Reading Information

This week you might have notice some extra reading information in our reading packets. We call these our Reading Rockets. They show you what level we are working on, what words we need to know and what skills we are learning during reading time. Children can practice reading the words on the back at home. You can also use the skills listed to help the children while they are reading to you. This will help with their reading and writing, as they are the most common words used for this level. Eventually I will be using some of these words for spelling homework. This will start at the of term 1. 

The reading rockets look like this and on the back will be the words they need to know.

 

My Reading Goals This is the level

I’m learning at

Red

Gold Levels 21, 22 7.5-8yrs

Purple Levels 19, 20 7-7.5yrs

Turquoise Levels 17, 18 6.5-7yrs

Orange Levels 15, 16 6-6.5yrs

Green Levels 12, 13, 14 5.5- 6yrs

Blue Levels 9, 10, 11 5.5- 6yrs

Yellow Levels 6, 7, 8 5- 5.5yrs

Red Levels 3, 4, 5 5- 5.5yrs

Magenta Levels 0, 1, 2 5-5.5yrs

I am learning to:
Point and match words as I say them.
Make the sounds as you try to saytheword. c - a - t
Check the picture for a clue.
Recognise and use high frequency words.
Check the word looks right, sounds right and makes sense?
Re-read the sentence to help self- correct my errors.
Recognise and use . , !
What strategies have I used? What strategies will I try to use next time?
Targeted letters: a - z
Targeted sounds: s sh th
New High Frequency Words: mother father down this go you for looking where into he away on are looks looked

My Reading Goals This is the level
I’m learning at
Magenta

Gold Levels 21, 22 7.5-8yrs

Purple Levels 19, 20 7-7.5yrs

Turquoise Levels 17, 18 6.5-7yrs

Orange Levels 15, 16 6-6.5yrs

Green Levels 12, 13, 14 5.5- 6yrs

Blue Levels 9, 10, 11 5.5- 6yrs

Yellow Levels 6, 7, 8 5- 5.5yrs

Red Levels 3, 4, 5 5- 5.5yrs

Magenta Levels 0, 1, 2 5-5.5yrs

I am learning to:
Point to the first word.
Read left ➜ to ➜ right.
Point and match the words as I say them, one to one.
Look at the pictures for clues.
Say the first sound of the word - s____ c___ t___
I am expecting my reading to sound right.
What strategies have I used? Which strategy could I try to use next time?
Targeted letters: c f h s w
Targeted sounds: sh
High Frequency words: here I look the at we Dad come my in me see said is like am going a Mum to up went and can

First on our week 4 Wow Wall!

Congratulations Jamie for being the first person on our Wow Wall this week. You impressed me with your hard work at writing time. You tried your best and sounded out many words. You are a writing super star!

Tryathlon

The Girls are ready to go!

Room 1 had their very first Tryathlon. We all gave it a go but had lots of different feelings about it. Here are some of our thoughts;

• We liked how our family watched us and took pictures.
• We all ran a lot around the back field, very fast.
• We swam in the pool from one end to the other.
• We were nervous because of all the people watching.
• We got sweaty but it is o.k because we had some water.
•  Miss Oldham did her own race, she had to go in the pool.

The Boys are off!

Exciting times in Room 1!

On Monday we started our maths learning. Our focus is statistics. We are learning to group objects by finding similarities. We picked our favourite toys and put them them 5 different groups. We put all the board games together, plastic toys together, key chains together, books together and we left the Nerf gun as in its own group.

In room 1 we have a leader of the day. On Tuesday Paul was our leader. The leader gets to choose which sparkly item they would like to wear.... Paul chose all of them! Our leader of the day gets to be in charge of some activities, be first in line and any extra responsibilities that may pop up during the day.

On Wednesday we did group news. We had one leader who had to pick who was sharing first and make sure everyone got a turn. We are working on using big clear voices and making sure we are looking at the person we are talking to.

On Wednesday we got to do some more Statistics. This time room 2 joined us. First we discussed our question "which is room 1 and 2's  favourite colour" and then we discussed how we can find out. We drew our favourite colour on a piece of paper and had a chance at organising them into a "pictograph" to find out the answer. We worked out the answer was a tie between Blue and Green.

Room 1 & 2 Discovery time

Room 1 joined Room 2 for discovery. We had lots of thing's to explore. Our favourites were dress ups, water play, play dough, dinosaurs, blocks and the dolls house. We pretend to be pirates and brides too. It was AWESOME!

Our thoughts about our first week:

• Room 1 is the coolest class in the world.
• We like reading.
• There are 15 people in our class.
• Room 1 is awesome.
• Room 1 loves swimming.
• Lunch time is really fun.
• All of room 1 got in the Positive Piggy Bank.
• Room 1 likes to sing and dance.