Monday January 5, 2015

We hope that you had a restful Winter Break and enjoyed some family time.  Welcome back everyone!

Homework

1. Literacy Map:

We will now be taking a break from spelling words to begin learning more of the Literacy Map graphemes.  Please refer to the handout that went home to see which graphemes we are now learning. 

It is recommended that your child print two lines of each grapheme and one line for the word (total of 3 lines per grapheme).  As your child is printing it is very important that they make the grapheme sound to help create a connection between the oral & written.

When reading with your child this is a great time to pick out the graphemes that we are studying as well as graphemes we have already studied.

 

Monday: ey (they, hockey) / eigh (weigh)

Tuesday: ei (ceiling, veil, forfeit) / igh (right)

Wednesday: ie (movie, tie) / kn (knot)

Thursday: gn (gnaw, assign) / wr (­write)

Friday: Quiz

2. Reading:

Read for 20 minutes everyday.  This may be a library book, home reading book, or a book online.  Comprehension is the overall goal of reading, so please make time to talk with your child about what they are reading.  You can ask them to retell the story events in order (first, next, then, last), talk about character emotions, or even discuss important information within the pictures. 

3.Tell and Show:

Tell and Show will be starting up again this week with letter K.  Please remember how important it is that your child begin writing the sentences and drawing pictures on their own.  You may help your child come up with the object for the specific letter and talk about the clues.  If you are concerned that we won’t be able to read it due to the “kid spelling” please just scribe for your child underneath.  Don’t forget to start sentences with an uppercase letter and end them with punctuation (.?!).

Ask Me About:

Writing:

    ·      What topic did I write about?

    ·      Did I create a detailed picture to match my writing?

    ·      Did I remember to use finger spaces, uppercase letters, juicy words, and end punctuation?

    

    Rights & Responsibilities:

    ·      What is a right?

    ·      What is a responsibility?

Reminders:

   1.    We would like to extend a warm welcome to Ms. Beechey who will be now be teaching Mrs. Schroeder’s class!  If you have any questions or would like to contact her please email her at slbeechey@cbe.ab.ca.

Important Dates:

Friday January 9^th: Early Dismissal 2:05pm

Friday January 16^th: Early Dismissal 2:05pm

Friday January 23^rd: Early Dismissal 2:05pm  

Friday January 30^th: Non-Instructional Day- No School for students