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Dear Eisenhower Families,
As we move into our third trimester of learning, I just want to spend time during this newsletter to stress the importance of making reading an enjoyable and fun experience with your child. On that note, how we model learning is more important than what we are learning. When dedicating 20-minutes each night to reading, it is important to note that we want our children to experience success and, more importantly, enjoyment with the time they spend with us.
Yes, recognizing sight words, correctly pronouncing letter sounds, and putting them all nicely together to decode a multisyllabic word is what we strive for in order to produce fluent readers. However, it is within this highly complex sequence that we most especially want to impart comprehension for the enjoyment and pleasure of reading.
When reading with your child take a few moments to scan the text and find words that you know they may find of a particular challenge. Be prepared mentally to provide wait-time (patience) to allow them the opportunity to decode (sound out) the word. If you find yourself in a situation where you need to provide assistance, take a moment to properly pronounce the individual and/or combination sounds. Let them hear you pronounce the word correctly and then ask them to pronounce it back to you. Upon completion, have them finish the sentence and ask them what they think that word means. If they are having difficulty with describing what the word means, please provide them with a context clue from the sentence and/or visual in the story. Please remember to follow up with your own explanation of the definition as well as share additional synonyms for that word. It is very important that you use rich and descriptive language while discussing any spoken or written language. The connections they make will astound you, as well as their own social and academic language usage.
However, as these learning moments connect you to your child, so too does your disposition. Remember, to share stories with them. Take turns reading, using plenty of intonation, developing character voices, pointing to pictures, and, most importantly, laughing. The most powerful encoding (learning) occurs when there is a positive emotion tied to it, whether it is love or laughter, I know we all want to share both of these during every moment of our child’s life.
As a reminder, it is our goal to see every child read a 100 Books with You!
It's time for some spring cleaning with our iPads! Please take time to update your child's iPad over the next week or two. Attached you will find directions on how to update your child's device. If you have any issues updating, please send a note to your child's teacher. They will contact the tech department to fix their issue at school. Thank you for all that you do at home!
Have a Wonderful Weekend,
Your Eisenhower Family
Report Card Update
The end of the second Trimester is next Friday, with spring and the final trimester on the horizon! Teachers are busy finalizing grades and comments for this learning and grading period, and report cards will be made available after school on Friday, March 10. Grades K-2 will come home with report cards that afternoon, and grades 3-8 will once again have report cards made available in the PowerSchool Parent Portal at 3 p.m. Here is what that access will look like! Do note, report cards are only viewable when accessing the Parent Portal on a desktop or laptop computer, not on the mobile app.
Winter Weather Reminder
Please remember to have your child appropriately attired with a winter coat, hat, gloves, and scarf. Students will be outdoors for recess unless wind chill conditions reach 10 degrees or icing occurs with changing conditions. Only students wearing snow pants and boots may play in the snow. Also, please approach parent drop off and pickup as well as loading and unloading zones with appropriate spacing between yours and the driver’s vehicle in front of you.
Luke Lambatos, Ed.D., Ed.S.
Principal
Please remember, if you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact me at
(847) 870-5040 or llambatos@d23.org
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