Language

 

 

For this week the "By Heart Word" is: in. The word in will be a wonderful opportunity to offer the children with the word family "in". Using the word "in" children learn how to chunk sounds together. For example, "in" is the chunk and if you add a "b" to the beginning the word is "bin". We will follow the same procedure for other words:  chin, fin, grin, pin, tin, skin, thin, spin, win.

 

 

During teacher read aloud for the next two weeks, I want to reinforce the importance of using the pictures to assist with figuring out a word and how the pictures help us to understand what is happening in the story. In order to reinforce this skill with the children, periodically I will cover up the text in some of the stories and have the children use the pictures to assist them to tell the story. Using the pictures to assist with reading is a very important skill for beginner readers. Please reinforce the use of this skill when your child is reading to you at home.