Reminders

I apologize for not sharing this information sooner,  please do not send in any type of "treat" for your child's birthday.  We are not allowed to pass out invitations at school or provide you with a class list.  This is school policy.  If your child's birthday falls on a school day they will be greeted with a birthday crown .  The class will sing happy birthday to them and they will get to pick a prize from the prize box.  Since we have so many allergies and individual beliefs, it is best to keep birthdays an "at home" celebration.  Thank you for understanding.
We are accepting BOX TOPS at school.  These can be found on various items found in your home.  Feel free to cut them from the packaging and send them in .  The PSG uses box tops to purchase  items for each classroom.
Remember your scholastic orders are due by the end of the month! Thank you to the families that have already purchased books.
Last week,  we continued our unit on counting.,  Students are starting to recognize more numerals.  I encourage you to practice this skill at home or when you are out and about as well.  Students going to kindergarten should be able to count a set of objects and match it to the correct numeral. 3 Year olds are expected to count to 5 showing one to one correspondence.  Sometimes it is helpful to move, slide, pick up, or drop  items as you count them.  This helps the student visualize and stay organized.  This is a skill you should be practicing EVERYDAY! Students need to be able to start at 1 and count each item once.
We also continued our talk about predicting.  I showed students sequential pictures of a pumpkin plant growing and they had to guess what was going to happen next.  They were mostly surprised at the end when there was a pumpkin.  We talked about stories having a first, second, and third part ( or a beginning , middle, and end.) You can talk about this when reading at home well.  Ask your child what happened first? What happened next? and what happened at the end? This again,  helps the student become a strong reader later in life.