Friday, November, 18
Time just
keeps flying by and soon we will be getting ready for our Christmas break. I have completed my third reading
observations and I am so happy with all of the progress that the students have
made with regards to literacy. Keep
reading as much as you can to your child and like I said to some during the
parent teacher meetings, it doesn’t matter if you are reading English or
Chinese, reading is reading. I prefer
English of course but reading in Chinese will transfer over to English. Also, when you are reading with your child
encourage them to help you locate and read the sight words. They love helping and showing how they can
read as well.
Awareness/anti
bullying week was a big success and we all learnt so much about how we can stop
bullying in our society. Today we sang a
song about how bullying is unfair to the entire elementary school! We are still working on our anti bullying
posters and will be presenting them next Friday at the monthly assembly. I am so proud of the Pre-K’s in how much they
learnt this week about bullying!
Since
Christmas is just around the corner I have begun to plan for our Christmas
concert. It will be Thursday December 15th.
If you son or daughter wont be able to attend could you please let me
know.
Student
of the Week
The student of the week this week is Thomas. He has been an excellent leader with our anti
bullying week and has improved so much since September. This has been a big and challenging goal for
him to achieve and we are all so proud of him.
Reading Tips
Tip 5 – Talk About Books
Talking about the books you read is just as important as reading
them. Discussing a story or a book with your child helps your child understand
it and connect it to his or her own experience of life. It also helps enrich
your child's vocabulary with new words and phrases.
Here are some ways to help your child acquire skills in
comprehension, reasoning, and critical thinking:
·
Ask your child about the
kinds of books he or she would like to read.
·
Talk to your child about
your favourite books from childhood, and offer to read them.
·
Encourage your child to
ask questions and to comment on the story and pictures in a book – before,
during, and after reading it.
·
Look at the cover and
the title of a book with your child, and ask your child what he or she thinks
might happen in the story.
·
Encourage your child to
think critically about the story. Does he or she agree or disagree with the
author? Why?
·
Think out loud about the
story as you read, and encourage your child to do the same. For example, ask,
"Does this make sense? Why or why not?"
·
Give your child time to
think about the story, and then ask him or her about it again a few
days later.
Reminders
and Notices
1.
There
will be an American Thanksgiving party on Thursday November 24th
2.
Please
return word rings after you are done with them.
3.
Christmas
performance will be December 15th (more details will be available
soon)
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy Centres
1. Guided and silent reading with our portfolios.
2. Thanksgiving craft, what we are thankful for.
3. Computer
story “Little Red Riding Hood.”
4. Writing
sight words using lego.
5. Phonics
text books Jj.
Math Centres
1. Little
Red Riding Hood board game.
2. Puzzles
and dominos.
3. Shapes
cut and paste booklet.
4. Sizing Goldilocks
and the Three Bears with play dough.
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
Learning is a treasure that will follow its
owner everywhere.
Chinese Proverb
