Language

 

The jolly phonic sound for this word is the "t". Please review the letter, sound and action with your child. When working on the message for the day the children will attempt to stretch out the sounds to figure out some of the following words, especially the SK's.

 

tag, tip, tap, ton, tell, ten, tan, tall, tub, top, tug.

 

 

The "By Heart Word" for this week is:  have. Once again this is not one of the Kindergarten By Heart Words, however, I have noticed the children require this word often when they are writing their stories and it does often appear in some of the little books the children are bringing home to read.

 

 

 

Just a reminder to keep reading with your child at home and having them read to you if they can. Then fill in the books that have been read so your child can move from province to province in the Reading Across Canada project.

 

 

The stories the children will be listening to during the Teacher Read Aloud continue to be related to friendship and they will continue to focus on the problem and the solution that occurred in the story. When you are reading at home with your child, it would be very beneficial to reinforce this reading strategy.

 

 

One of the new By Heart Games that I made up is roll a word. Across the top of the page are die from 1 to 6 and across the bottom of the page I print the "by heart word". So if the child rolls a one and the by heart word until the one is we then they print the word we (after they have told me the word). Most of the children are really enjoying this game and it reinforces their printing of lower case letters, subitizing (when stating the number on the die), and reading and writing of the "by heart words". Look for the page when your child brings it home. Be sure to have them read the words to you and then you will know which words they continue to require additional practise with.