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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:
· 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.
· 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!)
2nd Semester
Mar. 7th-11th Bella
Mar. 14th-18th Mason
Mar. 21st-25th Chelsea
Mar. 28th-Apr.1st Sydney
Apr. 4th-8th Jack
Apr. 11th-15th Kolby
Apr. 18th-22nd Kiera
Apr. 25th-29th Hunter
May 2nd-6th Abigayle
May 9th-13th Thomas
May 16th-20th Amrlyn
May 23rd-25th Kaley
Monday/Friday
8:15 – 8:45 Chores/Choices
8:45 – 9:15 Circle Time
9:15 – 9:40 Gym
9:40 – 11:00 Reading Workshop/Phonics
11:00 – 11:20 Lunch Recess
11:20 – 11:40 Lunch
11:40 – 12:15 Read-a-loud / Show and Tell
12:15 – 1:00 Math
1:00 – 1:30 Writers Workshop
1:30 – 2:00 Snack/Recess
2:00 – 2:20 God’s World – Science/Social Studies
2:20 – 2:40 Bible Lesson
2:40 – 3:00 Afternoon Wrap Up/Devotions
Tuesday
8:15 – 8:30 Chores/Choices
8:30 – 9:00 Circle Time (Shared Story)
9:00 – 9:45 Reading Workshop/Phonics
9:45 – 10:00 Recess
10:00 – 11:00 Writing Workshop
11:00 – 11:40 Lunch Recess
11:20 - 11:40 Lunch
11:40 – 12:15 Read-a-loud / Show and Tell
12:15 – 12:30 Bible Lesson
12:30 – 1:10 Math
1:10 – 1:30 God’s World
1:30 – 2:00 Snack/Recess
2:00 – 2:40 Choices
2:40 – 3:00 Afternoon Wrap Up/Devotions
Wednesday
8:15 – 8:30 Chores
8:30 – 9:00 Chapel
9:00 – 9:30 Circle Time/Shared Story
9:30 – 9:45 Recess
9:45 – 10:20 Reading Workshop
10:20 – 11:00 Writers Workshop
11:00 – 11:20 Lunch Recess
11:20 – 11:40 Lunch
11:40 – 12:15 Read-a-loud / Show and Tell
12:15 – 12:30 Bible Lesson
12:30 – 1:00 Library
1:00 – 1:30 Math
1:30 – 2:00 Snack/Recess
2:00 – 2:20 Phonics
2:20 – 2:40 God’s World
2:40 – 3:00 Afternoon Wrap Up/Devotions
Thursday
8:15 – 8:45 Chores/Choices
8:45 – 9:15 Circle Time/Shared Story
9:15 – 9:45 Reading Workshop
9:45 – 10:05 Recess
10:05 – 11:00 Writing Workshop
11:00 – 11:40 Lunch Recess/Lunch
11:40 – 12:15 Read-a-loud / Show and Tell
12:15 – 12:30 Bible Lesson
12:30 – 1:10 Math
1:10 – 1:35 God’s World
1:35 – 1:55 Music
1:55 – 2:20 Snack/Recess
2:20 – 2:40 Choices
2:40 – 3:00 Afternoon Wrap Up/Devotions
Mrs. Graumann's Show & Tell Schedule
Tuesday:
Jack, Hunter, Chelsea, Kaden, Abigayle
Wednesday:
Bella, Thomas, Addison, Carson
Thursday:
Samuel, Kiera, Kaley, Mason, Kaitlynn
Friday:
Amrlyn, Jackson, Sydney, Carter, Kolby
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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
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