Mrs. Pisauro’s Newsletter October 9, 2015 Books I have read to the class: Winston the Book Wolf But Excuse me That is my Book How Rocket Learned to Read Learning time Poetry Fluency Expression Readers Workshop Exploring the World of Books Reading Pictures Making Text Memorable Making Meaning of text Guided reading Journal writing Writing our thoughts Drawing a picture Making a space between words Read Aloud •Stick and Stones •It’s Okay to Make a Mistake •Frank Was a Monster That Wanted to Dance Guided Reading Books A Fire Fighter Poems An Apple Apples Apples Autumn Leaves Helpful Hints: Read every night Ask questions about the story Practice letter sounds and sight words Count words and spaces in a sentence Use picture cues while reading Math *class graph *using the five frame *matching quantities *writing numerals Helpful Hints – Practice counting Sorting items Writing numerals Reminders: Please fill it out the form for the Room Parents and return it to me as soon as you can. Sight Words Words- have, who and has Jolly Phonics Letters- r, m, d, g, o, u, l, f, b, ai, j, and oa Handwriting Without Tears Letters- s, c, t, c, o, a, b, g, u, e, l, and k *name writing and numbers October 15 - Illustrator visit; David Catrow October 20 - Picture retake day October 22 - Early release day October 23 - Kindergarten field trip; Ela Library October 30 - Classroom Halloween party October 31 – Spooky Saturday “Practice makes us better” Thank you For all the help and support you give to your Kindergartner.