learning to sound out words,
matching the letter with its sound,
putting spaces between words,
using upper & lower case letters properly,
adding punctuation to the end of sentences,
making our pictures match the words we write,
holding our pencil correctly,
erasing when we make a mistake,
and a whole lot more!
As you can see, writing is a lot of work! Our class has done a fabulous job too! We are picking things up! Our goal is to be a "2-star writer" by our first report card. This means that we need to be able to draw a picture that expresses a thought AND add some letters/words to it. I think we can do even more than that though! Let's see if we can't get a simple sentence written to match our pictures!
When your child draws at home, see if you can have them write about their picture for you!
We have been learning a lot about how writing works! One of the most important things we have learned is that reading (and writing) goes top to bottom and left to right, ALWAYS!
Here is a song we have been singing together in class to reinforce this idea. Have your child sing it and do the actions for you!
"Top to Bottom"
(to the tune of Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes)
You can substitute the word reading for writing as well.
Top to bottom, left to right
left to right
top to bottom, left to right
left to right
My brain knows that reading always goes
top to bottom, left to right
left to right!
The kids really like to sing this song, which is good, because we do it a lot!
Today we did a fabulous writing activity about spiders. Have your child tell you about it! I will try and share some pictures tomorrow, but of course, they are at school and I am writing from home. Darn it! Oh well. Just know that they turned out super cute and your kids worked so hard on them!
Have a wonderful day and I will see you all tomorrow for our super-fun day of skeletons!!
Love,
Mrs. Newman
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