What Can I Do At Home To Make A Difference?

There are many things you can do to make your student a success. Here are the crucial skills you can help us with right now:

• Kindergarten:
  
  • Recognize numbers 1 - 25
    
  • Count to 25
    
  • Count sets of up to 10 things
    
  • Recognize letters (upper case and lower case)
    
  • Read to your child every night for 15 minutes
    
  • Ask questions and teach them about the world around them
    
• First Grade:
  
  • Know the first 300 sight words (you should have a list coming home soon)
    
  • Know your addition facts up to 10 (1 + 1 = 2, 1 + 2 = 3, 1 + 3 = 4, etc.)
    
  • Read with your child every night for 15 minutes – you read some, they read some
    
  • Ask questions and teach them about the world around them
    
• Second Grade:
  
  • Know the first 600 sight words (you should have a list coming home soon)
    
  • Know your subtraction facts up to 10 (10 – 1 = 9, 10 – 2 = 8, 10 – 3 = 7, etc.)
    
  • Know your multiplication tables for 1, 2, 3, 5, and 10.
    
  • Have your child read to you every night AND tell you about what was read
    
• Third Grade:
  
  • Know all 1000 sight words (you should have a list coming home soon)
    
  • Know your multiplication facts through 12
    
  • Read, read, read
    
• Fourth Grade:
  
  • Know all 1000 sight words
    
  • Know your multiplication facts through 12
    
  • Read, Read, READ!
    
  • Practice writing fun stories using good grammar
    
• Fifth Grade:
  
  • Read frequently and talk about what was read
    
  • Write often with good grammar
    
• All Grades
  
  • Spend time with your kids
    
  • Teach them what you know about the world
    
  • Take them to fun places – many in our area are inexpensive or free
    
    • The Riverwalk
      
    • Providence Canyon State Park
      
    • Pine Mountain
      
    • The National Infantry Museum
      
    • Your back yard
      
  • Talk to your kids
    
  • Make sure everyone is ready for weekly spelling and vocabulary tests
    

I am so glad to have such good parents as you at our school. Keep up the good work. The harder you work, the better your child will learn.