Welcome back!  I hope you all had a great Easter break.  I can’t believe we are into the final term already!

This week we are starting a new online reading package for work at home and in school.  It is called ‘Teach your monster to read’.  The game allows children to have their own individualised log in and to work at a pace that suits them.  The games must be carried out on a desktop PC or a laptop – they will not work on a tablet, yet.  As with all online homework, children should be closely supervised.

Your child will have their own personalised log in sent home with them on Monday.  Please keep this in a safe place.

This week please try:

• Logging in with your child (more than once).  Encourage him to use his/her password and type his/her name with increasing independence.   This will allow him/her to develop their independence in logging in at school which will make life for Mrs Duncan much easier! 🙂
• Helping your child create his/her monster.  This will be the graphic they use for the entire game.
• Play 1 or 2 games at the most.  I do not want the children to race ahead at this stage.  Once we become more independent and confident users we will be able to work at a more personalised pace.
• Writing a comment letting me know how your child got on either on the Blog or in the homework diary.

Additional Homework

• Please revise the three most recent sound we have been focusing on.  Elephants: ow (as in snow), ay (as in play) and ph.  Pandas and Tigers:  wh, qu and th.  You could hunt for them in reading books, watch Alphablocks YouTube episodes based on the sound (search for alphablocks ay for example) or find toys or objects that contain the sounds .  You could also try spelling some words on mini whiteboards.
• Reading – reading will be on Monday and Thursday this term.