{"id":10604,"date":"2021-03-19T14:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T02:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/?guid=c020838cf88660956b4ef4c1a9f6637d"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:29:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T02:29:35","slug":"kahikatea-newsletter-term-1-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beckenham.school.nz\/index.php\/kahikatea\/kahikatea-newsletter-term-1-week-7\/10604","title":{"rendered":"Kahikatea Newsletter Term 1 Week 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been another busy fortnight in Team Kahikatea! Please enjoy reading and viewing what recent highlights below. <\/p>

Wellbeing <\/b><\/p>

Over the past fortnight, we have been learning about how to make friends, communication skills and conflict resolution. Our focus has been on using our words to.... <\/b><\/p>

* ask someone new to play 
* tell someone else if there is a problem 
* ask peers (as well as the teacher) if we need help or are unsure where to put our things or what to do<\/div>

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Structured Literacy <\/b><\/p>

We have started our structured literacy lessons this week. Students work in targeted groups with their literacy teacher, and cover phonics, reading, spelling and writing. Each child has been assessed and is working at their specific point of need. When they are not with the teacher, the students enjoy oral language, rhyming and word building games and practise working co-operatively (photos below!). <\/p>

Literacy: How can you help your child at home?<\/b><\/p>

The emphasis in teaching spelling is to focus on the sound, not the letter name. Making the phoneme (sound) - grapheme (letter shape) connection is the first step in literacy learning.<\/p>

Ensure that your child is saying the \u2018pure\u2019 sound without an \u2018uh\u2019 sound on the end, for example, \u2018lllll\u2019 rather than \u2018luh\u2019 for the L sound. Please refer to this clip, The Sounds of New Zealand English<\/a> for more information on the sound that matches each of the letters. Feel free to practise letter sounds and blends at home (cards will be sent home soon), as well as the Heart Words (learn to read and write). <\/p>

You may like to play games like: <\/p>

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