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Ms. Renfrew Mrs. Dion Mrs. Thibeault	Welcome to a new month! During the month of November your children will be discussing 3 topics; friends, families, and Thanksgiving. Over the next few weeks we will be taking part in lots of fun activities! Within the next couple of weeks keep an eye out for a piece of white paper. I will be sending this home for you and your child to decorate and design together. Some materials you may want to use include: pictures, magazine cut outs, stickers, drawings, etc. We will be making a FAMILY QUILT at school. We will be using these decorated pieces of paper to create our quilt. It will be hung in our classroom. Each child will have their own “family square” in our quilt. We will also me creating a friendship mural. Students will be given a large piece of paper, markers, crayons, stickers, colored paper, etc. They will be able to work on this together. We will also read several books based on friendship: Rainbow Fish, Swimmy, and The New Kid just to name a few. As Thanksgiving gets closer we will discuss what being “thankful” means. We will make a special project showing what we are thankful for. We will also read stories on Thanksgiving, pilgrims, and Indians. Although this month is going to go by fast because of all the holidays, be sure that we will remain busy! Your children are working hard on recognizing and/or putting their names in order, counting, patterns, and most importantly, having fun! Everyday they come in ready to learn and ready to smile! Early Reading Basics for Pre-Schoolers! There is no more important activity for preparing your child to succeed as a reader than reading aloud together. Fill your story times with a variety of books. Be consistent, be patient, and watch the magic work. Between the ages of 4 and 7, many children begin to recognize words on a page. In our society this may begin with recognition of a logo for a fast food chain or the brand name of a favorite cereal. But, before long, that special moment when a child holds a book and starts to decode the mystery of written words is likely to occur. You can help remove part of the mystery without worrying about a lot of theory. Just read the stories and poems and let them work their wonders. There is no better way to prepare your child for that moment when reading starts to "click," even if it's years down the road. It will help, however, if we open our eyes to some things adult readers tend to take for granted. It's easier to be patient when we remember how much children do not know. Here are a few concepts we adults know so well we forget sometimes we ever learned them. There's a difference between words and pictures. Point to the print as you read aloud. Words on a page have meaning, and that is what we learn to read. Words go across the page from left to right. Follow with your finger as you read. Words on a page are made up of letters and are separated by a space. Each letter has at least two forms: one for capital letters and and one for small letters.

Early Reading Basics for Pre-Schoolers!