure stories.
Encourage your son’s interest in
reading whatever appeals to him,
and don’t rule out comic books – the
most important thing is to get him
reading for pleasure as often as
possible.
• have family reading time and
take turns reading out loud.
Even if your interests don’t tend
to be the same as his,
encourage his literacy skills by
reading what appeals to him.
• guysread.com
• boysrockreading.com
Writing
Occurs throughout the day in a
variety of contexts, in addition to a
dedicated writing block.
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Writer’s Workshop/Notebooks
Journals
Prompt Writing
Poetry
Word Work
• Explicit instruction provided in
phonics, phonemic awareness,
spelling patterns, root words,
prefixes and suffixes, and
vocabulary.
• Practice provided in reading and
spelling high frequency words
as a springboard to reading and
spelling unfamiliar words.
Social Studies/Science
• Solar System
• Simple Machines
• Interdependence of plants and
animals
• Geography/Maps
• Government
• Denver/Immigration
Math
• Number
Sense
• Algebra
• Data
Analysis
• Geometry
• Measureme
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Place value to 10,000; skip counting;
expanded notation; estimation;
comparisons/ fractions on a number
line
Missing addends/factors; identify
and supply missing elements in a
pattern
Surveys, data collection and
analysis; graphing; probability
Solid/plane figures; congruence;
symmetry; right angles; perimeter;
area
US Customary/metrics, time, money,
weight, length, capacity, temperature
Addition/subtraction with regrouping;
multiplication/division fact families,
word problems
Girls and Math
While girls tend to develop advanced
language skills early, their spatial skills
may be on a slower track. Including lots of
spatial play in their play activities like
those listed will be fun and promote early
learning of math concepts and skills
needed in elementary school.
• Putting increasingly more difficult puzzles
together
• Building with blocks and/or Legos
• Using measuring cups and spoons
• Helping prepare a meal
• Jumping rope
• Posting a growth chart on the wall
• Taking gymnastics or dancing
lessons
• Going to the park and using the
climbing equipment
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www.aplusmath.com
www.edu4kids.com
www.mrkent.com/flashcards
www.studystack.com
Homework
• Develops good study habits and time
management skills
• To review/practice concepts previously
taught
• Approximately 30 min. per night
• Encourage independence, but be
available to help if necessary
• Decide together on a time and place to
complete homework. Generally, it’s
best to let kids have a break after
school before settling into doing more
“school work.”
• Allow some free time for active
play, a healthy snack, time to visit
with friends or mom and dad.
• Discourage video games and
television, as kids need to be
active, not passive after school.
• In order for the brain to process
and
• consolidate learning, there needs
to be “downtime” between
learning periods. (Brain-Based Learning by
Large-Scale Assessment
Testing Windows
• DRA2
Fall (Winter—ILP/IEP), Spring
• Measure of Academic Progress (MAPs)
Fall, (Winter—ILP/IEP), Spring
• Colorado State Assessment Program
(CSAP)
Reading: 2/16 – 2/26 (3/8-4/2 Gr. 410)
Writing:
3/8 – 4/2
Field Trips
• Performing Arts: Nov., $2.00$3.00
• Plains Conservation Center:
April, $13-15
• Audubon Society: May, $5.00
Volunteer Opportunities
Scheduled
One-time
• Room Parent/Coparent
• Art Room
• Library
• Clerical (Copies)
• Type Phone Tree
• Cutting/Pasting
(At Home)
• Field Day
• PTO Activities