September 22, 2023
1. PTO: We are currently looking to fill some positions on our PTO. If you are interested in these positions, please email esoltysik@nrsd.org . The next PTO meeting will be held on October 3rd at 6PM.
2. Student & Family Handbooks: If you have not done so already, please CLICK HERE for the Narragansett SchoolBrains Parent Community Portal. This is the portal you will use to review and sign our Student & Family Handbook. The handbook needs to be signed each year and many of our families have not done so.
3. Picture Day: Lifetouch will be at TES this Tuesday, September 26th for picture day. Order packets were sent home this week or you can order online with Picture ID# EVTWVSC69.
4. Arrival and Dismissal: Now that we are 1 month into school and everyone is adjusting well to routines, we are hoping to adjust some practices during arrival and dismissal. It would be extremely helpful if parents/family members stayed IN their cars when dropping off and picking up students. Unfortunately, the longer that adults are out of their cars the longer that everyone else needs to wait. It is a great practice to have your children learn how to buckle and unbuckle themselves as well. They are way more capable than we think sometimes!
5. Supporting Math at Home: Numbers are used to describe quantities, to count, and to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Understanding numbers and knowing how to combine them to solve problems helps us in all areas of math. Here are some ways to support these skills at home!
Count everything! Count toys, kitchen utensils and items of clothing as they come out of the dryer. Help your child count by pointing to and moving the objects as you say each number out loud. Count forward and backwards from different starting places.
Use household items to practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing.
Sing counting songs and read counting books. Every culture has counting songs, such as “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” and “Ten Little Monkeys”, which make learning to count – both forwards and backwards – fun for children. Counting books also capture children’s imagination, by using pictures of interesting things to count and to add.
Discover the many ways in which numbers are used inside and outside your home. Take your child on a “number hunt” in your home or neighborhood.
Ask your child to help you solve everyday number problems. “We need six tomatoes to make out sauce for dinner and we have only two. How many more do we need to buy?”
Practice “skip counting”. Together, count by 2’s and 5’s. Ask your child how far he or she can count by 10’s. Roll two dice, one to determine a starting number and the other to determine the counting interval. Ask your child to try counting backwards from 10, 20 or even 100.
Make up a game using dice and playing cards. You can use them to add, subtract, multiply, skip count and more!