Kindergarten News
Jan. 10-14, 2011

Weekly Theme:

Antarctica/
Penguins

Early Literacy Idea
Encourage your child to write the names of the people in your family. Drawing pictures to go along with the names are fun too.

JANUARY

We had a great week back in school and the students are adjusting well after the long break. We will be reviewing skills in preparation for the next DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessment. The skills include: letter recognition, beginning sounds, nonsense words (for example: ig, xup, taf) and segmenting words (for example: the tester says, “tell me each sound you hear in “hat and the students would say h/a/t. Each segment of the assessment is timed for fluency.

Also, please ask your child to name all of the letters (upper and lower case) and sounds of the alphabet, recognize and write the numerals 0-20, identify rhyming words (say two words—if they rhyme have your child put thumbs up, if they do not rhyme, put thumbs down) write first and last name.

Thanks again for all you do to help ensure your child is having a successful school experience. You truly make a difference! Please call with any questions or concerns. Have a wonderful week!

linda.wood@ironmail.org
ginger.ekker@ironmail.org
586-2850