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October 7, 2013
Math Addition & Subtraction Number Models, Progress Check Word Study ung, ing, ang Writing Workshop Writing Cycle Editing, Publishing Reading Workshop Decoding strategies What do you do when you come across a word you dont know? Parent/ teacher conferences October 24th & 25th - no classes for students. These days have been set aside especially to cater for conferences as meeting during the normal busy school week for teachers is difficult. Please plan to be available for these conferences as a lot of preparation goes into planning between teachers and admin to ensure that siblings are scheduled around the same time and support teachers such as EAL can be in attendance too. This is your opportunity to ask questions, bring up any issues and find out about the progress of your child. Please start thinking about what you would like to get from the conference ahead of time so that you can get the most out of your allotted time with your childs teacher.
Reminders
Monday Reading: What strategies are you using to figure out words you dont know? How does using more than one strategy help you become a better reader? Math: Grab handfuls of 5 cent and 1 cent coins. Practice counting the money. Remember to put all of the fives together first and then the ones to make it easier for counting. EG 5, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18 = 18 cents. Tuesday Reading: What strategies are you using to figure out words you dont know? How does using more than one strategy help you become a better reader? Math: Practice telling time to the hour. Heres a game you might like to use on the computer to help you practice: http://www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm
Wednesday Reading: Teach an adult how you can use more than one strategy to figure out a word. Math: Keep practicing telling time to the hour. Heres another game you might try: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/telling_the_time/play/popup.shtml Review long and short hand. Review where the hour and minute hands actually point remember the short hand points to the hours (big numbers on the clock), the minute hand does NOT point to these numbers, it points to the small marks on the outside of the clock, the minutes. Review clockwise. If youre not sure how can you check? Thursday Reading: Teach an adult how you can use more than one strategy to figure out a word. Math: Practice skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s. Its best to find real objects to group and count. But you might also like to try: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm
Friday Reading Poem collection: Sing/ recite to your family and please return it to school on Monday.