Good Sunny Afternoon Parents, Thank you for turning out for Parent Teacher last week . It was great to see all of you and have a discussion about your child's progress. It's hard to believe how fast time is flying by!   Some reminders: Please review addition and subtraction facts nightly. We will be working on these daily at school but the children need extra practice to reinforce what is taught. Look for a Facts Strategies sheet that I will be sending home next week and keep it to refer to. Also, we are working on finding mistakes and correcting them in counting by ones, twos, fives and tens. One of the homework sheets next week is related to this. Next week we are going to begin the unit on Measurement but while we are working on this, we will continue with addition, subtraction, counting and place value.Please call me if you have any concerns.   We are still working on Word Choice in Writing Workshop and improvement is evident in the writing. The children are making an effort to use interesting words in their pieces. When you read with them, draw their attention to interesting words and phrases, or unique ways of saying things. Talk about what the word or phrase means so that they will be able to use it in their speech and their writing.Don't forget to ask them what they are currently writing about during Writing time.   I can"t stress enough the importance of nightly reading to improve speed, phrasing and expression. Listen to your child read and as they do, ask yourself: "Does it sound good? Is he\she paying attention to punctuation? What about correct voice intonation and expression? Is the reading material sent home appropriate? Every effort is made to send books at your child's instructional level but if one that is not just right should slip into the Homework bag, just send it back with a note.   Have a great weekend everyone and look for some pictures next week.