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Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Home Resource Folder

Parents!

The Home Resource Folder went home today. It is this year's version of Homework! Let me know in your child's agenda if it didn't make it home to you tonight...I will make sure it gets to you tomorrow! Here is a copy of the letter describing its contents. This letter is in the front flap of the folder, on the backside of the Portable Word Wall.

                                                
Dear Parents,

Today, your child has brought home the Home Resource Folder. This blue folder is to stay home all year. It is meant to provide you with ideas and resources for Language and Math activities done at home. Here is an outline of what is included in the folder:

·         Portable Word Wall: On the back of this sheet is a list of all the grade 3 Word Wall Words.  Each week, I will assign 5 new words from this wall. I suggest that your child highlights the new words each week on the wall. A list of various activities your child can do with these words is also included in this folder (Spelling Activities).

·         How to Choose “Just Right” Books   gives your child a guideline of how to choose books at a level to match his or her reading abilities. When I Read  provides a review of good fix-up strategies to use when encountering challenging words.

·         The Self-Selected Reading Log sheet as well as the sheet Understanding Non-Fiction and Fiction  sheets are a great resource to help with your child’s reading comprehension. The questions on the Log sheet will encourage your child to use reading comprehension strategies such as inferencing, visualizing and synthesizing.

·         The Math sheet gives the students a list of key words used in addition and subtraction problems. It also has a hundreds chart. The students are encouraged to practise counting by 2’s, 5’s, 10’s & 25’s up to 200.

Hope this resource is helpful!
J. Wills


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