We have begun working on reading and writing sight words. Sight words provide an excellent base for reading at an early age. They are often called sight words because some of them can't be sounded out, and need to be learned by sight. The first group of sight word flashcards went home on Friday, along with 5 fun activities you may choose to use with your child in order to master these words. A new group of words will be home about every two weeks. Students will not be 'tested' on these words on a specific day. Rather, I will review these words regularly with your child individually and when they have mastered all of their words in a group, which means that they can read all of the words independently, they will receive a reward for their hard work.
Olaf is still making his rounds in the class!
In math, we are busy working on finding and showing numbers 1-20, counting forwards and backwards to 20, counting by 5s, counting by 10s, and preparing for our patterning unit by reviewing colour and shape vocabulary. We have been working on reading colour words and are also creating 'Colour Robots' as an art/science project. We will be exploring mixing primary colours and tinting/shading colours as well. The students like singing and dancing to the song 'Colour Robot': https://youtu.be/TdxBWRuhEIM.
Robot Project Progress
Brenda Probst from Alberta Health Services continues to join us every Wednesday to work on our 6 week printing module. Please keep your eyes open for the weekly newsletters she sends home with tips to extend your child's fine motor development and printing skills at home.
Salt plate letter practice
That is all for now. As always, if you have any further questions or require additional information, please contact me!
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