Newscharts
Your child might have brought home a very large piece of paper in their folders. It is called a newschart. Each day it will be a new child's turn in our class. They will tell the class things about themselves that they want to share. It will help us get to know each other better. While we do our newschart we look at the period at the end of each sentence and point out repeated words. After a child shares, we practice asking them questions. We discuss the difference between a question and a comment. If your child hasn't brought one home yet they will have their turn soon. Here is a picture of mine for an example: