Language

 

For this week the jolly phonic sound is the Tt sound. Some of the words the students will be stretching out the sounds for are: tap, tip, ten, tent, tin, tan, ton, tack, tank, tell, tall, tip, tar, tag and Ted.

 

The students are offered an opportunity to find Tt words in two sentences that I write on a daily basis. This strategy assist the students to find the letter, identify the letter and the sound.

 

The word family for this week is the ip family. Some of the words are: chip, dip, flip, sip, tip, rip, nip, hip, lip, grip.

 

 

 

In the area of comprehension the students will be asked to identify the problem that occurred in the story and the solution to the problem. The students are asked to do this orally and to give evidence from the story to support their thinking. For this week, the focus will be on many of the Franklin stories since the problem and the solution are very clear and easier for the students to identify.

 

When reading aloud to your child at home, it would be beneficial for you to stop at various parts of the story and ask your child to tell you what the problem was in the story and later how the problem was solved. Further their thinking by asking them what they would do to solve the problem.