For the Week of January 4th

Benchmark Week

Our winter benchmarking is scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 7th and 8th. I have noticed that two good habits that will help your child score their best on the benchmarking are getting a good nights rest and practicing reading each day. When students do not get the sleep they need during the night, they move slower and feel lethargic so they read at a slower pace. Many students at the grade school level do not know when they should go to bed to get the amount of sleep they need. They must be told when to go to bed. Likewise, some students must be told to practice their reading. They are too young to understand the long term effects of reading or not reading. Especially since we have 16 days off of school before benchmarking, it is especially important to have your child read outloud to you. Keeping words fresh in your child's mind will help them to do their best reading.

For the Week of December 14th

Sight Words

For the past two weeks I have listed sight words that are important for every student to memorize. Here is the continuation of those lists. List 12: been, they, obey, guarantee, does, goes, shoe, tongue, List 13: because, laugh, aunt, moisten, restaurant, could, would, should, your, hour, blood, door, flood, fountain, mountain, loose, doubt, List 14: already, break, great, ocean, steak, sergeant, build, built, sew, garage, massage, List 15: anxious, fashion, foreign, soldier, review, height, view, their, taught, daughter, caught, choir, special.

Wishes for a Wonderful Holiday

I want to wish every Prairieview family a warm, delightful holiday. My hope is that all students will come back refreshed, ready and enthusiastic to learn.

For the Week of December 7th

Sight Words

Last week I wrote about students memorizing sight words. I included lists of sight words to practice. Some of you may have found that your student already knows all of the sight words I included so I am including more lists in this weeks blog.

List 6: many, busy, pretty, beauty, any, only, chocolate, List 7: above, among, animal, pasta, isle, trouble, triple, double, people, List 8: imagine, change, once, medicine, recipe, engine, strange, angel, List 9: garage, library, necessary, orange, parent, sugar, toward, honor, source, List 10: answer, brother, every, father, mother, other, very, America, another, bury, cover, hero, purpose, List 11: again, against, always, said, says, today, straight, Wednesday

Conferences

I enjoyed conferences last week. It is great to be a part of the cooperative effort with parents to help their student thrive in the classroom. It was fun to hear anecdotes about the students and to get a more varied picture of them.