8 June 2010
Dear Family,
Our trip to the museum was great! We saw two huge brown (grizzly) bears, two black bears (like the ones in Michigan), a bobcat, fish, ducks, owls, the Kirtland’s Warbler, the Mastodon bones that were dug up Southwest of Mt. Pleasant. It is always an interesting and enjoyable trip. Thank you to the parents who accompanied us.
There are lots of papers to look at. They are mostly related to the report cards. Most of them are stapled together in order of the report card lists, but a few are notL I will go through the order:
Letters/sounds (at the bottom of the left hand side)
Predictions—the muddy dog and man—I am looking for logic here, either the man became mad, changed his clothes or the dog got a bath.
Retells story—the bakery page—sequencing
Homework—long strip with stars; A=absent; a dot =did not return the page
Color words—colored shapes page
End sounds—pages with circles
Can read______words—page that starts with a, and, apple, are, at; these are all Homework words
* Understands ‘Concepts of Print’—this is an MLPP page for each child’s file. MLPP stands for Michigan Literacy Project Profile.
*Recognizes rhyming words--ditto
*Blends sounds--ditto
Uses illustrations—colored page with a book title written on it
Printing a,A—lined page
Last name—on lined page above
*Writes________words
*Writes sentences
Recognizes 0-100—Dot-to-dots
Prints 0-100—number page
Capacities—page with containers, box, crate, spoon, cup, etc.
Listens to/follows directions—Nick the Clever Chick and any other that has ‘directions’ written on it.
Classifies—Rough and Smooth—small page with glued pictures
Habitats—a matching activities individually completed in class
Plant growth—the sun flower
Colors—Michigan book and the ‘star’
Cutting—the star
Eye-hand coordination (tracing)—the dotted figures page
Visual Perception—the page with 5 different figures to complete
Art—the light blue page with flowers, they did this is Mrs. Roberts’ class.
This is the end of grading for the report card. All * pertain to the MLPP and the pages are kept in school files.
There is a large green farm picture that we made using all the farm animals we colored in April.
We made a ‘Happy Father’s Day’ card. I hope you enjoy the way your child drew the face and what he/she chose to put inside the cardJ This is a favorite project of mine.
Please, do not bring a book bag (unless your child needs one for latch-key) on Wednesday. Many get left behind at the picnic.
This has been a pleasant year. Thank you for sending your child to Sacred Heart. I know it is a sacrifice for some. God bless you.
Sincerely,
Janet Maddocks