Login   Register   Search   
Mrs. Graumann's Kindergarten

Kindergarten 2010/2011---100th Day of School

Kindergarten 2010/2011---100th Day of School
 Print   
Class Information
Monday NotesSnack ScheduleClass ScheduleShow & Tell

Summer Helps For Kindergarten and First Graders (and Their Parents!)

Tips for Parents Taken From: LD Online

Summer shouldn't mean taking a break from learning, especially reading. Studies show that most students experience a loss of reading skills over the summer months, but children who continue to read actually gain skills. Efforts should be made during the summer to help children sustain reading skills, practice reading and read for enjoyment.
Parents should remember that children need free time in the summer to relax and enjoy the pleasures of childhood. So summer reading should be fun. Following are a few tips to make reading enjoyable for your children this summer:

*Read aloud together with your child every day. Make it fun by reading outdoors on the front steps, patio, at the beach or park. Also, let your children read to you. For younger children, point out the relationship between words and sounds.

*Take your children to the library regularly. Get signed up for Rapid City Public Library’s Summer Program. Let your child have their own library card.

*Subscribe, in your child's name, to magazines like Sports Illustrated for Kids, Highlights for Children, or National Geographic World. Encourage older children to read the newspaper and current events magazines, to keep up the reading habit over the summer and develop vocabulary. Ask them what they think about what they've read, and listen to what they say.

*Ease disappointment over summer separation from a favorite school friend by encouraging them to become pen pals. Present both children with postcards or envelopes that are already addressed and stamped. If both children have access to the Internet, email is another option.

*Encourage children to keep a summer scrapbook/journal. Tape in souvenirs of your family's summer activities picture postcards, ticket stubs, photos. Have your children write the captions and read them aloud as you look at the book together. A simple spiral notebook can become a precious keepsake if they write in it most days this summer. Encourage and remind of punctuation and simple conventions of print.
 
Other Sites:
·         Reading is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/parents/tips/default.mspx
·         Rapid City Public Library Can search title by: title, author, series and more! Can find out if a book is currently available or if checked out, when it will be back.
Books on lists below are available at Rapid City Public Library:
-A-J Leveled Book List      
http://sw031.k12.sd.us/book%20list.htm
-K-L Leveled Book List        http://sw031.k12.sd.us/booklist%20k-l.htm

·         www.starfall.com (alphabet, phonics games)
·         http://icom.museum/vlmp/ (virtual museums)
·         www.sdpirc.org/content/parents (South Dakota’s Department of Education has this wonderful site for parents. See “Publications” for many wonderful helps, especially one on how to help your new reader!)
·         www.scholastic.com/summer/
 Print   
News
Monday Note for Dec. 13, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010 :: 207 Views :: Kindergarten-1 ::


Dec. 13, 2010 Knowing Jesus, Growing in Faith, Serving God’s Children
Dear Parents,

I hope everyone is ready for a fun, busy week! We’ll be busy finishing homemade gifts and getting some “real” work done in between all the fun! Christmas break begins after school on Friday, and it resumes on Monday, January 3rd. This Friday we’ll have an afternoon party, about 2PM, with games and goodies. Thank you to Mrs. Prill and all those helping! We don’t do a gift or book exchange. Instead, I just encourage you to find ways to help others as a family. This week we’ll make cards for our church friends. Watch for bags with parent gifts in them!

Please send back Book Buddy Bags this week so I can get them washed and new bags if needed over Christmas. Then we’ll switch our supply with Mrs. Graumann’s so we have new ones to choose from! Send library books back, too. Then we’ll be off to a fresh start in the new year with nothing to remember to bring.

Please just keep the Math binder. Keep playing the last game, especially, where they try to get to 20 first, but any of the games are fine. Over Christmas help your child keep up their writing skills by writing thank you notes. With just a little help they are ready to do a nice job! We move on to “Oo” this week. We spend much time later with vowels so we’ll just quickly emphasize the short and long sound of “o”. Bring something that begins with “o” or has any “o” sound in it. We’ll graph them according to sound!

This Saturday is our Sunday School Service at 5:30PM. On Christmas Eve Zion has two services, at 6PM and the Candlelight service at 10PM. Christmas Day service is at 10AM. It’s a wonderful time to celebrate the Real Reason for the Season!

Christmas is a good time to replace crayons, markers and dry erase markers. They make good stocking stuffers!! We use the dry erase markers all the time!
Wherever you are this Christmas may you remember that Jesus is the best gift ever received! May God truly bless your Christmas and New Year.

Roxi
 Print   
Contact Me

If you have any cares, concerns, or joys you would like to discuss with me please feel free to contact me at any of the options below. I will do my best to get back to you ASAP.

Email

nattyk_2005@hotmail.com


or

 Phone

School : (605) 342-5749
Home: (605) 393-7602

If you have any cares, concerns, or joys you would like to discuss with me please feel free to contact me at any of the options below. I will do my best to get back to you ASAP.

Email

nattyk_2005@hotmail.com


or

 Phone

School : (605) 342-5749
Home: (605) 393-7602

 Print   
Copyright (c) 2012 Zion Lutheran School   |  Privacy Statement  |  Terms Of Use  
Christian Internet Ministry Services by Icthus Technologies