What’s New in Room 19

Hello everyone! School has gotten off to a fine start. I am looking forward to teaching your child.  This is my 24th year as an instructor in Colonial School District and every year brings changes and challenges. I will be working with first and second grade Special Education students in the areas of reading, writing and math.

     First graders will be working on letter and sound recognition, blending sounds to decode words, rhyming activities, building a sight vocabulary, listening and responding to stories read aloud and learning to write words and sentences that have sound/symbol relationships so that their pieces may be read by others. We will also be working on handwriting skills, coloring and cutting. In math, the students will review counting, writing and recognizing numbers to 100. We will review patterns,calendar and simple addition and subtraction. Story problems will be introduced. These are just a few of the skills that will be cover this year.

     Second graders will be learning to use strategies taught in class to decode words, build a sight vocabulary, answer comprehension questions from stories read independently or aloud, and to write to a prompt. They should be able to write complete sentences that use sound/symbol relationships so that the pieces may be read by others. In math, we will continue to work on addition and subtraction story problems, money, calendar, graphs, and fractions, among other skills.

     If homework is sent home, it will arrive in their folders. provided by me. Please check to see if your child has homework each night. Read or have your child read to you as often as possible. Ask them questions about what is read or watched on T.V. to check their understanding and develop vocabulary.

     If you have any questions, contact Virginia Hollon @ Pleasantville School, 323-2935, ext.1019. I wish all of us a happy and successful year.  Together we can make it happen.