Chestnut Street Parent Newsletter
April 2022
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April Reminders...
Please be sure to revisit this newsletter throughout the month for updates!
- School is OPEN on Thursday, April 14th for a Snow-Day Makeup!
- School is CLOSED Friday, April 15-April 22nd.
- Family Literacy Night will be held at West Hempstead High School on Thursday, April 28th! More information will be forthcoming.
- April is Autism Awareness month!
- Please consider donating to the Movers for Moms drive. See below for more information.
- We are beginning to work on the Habit of Mind- Listening with Empathy and Understanding! See below for details and examples. Please note that we will continue to build students' understanding and development of Persistence and Managing Impulsivity as the year goes on. Continue to support your child as he or she develops the habit of persistence!
- If your child will be absent, please call Nurse Angela before 8:30 AM at 516-390-3155
- If there will be a change in your child's afternoon transportation, please write a note or email to the teacher. For last-minute changes, please call the main office before 2:00 PM. 516-390-3150.
- PTA meeting Monday, April 25th at 7:30 PM in the George Washington cafeteria
Parent and Family Engagement Meeting April 29, 2022
A link to join virtually is being emailed to you on 4/26/22.
See the FAQs below for more information.
When: Friday, April 29th 9:30 AM
Where: Chestnut Street School Library
Family Engagement Event- StoryWalk!
Wear BLUE and your Crazy Socks on Friday, April 29th!
Movers for Moms Donation Drive
PARP
Conversation Starters
Weekly resources in English & Spanish
Sight Words- Try at Home!
In Reader's Workshop...
We are continuing our second unit in Reader's Workshop: Super Powers: Reading with Phonics and Sight Word Power. This unit supports children's love of play as they learn "super power" strategies that help them work on fluency. See below for some of the key teaching points that your child will learn over the course of this unit.
Continue to read your books from the library, the sight word readers, and the guided reading books as well as the books your child borrows from the classroom library!
In Writer's Workshop...
We are working on How To books! Ask your child to help you with tasks like cooking or baking, making the bed, or creating something. Discuss the steps in the process to help your child notice the order of events. Choose activities that have five or fewer steps so that your child can remember from start to finish! Remember, at this time, students are not expected to spell every word correctly. We do expect them to listen for the sounds they hear and include those. Dog may be spelled as 'dg' and that is alright! Learning vowels takes time- - be patient, your child's letter/sound awareness and spelling skills are growing every day! Remind them to use what they know about letters and sounds and sight words!
The 'Non-Negotiables' that you can expect from your child's writing include:
Quarter 1:
Use more than one color when drawing
Use real-life, appropriate colors
Figures have shapes for body
Sketch matches the “label” (word, letter, etc.)
Quarter 2:
Realistic visuals (facial expressions, setting, etc.)
High frequency (sight words in your classroom
First name
Quarter 3:
Spacing
Awareness of capitals at the beginning of sentences
Awareness of end mark (periods)
Quarter 4:
Last name
In Math Workshop...
In Math Workshop...
In April, we are beginning addition and subtraction!
Students will answer the essential questions below. Be sure to ask your child these questions!
How can you represent numbers up to 20?
How do we add and subtract within a word problem?
Students will work on the following skills:
Counting and representing quantities
Understanding, representing and solving addition and subtraction problems
We are also using ST Math to support deep conceptual understanding via personalized learning. You must use ClassLink to access ST Math. The link is below.
Password: abc
Virtual Parent Workshops
Please note in order to access the webinar series, you must register via email at kristen@buildingbetterfuturesllc.com . Upon registration, you will receive the virtual link and password to the workshop session. Even if you are unable to attend a live session, by registering you will automatically receive the link to the recorded session. See detailed information below and on the district website here: https://www.whufsd.com/page/parents-as-partners-webinar-series