Language

 

The By Heart Word for this week is "has", since this word appears frequently in the children's reading and they often need the word when writing. I thank all the parents for working with your child with the By Heart Words. This has assisted many of the children with the reading and writing. Some of the SK children don't even need to get some of the words when writing because they have memorized the spelling.

 

 

In the area of Jolly Phonics many of the sounds that are left are the long vowel sounds and diphthongs (A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another... Some of these include: ai, ie, ou, ea, au, ow.

Since teaching grade one for many years, I know the children are not ready for these sounds until after Christmas in grade one. Therefore, I have decided to revisit some of the consonant and short vowel sounds, that some of the children continue to experience difficulty with the sound. For this week the sound will be "h". Many of the By Heart words will be used to reinforce the sound and the spelling of these words: his, here, her, him, he, hug, help, hot, hop, ham, hand, hang, hush, have, hay, how.

 

 

Reading Comprehension Strategy

 

During my teacher read alouds the children will be asked to tell how the character is feeling and to give evidence from the story. Giving evidence from the story is very difficult for young children. However, with additional practise it will become easier for them. The children just have to tell orally how they know. The evidence could be from the picture or some words that were used.