I loved meeting with everyone at parent/teacher conferences! Sorry some conference times ran late but I had so much bragging to do! One thing that kept coming up was about the songs we have been listening to for learning our letter sounds and our math facts. I thought I would link you to our songs so you can sing along when your child breaks into "Vowel Bat" or "The Shape Song". Warm up your vocal cords and sing along!
During Math the children love these two songs!
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During Math the children love these two songs!
During Reading Workshop we have been listening to:
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We are moving onto songs that support the children in blending sounds together to make words. We also have started using songs about counting by 10's and 5's during Math.
I showed the Alphablocks for the first time today. There are a ton of episodes in this series and the children love them. I will be showing lots of these. I think this series does a great job of showing children what blending the sounds looks like and sounds like. During reading workshop we call this "Stretchy Snake" because we teach the children to stretch out the sound of each letter to try to read the word. The children are making great progress on this skill. Please practice at home, and keep on helping your child with their sight words! They are well on their way to being a class full of awesome readers
