Important Events for the month of October
October 8th-Walk @ School,Report Cards Issued
October 14th-Fall Pictures
October 23rd-RES Fall Festival
October 24th-NO school for students
Thank you! See you at the Festival!
-Roseanne Soltau
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"You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."
-Clay P. Bedford
"Challenge of the day: Find something good in everyone."
-Unknown
"Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best."
-Bob Talbert
"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."
-Marian Wright Edelman
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*If your child is leaving school in a different way than normal, please send a note from you letting us know of the change in transportation. Thanks.
*Phonics-We are working on blends in class. Below are some examples of words with blends. Please help your child think of more words that begin with these blends. Practice reading/spelling the words that your child comes up with. Discuss if the word has a short or long vowel sound. This will help your child excell with reading.
cl in clock
fl in flake
pl in place
sl in slide
br in bread
dr in drink
fr in frog
tr in tree
wr in wrinkle
ch in chair
sc in scout
sk in skirt
sm in smart
sn in snow
sp in spark
st in state
sw in sweep
shr in shrink
spr in sprain
str in stripe
spl in splash
qu in queen
tw in twin
sh in shine
More Phonics-We are also working on word chunks/word families. Learning chunks/word families will help your child read and spell words. Below are a list of chunks. Please review these chunks with your child. Make a list of words that have the same word "chunks" and practice reading the words. This will help your child excel with reading.
ock in clock
ick in pick
ate in rate
eat in meat
ain in rain
ice in slice
or in horn
op in crop
ip in trip
ay in tray
air in fair
ight in sight
ite in bite
ire in fire
ear in year
eer in deer
eep in sleep
ail in pail
ape in tape
een in green
ell in bell
im in slim
oy in boy
ool in cool
ole in pole
oal in goal
one in phone
own in grown
oan in loan
ue in blue
oo in zoo
ew in chew
ew in few
oo in food
old in cold
it in split
eet in feet
ill in hill
eal in real
eel in wheel
ook in look
ake in rake
ack in back
ump in thump
art in cart
ile in mile
ish in fish
ight in right
ook in book
er in fern
ir in bird
urn in burn
ow in frown
ow in crow
ing in sing
ang in bang
ung in strung
ank in bank
ink in sink
ong in strong
ote in note
oat in float
Great Reading Tips!
1. Make reading relaxing and low-key for a short part of the day.
2. Read aloud some funny or interesting parts of your favorite book.
3. Draw your child in with a riddle book for kids, a passage from Sports Illustrated, or a newspaper story.
4. If your child likes a movie, see if it's based on a book, then bring home the book.
5. For kids who have lost the motivation to read, use material that's intensely interesting to them. Your child may almost have to disassociate what he's doing at school with the act of reading something for fun.
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When Your Child Comes To An Unknown Word
Parents will tell a child to ¡§sound out¡¨ an unknown word. Frequently that prompt is successful and the word is decoded.
When sounding it out doesn¡¦t work, adults usually tell the word and the reading continues. Our goal is to help children become independent readers. Here are some alternative suggestions for parents to use when your child confronts an unknown word.
*Wait 5-10 sec. to see what attempts are made. Ask: ¡§What would make sense there?¡¨
*Look for a smaller word in a big one. (chunk)
*Look how the word begins.
*Use the picture to help figure out the word.
*Skip the word and continue reading to the end of the sentence.
*Go back and read the sentence again.
*If the word was on a previous page, go back and try to find it.
*Cover the ending (-ed, -ing) with your finger and try the word.
*Help with blending (sounding it out).
*Let the sound ¡§pop¡¨ right out.
*It is important that children learn to use these strategies independently. When your child ¡§figures out¡¨ a word, you might ask how he/she did it. Telling about their reading helps to reinforce learning. Always praise their effort!!!
More Ways To Help Your Child Read Well
Five Finger Rule:
Here is one way to help your child choose a book.
While reading the first page of a book, count
the unknown words (using fingers to keep track is fine). If there are five or more, the book is too hard for now. Read that book together!
Reading Just the Right Book:
The book that is just right is one that your child
can read independently. It is not too hard and it is
not too easy. It¡¦s just right for their reading level.
Children have learned to read many words. They
may even be reading chapter books. However,
they might not understand what¡¦s being read.
Ask your child questions about the story to see
if they are understanding the story content.
*Please feel free to call me at school for questions, comments or concerns. (576-6151)
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