• What you can do at home...kids
     
    The home-school connection is so important, and if students see teachers and parents working together as partners, they feel more secure and encouraged to do their very best.  Here are some tips to help you support your child and stay "in the know..."
     

    IMPORTANT UPDATE!  (3/16/20)

    Due to the school closings, I wanted to make families aware that they are welcome (but NOT required) to access i ready reading and math instruction that their first grade child usually uses during typical school days, while you are home from school!  Simply do an internet search for "i ready" and click on the main website.  That should take you to our main log in screen (kids in our class know this as the "blue monster screen")  where there is a blue background, and an orange monster that holds a tab where  you can click to log in for Kindergarten and First Grade.  From there, the students know what to do!  They can log in, and spend some time doing reading and/or math activities, games, and quizzes, right at home on a laptop or tablet!  Once again, I want to stress that this is only optional, but something to try for fun if you wish while you are spending an extended stay at home.  I hope to post links here on my webpage in the coming days of other activities and games you could try as a family until we return to school, if kiddos are getting bored and looking for some extras to fill their time!  Please extend my best and warmest wishes to your child and your family, I miss all my first graders and hope we can return to school to be together again soon! Stay well, friends!

    ~Mrs. Gearhart

     

    -Check your child's backpack and look in the agenda each night!  You will find any important news, notes, and  projects in one or both of those places.  Parents, please sign the agenda nightly to let me know that you saw the information inside and understood what was written there.
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    -Please let me know right away if you have a question or a concern about your child.  You could write me a note in your child's agenda or contact me through email or call the school to get in touch with me personally.
     
    -Read with your child, as often as you can!  Listen to them read, ask them questions about what they are reading, make your voice match the mood of the story when reading out loud to them, let them see you reading on your own just for pleasure! 
     
     
     
    -Ask your child DETAILS!  Instead of asking, "What did you do today?" pick an area to focus on, with questions like these...
    Which part of today was your favorite?  Why?
    Who did you play with today?
    What cool idea did you learn about in ________ ?
    Did you raise your hand today?  What did you share with the class?
    What did you do today that made you proud?