Hello Parents!
Next week Monday, we are going to start doing some more work and practice with the sounds we are learning in school. The more practice we have the better... because eventually knowing these sounds will help us READ! We are going to approach this extra practice as an additional Centre Time during our day, but we will be calling this new Centre Time "Daily 5"... maybe you've heard of it?
Students will participate in
at least one of the five activities every day: Read to Self, Read with
Someone (teacher, peer, parent, Grade 3 book buddy, etc.), Listen to Reading,
Word Work and Work on Writing.
Read to self:
Students will have the opportunity
during Daily 5 to "read to self." This portion of the
daily five involves students reading their phonics readers which are at their
reading level and also enjoying read aloud books that contain loads of pictures,
repetition and rhyme.
Read with someone:
Students will have the opportunity
during Daily 5 to "read with someone." This portion
of daily five involves the student reading aloud with a peer, a parent
volunteer, myself (the teacher), or with their Grade 4 Book Buddy.
Listen to reading:
Students will have the opportunity
during Daily 5 to listen to literature using books on CD.
Kids love "listen to reading" time during the Daily 5.
Word Work:
Students will have the opportunity
during Daily 5 to work on first our LETTERS that we are learning in class. Than, later in the year, they will work on words that incorporate the letter of
the week. This portion of daily five involves the student creating letters or words out of
a variety of manipulatives such as play-doh, magnet letters, wooden letters,
dry-erase markers and boards, and wikki stix (later in the year). Students will
also be able to play detective to look for words and letters in a variety of
written material.
Also, during this portion, the
students will have the opportunity to work on words and letters on the school
computers (using websites such as Starfall).
Work on Writing:
Work on writing is a time of
journaling. This is a time for students to express themselves in writing using
what they know and what they have learn in kindergarten. They will be writing
words very much like the word sounds. The focus is not so much about spelling
words correctly, is it about sounding the words out and capitalization. The
students will always get the chance to draw a picture to go along with the
journal writing.
On
MONDAY, OCTOBER 15th we are going to introduce the Word Work portion of these Centres and
I NEED YOU HELP! Please let me know if you can volunteer for 30 minutes (or more, if you are able) on Monday to help introduce the activities to the kiddos for this new centre time.
Thank you in advance for your help... I cannot do it without you!
-- Christine B
