Language

This week the Jolly Phonic sound is the "n" sound. To make the sound the children put their arms out to represent the wings of an airplane and chant "n, n, n".

If you look at the right hand side of the blog I have included the sheet for you to download and print out.

When working with your child on the sounds, please ensure you offer them the uppercase letter and the lowercase letter, since many of the combinations are different and may confuse your child.

For the SK children you could write out the words on cards and stretch out the sounds and have your child state the word. Some of the words we will be working on are: nap, nut, not, net. I want the students to realize sometimes the sound may be at the end of the word so we will be working on: tan, tin, man, ten, men, can, pen, run, ran.

In reading the focus will be on "how does the character feel?" The beginning of the strategy will be to focus on stating how the emotion the character is experiencing. The second part of the strategy will be for the students to give evidence to prove their thinking. For example, the student may use the picture to explain his/her thinking or sometimes he/she may give a phrase they heard or a word from the story. Offering evidence to prove his/her thinking about a story allows the child to demonstrate they comprehend what is occurring in the story.
When reading aloud to your child at home, stop at various parts of the story and ask your child how the character is feeling and how they know this.