May 3, 2026
Game Day
Playing board games as a family is a great way to incorporate play with meaning into your family. It's a great activity, but it's also helpful in building important skills such as sportsmanship, self-control, planning, following instructions, and more. If you don't have a family game night, start by scheduling one for at least once this upcoming month and work on it becoming more frequent.
Learning to Decode Words
Decoding involves teaching children to connect letters to their corresponding sounds—known as phonics—and blending those sounds together to read words (e.g., /c/-/a/-/t/ makes "cat"). By practicing this skill, children develop the ability to sound out new or unfamiliar words independently, reducing the need for guessing based on pictures and building confidence in their reading ability. While learning to decode requires time and patience, consistent, short practice sessions, such as playing with rhymes, breaking down words, or using decodable books at home, will help your child turn letter patterns into smooth, fluent reading.
Word Problem Key Words
Addition: Sum, total, altogether, combined, increased by
Subtraction: Difference, left, remaining, fewer, less than
Multiplication: times, product, per, "twice"
Division: Shared, divided, each
Tardies and Afternoon Sign-outs
Getting to school on time is very important.
Instruction continues up until the end of the day, as well. Some students also have Related Arts up until 2:10 each day. Please schedule any afternoon appointments after 2:30pm.
Beginning August 11, we will begin accounting for tardies and early sign-outs. Tardies and early sign-outs play a part in missing instruction. Please pay careful attention to getting to school late and early sign-outs. Below is a letter about district policy on tardiness and absences. Excessive tardies and absences can lead to an attendance plan.
In addition, early sign-outs:
Interrupt the classroom environment for other students.
Cause students to miss reminders and assignments that help them be successful.
May lead to the creation of an attendance intervention plan if early dismissals become a regular occurrence (when a student is signed out 3 times/quarter, the fourth sign out will result in an official attendance plan).
The transportation department will be using Blackboard communication program as the primary mean of communicating late buses or bus issues.
