Focus this week:

Studying Text: This week we will be focusing on breaking down books, expressing ideas and studying the features of text (Such as title, author, illustrator, cover, back etc…).

We started our focus on the Title of the story. The students had to point where the title was, identify that it was words and that it helped tell us what the story might be about. We compared the title to the picture on the cover to see if we think it made sense. Every day we will add to our chart paper as we uncover the different features of the text.

Curriculum Expectations:

-demonstrate an awareness of basic book conventions and concepts of print when a text is read aloud or when they are beginning to read print

-make predictions regarding an unfamiliar text that is read by and with the EL–K team, using prior experience, knowledge of familiar texts, and general knowledge of the world around them.

Making Connections

The students are always encouraged during reading to make connections to their personal lives, other stories they have read or what they think of when they read the story.

Activity at home:

When reading at home, have students reflect on the story, ask them questions about the story and ask them if the story reminds them of another story, something they have done etc…

Curriculum Expectations:

-use language in various contexts to connect new experiences with what

they already know

-use language to talk about their thinking, to reflect, and to solve

Problems

-ask questions for a variety of purposes

-orally retell simple events and simple familiar stories in proper sequence

-demonstrate an interest in reading

Literacy Centres: Reviewing our Letters S, A, T, I, P, N, C, K, E

This week, the students of Room 108 will review the letters of the week that we have focused on since October. The SK’s will have a high focus on reading our first group of Sight Words and practice sounding them out and writing them out. The JK’s will continue focusing on the various sounds and the printing of the letters in their printing workbooks.

Curriculum Expectations

-demonstrate knowledge of most letters of the alphabet in different contexts

-begin to use reading strategies to make sense of unfamiliar texts in print