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School Closure Learning  Info 2020

Reading

You have been given some books for reading over the school closure. We have included those that are appropriate for your child’s reading level.

Reading a story from previous days is a good way to practise fluency.   Only read one new book a day.

First please discuss the book by looking through it and talking about all of the pictures.  This is a time to look at the vocabulary that they might not know.  Point these words out and work them out together.  The objective is to make the reading experience feel fun and successful for them. Refer to the reading goal card in their book bags to help with reading strategies e.g. Stretchy Snake.

Other fun things that you can do are:

·        Practise the key ring words (spot the words in the readers)

·        Work out words that you see on other things

·        Play word games such as I spy - use sounds too

·        Use Reading Eggs

Please spend no more than half an hour on this each day.

Writing

Make writing purposeful and fun. The children could write a recount, made up story, list, recipe, diary entry. Draw pictures and write a story each day.  It doesn’t need to be a lot… just one or two sentences. The alphabet card will be really useful tool to help sound out words. Focus on children independently recording the sounds they hear in words, please don't make them spell words perfectly. 
Another writing activity you could do is pick a sound or blend/diagraph of the day and make a brainstorm of words that start with that sound or blend/diagraph.
Handwriting Wizard is a good app to practise letter formation.

Please spend no more than half an hour on this each day. 

Mathematics

Please use Mathletics to practise maths concepts.  Keep counting things, do cooking together, notice shapes and numbers in the environment. Practise number formation as children often record numbers backwards.

Please spend no more than half an hour on this each day.

Links to more fun activities to do with your children at this time:

https://littlepinelearners.com/100-low-prep-activities-you-can-do-on-your-own-backyard/

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/indoor-activities-for-kids/

Please have fun and we look forward to seeing you soon. We can be contacted via email and Seesaw if you have any questions at all.

Louise, Michaela and Jenn

Online Resources we use at school:
Sunshine Online (online readers)
Storyline Online (picture books read by celebrities)
Epic (digital library)
Vooks (video books)
Wai Ako (waiata)
Twinkl (lots of reosurces to print off: enter the code NZLTWINKLHELPS)
Studyladder (lots or resources, lessons and activities)
Go Noodle (fitness and dances to follow along to)
Smiling Mind (mindfulness)
YouTube (Jack Hartmann - blends/diagraphs song, counting etc, Singing Walrus - educational songs, Cosmic Kids - kids yoga)
Scratch Jr (coding)
Ict games

Robyn's Music Site - Music Teacher
Robyn's Site