Welcome back! I hope you've enjoyed your winter break. I think its given us all a chance to reset and recharge for the last half of the school year. I know I for one am ready to get back in the classroom and back to our routine! Since half the year is now behind us, we are going to be changing gears and increasing the rigor of our classwork so that we can begin to prepare your future first/second/third graders. The end of the school year will be upon us before we know it! We will start by implementing homework again right away. The focus of homework from my room will now be solely reading-based, although it is always excellent to practice and review those math and writing skills as well. I know your time at home is valuable and I know students' energy is nearly drained after working hard at school all day. So I take these things into consideration when I pull homework activities for you to work on with your child. All activities are directly related to what we are working on during the week within my classroom. They all are focused on important reading skills your child should practice in order to become a more fluent and confident reader. One activity I want to specifically touch on is the new Sight Word Mastery booklet your child will be using. Your child will keep their booklet in their homework pouch. They should be sure to bring it back each Friday for assessment and tracking of their sight words. This is what you can expect the booklets to look like: Each booklet contains a set of Fry's 100 sight words. Your students will progress through each set as they show mastery. Each booklet is broken down into 10 sub-lists. Students should focus on one list at a time; as they show mastery, they will move on to the next list (1-10). Once mastery is shown on all ten lists in the booklet, they will be ready to move onto a new booklet with a new and more challenging set of sight words. The booklets not only have lists of words, but phrases for each word on the back of each page. Students can use these phrases to practice reading the sight words fluently. Each Friday, I will assess students using this booklet. For each list the student shows mastery with, they will earn a sticker on the front cover. This is a great motivator for students, as well as a great visual tool for students to see their progress.
If you have any questions about the activities sent home, as always, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to the rest of the school year with your child and I appreciate your continued support and communication!
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