Room 8
Term 3: Week 2 27.7.14
Dear
Parents and Caregivers
We
had a fantastic first week of fun and learning in Room 8. We welcomed Josh today
and look forward to Lily joining us tomorrow.
The
children brought a great deal of enthusiasm to their reading and writing last
week. I loved their excitement when they recognised a sound or a word we had
learnt. We continue to focus on one to one matching in their guided reading.
You can help develop this skill at home by encouraging your child to
deliberately point to each word as they read i.e. ‘make it match’. In writing,
we are focusing on the high frequency words ‘I’, ‘am’ and ‘a’, and hearing some
sounds in words they are trying to write i.e. ‘sounding out’. The ability to do
this is directly linked to their letter/sound knowledge, hence the value of the
practice the children do with you at home in their Aphabet books.
In
maths, we will continue working on
identifying the symbols and words for the numbers in the range 1-10 (and
beyond) and counting forwards and backwards. We have also been practising
forming the numerals 0-9 correctly.
On
Thursday we have our trip to Willowbank. Thanks to Rachael, Nick and Kathleen
who will be accompanying us. It is a full day trip so please make sure you pack
a good sized lunch and drink bottle along with with a warm jacket and sensible
footwear. Children are to wear their school uniform please.
It
was lovely to see several of you at the Y0/1 Assembly on Friday. I have posted
several photos of this week’s events, including Assembly, on the Room 8 Blog. When possible, I will make
my laptop available in the mornings for you to view the blog. Shortly, our blog
will be accessible via a link on the school website homepage. Until then,
please use the address below.
Our
blog address is: www.room82015stalbans.blogspot.co.nz
This week’s sounds/letters: s and a
Kind
regards
Cara
Wallace
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