04/29-05/03-We will be reading Thomas Edison, Inventor, "Windshield Wipers" "Scissors", and A Story of a Robot Inventor  in our readers .  We will be having our Reading Skills Test on Friday, 05/03.  This will be used as a FOURTH QUARTER GRADE.

****OUR LEVELED READING FOLDERS WILL BE COMING HOME EVERYDAY. WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU READ 15 MINUTES A NIGHT WITH YOUR CHILD.  PLEASE SIGN THE READING LOG AMD RETURN LOG, FOLDER, AND BOOK TO SCHOOL WITH YOUR CHILD EVERYDAY. THIS WILL HELP WITH YOUR CHILD'D FLUENCY AND READING RATE. WE WILL BE SENDING READING WRITING WORKSHOP READERS ON MONDAY.  PLEASE READ THE STORY AND SKILLS BEFORE THE STORY.  THIS IS A GREAT REVIEW.  IF THE STORY IS TOO DIFFICULT FOR YOUR CHILD, A BOOK ON THEIR LEVEL WILL ALSO BE SENT HOME.

        As the year goes on, you will receive a "Pencil Paper" that will be attached to our weekly newsletter. Doing the follow activities will help your child meet with success in First grade. 

.*** Please review the Sight Words and listen to your child read the story every night. When reading the story with your child, ask the following questions: Who are the main characters? What is the setting?(Where and when is the story taking place) What is the problem of the story? What is the solution? (How was the problem solved) What happened First, Next, Then, Last/Finally. (Sequence of events). This will help your child better understand the story.

****When reviewing Sight Words, these following tips may help you: Put the words on flashcards so that you can play games with your child. You can play memory or use a flashlight to shine on words that you want your child to read.  

**You can also put your words into sentences using past sight words.  This is what we do for our reading portion our tests.