Homework Resources

Here are the two choice boards that you
 will be keeping up with monthly.  

First Week of Homework!

Homework went home today!  It is in the yellow folder your child brought home with them.  You will find lots of activities that work on all skills we are learning in class.  Homework will go home every Wednesday and will not have to be returned until the following Tuesday.  We do this so that you can plan out your week accordingly...and if the week is jam packed with extra curricular practices for the kiddos, and other errands, you can also use the weekend to play catch up.  You may do any activity on any day, but there is a guide you may choose to follow that will go home weekly, as the assignments and weekly words change.
It is not a good idea to leave all the homework to complete at the very last minute.  That will be way to overwhelming for you and your child.  It is also not recommended that you try to complete all the homework in one sitting.  The word work words are assigned nightly so that you child can practice the spelling of these words which will, in turn, strengthen their reading and writing.  Also, you must be reading EVERY NIGHT!  There will be a reading log placed in your child's BEE binder behind the homework tab for you to fill in nightly. Part of your assignment will also be on books you have read throughout the week.
If there are any questions on the homework, please send me an email or a note in the BEE binder.  I will also address homework questions during out Parent Information Night (which is coming up next week).
One more thing...
If you happen to loose one of your choice boards, they can be found under the homework link in the right hand column of the blog.

Happy Studying!

Disguise a Turkey

These turkeys made it through the Thanksgiving holiday safely.  their disguises worked!  Thanks to all who participated in this take home project. Lots of teachers would come down the hallway hoping I put up new turkeys daily….it was so much fun to show these off

Homework?

There are only a handful of student who are bringing their homework back to school.  Remember to check your child's folder daily, and initial in the calendar square.  Homework goes home EVERY Monday.  It is to be turned in EVERY Friday.  Most of the time, I will leave it in there until Friday.  PLEASE sit down with your child and help them do their homework.  It will give them extra practice on the skills we are working on in the classroom, but it will also show them that you also think school is a top priority for them in life.  If you train your child early on homework rituals, it will become habit for them when they reach the older grades (Which will make your life a lot easier in the future).  I would like to see 100 percent participation with doing, and turning in homework. It's not too late to complete this weeks homework.  You have today and tomorrow to sit down with your child and complete it.  I will be looking for everyone's  homework this Friday!

P.S.  I will have a homework talk with the kids as well.  :)

Homework on Mondays

Bee sure to check your child's B.E.E. Folder tonight.  Lots of information went home from the school.  I also enclosed our weekly newsletter, which will go home every Monday.  The homework is printed on the back.  Homework is very hands-on.  Your child will not be able to complete their homework without your help.

Homework is Coming

This week we will be starting homework.  I know....You are probably thinking "they are to young for homework!"  Well, I beg to differ.  In fact, this will be a great way to practice what we are working on in school, one on one at home.  Most of our homework will be very hands on, and they will not be able to complete it by themselves.  This week you will be playing "I spy" to practice colors, and making a name puzzle to work on name recognition and name writing.  Home work will be given every Monday and returned to class every Friday.  Have fun with it!

Here is a picture of some of the name puzzles we made in class:

Guided Reading

Its about that time!  We have begun to read!  Its so fascinating to see how far all of the kindergartens have come. They came into class knowing only few letters to being able to read a whole book.  All of them are super excited about their reading abilities, and even more excited about taking a book home and getting to read to you!  Please make sure they read their guided reading book to you at least once a night.  Reading it over and over with help with their fluency (how smoothly they read)  and also because more comfortable with reading all together.  After reading with your child don’t forget the sign their reading log.  I love to see comments on the reading log's also because it lets me know how their reading is at home with someone different than myself.  Enjoy your time with your child and read LOTS of book.

Homework

This will be our second week of homework!  I have a strong focus on name writing.  Please work at home with your child to master the skill of writing their first name.  The should be writing their name with a capital letter at the beginning and lowercase letters through out the rest of their name.  As they write each letter in their name, let them identify what that letter is.  This will help them build up their letter recognition.