October 1st

Friday, October, 1 2010

            

            Wow!  October is already here.  I am very pleased with how far the Pre-K’s have come in a very short time.  The students are already surprising me with how much they can do now.  Every Friday we do “Writers Workshop” which is weekly writing about what we did that week.  It is posted on the wall in the classroom and you are more than welcome to come in and see what your child is writing about.   

As discussed earlier October will be the first month of the homework packages.  It will go home on Monday with a letter explaining it.  If you are confused or need some clarification come by and we can discuss it.  As I mentioned, it is voluntary and I will never grade it.  I will look at it and now and then write some tips but that is all.

Also this week library books went home with your child.  Can you please return your child’s book by the following Wednesday when we go back to the library.  Since library books and our Aa, Bb books are going home regularly I will now include some tips and suggestions on this blog every week to help you read with your child.

 

How will my child learn to read?

Learning to read does not happen all at once. It involves a series of stages that lead, over time, to independent reading and to fluency.  The best time for children to start learning to read is when they are very young, usually at the preschool level. This is when they are best able to start developing basic reading skills.

1.  The pre-reader and the beginning reader:

·         likes to look at books and likes to be read to

·         likes to behave like a reader – for example, holds books and pretends to read them 

·         learns about words by looking at picture books and playing with blocks that have letters   on them, magnetic letters, and so on

·         learns about words from songs, rhymes, traffic signs, and logos on packages of food

·         learns how text works – for example, where a story starts and finishes and which way the print proceeds

·         begins to understand that his or her own thoughts can be put into print

·         uses pictures and memory to tell and retell a story

Reminders and Notices

1.  Library books need to be returned to school by Wednesday.

What we did in our centres this week.

Literacy Centres

1.  Guided reading with our letter books.
2. Play dough recreating apples and apple trees.
3. Computer story “Only a Witch Can Fly.”
4. Finishing “All About Me” book

Math Centres

1. Math apple books.
2. Making patterns.
3. Sorting pasta by shape and size.
4. Patterning sheets.

 Like always, if you have any questions or concern you can always write me an email at bsharp.his@gmail.com or come by and speak to me in person.

Cheers

Braedon

You teach best what you most need to learn. 
Richard Bach