Whole School Activities
Book Week
On Wednesday 16th August Rocky River School staff and students dressed up in their favourite book character. LD read some of the Children's Book Award Short listed books including Jigsaw and Market Day. A suspicious package arrived with a jigsaw, a book and jigsaw pieces. After putting the jigsaw together we discovered that a piece was missing, lucky for Mr Schaeffer who found it on the bottom of his shoe. LD made their own large jigsaw, take a look at the video and pictures to see.
Thank you parents and students for the amazing effort and fantastic costumes.
Book Week Video-
https://youtu.be/DkNC3uMUmfM
Book Week Assembly
Friday Futsal
Last Friday we learnt some new Futsal skills. We learnt how to roll the ball with the bottom of our feet, pass the ball with our team mates and to protect our goal. We played games like, cops and race cars, rob the nest and rolling it through the gates. Thank you Adam for coming to Rocky River and teaching us all a new skill. We have another Futsal day planned for this Friday.
How Can I help My Child With Reading?
Early Reading
Decodable books will build a strong foundation for your child’s future reading success. They are phonically controlled, so children are always able to read unknown words by sounding out and blending those sounds together to say the word. Children experience success and build confidence whilst developing habits of strong readers.
Top tips:
*Before reading, ask your child to warm up by saying sounds used in the book and by decoding some single words used in the book.
*Whilst reading, encourage your child to sound out to read unknown words when they get stuck, and then re-read the sentence for fluency. Remind your child to pause when they come across full stops and other punctuation.
*When your child finishes reading the book, discuss the content and any new words you came across.
Repeated reading and fluency
Fluency is the ability to read accurately, at a conversational rate and with expression – it is an important aspect of reading comprehension. Listening to a child read a decodable book for the first time can be slow, as children work hard to sound out the words accurately. But when your child reads the same decodable book multiple times, they become more automatic and can concentrate on the meaning. Encourage your child to read the same decodable book multiple times and celebrate their progress as they become more confident and fluent readers.
The Little Learners Love Literacy YouTube Channel is a great resource for parents - from 'how to' videos to examples of home reading in action. The channel is always growing so be sure to follow it.