Every Friday, you'll get a letter home from your child explaining some of their favourite things that happened in school this week. Some students will need help getting down even one word, but others will start with words or phrases. As the weeks progress, you'll hopefully see their letter formation and ability to sound out words improve. Reading this letter together is a good way to get your fingers on the pulse of their learning and what's happening in the classroom.
And I usually don't publish links to other articles, but this one was sent to me recently and I think it's quite useful. It outlines good practices for reading together with your child (an important thing to do daily). At the bottom, it also outlines some of the reading strategies we'll practice together as a class to begin figuring out what to do more independently when students come across words they don't know. This is especially helpful because it gets us both speaking the same language.
We'll be starting with Eagle Eye (looking at the whole word) and Lips the Fish (getting your mouth ready for the first sound) this week.
Here you go:
Reading homework tips for parents
Sincerely,
Ms. Goegan
