Language

 

The "By Heart Word" for this week is the word "are". This is a word the children need to memorize because sounding it out does not make sense. The children frequently require this word when they are reading and when they are writing.

 

I am amazed at how well the children are using the By Heart chart when they are writing. They love to go and get the word and use it to assist them with their writing.

 

 

The grocery store has naturally generated an interest for the children to write a list. Some of the children are making pictures, others are stretching out the sounds and some are using the flyers to spell the words correctly.

 

 

In Jolly Phonics we will be revisiting the "n" sound. The action for the sound is to stretch out your arms to represent the wings on a plane and make the

n-n-n sound. I try to offer the children words that begin and end with the n sound. Some of the words we will be learning are: nip, nap, nut, net, not, nest, pin, run, sun, pan. The children have also been learning about vowels and which letters of the alphabet are vowels. Once again the emphasis is mainly on the short vowel sounds.