** JANUARY UPDATE**
Raz Kids will be our focus second term. This is an interactive online reading tool to add some interest to your child's reading selection. Information was sent home Monday Jan, 15th, which included a parent information sheet and a personal student login card. Please keep these handy and use them right away. If you have any questions, please email me at school. Your child should be logging on about 2-3 times a week as an addtional resource to their daily reading.
Mrs. Niwa :)
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How to Challenge Your Child ~ Make writing fun
Raz Kids will be our focus second term. This is an interactive online reading tool to add some interest to your child's reading selection. Information was sent home Monday Jan, 15th, which included a parent information sheet and a personal student login card. Please keep these handy and use them right away. If you have any questions, please email me at school. Your child should be logging on about 2-3 times a week as an addtional resource to their daily reading.
Mrs. Niwa :)
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How to Challenge Your Child ~ Make writing fun
- Encourage your child to listen for and use interesting words. Having a wide range of words will help your child create stories which will increase in complexity
- Use technology. Text messages and emails are a form of writing even if the language is not always standard English
- Use computers if your child isn’t keen on writing. They don’t have to think about the presentation of their work and editing does not require a complete re-write. Spell-check helps, too
- Play card and board games and complete difficult crosswords and word puzzles
- Create a message board such as a white board, blackboard or pin board. The messages might be instructions, reminders, or praise for a job well done, as well as examples of work. Encourage your child and other family members to respond with messages, too.
Our Home Reading Programme began on the weekend! Your child should have brought home their Reading Log books. Students are asked to read every night for 15min. These can be you reading to them or them reading to you. Three days a week they must read to you and you will record how you think they are doing, as well as the level of difficulty of the book they chose. Please help them choose a book at their oral reading level, as this will most benefit them in this reading process. The front of your booklet has some suggestions for you. If yoiu have any further questions, please contact me by email.
Happy Reading!!
Happy Reading!!