King's Highway Weekly Newsletter
Volume 3 Edition 17, 1/8/2024
A Note from Dr. Miles
Good morning Parents and Guardians!
After the cold, wet, and white weekend we had, I'm sure some of you were saying, "FINALLY...SNOW IS HERE!" Or just maybe you were encountered with the infamous question, "Are we gonna have a snow day?" While, the snow was beautiful to see on the trees, I am thankful that it won't be scary ride to work tomorrow.
Each day at King's Highway we are looking make strong readers of our students. We do this many ways and are seeing the growth of our students. We use nonsense words and real words, phrases and sentences to paragraphs and passages. Our students are encouraged to increase the number of words they read per minute and they are empowered to be accurate as they read as well. As you read this and wonder, "What can I do to help my child at home?" Well, here are a few suggestions to assist you to make your child a stronger reader:
- Invite your child to read with you every day.
- When reading a book with your child, point word by word as you read. This will help your child learn that reading goes from left to right and understand that the word he or she says is the word he or she sees.
- Read your child's favorite book over and over again.
- Read many stories with rhyming words and lines that repeat. Invite the child to join in on these parts. Point, word by word, as he or she reads along with you.
- Discuss new words. For example, "This big house is called a palace. Who do you think lives in a palace?"
- Stop and ask about the pictures and about what is happening in the story.
- Read from a variety of children's books, including fairy tales, songbooks, poems and information books.
Reading well is at the heart of all learning. A child who can't read well, can't learn. Help make a difference for a child.
Here are tips, when systematically taught, you can help your child learn to be good readers by systematically practicing these five components:
- Recognizing and using individual sounds to create words, or phonemic awareness. Children need to be taught to hear sounds in words and those words are made up of the smallest parts of sound, or phonemes.
- Understanding the relationships between written letters and spoken sounds, or phonics. Children need to be taught the sounds individual printed letters and groups of letters make. Knowing the relationships between letters and sounds helps children to recognize familiar words accurately and automatically, and "decode" new words.
- Developing the ability to read a text accurately and quickly, or reading fluency. Children must learn to read words rapidly and accurately in order to understand what is read. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically. When fluent readers read aloud, they read effortlessly and with expression. Readers who are weak in fluency read slowly, word by word, focusing on decoding words instead of comprehending meaning.
- Learning the meaning and pronunciation of words, or vocabulary development. Children need to actively build and expand their knowledge of written and spoken words, what they mean and how they are used.
- Acquiring strategies to understand, remember and communicate what is read, or reading comprehension strategies. Children need to be taught comprehension strategies, or the steps good readers use to make sure they understand text. Students who are in control of their own reading comprehension become purposeful, active readers.
As you practice and reinforce these skills that are taught in school there is assurance that your child WILL grow and become a wonderful reader!
Nurse Rhonda needs your HELP! She is in need of small and medium pants as well as boys underwear. If you are looking to get rid of clothing that is too small for your childrening please send them to nurse Rhonda. She will make good use of them. Also, if your child has frequent accidents, please pack extra clothing in their bookbags. We are grateful for what you provide and we thank you in advance!
CHROMEBOOK COMPUTERS: After this weekend's weather, I want to make sure that your child is prepared. Please call the school if your child has not brought their computer home and we will assist you in checking to see if you qualify for the TIF. It is almost certain that the winter weather may become inclement, please help us help you! I want to make sure that all students have access to the Chromebooks to take home in case of a snow day or Flexible Instructional Day (FID). Teachers will have their Canvas pages updated with zoom links to continue school day during inclement weather days.
***If your child has STILL not been able to bring their computers home due funding for the insurance of $40, you can still see if you qualify for a waiver by click on the WAIVER link and type all requested information and click submit. If it shows a $0.00 balance, then you qualify for the waiver. If not, click the link above to pay the TIF fee. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the office.
Kind regards,
Dr. Miles
SCIENCE FAIR 2024: THIS WEEK
**Calling All Future Scientists**
KHS Science and Learning Fair
WHO: All K-5 students are invited to participate in the KHS Science and Learning Fair
WHEN: Week of January 8th ***THIS WEEK***
(Projects are due January 8th. Open House and Awards will be on January 11th at 6pm.)
NEW THIS YEAR: Be sure to check out Leo’s Learning Fair for our K-2 students.
RSVP: For more information and links to the Interest Forms, click here.
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Bennett (bennette@casdschools.org).
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: A Day ON not a Day Off
As you know MLK Day occurs on Monday, January 15th. Our city will be hosting various service projects in honor of this event. We are asking for donations toward care packages that will be filled for our homeless veterans. If you can assist in this cause, please send one or more items from the list below to your child’s school by THURSDAY, JANUARY 11TH. We will have these supplies brought to the W.C. Atkinson Memorial Community Service Center for Monday’s event.
District Spelling Bee: Next Thursday
Let's cheer our KIng's Highway Super Spellers on to victory as they will be going the CASD Spelling Bee on Thursday, 1/18. When you see them, give them encouragement and good vibes! Here are our spellers:
Third Grade: 1st: Ben Zittle, 2nd: Taranjeet Badh, 3rd: Julien Johnson
Fourth Grade: 1st: Crystal Zony, 2nd: Hazel Kozak, 3rd: Brandon Uhler
Fifth Grade: 1st: Aiden Parlett, 2nd: Chase Carter, 3rd: Heaven Harvison
Our third place winners are our alternates and invited to the spelling bee. Let's GO King's Highway!
PTO
Remember the Dates
1/15-1/19 No Name Calling Spirit Week
1/15 MLK Jr. Day-NO SCHOOL
1/17 Shining Star Assembly/PTO PBIS Fun Day
1/18 District Spelling Bee (Spellers must be at Rainbow by 9:15)
1/22 PTO Meeting 5:00p.m.
PBIS
King's Highway Shining Stars: January 17th
Our next Shining Star assembly will be on Wednesday, January 17, 2023.
Dr. Bridgette Miles, Principal
Our King's Highway family strives to sustain a safe, respectful, inclusive and engaging environment where all students' and staff embrace academic, social, and emotional growth. Our P.R.I.D.E. is that all members of our learning community are strongly encouraged to be POSITIVE, RESPECTFUL, INCLUSIVE, DEPENDABLE, AND ENGAGED.