- Tuesday, January 29 to Tuesday, February 5
- Thursday, January 31 to Tuesday, February 12
What a week! Because of the cold weather, our conferences have been rescheduled. Your conferences have automatically been rescheduled for the same time on the following dates:
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Conferences begin next week! I am excited to meet with you. If you have not yet signed up, please sign up online at http://www.ptcfast.com/schools/Woodland_Elementary_School or call the office at (763)315-6400. The children have been working hard and learning so much since our fall goal setting conferences. With new growth comes new responsibilities and challenges. We will be setting new goals as old goals are being met. I want to hear how things are going at home and how I can support you. You will meet Ms. Xiong, our student teacher. Please come on time. We only have 20 minutes and I want to give you your full time. I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you!
Two things we are doing in phonics are blending and rhyming.
As we explicitly learn a specific letter and the sound or sounds a letter makes, we start using that letter to make words. We write and read words by blending sounds together. The students use a notebook to write the beginning, middle, and end sounds they hear in words. We practice reading words and check to see if we read them correctly by picture cues and context clues. Another way we blend in class is by listening. We will say words and think about the sounds we hear at the beginning, the middle, and the end. Then, we will explain what letter we think goes there and why. This can be done without writing anything down, just by visualizing. The students love to listen to words and determine if they rhyme. Words that have the same middle and end sounds are rhyming words. A new game we are playing is to pick the two words out of the three given that rhyme. I would say, "pig, dog, wig." The children would repeat the words back, think about it, and decide which ones rhyme. Both blending and rhyming are important phonological skills in reading development. The students love both because they get to play with letters to make and read words. These are great things you can play at home that will help your child be a great reader! |
Ms. BedfordI have been teaching for 22 years. When not at school, I enjoy traveling, knitting, and getting together with family and friends. My cat Gilmore brings me laughter with her silly antics. It is a joy to watch children learn and grow during the school year! Archives
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