Friday, September, 28 2012
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. Our centres
are working very well and every student is trying so hard!
Every Friday we do “Writers Workshop” which is
weekly writing activity 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. The students love showing their friends/family
what they can do in class.
Every October I offer a homework
pack for the month. It involves various
short activities (10 minute maximum) that shadow what is covered inside the
classroom. It goes out on Monday and can
be returned so I can take a look at it on Friday. If you would like your son or daughter to
participate then could you please come and talk to me or write me an email so I
will know how many I need to make. There
is also a letter explaining how it works.
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 then write some tips or suggestions to help the student.
Since library books and the letter
books are going home on a consistent basis I have decided to give some tips on
how you can help your son or daughter with learning to read.
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
What we
did in our centres this week.
Literacy
Centres
1.
Silent reading.
2.
Computer story “Big or Little” and “Clevor
Trevor”
3.
Name puzzles
4.
Making names using plastic letters.
5.
Phonics book letter “D”
6.
All about me books
Math
Centres
1.
Math one to one correspondence books.
2.
Computer counting fish game.
3.
Tracing and painting our bodies.
4.
Sand table.
Word of
the week: can
Student
of the week
The student
of the week is Isabel. She always
raising her hand to answer questions and is a strong leader in the Pre-K
class. Ms. Vicky and I are very proud of
you, keep up the great effort!!!
Reminders
and Notices
1. Mini books that get sent home need to be
brought back to school
2. Remember to bring back library books by
Tuesday
3. September 30th mid-autumn
festival
4. October 1-5th Awareness week
5. October 8th Canadian Thanksgiving
6. October 10th Double Ten Holiday
7. October 26th Monthly assembly
8. October 31st Fancy dress day
(Halloween)
As 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
Vicky and Braedon
