Language

 

The reading comprehension strategy continues to be Visualization. Due to being so busy for Father's Day ideas last week, the children did not have time to work on visualizations. However, this week the children will once again listen to a poem and draw the pictures they create in their head while listening to the poem.

 

 

Review of the jolly phonic sound "l". The action for this sound is the children pretend they are licking a lollipop or an ice cream cone.

 

 

I am amazed how many of the JK children are showing a keen interest in reading. Most of the books they are choosing are simple repeated text, but this is a huge step for them. The first goal to being a good reader is for a child to see himself/herself as a reader.

 

If your child is a JK and he/she does not know all the letters of the alphabet, I recommend playing some free app games on the ipad. If you do not have an ipad then here are a few suggestions:

 

Start with the uppercase letters,

 

Play a game of fish but make your own alphabet cards.

 

Cut out letters from sandpaper and have your child state the letter and trace around the formation of the specific letter.

 

Have your child trace the letters in rice or sand that is placed inside a small pencil box.

 

 

Have your child match uppercase letters with the lowercase letters.

 

 

Doing some of these activities during the summer will prepare them for Senior Kindergarten.