Homework will both reinforce lessons from the day and allow me to see where to take the lessons next. For these reasons, I ask that you make sure that homework is completed as independently as possible. If there is a great struggle in completing the work, encourage your child just to do their best, and write me a note letting me know there were some questions. This will help inform my lessons much more effectively than heavily parent-supported work.
Assignments will go home regularly and are expected to come back to school the following morning, unless otherwise noted. A reading log and that week's sight words will be sent home on Mondays. The sight words should stay home and be practiced each night. Reading logs should be completed throughout the week and returned on the following Monday morning.
***Students are expected to read or be read to every night. While the students are not yet proficient readers, they should be encouraged to pre-"read" the pictures, follow along while you read, point out sight words, retell the story when it is over, etc. These are not only strategies that they will be developing throughout the year, but will also help them become engaged and masterful readers.***
Assignments will go home regularly and are expected to come back to school the following morning, unless otherwise noted. A reading log and that week's sight words will be sent home on Mondays. The sight words should stay home and be practiced each night. Reading logs should be completed throughout the week and returned on the following Monday morning.
***Students are expected to read or be read to every night. While the students are not yet proficient readers, they should be encouraged to pre-"read" the pictures, follow along while you read, point out sight words, retell the story when it is over, etc. These are not only strategies that they will be developing throughout the year, but will also help them become engaged and masterful readers.***