Dec. 3

 Hello everyone,

We have been continuing our study of CVC words. Sometimes, when we try sounding out a word 1 sound at a time, it can be hard to figure out the word. Yesterday, Ms. Byrne showed us a visual that can help us sound out new CVC words effectively. It is a slide! We put some words on the slide (example below) and used it to help us "slide" the sounds together. We slide our finger down the slide while making the sounds. This helps us connect the vowel sound to the ending consonant. Ask us to show you how to sound out the word below! You can use a simple slide like this one to practice reading any CVC word.

Here is a blank slide if you would like to practice some words together! We have a chart in our classroom that lists the vowels and consonants 

Today, we sat with a partner and searched for CVC words in our new library books. We sounded the words out with our partners and then shared the words at the end of our reading time. We were able to find lots of words we could read!

We did our final review of this set of letter sounds. We will be starting our final set next week! 

In math, we assessed our understanding of 2-digit numbers. Ms. Byrne would say a number (ex: 16) and we had to show that we could write it with the digits in the correct order. When there was a mistake (ex: if we accidentally wrote 61), we would stop and talk about that number. We would repeat the name, break it apart (ex: 16 means 10 and 6), and see if we could figure out how to fix it. 

We completed a round of literacy centres today where we got to choose which centre we went to! Our reading groups were working on reading a book together by sounding out the CVC words and using the pictures to give them clues. 

There was a mix-up in the P.E. schedule, so we got to visit the other half of the gym and played some tag games today. We will get back to practicing our hockey skills next week!

Before getting ready for home, we read another chapter of our My Weird School book. We're halfway through the second book!

Next Week: On Monday we will be starting our sight word program. A letter will be coming home to explain the program. Our weekly words will be posted on the blog each Monday for you to practice at home as well.

Have a great weekend!

-Ms. Byrne