Families,
We are rhyming mad this Term! Some online games that should work on smartphones, tablets/ipads and computers are below. Click on a link below for a rhyming game. Why is rhyme so important? It is a basic foundation skill for spelling and reading!
http://pbskids.org/games/rhyming/
http://pbskids.org/wordworld/characters/game_frm.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/words/dg3.shtml
http://www.sproutonline.com/games/elmo-rhymes
Nursery rhymes are so important today, just as they were when we were children. Please have your child view these clips for the following reasons:
1. Enjoyment – children love nursery rhymes, even todays kids.
2. Help them practise and learn about rhyme.
3. Help them practise and learn about onset and rime.
4. Help them practise and learn about rhythm and fluency when reading.
Humpty Dumpty
Hickory dickory
Old King Cole
Hello Everyone,
The new phonic readers that we are sending home for home reading can be downloaded or purchased from the following website.
http://www.speld-sa.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=105
Thank you,
Jasmine
Hi All,
As mentioned at our first Family Information Sessions, we utilise a number of programs and strategies to teach Reading, Writing and Spelling. SSP developed by the ‘Reading Whisperer’ (Emma Hartnell-Baker) is the developer of one strategy that we use. Now that we have explored the 44 phonic sounds in the English language using Jolly Phonics, the students will work through the SSP approach. Starting with green level. This covers the sounds S A T I P N. The following clip from http://www.readaustralia.com/ssp_green.htm works through the sounds as well as words that can be sounded out with these sounds.
Thank you,
Miss Richards
Hi Everyone,
Sight words don’t come easy for everyone. Two words that are commonly found to cause trouble are ‘the’ and ‘that’. Below is a song about ‘the’ that can help.
🙂
Hi Families,
Each day we learn a new sound. We learn how to write the most common spelling of that sound. This is not learning the alphabet. We utilise resources from a number of programs. These include Jolly Phonics (http://jollylearning.co.uk/) , Speedy SSP (http://www.readaustralia.com/speedyssp.htm) and Barbara Brann’s Building Blocks program (http://www.bmbeducation.com.au/). This will be further explained at our Information Session on Tuesday the 18th February and Saturday the 22nd February. Each day at the end of class we reflect on the sound of the day and write in our end of day booklet. 
At the end of each week these booklets will be sent home. Below is the video clip of all the sounds we will learn this term. It would benefit your child to watch this at home and for them to teach you the actions they have learnt for each sound.
This week we watched the clip below. The beloved story, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault and illustrated by Lois Ehlert. Then we made our own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Coconut Trees. As each child learns the names and sounds of letters they will add the known letters to their tree. These are on display in the classroom. You can watch the clip below, I know your child will be thrilled to see it again.
Hello Prep R Families,
Most families would have noticed an extra exercise book in their child’s homework folder. This book contains the Magic Words that we are working on. The students can write in the book but please start writing from the back as the first fifteen or so pages will be used to glue in the word charts. Below is a further explanation about the Magic Words program that we use. If your child has not returned their homework folder throughout this week they will not have received their Magic Words Book. Return homework folder by Friday.
“In English there are 100 frequently occuring words that make up, on average, half of all the words used in reading and writing.
The first 12 most frequently occurring words appear so often they make up on average, one quarter or one in every four words. The next 20 most commonly used words together with the first 12 words (32 words) make up, on average, one third of all words in reading and writing. The remaining 68 most frequently occurring words (100 words), make up the 100 most important words in learning to read, as they account for one half or one in every two words, on average, that we use in reading and writing.
The 100 Most Important Words in learning to read and write are the Magic 100 Words.
The first 12 Words are known as the 12 Golden Words, followed by the 20 Red Words and then the Blue Words, Green Words, Orange Words, Indigo Words and Violet Words, making up the Magic 100 Words. These seven levels contain the 100 most frequently used words in English and are coloured according to the colours of the rainbow.” Copied from the Magic 100 website – https://www.magicwords.com.au/information/learning-to-read
I’m sure you will have many questions about the Magic 100 throughout the year, please don’t hesitate to ask.
From,
Miss Richards
This is the first sight word that we have learnt. Simple enough parents I know but the children were so surprised to learn that I is a word and a letter!