Dear Parents As the students progress in their work they should attempt to read text independently, and show comprehension of what they have read. Year 2 expectations in the Cambridge standards include the following vital reading skills:
I am including some information of the Jolly Phonics sounds that students in Year 2 should know in their reading and writing. Most students are familiar with Phase 2, but it gets trickier in Phase 3 and Phase 5. The students should work at correctly identifying the sounds when segmenting a word, e.g. boat as b-oa-t. For Phase 2 phonics click here. For Phase 3 phonics click here. For Phase 5 phonics click here. For a summarized version of Phase 2, 3 and 5 click here.
For a list of sight words to practice at home, I highly recommend Fry's First 100 Words.
Following that, try Fry's Second 100 Words; and for our Reading Gurus - give Fry's Third 100 Words a go! Find ideas here, and more here to help your child learn sight words at home. Regards, Ms. Heidi Dear Parents Today was the "Independent Learner" dress up day at school. We spent some time to discuss what the words "independent" and "learner" mean, and how we can show it. Thank you for your continued support in establishing the ESLR values in our students! Regards, Ms. Heidi Dear Parents
ESLR certificates in assembly today were awarded to the following students in our class: Zeyd Garada - Global Citizen Mallak Shehata - Ethical Individual Mohammed Al-Mohanadi - Effective Communicator Ali Baniyounes - Critical Thinker Well done! From, Ms. Heidi Dear Parents The "wild things" are the characters in our October focus book "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak. The story facilitated opportunities to describe a story setting; as well as the characters by recognising that they may be from different places. During our class discussion, the students could make simple inferences like the feelings Max had, and also reflect on Max's decisions. Their appreciation of the story was evident in the big smiles when Max met the wild things, and the imaginative predictions they thought of for the ending of the story. The highlight of listening to the story was learning to dance the "Wild Rumpus" by stamping our feet, showing our claws, and roaring our fiercest roars! We extended the story with writing activities that were displayed on our outside bulletin board: Extension ideas at home: Click on the these story illustrations to find activities based on "Where The Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak: Happy Reading!
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Ms HeidiHello, my name is Ms. Heidi and I am from South Africa. I have been a full time teacher for nineteen years, and this is my first year at EMS Al Khor. I am excited to work with the students; and I also look forward to exploring Qatar. Archives
May 2017
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