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Your children are now working on a book that we will be working on until the end of the year. They will receive two letters each week that are due on Friday. They can either draw a picture or cut out a picture that goes with their letters. Please make sure they do not write the names of the pictures on their homework. We will be doing this in school.
Also, our book reports are a bit different and now the children are taking a book in a bag where you read the book to them then they read it back to you. They then find things in the book and illustrate it on their new book report form. When they return to school, we have them read it on their tape, as well as ask questions to assist them with retelling and recall skills.
1. Upper and lower case letter recognition and writing. Writing first and last names using upper and lower case letters.
2. Letter sounds: Give them a letter or sound and see if they can come up with a word that matches. Give them a word or object and see if they can come up with the first letter. You can also have children try to spell 3 letter words such as cat, bat, mat, bed, and fed. Rhyming words are great for this.
3. Vocabulary Words: Work on their word rings. The children need to have at least 20 words by the end of the year so it would be great if they had 10 by January. I will provide level 2 words for those children who need them.
4. Work with rhyme. Give a word and see if they can come up with a word that rhymes. Say two words that either rhyme or not and ask them if they rhyme. Read some rhyming books with them. Reading books with patterns such as "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and books with our vocabulary words in them would be great too. Have them identify words they know and count words.
5. Work on tapping out sounds in a three letter word.
6. Work on the numbers 1-20 and beyond if they have those. Work on number recognition and writing of numbers as well as matching numbers to groups of objects.
7. Work on measurement and comparing weight, as well as ordinal numbers first through tenth.
Remember to have fun!
Concepts of Print: Read to your children whenever you can. Exposing them to the print around them is terrific. Whether you are in the market or at a restaurant or just out and about, there are great opportunities for your children to develop and practice reading concepts. Also, let you children explore books. Introduce them to the basics such as where the title is, the author and illustrator names (talk about what they do), how to handle a book, where to start from (left to right, top to bottom, what are the spaces for, point to letters and/or words, where does a word begin and end. Remember, they do not have to be able to read in order to explore books. It is a great way for them to develop concepts of print and early reading skills. Also we have been working on early readers. Reading books to them that are repetitive or contain rhyme would be great for them, as well as having them read their small book in a bag books to you a few times when they are sent home for homework.
*Note: There were a few children who did not return their book in a bag. The books and bags come from my own collection, so if you haven't returned yours please do so. If you are unable to locate it, please keep looking. I have told those children that I cannot send another one home until theirs is returned. It is also important for the homework challenge, where we will be documenting who is handing in homework on a weekly basis.
Fundations: See if your child can tell you "The Whole Story" about each letter we gave covered. "The Whole Story" includes naming and identifying letters, associating letters with picture clue, and the sound the letter makes. The following is a list of the letters and picture clues. The letters are being introduced introduced in a specific order and not alphabetically.
Aa/apple/short a sound
Bb/ball/ b sound
Cc/cat/ c sound
Dd/dog/ d sound
Ee/Ed/ short e sound
Ff/fun/ f sound (should hear no voice, just air, not "fa")
Gg/game/ g sound
Hh/hat/ h sound (should hear no voice, just air, not "ha")
Ii/itch/ short i sound
Jj/ jug/ j sound
Kk/kite/ k sound (same as /c/)
Ll/lamp/ l sound
Mm/man/ m sound
Nn/nut/ n sound
Oo/octopus/ short o sound)
Pp/pan/ p sound (should hear no voice, just air, not "pa")
Qu/queen/ q sound (sounds like /kw/)
Rr/rat/ r sound
Ss/snake/ s sound
Tt/top/ t sound (should hear no voice, just air, not "ta")
Uu/up/ short u sound
Vv/van/ v sound
Ww/wind/ w sound
Xx/fox/ x sound (sounds like the end of fox, /cks/)
Yy/yellow/ y sound
Zz/zebra/ z sound
*When practicing forming letters, words, and numbers, reminding the children to work form top to bottom and from left to right. Work on identifying the letters in their names and writing their names in upper and lower case letters.
Work on counting skills regularly, along with forming numbers. The children have all completed their number poem books and should use the poems at home to help them when forming numbers.
Review word rings daily.
