The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me to forgive the children.

1. The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me to forgive the children. ~Louis Johannot

2. N1H1 • Keep your child at home for at least 24 hours after a fever is gone without fever-reducing medications • Clean hands frequently • Use hand sanitizer • Cover coughs and sneezes • Model healthy habits

3. Scrips Cards (Gift & Retail) • Sold for face value, pre-determined % goes to school • Sunflower Market, Albertson’s, Safeway, Tony’s, WalMart/Sam’s Club, Starbucks • Use as gift cards or in stores you visit regularly • KING SOOPERS—Reloadable!

4. Reading is more than just saying the right word on the page. Reading is thinking!

5. Things Good Readers Do: • Preview • Ask questions before, during and after reading • Predict and revise predictions • Infer • Visualize • Connect • Summarize • Evaluate

6. Source: Anderson, R., Wilson, P., and Fielding, L. (1988). “Growth in Reading and How Children Spend Their Time Outside of School”. Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 23: pg. 285-303.

7. Reading at Home: • Novels • Magazines • Instruction Manuals • Comic Books • Newspapers (Yes, the sports page!)

8. Boys and Reading Promote a love of language and interest in words and books by: • reading to your son and letting him choose some of the books • getting your son a library card and visiting the library regularly • making sure there are books all over the house • letting your son see you reading for enjoyment • asking your son questions that will encourage description and explanation • following your favorite sports team in the local newspaper

9. let him make a “family newspaper” with stories about relatives • boys tend to have an interest in specific kinds of books – nonfiction, action, adventure stories. Encourage your son’s interest in reading whatever appeals to him, and don’t rule out comic books – the most important thing is to get him reading for pleasure as often as possible.

10. have family reading time and take turns reading out loud. Even if your interests don’t tend to be the same as his, encourage his literacy skills by reading what appeals to him. • guysread.com • boysrockreading.com

11. Writing Occurs throughout the day in a variety of contexts, in addition to a dedicated writing block. • Writer’s Workshop/Notebooks • Journals • Prompt Writing • Poetry

12. Word Work • Explicit instruction provided in phonics, phonemic awareness, spelling patterns, root words, prefixes and suffixes, and vocabulary. • Practice provided in reading and spelling high frequency words as a springboard to reading and spelling unfamiliar words.

13. Social Studies/Science • Solar System • Simple Machines • Interdependence of plants and animals • Geography/Maps • Government • Denver/Immigration

14. Math • Place value to 10,000; skip counting; expanded notation; estimation; comparisons/ fractions on a number line • Missing addends/factors; identify and supply missing elements in a pattern • Surveys, data collection and analysis; graphing; probability • Solid/plane figures; congruence; symmetry; right angles; perimeter; area • US Customary/metrics, time, money, weight, length, capacity, temperature • Addition/subtraction with regrouping; multiplication/division fact families, word problems • Number Sense • Algebra • Data Analysis • Geometry • Measurement • Computation

15. Girls and Math While girls tend to develop advanced language skills early, their spatial skills may be on a slower track. Including lots of spatial play in their play activities like those listed will be fun and promote early learning of math concepts and skills needed in elementary school. • Putting increasingly more difficult puzzles together • Building with blocks and/or Legos • Using measuring cups and spoons • Helping prepare a meal • Learning to play Jacks

16. Jumping rope • Posting a growth chart on the wall • Taking gymnastics or dancing lessons • Going to the park and using the climbing equipment • www.aplusmath.com  • www.edu4kids.com • www.mrkent.com/flashcards • www.studystack.com

17. Homework • Develops good study habits and time management skills • To review/practice concepts previously taught • Approximately 30 min. per night • Encourage independence, but be available to help if necessary • Decide together on a time and place to complete homework. Generally, it’s best to let kids have a break after school before settling into doing more “school work.”

18. Allow some free time for active play, a healthy snack, time to visit with friends or mom and dad. • Discourage video games and television, as kids need to be active, not passive after school. • In order for the brain to process and • consolidate learning, there needs to be “downtime” between learning periods. (Brain-Based Learning by Eric Jensen)

19. Large-Scale Assessment Testing Windows • DRA2 Fall (Winter—ILP/IEP), Spring • Measure of Academic Progress (MAPs) Fall, (Winter—ILP/IEP), Spring • Colorado State Assessment Program (CSAP) Reading: 2/16 – 2/26 (3/8-4/2 Gr. 4-10) Writing: 3/8 – 4/2 Math: 3/8 – 4/2

20. Field Trips • Performing Arts: Nov., $2.00-$3.00 • Plains Conservation Center: April, $13-15 • Audubon Society: May, $5.00

21. Volunteer Opportunities Scheduled • Room Parent/Co-parent • Art Room • Library • Clerical (Copies) One-time • Type Phone Tree • Cutting/Pasting (At Home) • Field Day • PTO Activities