Language

The "By Heart Words" for this week are: my and pink. I will be taking the word pink to help the children see by changing the consonant "p" with other consonants new words can be made. For example if you put a l - link, m - mink, s- sink, r - rink, w - wink.

 

The jolly phonics sound for this week is the "l" sound. On the message each day I print simple "l" sound words and as a large group we try to stretch out the sounds to figure out what the word is. This is mainly for the SK children, but there are several JK children who are able to figure out the words. At this time I am working to assist the JK children to identify the letters of the alphabet. For those children who do not know the letters, I am beginning with the letters in their name. Additional practise with this skill, as well as practising to print their name would be very beneficial.

 

We are continuing to work on retelling the story. However, for the next two weeks we will be focusing more on the problem that occurred in the story and the solution. Also I want the children to begin to share some of their own ideas of what they would do if they were the character in the story. Many of the stories for the next two weeks will be Christmas stories.