Conference time...

I'm looking forward to seeing all of you at parent teacher conferences on Wednesday, October 24th!

I'll be able to share what your child has been working on, as well as give you some tips to help work on reading skills and strategies at home.

The time we have to talk at conferences is quite short, so I would love to invite you to come in and visit one of your child's reading lessons.  This is a great opportunity for you to see how we learn to read.  I will have more information on scheduling a visit when we meet on Wednesday.

Tip of the week...

The best way to show your child that reading is important is by reading yourself.  Enjoy the newspaper, a magazine, or a book and be a great role model!

It was great to see so many Pershing and Mitchell parents at our first Parenting for School Sucess meeting.  These meetings are a wonderful opportunity to make connections with other families and learn from each other!

Reading tip of the week...

Memorizing patterns in books and using picture clues are an important part of learning to read.  When your child brings home his/her practice books they will be memorized and that is okay.   These books help to memorize sight words and build fluency.

Give your child lots of hugs and kisses for working so hard on learning to read....it is the most important skill he/she can learn!!!