This week is ‘Book Scotland’ week.  We will be focussing on reading for enjoyment at home and in school this week.  Each day the children will be given time to look at, and explore a variety of books for enjoyment.  This will be instead of our ‘normal’ reading this week.

Homework

Reading challenge – how many books can you read in a week? Using the reading record that was sent home please help your child keep a record of any books they read this week. These can be books they have ‘read’ themselves, books they have shared with an adult or sibling or magazines/comics.  The focus is reading for fun!  They can colour and decorate their reading record too.  The comment section should be used by the children and is to encourage them to be reflective.  They may wish to simple draw a smiley face, medium face, or sad face based on how much they enjoyed it.  Or they could use the traffic lights system we use in class: red – did not enjoy,  orange – it had some good bits, green – it was very good.

Bring your favourite book to school – please encourage your child to bring his/her favourite book to school on Tuesday of this week.  We will be storing them in our book corner all week and using them to develop our love for reading.  This will enable the children to be exposed to a wide variety of stories.  Please ensure all books are named.

New learn-its

• 2+2=4
• 3+3=6

New sounds and words – issued on Tuesday.  No new sounds for the elephants as it is revision week.