SRS Weekly Newsletter

Today all students and first grade parents were treated to an amazing performance by out first graders. They taught us about symbols of our country and sang us Patriotic Songs!

Click here for video performance.

Click here for video performance.

To celebrate Read Across America Week, SRS classes are participating in a reading challenge! As a class, they choose a book from the SRS Little Library that either inspires them, is on a topic they don’t know much about, or is in a format they don’t usually read for fun. After the class finishes the book, they nominate a new class to complete the challenge! First up were Mrs. Lopes’ second grade class and Mrs. SanAngelo’s fourth grade class, who challenged Mrs. Williams' Kindergarten class and Mrs. Hamilton's fourth grade class. We can't wait to hear about all the new books students are enjoying at SRS!

Our student announcers challenging the next class to receive the SRS Little Library.

We are so thankful to our awesome cafeteria staff who serve over 500 hundred breakfasts a week.

Daily Snack

Please remember to send your child into school each day (including early release Wednesdays) with a healthy snack and refillable water bottle.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

Julie Stiles

SRS Nurse

Email: jstiles@mpsd.org

Phone: 781-319-3959

Fax: 339-244-2197

Conference Signups open next Friday 3/15 3PM

1. Click here for the PTCFast Parent/Teacher Conference Scheduling Link

2. A list of all teachers will be displayed.

3. Click on the name of the teacher with whom you wish to conference.

4. Select a time and enter the required information (child and parent’s name and email).

5. PTCFast.com will send you an email confirmation. The email will give you all the information you need to change your appointment and will send you a reminder of appointments.

As always, appointments book quickly and are on a first come, first served basis. If you are unable to access an appointment with your child’s teacher, please contact that teacher to discuss your child at a later date/time. If you do not have access to a computer, please contact your child’s teacher to request a conference appointment. Should you have any questions about the scheduling process, please contact the office at (781) 834-5030.

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*We used to think that 'sight words' were words children just had to memorize by sight, so we would drill them with flashcards, or have them write the words over and over.

*We now know that a sight word is any word a person recognizes by sight, and the goal is for as many words as possible to become sight words so that our brains are freed up to focus on comprehension.

*In order to orthographically map words onto our brains, we need to match the letters to the spoken sounds, which we do by tapping out sounds, using sound boxes, and thinking about the tricky part in some words which we have to remember by heart.

*While some children will map a word after only a few exposures, others need to map the word dozens of times before it becomes a sight word. This is why we tell children that just like sports or instruments, the more they practice reading, the better they get!

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Elane Mylett

Reading Specialist

South River School

• look at the picture.

• use only the first letter and guess the rest of the word.

• skip over the word.

• guess the word.

Thank you for helping your child read at home and become a strong reader this year!