Spring Standards for Academics

As we approach Springtime, 

the rigor of the classroom expectations increases.  

Your child will now be expected to apply his/her foundational skills into higher-level thinking activities and tasks.

For example, your child has

mastered his/her letters and sounds, so I will now be expecting them to 

apply these skills into reading and writing.  

In math, your child has mastered identifying their digits from 0-20, 

so we will be exploring addition and subtraction with our counting on/counting backwards foundational skills.

I will never ask your child to complete a task without having pre-taught the skill.  

Your child CAN do this.

Your child is going to find some tasks/activities challenging and this is okay.

We learn by failing and trying, trying, trying again.

First grade is right around the corner (about 60 more school days) 

and I know Room 5 will be ready.

I will ask for your help, though---daily practice with reading:

*jog arounds

*paper booklets

*old fluency pages

And, I will ask for your help with math skills:

*counting on

*counting backwards

*story problems in the car/bathtub to find the sum or solution

*identifying shapes

*simple addition and subtraction

Thank you for being your child's FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT teacher!

We will chat more at Spring conferences.