Good afternoon lovely Prep RB families,
What a fabulous week we have had. It’s wonderful to see and hear the buzz of the prep building again. Show and Tell has been another success, and the children are beginning to understand how to form questions to pose to their class mates. Yesterday we had fun dressing up in our favourite footy team colours.
During reading and writing, we have been learning about Fairy Tales with a focus on characters and settings. Each week we will read two new Fairy Tales where we will begin to make connections using our personal and world knowledge of other texts. We are also going to begin to infer what the writer means but has not stated within the text.
We have introduced a Bump It Up Wall which is a visual aid that the children can independently use to improve their writing and drawings. Once they finish their writing, they are able to take their work to the wall, stand in front and decide where they think their work fits (good, great or Wow!). From this they are able to see what else they can add to their work. Some children have really taken advantage of the wall which has been wonderful to see.
In maths we have been exploring 2 Dimensional shapes. We have been sorting and classifying shapes and identifying where we see them in our environment. We have been representing and visualising shapes then comparing our drawings. There have been some great discussions among the children.
Week 4 Show and Tell children will need to bring in their Animal poster that they created during remote learning. Please ensure your child has this and they are able to explain and read their poster. It’s a good idea to practise this skill at home.
Things to note:
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Home readers have begun. From week 4 books can be changed on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The home readers are meant to be easy for your child to read. They should read a page more than once which helps with fluency and comprehension. Ensuring they read all the words, use the pictures and initial sounds to help work out unknown words.
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Wushka will be updated on a Sunday. All the books will be available in your Childs Wushka book box so they can read as often as they like. We encourage children to read a book many times to help with their fluency.
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Diaries– We will begin handing diaries in every Friday. Please encourage your child to fill in each day independently. This will help them to think about what their favourite part was, what they understood and wonderings they may have.
We hope you all have a fantastic long weekend and for those of you that support Geelong and Richmond, may the best team win!
