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The Power of Reading at Home
Parents hear a lot about what they need to do to support learning at home - and it can be overwhelming - especially when you add on the demands of family life and outside of school activities/practices... If you wonder what it is that is most important to do at home, research shows that reading to/with your child is the single most important thing a parent can do to help their child's education.
Join us Tuesday at Family Literacy Night(6:00-7:15) for fun, interactive literacy activities and ideas for ways you can support literacy at home. While you're there - check out the Book Fair to build your child's at home library!
Here's a great article on helping your child at homeCheck out the graphic below to see just how powerful ensuring your child reads 20 minutes a day is...
PTA
Glow Dance Party
Friday we said "thank you" to the kids for supporting our fundraiser by holding a "Glow Dance Party"! It was a HUGE success - the kids had a blast and the teachers even joined in the fun! Thank you parents for making this happen through your support of PTA!
Our next meeting is Tuesday night at 5:30 - join us and learn more about what PTA is doing for our school!
PTA will be having a "Snowy Social" on Thursday, December 10th from 5:30-7:00. Pick up a package of new socks to donate so your child can participate in the snowball fight!
Tuesday
- 5:00-Pizza/Book Fair Family Night (RSVP form sent home last week in Wednesday Folder)
- 5:30 - PTA Meeting
Wednesday
- Soup for the Soul for Teachers (it's not too late to sign up to bring something - visit the PTA Website now)
Attendance last week - 96.88%
Remember - if your child returns to school after a Dr. appt, bring a note from the Dr. office and it is not counted as an absence.
Every day great things are happening in classrooms at Reed - we don't want kids to miss out!
Counselor's Corner
Curriculum Connections
Children learn a lot about literacy through play. They may imitate adults by making marks on paper. Soon the marks turn into written messages that give children a sense of identity and accomplishment. Here are the broad developmental stages through which young children travel on their way to becoming writers:
Writing through drawing - Children use drawing to stand for writing. They are working out the relationship between drawing and writing, and use the drawing to communicate specific ideas.
Writing through scribbling - Children begin to scribble, mimicking adult writing by trying to hold a pencil correctly, and moving from left to right on the page.
Writing using letter-like forms - Shapes in the children’s writing look like letters, but they are not correctly formed.
Writing using letter strings - Children begin to write the letters from frequently-seen words, such as their names. The children may change the order of the letters as they write.
Writing using invented spelling - Children attempt to write more words, creating their own spelling for words they haven’t learned. Sometimes the words overlap and are not properly spaced. This stage lasts a long time. As the children’s writing matures, more and more words will be spelled correctly and the spacing improves.
Writing using conventional spelling - Children’s writing at this stage resembles adult writing.
Whatever stage of writing your children are in, encourage them to write about whatever they want, in any format that appeals to them. Colorful paper, markers, and colored pencils will make them more likely to want to write. Validate their efforts at each stage as they develop into writers by asking your children to read their writing to you.
Veterans Day Assembly
Thank you to Mrs. Hill for providing such a meaningful assembly for the students of Reed.
Patriot Choir Performance
Henry Middle School Band
Leader in Me - Habit 3
Put First Things First
means to decide what is most important and to take care of that 1st. Thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow or by the end of the week can be overwhelming, especially for children. Learning to think of which things are the most important and taking care of them 1st allows children(and adults) to be less stressed. If your child uses a planner at school, then he or she has a great organizational tool to Put First Things First in writing. By writing down his or her responsibilities and planning ahead, last-minute trips to the store, missed events, or missed homework are avoided. If your child does not use a planner, having a weekly log would also be helpful. This could simply be a piece of paper that is used each week. Modeling this behavior is one of the best ways to teach children
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Book Fair Preview Day for students
Tuesday
- 5:00 - PTA Pizza/Book Fair Family Event
- 5:30 - PTA Meeting
- 6:00-7:15 - Reed Family Literacy Night
Wednesday
- PTA Soup for the Soul event for teachers
Thursday
- THANKSGIVING FEAST
2nd Grade - 10:30 - 11:00 - MPR
Kindergarten - 11:00 - 11:30 - Cafeteria3rd Grade - 11:30 - 12:00 - MPR
PK (afternoon only) - 11:45 - 12:15
1st Grade - 12:00 - 12:30 - Cafeteria
4th Grade - 12:20 - 12:50 - MPR
5th Grade - 12:45 - 1:15 - Cafeteria
November 23-27 - SCHOOL HOLIDAY
Reed Roadrunners
Email: reed@leanderisd.org
Website: reed.leanderisd.org
Location: 1515 Little Elm Trail, Cedar Park, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 570-7700
Twitter: @Reed_Elem