Terrific Tuesday

We had a terrific day of learning in our classroom today.  We started the day by reading to ourselves.  The learners in the morning are practicing reading their guided reading books in the morning.  The extra practice reading their guided reading books is helping to develop their fluency and expression. While the learners are reading independently, I am able to read one on one with a few readers each day.  The grade one learners are really becoming much stronger readers and their endurance is growing !!!  At the start of the school year, they were able to read to self for about 5- 10 min. Today the grade one learners read for about 20 min to themselves.  So exciting to see them growing and becoming learners who LOVE to read :)  

We have been focusing a lot on learning our blends to help us become better readers and writers.  Some of the blends we have been focusing on in class are : 

• SH words - shoe, sheep, shop, shark
• CH words - cheese, chin, chop, chic
• WH words - whisker, whale, wheat, whistle
• TH words - think, thirteen, thief, thumb

Below are some of our favorite songs we have been learning to help us identify the sound for each blend.  Please take some time to play these songs for your child at home.  Help them practice the blend sounds at home.  

http://www.lyrics2learn.com | Enjoy this catchy phonics song for kids that is all about the "sh" sound!

http://www.lyrics2learn.com | Enjoy this catchy phonics song for kids that is all about the "ch" sound!

http://www.lyrics2learn.com | Enjoy this catchy phonics song for kids that is all about the "wh" sound!

http://www.lyrics2learn.com | Enjoy this catchy phonics song for kids that is all about the "th" sound!

To extend your child's learning at home, you may also find it helpful to share books and poems that contain a number of words with the targeted blend.  For example,  Sheep in a Shop (by Margot Apple) is a great connection with the /sh/ sound.  The Three Billy Goats Gruff have many words with r-blends, such as gruff, trip, trap, and troll.  

This afternoon, the learners enjoyed going to the library to sign out a new book.  We were also, really excited to have a guest speaker in the school.  Michael Mitchell, a Canadian singer and singer writer, came to teach us some great songs about Canadian history.  

Just a gentle reminder, to please sign and return the Alien-In-Line skating form to school.  Our class will be participating in this special activity next week.  

Have a great night!  

Warm Regards,

Mrs. Lai