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Week 2 Term 3

 Hi Parents and Carers,

Week 2 is the start of our new gathering time routine.

Each student has 2 days allocated to writing and 2 days allocated to reading.


On writing days your child will sit at the table with the teacher or EA. They will draw a picture and then attempt to write about it. During this writing time the students will be drawing on the literacy skills and knowledge they have gained in our learning so far to construct words and create sentences. The teacher or EA will provide support or scaffolding as needs arise, but we are encouraging the students to be independent and 'have a go'. 
If it is your child's writing day you are welcome to 'kiss and drop'. This will also be great practise for Year 1!!!

On reading days your child will sit with a parent helper or their own parent and read a decodable text (either a physical decodable book or a decodable book on the iPad) or do their mastery folder. It is important that the student does not randomly guess or use the pictures to work out unknown words. Focus should be on the letters and sounds, and the process of blending those together to read the word. 



Home readers
Don't forget to bring the home reader folder into school on Mondays and Wednesdays so the books can be changed. Each book needs to be read twice, please record when your child has read the book so we know it is ready to be changed.

Hats
Please remember to bring your child's hat to school if you haven't already.

Thanks for your amazing support!!
Kristie and the PPT team








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