The Wall Primary Pups Press
January 2024
Hello Wall Primary Family!
Happy New Year! I hope that you were all able to enjoy a fun filled vacation! We are happy to have our Pups back in the house! As you know we ended 2023 with lots of celebrations! Our students enjoyed a visit from Santa, shopping for family members and lots of goodies at their class parties. We are so grateful to our PTA and Class Parents for helping us organize many of these fun events!
Although we slow down this month, we have lots to look forward to! Next week's visit from the Jenkinson's Penguin is sure to be a hit!
Please remember that vaccinations are now overdue. Nurse Beth will be back on 1/8 to run the final tally. Please reach out to Nurse Beth if you have questions regarding vaccinations. We don't want to exclude anyone, as required by law. Please know that we will work with you, but you need to communicate any issues you are having. While we are on the subject of healthcare, please keep sick children home. This is especially important in Pre-K as RSV is at an all time high in this area. If your child is coughing, congested or showing any other symptoms, please ensure s/he stays home until they are fever free for 24 hours. We want to keep our Pups and their teachers healthy!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Embon
Principal Wall Primary School
Director of Curriculum PK-5
Revised Calendar for K-5 Schools
The calendar for K-5 schools has been updated this year to include an early dismissal schedule (1:05 PM) for K-5 students on February 28, 2024. Kindly refer to the revised calendar for more details.
- Syllable awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate syllables in spoken words. Early practice with word parts (syllables) prepares children's brains for blending individual sounds (phonemes) into whole words.
Since syllables can be such an abstract concept, it’s best to give your little one a “hands-on way to hear them.” By making this multisensory, we’re helping them internalize this concept.
Here are some activities to help your young learner understand syllables while also having fun!
Clap Time: Associating the syllables of a word with “beats” is one of the most effective ways for children to grasp the concept of syllables. In this activity, your child will clap the beats of a word. Start with simple words that your young learner will already be familiar with (mommy, daddy, apple, pizza, etc.). When you begin, show your child how to clap the syllable: /pi/ (clap) /zza/ (clap). After demonstrating, ask them to join you as you clap the beats of other common words. We recommend holding your hands wide apart and then making a big clap to help your child hear and see the number of syllables. Try to also have your child clap and say the syllable at the same time. Don’t feel limited to two-syllable words for this activity. Instead, throw in some shorter, one-syllable words and longer, three or four-syllable ones. This way, your child understands that words come in all different lengths. Throughout the day, pick a couple of words to clap the beats of. This way, it becomes second nature for your child to think about the syllables in a variety of words.
Syllable Stomp: This game works similarly to the previously mentioned one; however, instead of clapping each syllable, your young learner will be stomping the ground for each syllable they say in a word. The louder the stomp, the better!
Hum The Word: Humming is a simple yet fun and effective way to teach your child about syllables. To get started, ask your child to close their mouth and hum a word. After that, have them count the distinct hums they made. If your child has trouble with this, have them say the word aloud before they try humming it. You can also hum the word first and ask them to copy you. This modeling can give them the confidence they need to hum words on their own.
Student Wellness Newsletter
🏆Congratulations to The DeMaio FAMILY!!! 🏆They are the winners of our DECEMBER Trivia Contest! Julian will be receiving a small prize in his backpack today!! Click below for the January Trivia Contest. Response with all correct answers will be entered into a drawing for a small prize!
Here are the correct answers from the December contest:
1) Mrs. L's elf was named Cookie Monster.
2) Cornbread was the favorite food at the Thanksgiving Day Feast.
3) Santa arrived on 12/21/23!
4) The link to the virtual PTA meeting was in the PUPS Press and it was sent in a text on the afternoon of 12/5
5) The West Belmar School Mascot is the Bear Cub.
