To help with our student school to home organization we will be using Luau Binders. Everything we need to communicate between home and school can be found inside our binders. I will check your child's binder each morning and I ask that you check their binders each evening.
Behind the heading "Important Info" you will find our classroom schedule. On our schedule you will see Reading/Writing Workshop three different times throughout the day. During Reading/Writing Workshop your child will participate in literacy activities at his/her independent and instructional reading levels. Below you will find an explanation for both.
A child's independent reading level is usually determined from books in which he/she can read with no more than one error in word recognition in each 100 words and has a comprehension score of at least 90 percent. Their independent level is the level at which your child can read easily and with pleasure.
A child's instructional reading level is usually determined from books (or other material) which the child can read with no more than one word-recognition error in approximately 20 words with 75 percent or higher on comprehension. At this level, children are able to use word-recognition clues and techniques and they read with teacher help and guidance. This is the "stretch" level. With the right materials and purposeful reading, your child will make maximum progress. Most children are actually taught at their instructional levels.
Each day your child will participate in 3 different areas of Reading/Writing Workshop. These areas include: Read to Self, Read to Someone, Working with Words, Writing, and working with the teacher. If your child works on Read to Self, Read to Someone and Working with Words on Monday, they will start with Writing on Tuesday. So, during the week your child will participate in all areas of the workshop several different times.
Our schedule will also let you know when we will have Math. Our Math this year will focus on Calendar Math, Number Fluency, and Problem Solving. We are already on Day 2 of our Calendar Math! Yeah!!
On the schedule you will find our special classes such as P.E., Art, Music, Library and Computer. Daily your child will also participate in Developmental Centers for 30-40 minutes in the afternoons.
Weekly or bi-weekly, I will update you on what we've been working on or learning in our classroom through our "Luau News". You will find the new popcorn words which have been introduced, the comprehension strategy we have been working on during our Reading/Writing Workshop and Success, special books to share with your child, among other classroom news. Please check in the binder for our news. I will also post our newsletter right here on our classroom blog.
Please use the section: "Parents: Important Notes" to send notes to me that need immediate attention,
such as transportation changes, doctor's appointments, urgent concerns, etc. I
will also use this section of the binder to send you notes that require your
immediate attention.
* From time to
time, you may need to send money to school for lunch, book club orders, field trips,
etc. Please use the pouch at the back of the binder to send money to school.
You may also leave notes to me in the section titled: "Home School Communication". You will find communication logs where you can send me a message. I have also included both my email address, as well as, phone number.
The last section of our binder I would like to share with you is the page called "Popcorn Words". On this page you will find a list of all of the words we will introduce to your child this year. However, if your child learns all of these words we won't stop there. We will continue introducing sight words to your child. We will practice our words together in many different ways! At home you could reinforce these words by having your child roll their words out of playdough, write them in shaving cream or they could even practice on a dry erase board. There are so many fun and exciting ways to work with words.
Well, that's a lot of information for now! So, I will sign off! Please check back often for updates and pictures of your children participating in classroom activities!! Have a great night!
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