Today is our 11th day of school, and we are off to a great start!
Tomorrow is the first day to send in the white folders and sight word rings. Please practice the words in order, out of order, random order, etc. When your child reads the word, I will punch a hole next to that word. Then, practice the words for the final read next week and if I am able to punch all of the words on the second week I will be able to add the next 10 words. It’s a fun way to learn words that cannot be sounded out, they just have to recognize them and say them out loud without hesitation. I know that the temptation is to encourage your child to try to sound out some of the words, but please don’t. When we test the students, we stick to a standard set by the school district, a three second wait time is one of the standards. Sight words or high frequency words are words that children see often in literature and they need to be memorized.
Please also send in decodable books that you have practiced at least 5 times at home. Be sure you sign on the back of the decodable book, right next to your child’s name verifying that your child practiced these books with your supervision. I know that these books seem way too easy with the little picture words and simple sight words, but at this time of the year we are teaching procedure. As your child to track each word as they read. Ask them a question about the story, and then ask them for evidence that helped them answer the question. Right now the evidence can be something in a picture on one of the pages, or a word that gives them a clue. Citing evidence to answer questions starts really early and it is a skill that your child will learn more about each year as their reading comprehension skills grow and their reading fluency increases.
Please send in class T shirt orders as soon as you can. You might want to order one for yourself…last year one family ordered one for everyone in the family–5 shirts! We wear these shirts on Fridays for spirit days, and on Field trips. It really is an easy way to keep our groups together.
I hope that you are getting a lot of information about school from your child each day. Ask them to sing the sound song, I was amazed at them today!
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Mrs. O